Fuel Generator

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Fuel Generator
Consumes Fuel to generate electricity for the power grid. Has a Pipe input so the Fuel supply can be automated. Caution: Always generates at the set clock speed. Shuts down if fuel requirements are not met.
Unlocked at	Tier 5 - Petroleum Power
Category	Power
Sub­category	Generators
Building
Power production	250 MW
Accepted fuel	Fuel, Liquid Biofuel, Turbofuel, Rocketfuel
Overclock­able	Yes
Inputs	1 Pipeline
Dimensions
Width	20 m
Length	20 m
Height	27 m
Area	400 m2
Ingredients
Made in	Build Gun
15× Motor
15× Encased Industrial Beam
30× Copper Sheet
50× Rubber
50× Quickwire

The Fuel Generator is a power generator building that generates power by burning  Fuel,  Turbofuel or  Liquid Biofuel.

At 100% clock speed, one Fuel Generator produces 250 MW. This will use 20 m³/min of  Fuel or  Liquid Biofuel, or 7.5 m³/min of  Turbofuel.

Fuel energy values

 Fuel (750 MJ/m³)

Clock speed	Burn time (sec)	Fluid per minute	Output MW
100%	5	20 m3	250
150%	3.3	30 m3	375
200%	2.5	40 m3	500
250%	2	50 m3	625

Note: Italic values are based on calculations and not actual in game values.

 Liquid Biofuel (750 MJ/m³)

Clock speed	Burn time (sec)	Fluid per minute	Output MW
100%	5	20 m3	250
150%	3.3	30 m3	375
200%	2.5	40 m3	500
250%	2	50 m3	625

 Turbofuel (2,000 MJ/m³)

Clock speed	Burn time (sec)	Fluid per minute	Output MW
100%	8.0	7.5 m3	250
150%	5.3	11.25 m3	375
200%	4	15 m3	500
250%	3.2	18.75 m3	625

Generators per node

A single Crude Oil node, using only the original Crude Oil to Fuel recipe, can support the following number of Fuel Generators operating at peak capacity (fractional amounts of machines mean that the clock speed of the last machine needs to be adjusted for maximum efficiency):

Node purity	Crude Oil/min	Refineries	Fuel/min	Polymer Resin byproduct/min	Number of Fuel Generators	Gross power output*
Impure	60 m3	1	40 m3	30	2	500 MW
Normal	120 m3	2	80 m3	60	4	1000 MW
Pure	240 m3	4	160 m3	120	8	2000 MW
Overclock to 150 m3**	150 m3	2.5	100 m3	75	5	1250 MW
Overclock to 300 m3***	300 m3	5	200 m3	150	10	2500 MW
Overclock to 600 m3****	600 m3	10	400 m3	300	20	5000 MW

• * Net power capacity is less due to the Oil Extractor and Refineries consuming power
• ** This is either an impure node at 250% or normal at 125%
• *** This is either a normal node at 250% or pure at 125%, the limit of Mk.1 Pipelines
• **** This is a pure node at 250%, the limit of Mk.2 Pipelines

Fuel production can be greatly expanded by making use of alt Diluted (Packaged) Fuel, even more when combined with alt  Heavy Oil Residue. Using both of these recipes together exactly quadruples Fuel production, at the cost of adding 2.667 Blenders and 1 Water Extractor per 10 Fuel Generators.

Node purity	Crude Oil/min	Heavy Oil Residue Refineries	Heavy Oil Residue/min	Polymer Resin byproduct/min	Water Extractors	Fuel Blenders	Fuel/min	Number of Fuel Generators	Gross power output
Impure	60 m3	2	80	40	1.333	1.6	160	13.333	2 GW
Normal	120 m3	4	160	80	2.667	3.2	320	26.667	4 GW
Pure	240 m3	8	320	160	5.333	6.4	640*	53.333	8 GW
Overclock to 150 m3	150 m3	5	200	100	3.333	4	400	33.333	5 GW
Overclock to 300 m3	300 m3	10	400	200	6.667	8	800*	66.667	10 GW
Overclock to 600 m3	600 m3	20	800*	400	13.333	16	1600*	133.333	20 GW

• *Requires multiple Mk2 pipelines

Overview

The following equations apply:
If Fuel or Liquid Biofuel or is being used, number of Fuel Generators required is:
$Fuel\,Generators={Fuel\,or\,Liquid\,Biofuel\,production\,rate \over 20}$

If Turbofuel is being used, number of Fuel Generators required is:
$Fuel\,Generators={Turbofuel\,production\,rate \over 7.5}$
The fluid has to be spread across multiple Pipelines as following:
$Pipelines\,required = {Total\,flow\,rate\over 300}$ for Mk.1 Pipelines and $Pipelines\,required = {Total\,flow\,rate\over 600}$ for Mk.2 Pipelines.

Overclocking

Main article: Clock speed

The Fuel Generator can be overclocked using Power Shards. Overclocking increases the fuel (and Water) consumption rate and produced power linearly. The same amount of power is always produced from the same input resources.

Setting up Fuel power

Main article: Setting up Fuel Power

See the main article linked above for a full tutorial in multiple stages, from Fuel to Turbofuel. Note: Always keep in mind the Pipeline throughput limit, 300 m³/min for Mk.1 and 600 m³/min for Mk.2

1. Acquire 300 m³/min of Crude Oil (which is two impure Oil Extractors at 250%, one normal at 250% or one pure at 125%).
2. Split the output of the Extractor and feed it to 5 Refineries.
3. Merge the fluid output of all the Refineries into a single Pipe, then split it to feed 10 Fuel Generators.
4. A manifold arrangement (aka. in-line splitting and merging) is advised for the above setup.
5. To deal with the Polymer Resin (this setup will produce 150/min), either sink it or refine it into Residual Rubber/Plastic. Ensure these byproducts never back up, or Fuel production will stop, which will eventually result in the generators running out of it and stopping.

This setup provides 2,500 MW of sustained power.

History

• Patch 0.4.0.0
  • Decreased Fuel burn rate in Fuel Generator from 15 per minute to 12 per minute
• Patch 0.3:
  • Replaced Conveyor input with a Pipeline input, now only accepts fluids
  • Changed construction cost to five Computers, 10 Heavy Modular Frames, 15 Motors, 50 Rubber, and 50 Quickwire
• Patch 0.1.5: Changed construction cost from three Heavy Modular Frames, five Motors and five Circuit Boards to 10 Heavy Modular Frames, 10 Motors and five Computers

See also

• Fuel
• Turbofuel
• Liquid Biofuel
• Biomass Burner
• Coal Generator
• Geothermal Generator
• Nuclear Power Plant

Gallery

• 

  Using Fuel Generators is a good way of removing Heavy Oil Residue (by converting them into Fuel first), while also provide a boost to the Power production.

• 

  A Fuel Generator Plan that uses 300 m³ Crude Oil which is converted into Turbofuel to generate 22,350 MW of Power