Originally Posted by Rmay635703
It's kerosene that is the active fluid that gets pumped down and anything from jet fuel to drain oil depending on what is doing the pumping
Kerosene would be rated as #1 Fuel Oil typically. Highly refined kerosene fraction is the typical primary component of jet fuel. More polar climates need at kerosene / naphtha mixture for jet fuel to lower the fuel freeze point.
#4 Fuel Oil typically has a considerable waxy fraction used to feed FCCU or hydrocracking units after vacuum distillation, and has to be heated somewhere around 120°F to 150°F to be pumpable. I haven't seen any real demand for #4 fuel oil since the mid-1980's personally.
Used drain oil is typically blended into #6 Fuel Oil if not re-refined.
It's kerosene that is the active fluid that gets pumped down and anything from jet fuel to drain oil depending on what is doing the pumping
Kerosene would be rated as #1 Fuel Oil typically. Highly refined kerosene fraction is the typical primary component of jet fuel. More polar climates need at kerosene / naphtha mixture for jet fuel to lower the fuel freeze point.
#4 Fuel Oil typically has a considerable waxy fraction used to feed FCCU or hydrocracking units after vacuum distillation, and has to be heated somewhere around 120°F to 150°F to be pumpable. I haven't seen any real demand for #4 fuel oil since the mid-1980's personally.
Used drain oil is typically blended into #6 Fuel Oil if not re-refined.
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