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Combustion of
Used Engine Oil
5.1 INTRODUCTION
Although most petroleum products can be used as fuels, the term fuel oil, if used
without qualication, may be interpreted in various ways. For example, the term
fuel oil may be associated with the black, viscous, residual material that remains as
the result of renery distillation of crude oil, either alone or in a blend with lower-
boiling components, and which is used for steam generation for large slow-speed
diesel engine operation and industrial heating and processing. Alternatively, the term
fuel oil is applied to both residual and middle distillate type products such as domes-
tic heati ...