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Disambig This article is about Fuel, not to be confused with Fuels

Fuel is a fluid resource refined from Crude Oil Crude Oil used for power generation.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

RecipeIngredientsBuildingProductsPrerequisites
Fuel
6 × Crude Oil
Crude Oil
60 / min
Refinery
6 sec
4 × Fuel
Fuel
40 / min
45 MJ/item
3 × Polymer Resin
Polymer Resin
30 / min
60 MJ/item
Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Residual Fuel
6 × Heavy Oil Residue
Heavy Oil Residue
60 / min
Refinery
6 sec
4 × Fuel
Fuel
40 / min
45 MJ/item
Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Unpackage Fuel
2 × Packaged Fuel
Packaged Fuel
60 / min
Packager
2 sec
2 × Fuel
Fuel
60 / min
10 MJ/item
2 × Empty Canister
Empty Canister
60 / min
10 MJ/item
Tier 5 - Alternative Fluid Transport
Diluted Fuel
Alternate
5 × Heavy Oil Residue
Heavy Oil Residue
50 / min
10 × Water
Water
100 / min
Blender
6 sec
10 × Fuel
Fuel
100 / min
45 MJ/item
Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement

Alternate recipes analysis[]

The following shows different ways to produce 1 m3 of Fuel / second, or 60 m3/min:
Fuel alts

Recipe Crude Oil
m3/min (WP)
Total Energy
/m3 (MJ)
Space
(m2)
Building
counts
Default 90
(76.92)
97.79 300 1.5
Residual 67.5
(57.69)
152.8 (+56%) 750 (+150%) 3.75
Diluted
Packaged
22.5
(19.23)
95.94 (-2%) 478 (+59%) 3.75
Diluted
(Blender)
22.5
(19.23)
90.94 (-7%) 322.8 (+8%) 1.35
  • Weighted Point is the weighted consumption rate which is calculated by: (resource consumption rate / maximum extraction rate) * 10,000. The lower the better.
  • Energy per item can be used to measure how much power is consumed for the entire production chain. The lower the better.
  • Space refers to building space, excluding belts and pipes. The lower the better.
  • Energy for sinking byproducts is considered, assuming using Conveyor Belt Mk.4.
  • As 1 m3 of Fuel contains 750 MJ, subtracting its manufacturing energy will show the net energy gain.

Usage[]

Crafting[]

RecipeIngredientsBuildingProductsPrerequisites
Packaged Fuel
2 × Fuel
Fuel
40 / min
2 × Empty Canister
Empty Canister
40 / min
Packager
3 sec
2 × Packaged Fuel
Packaged Fuel
40 / min
15 MJ/item
Tier 5 - Alternative Fluid Transport
Turbofuel
6 × Fuel
Fuel
22.5 / min
4 × Compacted Coal
Compacted Coal
15 / min
Refinery
16 sec
5 × Turbofuel
Turbofuel
18.75 / min
96 MJ/item
Sulfur Research - Turbo Fuel
Heat-Fused Frame
Alternate
1 × Heavy Modular Frame
Heavy Modular Frame
3 / min
50 × Aluminum Ingot
Aluminum Ingot
150 / min
Blender
20 sec
1 × Fused Modular Frame
Fused Modular Frame
3 / min
1500 MJ/item
Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment
8 × Nitric Acid
Nitric Acid
24 / min
10 × Fuel
Fuel
30 / min
Recycled Plastic
Alternate
6 × Rubber
Rubber
30 / min
6 × Fuel
Fuel
30 / min
Refinery
12 sec
12 × Plastic
Plastic
60 / min
30 MJ/item
Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Recycled Rubber
Alternate
6 × Plastic
Plastic
30 / min
6 × Fuel
Fuel
30 / min
Refinery
12 sec
12 × Rubber
Rubber
60 / min
30 MJ/item
Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Turbo Blend Fuel
Alternate
2 × Fuel
Fuel
15 / min
4 × Heavy Oil Residue
Heavy Oil Residue
30 / min
Blender
8 sec
6 × Turbofuel
Turbofuel
45 / min
100 MJ/item
Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Sulfur Research - Sulfur
3 × Sulfur
Sulfur
22.5 / min
3 × Petroleum Coke
Petroleum Coke
22.5 / min

Notes[]

Tips[]

  • The Diluted Fuel alternate recipe is 10% more power-efficient than the Diluted Packaged Fuel alternate recipe. To produce 300 m3/min Fuel, either three Blenders at 100 m3/min and 75 MW are used, consuming 225 MW, or five Refineries at 60 m3/min and 30 MW (consuming 150 MW), five packaging Packagers at 120 m3/min at 10 MW (consuming 50 MW) and five unpackaging Packagers at 60 m3/min at 10 MW (consuming 50 MW), consuming 250 MW. It is, therefore, all-round more power-efficient to use Diluted Fuel.
Machine Amount Consumption Total consumption
Diluted Fuel
Blender 3 75 MW 225 MW
225 MW
Diluted Packaged Fuel
Refinery 5 30 MW 150 MW
Packager 10 10 MW 100 MW
250 MW

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