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The boiler is used to heat water. When fueled with some burning material like [[Coal]] it raises the temperature of water flowing through it. The resulting temperature depends on the speed the water flows.
 
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The '''boiler''' is used to convert [[water]] into [[steam]]. When [[fuel]]ed it converts feed water into steam at 165°C, matching the maximum temperature of the [[steam engine]]. Boilers have 2 water connectors, allowing them to pass water through to other adjacent equipment, but only 1 steam connector for output.
| '''Recipe:''' || {{icon|pipe|1|Pipe}} + {{icon|stone-furnace|1|Stone furnace}} + {{icon|time icon|1|time}} => {{icon|boiler|1|Boiler}}
 
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10 unit of steam is produced for each unit of water. A single unit of [[coal]] (4MJ) fed into a boiler and then utilised in a steam engine will result in 4MJ of energy added to an electrical system. It costs 30kJ energy to heat 1 unit of water to steam at 165°C, so one boiler will produce 60 steam per second.
| '''Total raw:''' || {{icon|iron-plate|1|Iron plate}} {{icon|stone|5|Stone}}
 
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[[Inserter]]s can insert and remove fuel from boilers. This allows to chain multiple boilers with inserters, each inserter taking fuel from one boiler and placing it into the next.
| '''Effectivity:''' || 0.5
 
|-
== History ==
| '''Max power:''' || 390 W ([[Fuel|burner]])
{{History|2.0.0|
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* Decreased water use by 10x, changing the water:steam ratio from 1:1 to 1:10.}}
|}
 
{{history|0.15.10|
* Steam became a separate resource, boilers now produce steam rather than high temperature water that is displayed as steam
** This distinction is meaningful for circuit network accounting of steam and the [[coal liquefaction]] recipe}}
 
{{history|0.15.0|
* New graphics.
* Changed boiler dimensions to 3×2.
* 'Steam' is produced on a separate connector rather than heating water passed through.
** At this time, steam is actually water that is renamed when over 100 degrees.
* Significantly increased energy consumption/production.}}
 
{{history|0.13.0|
* New fire graphics for boilers.}}
 
{{history|0.9.2|
* Enabled the [[inserter]] to take [[fuel]] out of boilers.}}
 
{{history|0.8.0|
* Flickering light added to [[furnace]]s and boilers.}}
 
{{history|0.6.1|
* Boilers show their fuel inventory in the entity info.}}
 
{{history|0.5.1|
* Boilers are now fast-replaceable with pipes.
* New boiler graphics.
}}
 
{{history|0.1.0|
* Introduced}}


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Electric network]]
* [[Electric system]]
* [[Liquid network]]
* [[Fluid system]]


[[Category: Items]]
{{ProductionNav}}
{{C|Energy}}

Latest revision as of 02:57, 8 November 2024

Boiler.png
 Boiler

Boiler entity.png

Recipe

Time.png
0.5
+
Pipe.png
4
+
Stone furnace.png
1
→
Boiler.png
1

Total raw

Time.png
3
+
Iron plate.png
4
+
Stone.png
5

Map color

Fluid storage volume

Input: 200
Output: 200

Health

Quality normal.png 200
Quality uncommon.png 260 Quality rare.png 320
Quality epic.png 380 Quality legendary.png 500

Resistances

Explosion: 0/30%
Fire: 0/90%
Impact: 0/30%

Stack size

50

Dimensions

2×3

Energy consumption

Quality normal.png 1.8 MW
Quality uncommon.png 2.34 MW Quality rare.png 2.88 MW
Quality epic.png 3.42 MW Quality legendary.png 4.5 MW
(burner)

Heat output

Quality normal.png 60/s
Quality uncommon.png 78/s Quality rare.png 96/s
Quality epic.png 114/s Quality legendary.png 150/s
steam

Fluid consumption

Quality normal.png 6/s
Quality uncommon.png 7.8/s Quality rare.png 9.6/s
Quality epic.png 11.4/s Quality legendary.png 15/s

Mining time

0.2

Pollution

30/m

Prototype type

boiler

Internal name

boiler

Required technologies

Steam power (research).png

Produced by

Assembling machine 1.png
Assembling machine 2.png
Assembling machine 3.png
Player.png

Valid fuel

Wood.png
Coal.png
Solid fuel.png
Rocket fuel.png
Nuclear fuel.png

The boiler is used to convert water into steam. When fueled it converts feed water into steam at 165°C, matching the maximum temperature of the steam engine. Boilers have 2 water connectors, allowing them to pass water through to other adjacent equipment, but only 1 steam connector for output.

10 unit of steam is produced for each unit of water. A single unit of coal (4MJ) fed into a boiler and then utilised in a steam engine will result in 4MJ of energy added to an electrical system. It costs 30kJ energy to heat 1 unit of water to steam at 165°C, so one boiler will produce 60 steam per second.

Inserters can insert and remove fuel from boilers. This allows to chain multiple boilers with inserters, each inserter taking fuel from one boiler and placing it into the next.

History

  • 2.0.0:
    • Decreased water use by 10x, changing the water:steam ratio from 1:1 to 1:10.
  • 0.15.10:
    • Steam became a separate resource, boilers now produce steam rather than high temperature water that is displayed as steam
      • This distinction is meaningful for circuit network accounting of steam and the coal liquefaction recipe
  • 0.15.0:
    • New graphics.
    • Changed boiler dimensions to 3×2.
    • 'Steam' is produced on a separate connector rather than heating water passed through.
      • At this time, steam is actually water that is renamed when over 100 degrees.
    • Significantly increased energy consumption/production.
  • 0.13.0:
    • New fire graphics for boilers.
  • 0.6.1:
    • Boilers show their fuel inventory in the entity info.
  • 0.5.1:
    • Boilers are now fast-replaceable with pipes.
    • New boiler graphics.

See also

Production items

Tools

Furnaces

Agriculture

Environmental protection

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