[MOD 0.12.11+] Oil Steam Boiler

[Klonan]

**Updated Oil Boiler available as part of the KS Power mod**

Type: Part
Name: Oil Steam Boiler
Description: Before blue science you can often find you got too much light/heavy oil. Burn it to heat water and power steam engines!
License: Ask me
Version: 0.2.0
Release: 2015-07-27
Tested-With-Factorio-Version: 0.12.11
Category: Item
Tags:Mid game, Oil processing, Steam power, Power Generation, heavy oil, light oil
Download-Url:

OilSteamBoiler_0.2.0.zip

--Updated for 0.12.11
--Optimized performance
--Removed steam fluid (boiler now produces hot water)
--New icons for technology and recipes

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License

License
CC

Long description

Long description


For the alternate production of hot fluids for use in steam engines, an exiting new product has been rushed onto the market, engineered to the highest degree of minimum safety requirements and with an innovative 'corner cutting' smooth design, the Klonan-Korporation is proud to introduce the Oil Steam Boiler!

Features:

- Each standalone boiler requires 30Kw to power the unit

- At full burning, each Oil Steam Boiler can support up to 10 steam engines at full power production

- Can be used to burn off excess light and heavy oil for easy mid game fluid management, in the following ratios:
> Burning crude oil = 1/2 the oil that a refinery would use
> Burning heavy oil = 2x the output of a refinery doing basic oil processing
> Burning light oil = The output of a refinery doing basic oil processing
(These ratios are for boilers at full production, results may vary)

- Really beautiful sprite design by YuokiTani


Specification:

- Each boiler requires
15 copper plate
5 steel plate
10 pipe
10 concrete

- Can be researched immediately after oil processing

- Requires an input of Crude, Heavy or Light oil, and water.

- Produces 60 units of heated water per second at max output (enough to run 10 steam engines)

- Has been tested in both Single Player and Multipayer and is thought to be 'stable'

Pictures

Pictures

Old releases

OilSteamBoiler_0.1.2.zip

Changed Sprite saturation/lightness

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OilSteamBoiler_0.1.0.zip

0.12.x Compatability - Changed recipe from stone brick to Concrete

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If you have any queries or bug reports please leave them below and I will try to sort them out.

[darkshadow1809]

Looks promising! mind if i throw it in the new version of the modpack ?

[Klonan]

Looks promising! mind if i throw it in the new version of the modpack ?

If you'd like, it might be best to wait a week or so for any bug reports or issues to be resolved

[dee-]

Looks nice, finally a usable way to get rid of excess oil products

However, why do you need the steam item?
How about (Water x°C + Oil) -> (Water 100°C), where consumption of Oil is a function of (100 - x)

[Klonan]

Looks nice, finally a usable way to get rid of excess oil products

However, why do you need the steam item?
How about (Water x°C + Oil) -> (Water 100°C), where consumption of Oil is a function of (100 - x)

The heating of the fluid in the box is/was rather unpredictable, and it worked better with a larger fluid size, and by using my own fluid I could tweak the flow and energy values to work to what i intend, rather than being confined by the values already in place for water. I would have had to balance the boilers in different ways if I used water, and I don't think i would like it as much that way.

[Devildog]

Very nice!
Looks promising about to install it an 200 other mods

[tomcat]

What's the current fuel efficiency for each type of oil? and how does it compare to light oil > Solid fuel > Normal Boilers, assuming using 10 Steam engines

[Morofry]

It would also be nice to have a petroleum gas burning recipe as well, just to complete the list. Reason is when your factory backs up for some reason, you might get an excess of petrol which would cause refinery production to halt. Moreover, is it not possible to autoselect the recipe based on what shows up at the input like furnaces do?

[Degraine]

That would probably require it to be a furnace, and furnaces don't support fluids yet, as far as I know.

[Klonan]

What's the current fuel efficiency for each type of oil? and how does it compare to light oil > Solid fuel > Normal Boilers, assuming using 10 Steam engines

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The recipes for the burning are all balanced around one another, but i haven't worked out the efficiency compared to solid fuel. It does produce less pollution though

It would also be nice to have a petroleum gas burning recipe as well, just to complete the list. Reason is when your factory backs up for some reason, you might get an excess of petrol which would cause refinery production to halt. Moreover, is it not possible to autoselect the recipe based on what shows up at the input like furnaces do?

Petroleum gas... isn't an oil... besides it's the most precious oil product for your factory, I wouldn't want to be enabling peoples poor decisions.

That would probably require it to be a furnace, and furnaces don't support fluids yet, as far as I know.

You're right as far as i know.

[Klonan]

I have updated the mod with new sprites by Yuoki, they're really really nice and I give him all of my gratitude in the world

The link on the first post has been updated

[kasandraen]

Hi!

The download link seems to not work? Everytime i click download on the mega page i get an error.

Edit: It worked now Seems it was temporary

[GotLag]

Is it just me or are the sprites off 90 degrees in those screenshots, looking at the pipe in/out connections?

[Morofry]

I see your point in not making a petroleum gas burning option, and I still love this mod to no end. It seems to be a far more efficient way than using solid fuel & vanilla boilers. Any indication of a 0.12.x version perchance?

[Blu3wolf]

Is it just me or are the sprites off 90 degrees in those screenshots, looking at the pipe in/out connections?

they are off by 90°, yes.

[Klonan]

I see your point in not making a petroleum gas burning option, and I still love this mod to no end. It seems to be a far more efficient way than using solid fuel & vanilla boilers. Any indication of a 0.12.x version perchance?

Heyo i didnt realise people were still interested, I will work on a version for 0.12 later on today

[Klonan]

Mod i updated for 0.12.x

Download link in OP

[ssilk]

Moved.

This mod looks awesome!

May I add a comment: When I where in Prague about two month ago I talked with Albert a lot. He told me, the Factorio-Look is, that it is fully functional, but looks a bit broken, crappy, as it will break. That would be cool here, especially with those fat boilers, that look, as if the will explode every moment.

[Klonan]

Moved.

This mod looks awesome!

May I add a comment: When I where in Prague about two month ago I talked with Albert a lot. He told me, the Factorio-Look is, that it is fully functional, but looks a bit broken, crappy, as it will break. That would be cool here, especially with those fat boilers, that look, as if the will explode every moment.

Haha yea i love the factorio aesthetic!

Based on your suggestion I decided to adjust the saturation and lightness levels of the sprite to make it fit in more with the look of the vanilla factorio stuff, It isnt much but i hope it makes it just a little bit more comfortable to the eye.

Altered sprite

The OP has been updated with the latest download

[Blu3wolf]

Moved.

This mod looks awesome!

May I add a comment: When I where in Prague about two month ago I talked with Albert a lot. He told me, the Factorio-Look is, that it is fully functional, but looks a bit broken, crappy, as it will break. That would be cool here, especially with those fat boilers, that look, as if the will explode every moment.

See this is the problem I have with yuokais stuff. It looks shiny and new! I want old dirty diesel engines, greasy inserters, rusted assembly machines....