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 at	Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Category	Fluids
Blueprint path	/Game/FactoryGame/Resource/Parts/Fuel/Desc_Fuel.Desc_Fuel_C
Fluids
Fluid Color (Hex)	#eb7d15
Packaged Fuel
Item
Stack size	N/A
Abbreviation	Fuel
Fuel
Energy	750 MJ/m3
Stack energy	0 MJ
5s in Fuel Generator

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

Obtaining

Crafting

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

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

Notes

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

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

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

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