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This article has not been revised for the current version (U51-600112). It was last updated for RP-381414. It may contain inaccuracies.
This article has not been revised for the current version (U51-600112). It was last updated for RP-381414. It may contain inaccuracies.
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 and very low freezing point (-114ºC), making it probably the best mid-game (pre-Super Coolant) freezer coolant, that can often be found laying around the map.** It should be noted that Ethanol has a considerably lower Specific Heat Capacity compared to water-based liquids, so more energy must be spent to cool it per degree than water, leading to electricity waste unless the lower freezing temperature is a factor. Still, it's 12% more power-efficient than Naphtha, 40% better than Petroleum, 46% better than Crude Oil, and (after accounting for the differences between a Thermo Aquatuner and Thermo Regulator), more than twice as efficient as Hydrogen.
- It's less efficient than Polluted Water, but that leaves you very little room for error between the required -18ºC threshold for Deep Freeze and its freezing point, -20.6ºC. Brine is slightly more forgiving, but much harder to acquire.
- 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.
Production[]
- 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.
Reference[]
- ↑ 'The "Crying Crab" Cooler: Non-exploit phase-change heat deletion' on Klei forums.
