Ethanol

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Ethanol is a liquid fuel refined from Lumber. It also appears naturally in Rust Biome. It can be used as a Power source.

Usage[]

Petroleum Generator can burn Ethanol or Petroleum to generate power:
2 kg/s Ethanol or Petroleum = 2 kW Power + 500 g/s Carbon Dioxide + 750 g/s Polluted Water
Nosh Sprout domestic growth requires 20 kg/cycle Ethanol irrigation.
Ethanol has decent Heat Capacity, very low Heat Conductivity, and 192 degrees range, making it a decent liquid insulator, although mostly in the lower temperature range.
- However, once Ethanol is turned into gas at ~80 °C its heat parameters while slightly lower are comparable to Hydrogen, which makes Ethanol gas quite decent heat transfer agent at above 100 °C temperatures.
Due to the specific heat capacity difference between the liquid and gas, repeatedly boiling and condensing ethanol can serve as a heat deletion method^[1].
Its thermal properties make it best for maintaining sub-zero temperatures for Sleet Wheat farms, with Radiant Liquid Piping compensating for their low conductivity. Furthermore, the low thermal conductivity makes mopping up easier, in the case of accidents.
Assuming the wood is acquired from a domestic Arbor Tree, the Ethanol Distiller converts 1 kg of Polluted Water into 2.4 kg of Ethanol. A Petroleum Generator converts Ethanol at 37.5% ratio, or 2.4 kg of Ethanol into 0.9 kg of Polluted Water.

Ethanol Distiller can produce Ethanol from Lumber:
1 kg/s Lumber = 500 g/s Ethanol + 333.33 g/s Polluted Dirt + 166.67 g/s Carbon Dioxide.