Oil burning involves using petrochemical or waste oil for electricity generation or heating. Fuel oils are classified into six types, ranging from kerosene to heavy fuel oils. Diesel engines can run on various oils, including vegetable and animal fats. Residual fuel oils require special equipment to burn and can cause pollution. Waste oil is typically burned for heat or industrial applications.
The primary examples of oil burning involve the burning of fuel or waste oil for the purpose of generating electricity or heating. These processes typically use petrochemical oils. Oil fired heaters can be used to heat individual homes or much larger industrial spaces, while waste oil is more commonly used in commercial and industrial settings. Waste fuel oil is sometimes used for electricity generation and has also been used in vehicles such as steam ships and locomotives. Another type of oil burning uses vegetable oil or animal fat to run diesel engines.
Fuel oils can be produced via the same fractional distillation process as gasoline and are generally classified into six different types. These range from kerosene, which evaporates soon after petrol, to residual heavy fuel oils. Kerosene is the lightest of the fuel oils and has a variety of uses. Some of the common uses of burning kerosene oil are for heating or lighting, and it has also been used to power vehicles.
After kerosene boils in a fractional distillation, the next lighter type is heating oil. Another name for this type of oil is diesel due to its use in fueling diesel engines. The combustion of gas oil and diesel can be used to heat buildings or to power cars and trucks. It is often possible to convert diesel engines to run on other types of oil as well. These converted engines will often be able to burn various vegetable oils and animal fats.
Residual fuel oils are some of the heaviest results of fractional petroleum distillation. These types of oil can be one of the least expensive liquid fuels available, although they typically require special heating equipment to burn. There could also be a number of pollution problems involved in the residual fuel oil burning process. Both large ships and power plants can use the type of combustion equipment that waste fuel oil requires.
Waste oil typically refers to oil that has already been used for its intended purpose. Another term used for this is oil, with the usage and precise definition of the terms varying from place to place. An example of used oil is automobile engine oil which is changed at regular intervals. After a certain period of use it is no longer able to perform its lubrication functions, although it can still be useful in burning oil. Waste oil is typically burned as a heat source, although it is sometimes used in boilers for various industrial applications.
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