Definitions for fuel oil
fu·el oil

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fuel oil, heating oilnoun

   a petroleum product used for fuel

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1. Fuel oil

   Fuel oil is any of various fractions obtained from the distillation of petroleum (crude oil). Such oils include distillates (the lighter fractions) and residues (the heavier fractions). Fuel oils include heavy fuel oil, marine fuel oil (MFO), bunker fuel, furnace oil (FO), gas oil (gasoil), heating oils (such as home heating oil), diesel fuel and others. The term fuel oil generally includes any liquid fuel that is burned in a furnace or boiler to generate heat (heating oils), or used in an engine to generate power (as motor fuels). However, it does not usually include other liquid oils, such as those with a flash point of approximately 42 °C (108 °F), or oils burned in cotton- or wool-wick burners. In a stricter sense, fuel oil refers only to the heaviest commercial fuels that crude oil can yield, that is, those fuels heavier than gasoline (petrol) and naphtha. Fuel oil consists of long-chain hydrocarbons, particularly alkanes, cycloalkanes, and aromatics. Small molecules, such as those in propane, naphtha, gasoline, and kerosene, have relatively low boiling points, and are removed at the start of the fractional distillation process. Heavier petroleum derived oils like diesel fuel and lubricating oil are much less volatile and distill out more slowly.

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1. fuel oil

   Fuel oil is a fraction obtained from petroleum distillation, either as a distillate or a residue. It includes various types of oils used as fuels in engines, lamps, heaters, furnaces, and stoves. Fuel oil is commonly used in maritime settings and in heat and power generation facilities due to its high energy density. It is generally classified into different grades based on its sulfur content and viscosity.

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1. Fuel oil

   Fuel oil is a fraction obtained from petroleum distillation, either as a distillate or a residue. Broadly speaking fuel oil is any liquid petroleum product that is burned in a furnace or boiler for the generation of heat or used in an engine for the generation of power, except oils having a flash point of approximately 40 °C and oils burned in cotton or wool-wick burners. In this sense, diesel is a type of fuel oil. Fuel oil is made of long hydrocarbon chains, particularly alkanes, cycloalkanes and aromatics. The term fuel oil is also used in a stricter sense to refer only to the heaviest commercial fuel that can be obtained from crude oil i.e. heavier than gasoline and naphtha. In Australia the term 'distillate' refers specifically to Diesel fuel

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How to pronounce fuel oil?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fuel oil in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fuel oil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of fuel oil in a Sentence

1. Banchero Costa:

   Fuel oil consumption is expected to fall in Japan... as nuclear power plants are restarted, denting the country's demand for fossil fuels.

2. Nevyn Nah:

   We are poised for some tightening of supplies in the East and that's why we're seeing some recent strength across the near-term time spreads, it also appears Western supplies are tightening, as is reflected in the fuel oil barge swaps, and the run cuts in Europe further denting supply will serve to limit the availability of replacement barrels.

3. Istiaque Ahmad:

   Had there been no indigenous gas in the country, we would have been compelled to spend an enormous amount of foreign exchange on imported fuel oil and gas.

4. Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk:

   The government has adopted a decision to establish reserves of gas and fuel oil worth $1 billion via borrowing under state guarantees, this $1 billion will be spent to buy this strategic reserve.

5. Energy Aspects:

   In the current low oil price environment, Russian fuel oil exports are now bringing in almost no net revenue to refineries.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fuel oil
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_Oil
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fuel oil