Light Diesel Oil

LIGHT DIESEL OIL (LDO)

The product application is mainly as fuel oil.

Light diesel oil, or LDO, is a blend of components from the distillation process of crude. It is used in engines with an rpm less than 750, such as boilers and furnaces. LDO is also referred to as distillate fuel or marked oil.

Light diesel oil is used as fuels in many applications :

• Boilers
• Furnaces
• Air pre-heaters
• Lower RPM engines
• Lift irrigation pump sets
• Fertilizer plants
• Bunker
• DG set

SPECIFICATION FOR LIGHT DIESEL OIL (LDO) Sl.No. PARAMETER SPECIFICATION STD.METHOD Typical Quality 1 Relative Density @ 15 °C, Kg / m3 Report IS 1448(P: 32) 855 2 Flash Point (PMC), °C 66 Min. IS 1448(P: 21) 74 3 Viscosity, Kinematic @ 40°C, cSt 2.5 to 15.7 Max. IS 1448(P: 25) 5.0 4 Ramsbottom Carbon Residue (RCR) , percent by mass 1.50 Max IS 1448(P: 8) 1.30 5 Copper Strip Corrosion, 3 hrs at 100°C Not Worse than No. 2 IS 1448(P: 15) No.1 6 Water content % by Vol. 1.0 Max. IS 1448(P: 40) <0.05 7 Sediment % by Mass 0.10 Max. IS 1448(P: 30) 0.04 8 Ash % by Mass. 0.02 Max IS 1448(P: 4) 0.01 9 Acidity, Inorganic, mg KOH /gm, NIL IS 1448(P: 2) Nil 10 Sulphur, Total % by Mass 1.8 Max IS 1448(P: 33) & P: 35 1.2 11 Pour Point, °C 12°C for Winter, Max 21°C for Summer, Max IS 1448(P: 10) Minus 3