Solid Fuel Generator
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| Recipe | |
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| Created With | Electronics Printer, Fabricator |
| Cost | 50x Iron, 10x Copper |
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| Operation | |
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| Power Usage | 20KW generated per each tick |
| Prefab Hash | 1293995736 |
| Construction | |
| Placed with | Kit (Solid Generator) |
| Placed on | Large Grid |
| Stage 1 | |
| Deconstruction | |
| Deconstructed with | Hand Drill |
Description
The solid generator requires coal or charcoal, the latter is renewable. It will output 20kW of power per game-tick, each Coal burns for 10 ticks and each Charcoal burns for up to 6 ticks (but less if a stack is used).
Notes
The generator is not on-demand, meaning that it will burn the fuel even if nothing is using the power. Without a stationary battery most of the power generated by a Solid Generator will be lost. An area power controller(APC) can charge its attached battery with 1 kW per tick, a small battery charger can take 400W in each slot and a battery charger can take 500W in each slot.
With 18 coal pieces a stationary battery can be fully charged. This is about 3 coal pieces per indicator light.
It's possible to use the regular cable coil as long as 5kW or less of the power produced is used. This is because a cable will only burn when the power usage exceeds its limit, it will never burn from a high power generation. A Stationary Battery will always take all the power that is available, which in this case means 20kW, only a heavy cable coil can handle that much.
The Solid Generator have no connection for a waste pipe, all the hot exhaust gases are just released around it. This will kill plants and harm non-robotic player characters, so it's best used outdoors or in an airtight room. When Coal is burned, each one will release 10 mol of CO2 and 3 mol of X. When Charcoal is burned, each one will release 3 mol of CO2 and 3 mol of X.