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Turbofuel is an improved version of Fuel Fuel mixed with Compacted Coal 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 Compacted Coal, thus it needs to be researched first. It is one of two MAM researches to cost a Hard Drive Hard Drive, due to formerly being an alternate recipe.

Turbofuel Turbofuel is unlocked via the Sulfur Research chain in the MAM MAM using:
Hard Drive
1
Compacted Coal
15
Packaged Fuel
50

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 Compacted Coal to be researched in MAM Sulfur Research, while Turbo Blend Fuel requires Blender Blenders to be available and Sulfur Sulfur to be researched.

Turbofuel Turbo Heavy Fuel is unlocked via the Hard Drive Research chain in the MAM MAM using:
Hard Drive
1
Turbofuel Turbo Blend Fuel is unlocked via the Hard Drive Research chain in the MAM MAM using:
Hard Drive
1

Crafting[]

RecipeIngredientsBuildingProductsPrerequisites
Turbofuel
6 × Fuel
Fuel
22.5 / min
4 × Compacted Coal
Compacted Coal
15 / min
Refinery
16 sec
5 × Turbofuel
Turbofuel
18.75 / min
96 MJ/item
Sulfur Research - Turbo Fuel
Unpackage Turbofuel
2 × Packaged Turbofuel
Packaged Turbofuel
20 / min
Packager
6 sec
2 × Turbofuel
Turbofuel
20 / min
30 MJ/item
2 × Empty Canister
Empty Canister
20 / min
30 MJ/item
Tier 5 - Alternative Fluid Transport
∧ one of:
Sulfur Research - Turbo Fuel
OR Alternate Recipe - Turbo Heavy Fuel
OR Alternate Recipe - Turbo Blend Fuel
Turbo Heavy Fuel
Alternate
5 × Heavy Oil Residue
Heavy Oil Residue
37.5 / min
4 × Compacted Coal
Compacted Coal
30 / min
Refinery
8 sec
4 × Turbofuel
Turbofuel
30 / min
60 MJ/item
Tier 5 - Oil Processing
Sulfur Research - Compacted Coal
Turbo Blend Fuel
Alternate
2 × Fuel
Fuel
15 / min
4 × Heavy Oil Residue
Heavy Oil Residue
30 / min
Blender
8 sec
6 × Turbofuel
Turbofuel
45 / min
100 MJ/item
Tier 7 - Bauxite Refinement
Sulfur Research - Sulfur
3 × Sulfur
Sulfur
22.5 / min
3 × Petroleum Coke
Petroleum Coke
22.5 / min

Alternate recipes analysis[]

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

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[]

RecipeIngredientsBuildingProductsPrerequisites
Packaged Turbofuel
2 × Turbofuel
Turbofuel
20 / min
2 × Empty Canister
Empty Canister
20 / min
Packager
6 sec
2 × Packaged Turbofuel
Packaged Turbofuel
20 / min
30 MJ/item
Tier 5 - Alternative Fluid Transport
∧ one of:
Sulfur Research - Turbo Fuel
OR Alternate Recipe - Turbo Heavy Fuel
OR Alternate Recipe - Turbo Blend Fuel
Turbo Rifle Ammo
25 × Rifle Ammo
Rifle Ammo
125 / min
3 × Aluminum Casing
Aluminum Casing
15 / min
Blender
12 sec
50 × Turbo Rifle Ammo
Turbo Rifle Ammo
250 / min
18 MJ/item
Sulfur Research - Turbo Rifle Ammo
3 × Turbofuel
Turbofuel
15 / min
 

Notes[]

Fuel vs Turbofuel Efficiency[]

Using the Turbo Blend Fuel and Diluted Fuel recipes:

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[]

Trivia[]

  • In real life, naturally occurring Sulfur typically must be removed from crude oil and its derivatives, not added, during the refining process. It is an important step in petrochemical refining that reduces dangerous Sulfur Dioxide pollution from combusted fuel. Many means for Sulfur removal have been developed, such as Hydrodesfulfurization. A related process, known as Sweetening reduces the odor of noxious organosulfur compounds in gasoline by converting them to less odiferous disulfides. I wonder if FICSIT can make Turbofuel smell better too?

Gallery[]

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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