Turbofuel
Turbofuel is an improved version of 
Fuel mixed with 
Compacted Coal.
Obtaining
Unlocking
All Turbofuel recipes require Tier 5 - Oil Processing to be researched, directly or indirectly.
The default Turbofuel recipe is unlocked in MAM Sulfur Research. The research itself costs Compacted Coal, thus it needs to be researched first. It is one of two MAM researches to cost a 
Hard Drive, due to formerly being an alternate recipe.
The Turbo Heavy Fuel and Turbo Blend Fuel recipes are unlocked by scanning Hard Drives in the MAM. Each recipe has different prerequisites to appear in the selection pool: Turbo Heavy Fuel requires Compacted Coal to be researched in MAM Sulfur Research, while Turbo Blend Fuel requires 
Blenders to be available and 
Sulfur to be researched.
Crafting
| Recipe | Ingredients | Produced in | Products | Unlocked by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unpackage Turbofuel | 2 ×  Packaged Turbofuel20 / min |
Packager 6 sec |
2 ×  Turbofuel20 / min2 ×  Empty Canister20 / min |
Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement AND MAM Sulfur Research - Sulfur OR MAM Sulfur Research - Turbofuel OR Tier 5 - Oil Processing AND MAM Sulfur Research - Compacted Coal |
| Turbo Blend Fuel Alternate |
2 ×  Fuel15 / min4 ×  Heavy Oil Residue30 / min3 ×  Sulfur22.5 / min3 ×  Petroleum Coke22.5 / min |
Blender 8 sec |
6 × Turbofuel45 / min |
Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement OR MAM Sulfur Research - Sulfur |
| Turbo Heavy Fuel Alternate |
5 × Heavy Oil Residue37.5 / min4 ×  Compacted Coal30 / min |
Refinery 8 sec |
4 × Turbofuel30 / min |
Tier 5 - Oil Processing OR MAM Sulfur Research - Compacted Coal |
| Turbofuel Alternate |
6 × Fuel22.5 / min4 × Compacted Coal15 / min |
Refinery 16 sec |
5 × Turbofuel18.75 / min |
MAM Sulfur Research - Turbofuel |
Alternate recipes analysis
The following shows different ways to produce 1 m3 of Turbofuel / second, or 60 m3/min:
| Recipe | Coal /min (WP) |
Sulfur /min (WP) |
Crude Oil m3/min (WP) |
Total WP | Total Energy /m3 (MJ) |
Space (m2) |
Building counts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | 48 (15.94 ) |
48 (70.18 ) |
27 (23.08 ) |
109.19 | 251.3 | 1589.11 | 7.63 |
| Heavy | 60 (19.92 ) |
60 (87.72 ) |
56.25 (48.08 ) |
155.72 | 207.55 | 1206.94 | 6.76 |
| Blend | - | 30 (43.86 ) |
45 (38.46 ) |
82.32 | 203.12 | 905.16 | 3.73 |
- 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 are considered, assuming using Conveyor Belt Mk.4.
- Fuel is assumed to be produced via Diluted Fuel alternate recipe.
- As 1 m3 of Turbofuel contains 2000 MJ, subtracting its manufacturing energy will show the net energy gain.
Usage
Crafting
| Recipe | Ingredients | Produced in | Products | Unlocked by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packaged Turbofuel | 2 × Turbofuel20 / min2 × Empty Canister20 / min |
Packager 6 sec |
2 × Packaged Turbofuel20 / min |
MAM Sulfur Research - Turbofuel OR Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement AND MAM Sulfur Research - Sulfur OR Tier 5 - Oil Processing AND MAM Sulfur Research - Compacted Coal |
| Turbo Rifle Ammo | 25 ×  Rifle Ammo125 / min3 ×  Aluminum Casing15 / min3 × Turbofuel15 / min |
Blender 12 sec |
50 ×  Turbo Rifle Ammo250 / min |
MAM Sulfur Research - Turbo Rifle Ammo |
Notes
- Packaged Turbofuel can be used as Vehicle fuel and in the Jetpack.
- It can be used to power Fuel Generators.
Fuel vs Turbofuel Efficiency
Using the Turbo Blend Fuel and Diluted Fuel recipes:
- 1m3 Heavy Oil Residue creates 1m3 Turbofuel, or 2000 MJ
- 1m3 Heavy Oil Residue creates 2m3 Fuel, or 1500 MJ
This makes Fuel 75% as efficient as Turbofuel, at the cost of Sulfur.
To create 2,000MW of power 60m3/min of Turbofuel is needed or 160m3/min of Fuel is needed. Using the same recipes as before, the Turbofuel is made from 45m3/min Crude Oil and 30 Sulfur/min while the Fuel is made from 60m3/min Crude Oil. This gives Turbofuel a weighted point value of about 82.32 and Fuel a weighted point value of about 51.28 for 2,000MW of power. This means that for weighted resource efficiency Turbo Fuel is about 1.6x as expensive for an equivalent amount of power.
However turning Fuel into Turbofuel raises the maximum potential MW production from 390,000MW from Fuel alone, to 504,000MW (456,000MW via Turbofuel + 48,000MW turning remaining Crude Oil into Fuel)
Tips
- Two Turbofuel power setup tutorials are available, see Fuel Generator#Setting up Fuel power for a generalized setup or Tutorial:How to play#Turbofuel Power for a specific detailed setup.
Gallery
Schematic of Turbofuel production based on 300 m3/min of Crude Oil and 533.34 Sulfur and Coal/min to yield 666.66 m3/min of Turbofuel. Uses Diluted Packaged Fuel loop. Less power efficient but available earlier than the Blender version. Note that this diagram was made before patch 0.3.6 introduced the Packager, and so shows packaging operations being performed by Refineries.
Schematic of Turbofuel production based on 500 m3/min of Crude Oil and 333.34 Sulfur/min to yield 666.66 m3/min of Turbofuel. Reduces Sulfur usage and eliminates coal usage. However increases oil usage.
A setup of Turbofuel Power.
History
- Patch 0.6.0.4: Can no longer be unlocked from Hard Drive research
- Patch 0.6.0.0: The default recipe can now be unlocked through Sulfur Research in the MAM, while still being an alternate recipe that can be unlocked from Hard Drives
- Patch 0.4.0.0: Introduced Turbo Blend Fuel alternate recipe
- Patch 0.3.0.1: Fixed default recipe, now produces liquids properly
- Patch 0.3:
- Now a liquid
- Introduced Turbo Heavy Fuel alternate recipe
- Loading a save created before Patch 0.3 converts Turbofuel items to Packaged Turbofuel
- Patch 0.1.7: Changed default recipe's Compacted Coal cost from 2 to 4
See also
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