Mixture of water, ash found in power plants furnace oil

According to the sources, it has been learnt that 8 percent water and 3 percent ash was found mixed in the furnace oil provided by PSO to the power plants due to which machinery of these plants is getting faults. The power plants provided with mixed furnace oil include Guddu, Muazffar Garh and Jamshoro.The sources disclosed that heat rate of the power plant rises due to increased quantity of sulfur in the mixture of water and ash and the chemical process changes sulfur into acid which badly affects the machinery of the plant.Ministry of Petroleum has launched investigation into the issue, the sources added.