燃煤发电机

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Coal Generator
Burns Coal to boil Water, the produced steam rotates turbines to generate electricity for the power grid. Has a Conveyor Belt and Pipe input, so both the Coal and Water supply can be automated. Resource consumption will automatically be lowered to meet power demands.
解锁	Tier 3 - Coal Power
分类	Power
二级分类	Generators
发电量	75 MW
燃料	Coal, Compacted Coal, Petroleum Coke
能否超频	Yes
输入	1 Pipeline (Water) 1 Conveyor
规模
宽度	10 m
长度	25 m
高度	36 m
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制作
制作途径	Build Gun
所需零件
材料
20 10 30
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The Coal Generator is a building that generates Power using  Coal and  Water. It is the first fully automate-able power source the engineer has access to and also the first power source to use a mined resource.

Fuel consumption

All type of Fuels and Water consumption are proportionally reduced when the Power usage is not at 100%. For instance, if only half of the power is being used, then both the Fuel and Water last 2x as long. At 100% power usage and 100% Clock speed, the Water consumption rate is 45 模板:M3pm regardless the type of fuel provided. The following types of fuels are accepted:

Fuel Type	Energy (MJ)	Stack Size	Energy/Stack (MJ)	Burn time (sec)	Items per Minute
Coal	300	100	30000	4	15
Compacted Coal	630	100	63000	8.4	7.143
Petroleum Coke	180	200	36000	2.4	25

Generators per Coal node

A 100% Miner on a Coal node can support the following number of Coal Generators operating at 100% power usage (decimal amounts of machines means that the last machine needs to be underclocked for maximum efficiency):

Miner	Node purity	Coal/min	Water Extractors (@ 100%)	Water Extractors (@ 75%)	Water 模板:M3pm	No. of Coal Generators	Total power
Mk.1	Impure	30	0.75	1	90	2	150 MW
	Normal	60	1.5	2	180	4	300 MW
	Pure	120	3	4	360	8	600 MW
Mk.2	Impure	60	1.5	2	180	4	300 MW
	Normal	120	3	4	360	8	600 MW
	Pure	240	6	8	720	16	1200 MW
Mk.3	Impure	120	3	4	360	8	600 MW
	Normal	240	6	8	720	16	1200 MW
	Pure	480	12	16	1440	32	2400 MW

A 250% Miner on a Coal node can support the following number of Coal Generators operating at 100% power usage (decimal amounts of machines means that the last machine needs to be underclocked for maximum efficiency):

Miner	Node purity	Coal/min	Water Extractors (@ 100%)	Water Extractors (@ 75%)	Water 模板:M3pm	No. of Coal Generators	Total power
Mk.1	Impure	75	1.875	2.5	225	5	375 MW
	Normal	150	3.75	5	450	10	750 MW
	Pure	300	7.5	10	900	20	1500 MW
Mk.2	Impure	150	3.75	5	450	10	750 MW
	Normal	300	7.5	10	900	20	1500 MW
	Pure	600	15	20	1800	40	3000 MW
Mk.3	Impure	300	7.5	10	900	20	1500 MW
	Normal	600	15	20	1800	40	3000 MW
	Pure	780 1200	19.5	26	2340	52	3900 MW

• Coal burn time is 4 seconds, which means that a single Coal Generator consumes 15 Coal/min.
• Pipelines only have a capacity of 300 模板:M3pm. Thus, when connecting Water Extractors to a line feeding 7 or more Coal Generators, Water inputs either need to be spaced out or be separated.
  • Alternatively, it is possible to underclock each Water Extractor to 75% and connect it to exactly 2 Coal Generators. Then, the amount of Water Extractors is half the amount of Coal Generators.
  • Using Water Extractors underclocked to 75% requires one more extractor per 0.5 Coal Generators, trading an increase in space for a reduced yields a reduction in power consumption. For 8 Coal Generators you either need 3 Water Extractors at 100% (3*20 = 60MW) or 4 Water Extractors at 75% (12.6 * 4 = 50.4MW). This can be useful early on when you still need to save up on energy consumption.
• A Miner Mk.3 on pure coal node should only be overclocked to 163%, as belt Mk.5 won't be able to transport faster than that.
• As the Miner and Water Extractors consume power, the net power capacity is less.

Overclocking the generator

• The Coal Generator, like all power generation buildings, behaves differently to power consumer buildings when overclocked. See Clock Speed for more info.
• As the fuel & Water consumption rate are directly proportional to the Power production of Coal Generators (similar also applies to all Power generators), it is not advised to overclock any of these generators. It is just a waste of Power Shards.

Coal power setup tutorial

See the pages below for guides. The guide is written based on Rocky Desert starting area, but can also be applicable for other area with 4 Coal nodes and with Water nearby.

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

See also

• Water Extractor
• Biomass Burner
• Fuel Generator
• Geo Thermal Generator
• Nuclear Power Plant
• Coal
• Compacted Coal
• Petroleum Coke

Gallery

• Coal Generator Schematic.png

  Optimum setup with 8 Coal Generators and 3 Water Extractors. Make sure the middle Water extractor is in between the 4th and 5th Coal generator or it won't work.

• Coal power Water Extractor.png

  Top view of 3 Extractors to 8 Generators setup, using a common pipeline and 2 Mk.1 belts, each feed into 4 generators. The 2 Mk.1 belts can be merged to a single Mk.2 belt.

• Coal power ladder.png

  Several Coal Generators viewed from the front.

• Coal Generator Manifold 2.png

  A few more Coal Generators, built in double manifold style.

• Coal Power elevated.png

  Coal Generators built above Water Extractors. Each row has 9 Generators, fed by 2 vertical pipes in groups of 4. Two vertical pipes are combined at the bottom fed by 3 Extractors. The 9th generator has its own individual pipe and Extractor.

History

• Patch 0.3: Now requires Water to operate, appearance changed accordingly to include a Pipeline input. The chimney is now fully within the hitbox.