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Solid fuel.png
Solid fuel

Stack size

50

Fuel value

12 MJ (burner)

Vehicle acceleration

120%

Vehicle top speed

105%

Prototype type

item

Internal name

solid-fuel

Required technologies

Advanced oil processing (research).png
Oil processing (research).png

Produced by

Chemical plant.png

Consumed by

Rocket fuel.png

Used as fuel by

Burner inserter.png
Boiler.png
Stone furnace.png
Steel furnace.png
Burner mining drill.png
Locomotive.png
Tank.png
Car.png

Solid fuel is a kind of fuel and is processed in a chemical plant. One unit of solid fuel contains 12MJ of energy, three times the energy value of coal.

Besides being useful as fuel in all burner devices, solid fuel is also used to produce rocket fuel, which is a component of rocket parts built in the rocket silo.

Recipes

Solid Fuel can be created from heavy oil, light oil or petroleum gas.

Process Input Output
Solid fuel from heavy oil.png
Heavy oil.png
20
+
Time.png
2
Solid fuel.png
1
Solid fuel from light oil.png
Light oil.png
10
+
Time.png
2
Solid fuel.png
1
Solid fuel from petroleum gas.png
Petroleum gas.png
20
+
Time.png
2
Solid fuel.png
1

Which solid fuel recipe to use

  • Light oil has the best oil to solid fuel ratio (10:1).
  • Heavy oil has a much worse ratio (20:1). Cracking heavy oil to light oil first changes the ratio for heavy oil to 13:1.
  • Petroleum gas also has a 20:1 ratio.


However, full tanks of heavy oil, light oil, or petroleum gas can back up and block the oil refinery from refining more crude oil. This can create a situation where, for example, you can't create petroleum gas because your heavy oil tanks are full. It's advisable to set up some solid fuel factories to relieve the pressure in cases like this, particularly once circuit networks have been researched and the factories can be switched on automatically once liquid levels reach a certain amount.

History

  • 0.17.0:
    • Relative value of solid fuel decreased by 4%.
  • 0.15.0:
    • Fuel type now affects vehicle acceleration and top speed.

See also