Description
Mazut may be used for heating houses in the former USSR and in
countries of the Far East that do not have the facilities
to blend or break it down into more conventional
petro-chemicals. In the West, furnaces that burn mazut are commonly
called
waste oil heaters or waste oil furnaces.
Mazut***0 is a fuel oil that is manufactured to GOST
specifications, for example GOST *******5 not active. GOST
*******9
Oil fuel. Mazut. Specifications active, last modified
*7.*1.***0 . GOST is the Russian system of standards, much like
ASTM,
or ANSI, for example . Mazut is almost exclusively
manufactured in the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan,
and
Turkmenistan. This product is typically used for larger
boilers in producing steam since the BTU content is high.
The most important consideration not the only consideration
when grading this fuel is the sulfur content,
which can mostly be affected by the source feedstock. For
shipment purposes, this product is considered
a dirty oil product, and because viscosity drastically affect
whether it is able to be pumped, shipping
has unique requirements. Mazut is much like Number 6 Oil, and
is part of the products left over after gasoline
and lighter components are evaporated from the crude oil.
Mazut may be used for heating houses in the former USSR and in
countries of the Far East that do not have the facilities
to blend or break it down into more conventional
petro-chemicals. In the West, furnaces that burn mazut are commonly
called
waste oil heaters or waste oil furnaces.