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The Packager is a building used to package and unpackage fluids in and out of Empty Canister Empty Canisters or Empty Fluid Tank Empty Fluid Tanks. Both Canisters and Fluid Tanks are returned when fluid is unpackaged from them, allowing them to be reused. Packaged liquids can be transported with Conveyor Belts - this can be more efficient when transporting them with Conveyor Lifts due to the power usage of Pipeline Pumps, but only for very large vertical distances.

Recipes[]

Recipe NameCrafting Time (sec)IngredientsProducts
Packaged Alumina Solution12x Alumina Solution Alumina Solution120/min
2x Empty Canister Empty Canister120/min
2x Packaged Alumina Solution Packaged Alumina Solution120/min
Packaged Fuel32x Fuel Fuel40/min
2x Empty Canister Empty Canister40/min
2x Packaged Fuel Packaged Fuel40/min
Packaged Heavy Oil Residue42x Heavy Oil Residue Heavy Oil Residue30/min
2x Empty Canister Empty Canister30/min
2x Packaged Heavy Oil Residue Packaged Heavy Oil Residue30/min
Packaged Liquid Biofuel32x Liquid Biofuel Liquid Biofuel40/min
2x Empty Canister Empty Canister40/min
2x Packaged Liquid Biofuel Packaged Liquid Biofuel40/min
Packaged Nitric Acid21x Nitric Acid Nitric Acid30/min
1x Empty Fluid Tank Empty Fluid Tank30/min
1x Packaged Nitric Acid Packaged Nitric Acid30/min
Packaged Nitrogen Gas14x Nitrogen Gas Nitrogen Gas240/min
1x Empty Fluid Tank Empty Fluid Tank60/min
1x Packaged Nitrogen Gas Packaged Nitrogen Gas60/min
Packaged Oil42x Crude Oil Crude Oil30/min
2x Empty Canister Empty Canister30/min
2x Packaged Oil Packaged Oil30/min
Packaged Sulfuric Acid32x Sulfuric Acid Sulfuric Acid40/min
2x Empty Canister Empty Canister40/min
2x Packaged Sulfuric Acid Packaged Sulfuric Acid40/min
Packaged Turbofuel62x Turbofuel Turbofuel20/min
2x Empty Canister Empty Canister20/min
2x Packaged Turbofuel Packaged Turbofuel20/min
Packaged Water22x Water Water60/min
2x Empty Canister Empty Canister60/min
2x Packaged Water Packaged Water60/min
Unpackage Alumina Solution12x Packaged Alumina Solution Packaged Alumina Solution120/min
2x Alumina Solution Alumina Solution120/min
2x Empty Canister Empty Canister120/min
Unpackage Fuel22x Packaged Fuel Packaged Fuel60/min
2x Fuel Fuel60/min
2x Empty Canister Empty Canister60/min
Unpackage Heavy Oil Residue62x Packaged Heavy Oil Residue Packaged Heavy Oil Residue20/min
2x Heavy Oil Residue Heavy Oil Residue20/min
2x Empty Canister Empty Canister20/min
Unpackage Liquid Biofuel22x Packaged Liquid Biofuel Packaged Liquid Biofuel60/min
2x Liquid Biofuel Liquid Biofuel60/min
2x Empty Canister Empty Canister60/min
Unpackage Nitric Acid31x Packaged Nitric Acid Packaged Nitric Acid20/min
1x Nitric Acid Nitric Acid20/min
1x Empty Fluid Tank Empty Fluid Tank20/min
Unpackage Nitrogen Gas11x Packaged Nitrogen Gas Packaged Nitrogen Gas60/min
4x Nitrogen Gas Nitrogen Gas240/min
1x Empty Fluid Tank Empty Fluid Tank60/min
Unpackage Oil22x Packaged Oil Packaged Oil60/min
2x Crude Oil Crude Oil60/min
2x Empty Canister Empty Canister60/min
Unpackage Sulfuric Acid11x Packaged Sulfuric Acid Packaged Sulfuric Acid60/min
1x Sulfuric Acid Sulfuric Acid60/min
1x Empty Canister Empty Canister60/min
Unpackage Turbofuel62x Packaged Turbofuel Packaged Turbofuel20/min
2x Turbofuel Turbofuel20/min
2x Empty Canister Empty Canister20/min
Unpackage Water12x Packaged Water Packaged Water120/min
2x Water Water120/min
2x Empty Canister Empty Canister120/min

Overclocking[]

Main article: Clock speed

The Packager can be overclocked using Power Shards. Overclocking increases the input/output speed of the Packager at the cost of exponentially increased power demand.

Clock speed 25% 50% 75% 100% 150% 200% 250%
Consumption (MW) 1.6 4 6.84 10 17.09 25 33.58

Head lift[]

Main article: Head lift

The Packager has a recommended head lift of 10 meters, measured from the center of its pipe outlet.

Using for vertical transport of fluids[]

For vertical transport of fluids, using Packagers and Conveyor Lifts instead of Pipelines and Pipeline Pumps can be more efficient, but only for extremely large vertical distances, due to the number of Packagers required to package/unpackage a full Pipeline of fluid. The break-even point varies by fluid as they all have different package/unpackage rates.

To approximately calculate the break-even amount of vertcal lift you:

  • Calculate the number of Packagers required to package and unpackage a full Pipeline (300/s for mk1 or 600/s for mk2) of fluid
    • Pipeline flow rate / package rate of fluid
    • Plus Pipeline flow rate / unpackage rate of fluid
  • Calculate the energy these Packagers require
    • Packager count * 10MW
    • Note this is simplified as it does not account for the lower-than-proportional energy usage of an underclocked machine, or the higher-than-proportional energy usage of a partially idle machine
  • Calculate the number of Pipeline Pumps that can be powered for the same energy
  • Calculate the total Head lift this many Pipeline Pumps will provide
  • This is the approximate break-even point

The equation for this is:

FLOOR( ( ( (pipe flow rate / package rate) + (pipe flow rate / unpackage rate) ) * packager power) / pump power ) * pump head lift


Where FLOOR() is a function that rounds down to the nearest integer.

Note this equation does not account for underclocked or partially idle Packagers, where a fractional number of Packagers is needed (e.g. 2.5 Packagers are needed to unpackage 300/s Water).

  • If fractional Packagers are underclocked to the exact required fraction then power use and break-even will be slightly less than this equation indicates due to better power efficiency
  • If fractional Packagers are left at 100% Clock speed and so are partially idle then power use and break-even will be slightly more than this equation indicates due to idle power draw
Break-even vertical height (metres) calculated using above equation
Fluid mk1 Pipeline mk2 Pipeline
mk1 Pipeline Pump mk2 Pipeline Pump mk1 Pipeline Pump mk2 Pipeline Pump
Alumina Solution 240 300 500 600
Fuel 620 750 1240 1550
Heavy Oil Residue 1240 1550 2500 3100
Liquid Biofuel 620 750 1240 1550
Nitric Acid 1240 1550 2500 3100
Nitrogen Gas* infinity infinity infinity infinity
Oil 740 900 1500 1850
Sulfuric Acid 620 750 1240 1550
Turbofuel 1500 1850 3000 3750
Water 360 450 740 900


Even the smallest break even point for any combinaton is 240 metres, or 60 4m Wall segments.

*Nitrogen Gas is a gas, not a liquid. As such does not require Head lift to transport vertically, so does not require any Pipeline Pumps.

Trivia[]

  • "PAC-IT MK1" is written on the machine, suggesting that higher marks would be available, though it has been denied by developers.[1]
  • Before the introduction of the Packager, Refineries were given the job of packaging and unpackaging liquids. Refineries that were constructed after the update lost this ability.
  • To calculate the energy spent to package / unpackage a certain fluid:
    • Energy = 600 MJ / (rate of un/packaging in X/min) . The multiplier for the item recipe can be ignored as only the rate is concerned.

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