Kerosene or Kerosene +

[Rozie]

Hi I hope you don't mind me posting this question is there any benefit in buying Kerosene plus which is supposed to make your boiler 10% more efficient.😀

 

[Reg Man]

Kerosene is red, Kerosene Premium is light green. Kerosene premium has a higher calorific value and burns cleaner than the standard kerosene. Basically they are very similar, the premium product is distilled to a high quality standard. Its a bit like asking the question, do I fill up a petrol car with standard unleaded or super unleaded?

 

[Rozie]

:wink5: Ha ha thanks Reg Man I had a feeling someone would say that, I guess I had better ask my mechanic SIL. I always use standard unleaded so being the tight a**e that I am I will probably go for the cheaper option as I always do. It is the first time I have been given an option so I just wondered if anyone could confirm a 10% efficiency on their boiler use.

 

[SimonG]

Kerosene is red? Not the stuff I see most days working on oil boilers, unless it's gas oil.

 

[tamz]

I would very much doubt the 10% claims but you will certainly get a bit more heat per gallon due to a higher calorific value. Kerosene is really just what used to be called paraffin. The colour is an additive.
Remember this
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[Rozie]

Ha ha ha sad to say I remember it well Tamz, I think I will just go for the standard Heating Oil thanks.

 

[lame plumber]

the kerosene now seems to be to low sulphur content for vapouring burners which then carbon up v quickly, probably has a similar but less noticable affect on pj burners as well so adding some chemicals helps out and puts the fuel price up 🙂

 

[Gray0689]

I'm led to Believe kerosene is aviation fuel
Aviation fuel has a use by date basically if not used it's dumped in to heating oil market that's why low sulphur nowadays
Well that's what I was told anyway
Ps never saw red kerosene

 

[SimonG]

I have seen green kero though. But cust had an aga and boiler, oil company was putting an additive in the tank at 40 per visit.

 

[WHPES]

Kerosene is really just what used to be called paraffin

NO!!!!!!!!


Kerosene is NOT the same as paraffin!!!

BEWARE - Using the wrong fuel is potentially dangerous

Kerosene (class C2) is a lower distillate to paraffin (class C1)

Premium Kerosene has higher fractions added to it but is not a more volatile distillate.

Paraffin is in some countries called "POWER KEROSENE" but never anything else and is not the same as "premium kerosene"

Putting paraffin in an appliance designed for kerosene is like putting kerosene in an appliance designed for gas oil (red diesel). Don't do it!

Paraffin is used as a component in aviation fuel but don't put kerosene in your aeroplane or you're going down!!

Paraffin was also used as a vapourising oil for certain engines including early tractors and mopeds but was withdrawn from the market as an automotive fuel in the 1950s

Paraffin is used in greenhouse heaters. Kerosene will not burn cleanly with a lamp wick.

 

[Reg Man]

Kerosene originates as an American Brand name. Paraffin, diesel, Kerosene, are all manufactured in a similar way, though the distillation of crude oil, but to different specifications.

 

[Killy Bing]

Different length hydro carbons produced by fractional distillation of crude oil 😉

 

[lame plumber]

depends on the aircraft whether it will fly on kero or not, the old RN helos will fly on paraffin to diesel, just need setting up a bit, means come the war you can keep on flying when the fuel runs low, just park up next to the house oil tank and your ready to go again 🙂