Kayser's Balanced HO Crackers

Kayser's Balanced Heavy Oil Cracker - Your Final Solution to Heavy Oil Disposal!

• Heavy Oil Cracking Unit that automatically produces what you need.
• If Diesel backs up, cracks Heavy Oil into Naphtha.
• If Naphtha backs up, cracks Heavy Oil into Diesel.
• If neither product backs up, cracks according to priority.
• If both Diesel and Naphtha (or Fuel Gas) backs up, it stops.
• Storage included (optional).

Input/Output:

• 1x: Converts 12 Heavy Oil and 12 H2 into 0-24 Diesel, 0-18 Naphtha, and 6-12 Fuel Gas, depending on demand/priority.
• 2x: Converts 24 Heavy Oil and 24 H2 into 0-48 Diesel, 0-36 Naphtha, and 12-24 Fuel Gas, depending on demand/priority.

Usage:

• Place the unit.
• Activate the Diesel recipe on the cracker*.
• Set the desired priorities (Diesel or Naphtha (or one of each on the 2x version)).
• If you want the optional storage, place the storage around the unit (ensure 4 green connection markers).
• Auto-balancing only works under full load and no unity boosting.

*Because of how the game mechanics work, it is necessary to activate the Diesel recipe after Naphtha. If they are activated in the other order, or if they are both active when the blueprint is placed, Diesel will exit the unit before Naphtha, resulting in a blockage when Diesel backs up. If you mess up the recepies and need to reset the unit, then deactivate all recipes, empty any stored contents ('trash can'), and then activate first the Napthta recipe and then the Diesel recipe.

Design Notes:

• The unit works by sending back whichever product that backs up.
• The product sent back will constrain production of itself, whilst still letting the other product be produced.
• When Naphtha backs up, Naphtha constrains the Fuel Gas to 6(12@2x)/60 capacity. This supresses the production of Naphtha whilst still allowing Diesel to be produced at full capacity. See image 3.
• When Diesel backs up, Diesel constrains the joint Diesel/Naphtha exit port to 18(36@2x)/60 capacity. This supresses the production of Diesel whilst still allowing Naphtha to be produced at full capacity. See image 4.
• It may take several production cycles after a product backs up before the regulation kicks in. This is because the internal storage of the regulatory piping needs to fill up.
• The design assumes that Pipe II has been researched. The cracking unit will not function properly if Pipe II is downgraded to Pipe I.
• The (optional) storage will still function properly if downgraded to pipe II and large tank I.

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Enjoy your Heavy Cracking!