Disturbingavenger t1_j52owp4 wrote
Reply to comment by Anonymous_Otters in Heating oil ‘erroneously’ delivered to Pa. home that doesn’t use oil ends up in nearby waterway (erguson Twp., Centre County) by Jumpy-Natural4868
Ummm No it’s the same… other than additives and dye
Anonymous_Otters t1_j52pzcm wrote
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_fuel
It is produced from the fractional distillation of crude oil between 200 and 350 °C (392 and 662 °F) at atmospheric pressure, resulting in a mixture of carbon chains that typically contain between 9 and 25 carbon atoms per molecule.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heating_oil
Heating oil consists of a mixture of petroleum-derived hydrocarbons in the 14- to 20-carbon atom range that condense between 250 and 350 °C (482 and 662 °F) during oil refining.
Umm feel stupid yet?
Puzzleheaded_Elk_665 t1_j5bot0u wrote
Wikipedia is wrong. It's the same cut off the crude unit. May have different sulfur specs depending on state regulations. Heating oil is not subject to RINs where ULSD is. I have worked as engineer in oil refining.
kelvin_bot t1_j52q0e9 wrote
350°C is equivalent to 662°F, which is 623K.
^(I'm a bot that converts temperature between two units humans can understand, then convert it to Kelvin for bots and physicists to understand)
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Anonymous_Otters t1_j52r4ph wrote
Almost like that's exactly what I said, that diesel ranges include molecules that are also in fuel oil but that fuel oil has a higher minimum, meaning fuel oil, on average, would be expected to have longer carbon molecules. Fucking reading comprehension. Get some.
the_real_xuth t1_j52xqem wrote
They are close enough and overlap in their specifications to the point that they can be used interchangeably and I've seen sources of it in smaller markets say that they start with the same refined product (presumably since it would take more effort than it's worth for a refinery on the west coast, where there is a heating oil market but it's tiny relative to the northeast, to sell a separate product).
Anonymous_Otters t1_j52xzxm wrote
They. Are. Still. Different. Jfc.
Disturbingavenger t1_j537uhm wrote
No I don’t Close enough for anyone who gives a shit
Anonymous_Otters t1_j538dxv wrote
Willfully ignorant, the most despicable kind of person. Waste of carbon, be better off as fuel oil.
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