What is the difference between fuel oil and diesel?
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The differences between fuel oil and diesel are: 1. Different properties: Fuel oil is mainly made from cracked residue oil and straight-run residue oil of petroleum; Diesel is mainly blended from diesel fractions produced through processes such as crude oil distillation, catalytic cracking, thermal cracking, hydrocracking, and petroleum coking. 2. Different characteristics: Fuel oil is characterized by high viscosity and contains a large amount of non-hydrocarbon compounds, colloids, and asphaltenes; Diesel is characterized by high energy density and low fuel consumption rate. 3. Different applications: In the power industry, fuel oil is mainly used for fuel power generation, heating units, and as ignition, combustion-supporting, and flame-stabilizing oil for coal-fired units. In the steel industry, fuel oil is mainly used for heating furnaces, self-provided power plant generation and heating, and refractory materials. Diesel is mainly used as the power source for tractors, large vehicles, diesel locomotives, as well as in civil engineering, excavators, loaders, fishing boats, diesel generator sets, and agricultural machinery. It serves as the fuel for diesel engines in diesel vehicles, tractors, etc.