Diesel fuel (diesel fuel)

Diesel - liquid product, used as fuel in diesel engine combustion . Generally, this term is referred fuels obtained from kerosene - gas oil fractions direct distillation of oil .

The name "diesel fuel" comes from it. Solaröl ^[1] - "solar oil" - as early as 1857 called a heavier fraction produced during the distillation of petroleum. Faction named in connection with a yellowish color. Soviet oil refining industry produced product " diesel oil GOST 1666 - 42 and GOST 1666 - 51 ".