Chemical plant

Chemical plant

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Recipe
5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 → 1
Total raw
16.25 + 7.5 + 20 + 5
Map color
Health	300 390 480 570 750
Stack size	10
Rocket capacity	10
Dimensions	3×3
Energy consumption	210 kW (electric)
Drain	7.0 kW (electric)
Crafting speed	1 1.3 1.6 1.9 2.5
Mining time	0.1
Pollution	4/m
Module slots	3 slots
Prototype type	assembling-machine
Internal name	chemical-plant
Required technologies
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Most recipes that either require or provide a fluid other than crude oil is produced here. The chemical plant has 2 inputs and 2 outputs in fixed positions. Solid items can be both inserted and removed by inserters from any point (no need to target fluid input/output connections).

When chemical plants are in the process of crafting an item, they will billow out smoke that matches the color of their input ingredients.

Gallery

Colored smoke billowing from the plants.

Recipes

The Chemical plant has twelve available recipes, one of which must be set before it can begin processing.

Process	Input	Output
Sulfuric acid (requires Sulfur processing (research))	1 1 5 100	50
Heavy oil cracking (requires Advanced oil processing (research))	2 30 40	30
Light oil cracking (requires Advanced oil processing (research))	2 30 30	20
Solid fuel (requires Advanced oil processing (research))	2 10	1
Solid fuel (requires Oil processing (research))	2 20	1
Solid fuel (requires Advanced oil processing (research))	2 20	1
Lubricant (requires Lubricant (research))	1 10	10
Plastic bar (requires Plastics (research))	1 1 20	2
Sulfur (requires Sulfur processing (research))	1 30 30	2
Battery (requires Battery (research))	4 1 1 20	1
Explosives (requires Explosives (research))	4 1 1 10	2
Flamethrower ammo (requires Flamethrower (research))	6 5 100	1

Liquid Inputs

Unlike solid ingredients, which can be inserted anywhere, the liquid ingredients can only be added at the two fixed inputs. Furthermore, the sulfur recipe, which requires two liquid ingredients, will only accept each ingredient on a specific input. When the sulfur recipe is selected, the plant will display icons on the inputs to show which ingredient goes to which input.

Special note for Switch users: On the Switch, when using the built-in display, the input icons can be difficult to see because of their size. Using the infobox image as a reference, arbitrarily labeling the top input as 'A' and the bottom input as 'B', for the sulfur recipe, petroleum gas must go into input 'A' and water into input 'B'.

History

• 0.18.0:
  • Updated sound effects.

• 0.17.0:
  • Crafting speed decreased from 1.25 to 1.0.

• 0.15.0:
  • Module slots increased from 2 to 3.

• 0.11.6:
  • Oil refinery and chemical plant are now disconnected from pipes when the recipe is reset.

• 0.10.0:
  • Unused pipe connections don't connect to pipes.
  • Fluid input amount is limited to 2× recipe cost.
  • Fluid inputs for the chemical plant are now saved properly.

• 0.9.1:
  • Now accepts modules.

• 0.9.0:
  • Introduced

See also

• Fluid system
• Oil refinery