Refinery
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The Refinery is a building used for crafting recipes involving fluids. Most notably, this includes recipes transforming 
Crude Oil into 
Rubber, 
Plastic, or 
Fuel, but it is also used as part of advanced production recipes, such as refining 
Bauxite into 
Alumina Solution and then further into 
Aluminum Scrap. It has one Pipeline and one Conveyor Belt connectors for both input and output, allowing for the production and consumption of recipes involving fluids and/or solid items.
The Refinery is noteworthy for producing by-products as part of its process. For example, refining Crude Oil into Rubber produces 
Heavy Oil Residue, which must be dealt with, or else production of the primary output will stop.
Recipes
| Recipe | Ingredients | Duration | Products | Unlocked by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alumina Solution | 12 ×  Bauxite120 / min18 ×  Water180 / min |
6 sec | 12 ×  Alumina Solution120 / min5 ×  Silica50 / min |
Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement |
| Aluminum Scrap | 4 × Alumina Solution240 / min2 ×  Coal120 / min |
1 sec | 6 ×  Aluminum Scrap360 / min2 × Water120 / min |
Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement |
| Fuel | 6 ×  Crude Oil60 / min |
6 sec | 4 ×  Fuel40 / min3 ×  Polymer Resin30 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Liquid Biofuel | 6 ×  Solid Biofuel90 / min3 × Water45 / min |
4 sec | 4 ×  Liquid Biofuel60 / min |
Tier 5 - Alternative Fluid Transport |
| Petroleum Coke | 4 ×  Heavy Oil Residue40 / min |
6 sec | 12 ×  Petroleum Coke120 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Plastic | 3 × Crude Oil30 / min |
6 sec | 2 ×  Plastic20 / min1 × Heavy Oil Residue10 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Residual Fuel | 6 × Heavy Oil Residue60 / min |
6 sec | 4 × Fuel40 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Residual Plastic | 6 × Polymer Resin60 / min2 × Water20 / min |
6 sec | 2 × Plastic20 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Residual Rubber | 4 × Polymer Resin40 / min4 × Water40 / min |
6 sec | 2 ×  Rubber20 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Rubber | 3 × Crude Oil30 / min |
6 sec | 2 × Rubber20 / min2 × Heavy Oil Residue20 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Smokeless Powder | 2 ×  Black Powder20 / min1 × Heavy Oil Residue10 / min |
6 sec | 2 ×  Smokeless Powder20 / min |
MAM Sulfur Research - Smokeless Powder |
| Sulfuric Acid | 5 ×  Sulfur50 / min5 × Water50 / min |
6 sec | 5 ×  Sulfuric Acid50 / min |
Tier 7 - Aeronautical Engineering |
| Coated Cable Alternate |
5 ×  Wire37.5 / min2 × Heavy Oil Residue15 / min |
8 sec | 9 ×  Cable67.5 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Diluted Packaged Fuel Alternate |
1 × Heavy Oil Residue30 / min2 ×  Packaged Water60 / min |
2 sec | 2 ×  Packaged Fuel60 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Electrode Aluminum Scrap Alternate |
12 × Alumina Solution180 / min4 × Petroleum Coke60 / min |
4 sec | 20 × Aluminum Scrap300 / min7 × Water105 / min |
Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement |
| Heavy Oil Residue Alternate |
3 × Crude Oil30 / min |
6 sec | 4 × Heavy Oil Residue40 / min2 × Polymer Resin20 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Polyester Fabric Alternate |
1 × Polymer Resin30 / min1 × Water30 / min |
2 sec | 1 ×  Fabric30 / min |
MAM Mycelia Research - Synthetic Polyester Fabric |
| Polymer Resin Alternate |
6 × Crude Oil60 / min |
6 sec | 13 × Polymer Resin130 / min2 × Heavy Oil Residue20 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Pure Caterium Ingot Alternate |
2 ×  Caterium Ore24 / min2 × Water24 / min |
5 sec | 1 ×  Caterium Ingot12 / min |
MAM Caterium Research - Caterium OR Tier 3 - Coal Power |
| Pure Copper Ingot Alternate |
6 ×  Copper Ore15 / min4 × Water10 / min |
24 sec | 15 ×  Copper Ingot37.5 / min |
Tier 3 - Coal Power |
| Pure Iron Ingot Alternate |
7 ×  Iron Ore35 / min4 × Water20 / min |
12 sec | 13 ×  Iron Ingot65 / min |
Tier 3 - Coal Power |
| Pure Quartz Crystal Alternate |
9 ×  Raw Quartz67.5 / min5 × Water37.5 / min |
8 sec | 7 ×  Quartz Crystal52.5 / min |
MAM Quartz Research - Quartz Crystals OR Tier 3 - Coal Power |
| Recycled Plastic Alternate |
6 × Rubber30 / min6 × Fuel30 / min |
12 sec | 12 × Plastic60 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Recycled Rubber Alternate |
6 × Plastic30 / min6 × Fuel30 / min |
12 sec | 12 × Rubber60 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing |
| Sloppy Alumina Alternate |
10 × Bauxite200 / min10 × Water200 / min |
3 sec | 12 × Alumina Solution240 / min |
Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement |
| Steamed Copper Sheet Alternate |
3 × Copper Ingot22.5 / min3 × Water22.5 / min |
8 sec | 3 ×  Copper Sheet22.5 / min |
Tier 3 - Coal Power |
| Turbo Heavy Fuel Alternate |
5 × Heavy Oil Residue37.5 / min4 ×  Compacted Coal30 / min |
8 sec | 4 ×  Turbofuel30 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing OR MAM Sulfur Research - Compacted Coal |
| Turbofuel Alternate |
6 × Fuel22.5 / min4 × Compacted Coal15 / min |
16 sec | 5 × Turbofuel18.75 / min |
MAM Sulfur Research - Turbofuel |
| Wet Concrete Alternate |
6 ×  Limestone120 / min5 × Water100 / min |
3 sec | 4 ×  Concrete80 / min |
Tier 3 - Coal Power |
Overclocking
Main article: Clock speed
The Refinery can be overclocked using Power Shards. Overclocking increases the input/output speed of the Refinery at the cost of exponentially increased power demand.
| Clock speed | 25% | 50% | 75% | 100% | 150% | 200% | 250% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumption (MW) | 4.8 | 12 | 20.51 | 30 | 51.27 | 75 | 100.73 |
By-products
A Refinery stops working if any of its output, whether the belt slot or the fluid slot, is fully backed up if the recipe involves by-products. To keep the refinery running, BOTH its products must be constantly removed from it.
- To handle solid by-products: Connect the Conveyor to an AWESOME Sink via a Smart Splitter with an 'Overflow' rule.
- To handle fluid by-products: Connect the Pipeline with a pipe overflow mechanism, then package the fluid with Empty Canisters. The packaged fluid can then be sent to the AWESOME Sink.
- It is also possible to remove fluid manually by holding down the by-products icon and dragging it to the trash can slot in inventory. The fluid is destroyed using this process.
- Heavy Oil Residue can be converted to Petroleum Coke, which is way faster than packaging and also doesn't consume any plastic.
Head lift
Main article: Head lift
A Refinery has a recommended head lift of 10 meters, measured from the center of its pipe outlet.
Tips
- Oil-product refining is a multistage process, and the uses of specific machines tend to change. A useful technique is to wrap a stack of belts and pipes up one side of a row of Refineries, around the far end and down the other side, with the output side of the Refineries facing toward the origin of the belt. This way, individual Refineries can be easily reconnected to different inputs and outputs, and any Refinery in the complex can draw from the output of any other.
- Placing Refineries in the center of a 5-foundation-wide slab and running input/output manifolds through the center of the outermost foundations places them at the perfect distance to be reached by a Conveyor Lift or vertical pipe branch.
See also
Gallery
A screenshot from the E3 2018 presentation, where Refineries can be seen in the background.
A closed-loop of Satisfactory Petrochemical with Plastics, Rubber, and Fuel as final products with no by-product.
Collapsing the crafting recipe menu at the Refinery's UI to minimize intensive scrolling when selecting a recipe.
Several blocks of Refineries crafting pure Ingots.
An end game refinery plan, producing 600 Rubber, 600 plastic, 25 Fabric, and 720 Petroleum Coke/min. You will need to input empty canisters, rubber, and plastic at the beginning.
History
- Patch 0.8.2.9: Some improvements to Pipe SFX causing hitches/stuttering in factories with a lot of Refineries/Blenders built
- Patch 0.8.2.0: Fixed an Audio issue leading to performance hitches in factories with Refineries, including audio optimizations for the Refinery
- Patch 0.3.6:
- New visuals
- Slightly smaller size (width from 12 m to 10 m and height from 30 m to 21 m), can now clip through part of the smokestack
- Moved packaging and unpackaging recipes to the Packager
- Existing Refineries will continue to work, but it will not be possible to select the recipes on newly built ones
- Diluted Packaged Fuel wasn't moved as it is not just a packaging recipe (Heavy Oil Residue is being refined to Fuel)
- New visuals
- Patch 0.3.2.2: Reduced power consumption from 50 to 30 MW
- Patch 0.3.1.0: Fixed position
- Patch 0.3:
- Renamed to Refinery.
- Now is used to refine other fluids besides Crude Oil
- Now can package and unpackage liquids
- Some recipes now produce by-products
- Added a Pipeline in/output.
- Patch 0.1.9: Adjusted alignments of input and output
- Patch 0.1.5:
- Changed crafting cost from 2 Heavy Modular Frame, 5 Motor, and 20 Cable to 4 Heavy Modular Frame, 8 Motor, and 25 Cable
- Changed length and width from 22x13m to 20x12m
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