Fluid system

Liquids are fluids or gases.

In v0.9 new liquids like crude oil or petroleum gas were added.

Tutorials

• Liquids/Tutorials

Types of Liquids

Besides the different usage, there is no physical difference between them. Every liquid has the same fluidity, needs the same energy to heat and so on.

• Liquids/Types

Piping

• Liquids/Piping
• Liquids/Machines
• Liquids/Pipe physics
• Liquids/Throughput

Using Water to Generate Power

You can use every type of liquid, but hot water is the obvious solution.

• Liquids/Hot
• Electricity/Generator
• Power Production

Oil Processing

• Liquids/Oil processing

History

The only liquid available in Factorio <0.9 was Water. See also Version0.9

See also

• About creating energy: http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2755&p=20280#p20265
• About splitting liquids equally: http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4823&p=47506#p47048
• About throughput in a pipe (and how to check it): http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6066