light gas lil

English translation: light gas oil

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English term or phrase:light gas oil
Selected answer: light gas oil
Entered by: airmailrpl

22:47 Oct 31, 2016
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Petroleum Eng/Sci
English term or phrase: light gas lil
To secure a stable power supply, gas turbine generator cars, which have a different mechanism from the air-cooled gas turbine generators installed, are deployed on high ground.

Working on further safety measures
Securing a power supply
The tank for light gas oil used as fuel is installed underground.

In the last line, light gas oil or light oil, which is appropriate?

What is the difference between light gas oil and light oil?

Thank you for your kind help.
Mitsuko Yoshida
Local time: 18:27
light gas oil
Explanation:
light gas lil => light gas oil

Number 2 fuel oil is a distillate home heating oil.[3] This fuel is sometimes known as Bunker A. Trucks and some cars use similar diesel fuel with a cetane number limit describing the ignition quality of the fuel. Both are typically obtained from the light gas oil cut. Gas oil refers to the original use of this fraction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries – the gas oil cut was used as an enriching agent for carburetted water gas manufacture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_oil
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 06:27
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Thank you very much!!
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4 +1light gas oil
airmailrpl
Summary of reference entries provided
Wikipedia article on various grades of 'oil'
Tony M

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light gas lil => light gas oil
light gas oil


Explanation:
light gas lil => light gas oil

Number 2 fuel oil is a distillate home heating oil.[3] This fuel is sometimes known as Bunker A. Trucks and some cars use similar diesel fuel with a cetane number limit describing the ignition quality of the fuel. Both are typically obtained from the light gas oil cut. Gas oil refers to the original use of this fraction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries – the gas oil cut was used as an enriching agent for carburetted water gas manufacture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_oil

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 06:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Grading comment
Thank you very much!!

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agree  Tony M
16 hrs
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Reference comments


11 hrs peer agreement (net): +4
Reference: Wikipedia article on various grades of 'oil'

Reference information:
'gas-oil' generically relates to what is commonly known as 'diesel' fuel and related grades of heating oil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_oil

Tony M
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Asker: Thank you very much for the reference, Tony. This is very helpful.


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  writeaway: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/gas-oil gas-oil is diesel in French de France but not so sure gas oil should be considered diesel in English
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, W/A! As I said "generically" it is in the same group, and apparently is called as such in the US; in BE, it is generally referred to as that when not for use as vehicle fuel; but it is just the group of fuels that include diesel among others.
agree  Tariq Khader (X)
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tariq!
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Yasutomo-san!
agree  acetran
5 days
  -> Thanks, Ace!
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