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"Dirty fuel?"

Sal Santamaura
Member Posts: 510
in Oil Heating
The article Dan linked to in today's News area (above right) refers to "residual oil:"
<a href="http://nyunews.com/news/2010/01/28/29boiler/">[url=http://nyunews.com/news/2010/01/28/29boiler/]http://nyunews.com/news/2010/01/28/29boiler/</a>
I assume that means Nos. 5/6 fuel oil. How do modern residential boilers running on No. 2 fuel oil (Burnham MPO for example) compare in terms of "dirtiness?" Will such a boiler, when properly adjusted, put out any visible soot? I recall seeing those soot particles on snow when growing up in Westchester County, NY in the 1960s and 1970s. Are there any regulations in the pipleine that would make No. 2 cleaner, such as lowering its sulfur content?
Thanks in advance for your informative replies.
<a href="http://nyunews.com/news/2010/01/28/29boiler/">[url=http://nyunews.com/news/2010/01/28/29boiler/]http://nyunews.com/news/2010/01/28/29boiler/</a>
I assume that means Nos. 5/6 fuel oil. How do modern residential boilers running on No. 2 fuel oil (Burnham MPO for example) compare in terms of "dirtiness?" Will such a boiler, when properly adjusted, put out any visible soot? I recall seeing those soot particles on snow when growing up in Westchester County, NY in the 1960s and 1970s. Are there any regulations in the pipleine that would make No. 2 cleaner, such as lowering its sulfur content?
Thanks in advance for your informative replies.
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The burners we use today burn can oil up to 2600 degrees , which is too hot to form soot ...If properly adjusted ..... MPO s a three past boiler which is good ...I have enough experience to know , that I dont know it all0
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