Heating oil or oil heat
is a low viscosity,
liquid petroleum product used as a fuel for furnaces or boilers in
buildings. It is commonly delivered by tank truck
to residential, commercial and municipal buildings and stored in above-ground storage
tanks located in the basements, garages, or outside adjacent to the building.
It is sometimes stored in underground storage tanks but not very often. Above
ground storage tanks are used for smaller installations due to the lower cost
factor. Heating oil is less commonly used as an industrial fuel or for power
generation.
Heating oil is very similar to
diesel fuel, and both are classified as distillates.
It consists of a mixture of petroleum-derived hydrocarbons.
During oil distillation it condenses at between
250 and 350 °C (482 and 662 °F).
Heating oil produces 146,100 kJ
per gallon and weighs 7.2 pounds per gallon, which is about the same heat per
unit mass as the somewhat less dense diesel fuel.
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