Fuel

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

Fuel
Fuel can be used to generate power or packaged to be used as fuel for Vehicles or the Jetpack.
Unlocked by	Tier 5 - Oil Processing OR Tier 5 - Alternative Fluid Transport
Class name	Desc_LiquidFuel_C
Liquid
Abbrev­iation	Fuel
Fuel
Energy	750 MJ
Fuel Generator 5 sec (12 / min)

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

Obtaining

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Fuel	6 × Crude Oil60 / min	Refinery 6 sec	4 × Fuel40 / min 3 × Polymer Resin30 / min	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Residual Fuel	6 × Heavy Oil Residue60 / min	Refinery 6 sec	4 × Fuel40 / min	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Unpackage Fuel	2 × Packaged Fuel60 / min	Packager 2 sec	2 × Fuel60 / min 2 × Empty Canister60 / min	Tier 5 - Alternative Fluid Transport
Diluted Fuel Alternate	5 × Heavy Oil Residue50 / min 10 × Water100 / min	Blender 6 sec	10 × Fuel100 / min	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement

Alternate recipes analysis

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

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

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Packaged Fuel	2 × Fuel40 / min 2 × Empty Canister40 / min	Packager 3 sec	2 × Packaged Fuel40 / min	Tier 5 - Alternative Fluid Transport
Heat-Fused Frame Alternate	1 × Heavy Modular Frame3 / min 50 × Aluminum Ingot150 / min 8 × Nitric Acid24 / min 10 × Fuel30 / min	Blender 20 sec	1 × Fused Modular Frame3 / min	Tier 8 - Particle Enrichment
Recycled Plastic Alternate	6 × Rubber30 / min 6 × Fuel30 / min	Refinery 12 sec	12 × Plastic60 / min	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Recycled Rubber Alternate	6 × Plastic30 / min 6 × Fuel30 / min	Refinery 12 sec	12 × Rubber60 / min	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Turbo Blend Fuel Alternate	2 × Fuel15 / min 4 × Heavy Oil Residue30 / min 3 × Sulfur22.5 / min 3 × Petroleum Coke22.5 / min	Blender 8 sec	6 × Turbofuel45 / min	Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement OR MAM Sulfur Research - Sulfur
Turbofuel Alternate	6 × Fuel22.5 / min 4 × Compacted Coal15 / min	Refinery 16 sec	5 × Turbofuel18.75 / min	MAM Sulfur Research - Turbofuel

Notes

• It can be used to power Fuel Generators.
• To be used as Vehicle or Jetpack fuel, it has to be packaged first.

Tips

• Diluted Fuel pairs with the Heavy Oil Residue alternate recipe.
• Using 450 m³/min Crude Oil will result in whole amounts of all machines involved: 15 Heavy Oil Residue Refineries, 10 Water Extractors, 12 Diluted Fuel Refineries and 100 Fuel Generators. 450 m³/min Crude Oil can be obtained from three 250% impure Oil Extractors.
• 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

Gallery

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  A closed-loop of petrochemical with Plastics, Rubber, and Fuel as final products with no by-product which requires one or more Alternative recipes.

History

• Patch 0.4.0.0: Energy value increased from 600 MJ to 750 MJ
• Patch 0.3.3.2: New icon for Fuel
• Patch 0.3.1.0: Liquid Fuel color was changed to orange due to popular demand
• Patch 0.3:
  • Now a fluid
  • Loading a save created before Patch 0.3 would convert Fuel items to Packaged Fuel

See also

•  Turbofuel
•  Packaged Fuel