Kerosene

Basics

• A Liquid Fuel Between Diesel Fuel and Heavy Fuel Oil
• Energy Dense, Relatively Safe (Compared to more volatile fuels like Gasoline etc ), and stores well
• Main disadvantages are Sooty Flame (outside of more controlled combustion like in Gas Turbines or Forced Air Burners etc), long term Tank Sludge Formation (although impact of refining/“grade” of kerosene, and tank rust prevention is worth investigating), and cleanup being a major consideration (Gasoline to an extent, but ESPECIALLY E-85 , Fuel Alcohols and LPG all evaporate or dissipate near instantly making cleanup unecissary, anything below gasoline will contaminate Soil/Water)

Grades

• Unsure on this, most articles lead to old sulfur rating classes, as with Off Road Diesel (if I understand correctly) they are all hltra-low sulfur like Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel
• HOWEVER Jet Fuel (JP-5 / JP-8 etc) / “Aviation Turbine Fuel” and Rocket Fuel (RP-1) do seem to be more “refined” (RP-1 Especially)
• What Whitegas / “Coleman Fuel” are is another thing to look into

Uses

Small Kerosene Powered Devices

• Simple Wick Lamps, although Lamp Oil ‘’may’’ be more complex (or may just be marketing)
• In Kerosene Mantle Lanterns although Propane is far easier
  • Whitegas / “Coleman Fuel” is a related concept
• Kerosene Heaters
• Kerosene Stoves / Liquid Fuel Stoves
• Kerosene Blowtorches / Liquid Fuel Blowtorches
• More of a historical curiosity/example of Stirling Engines in use BUT Kerosene Fans

As a Large Scale Fuel

• Diesel Engines (potentially, double check)
• For Babington Burner / Forced Air type burners, either for Process Heat such as in a forge, or for Steam in a Boiler / other liquids in a Direct Fired Process Heater etc
• In Gas Turbines (either as a generator, or in Aviation use)

Internal Links

• Diesel Fuel vs Kerosene vs Fuel Oil
• Bio-Kerosene

External Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Kerosene