🔌 Kayser's Compact Coal Power
Description
🔌 Kayser's Compact Coal Power
The Coalest Power—So Solid it Runs on Any Solid Fuel
Current as of: v0.7.6a (Update 3)
Summary
An advanced, compact, tilable, extendable, and upgradable solid fuel power plant with "hot-swap" capabilities, meaning it can be extended and upgraded whilst operating at full capacity.
Ideal from the discovery of Power Generation II all the way through Water Recovery, Power Generation III and IV, this plant expands and upgrades gracefully from an initial 4 MW single lane with a high-pressure turbine and two small generators, all the way up to 60 MW and beyond, all while not stopping power production or expanding its footprint.
Aimed at advanced players who prefer a compact, efficient, high-performance blueprint with some extra features.
Want to use wood chips? Just go ahead. You can even mix different solid fuels. Just remember to upgrade the fuel belts to T2. Want to use liquid fuels? No problem—just substitute a pair of boilers for gas boilers.
General Features
- Tilable 4-60 MW (4-lane) solid fuel power plant.
- Compact, rectangular design for minimal space footprint and easy placement.
- Convenient corner markers to show space requirements and simplify blueprint alignment.
- Highly efficient in terms of construction cost, workers, and maintenance.
- Staged blueprints for early/mid-game adoption and incremental development.
- Allows upgrading and extending without loss of power.
- Efficient auto balancing: flywheel lanes have auto-balancing and lower priority.
- Interconnected exhausts for easy connection to external exhaust filtration.
- Readily accessible input/output storages for buffering, alerts, and easy mapping and connection of auxiliary pipes and belts.
Blueprints
Blueprints are provided for 4 stages, depending on the technology level. All blueprints are tilable with tight fit (pipes overlap). Stage 1 upgrades to stage 2, then 3, and ultimately 4.
Each extension and upgrade can be performed without disruption if the upgrade is performed while paused and in planning mode (see image for which structures to unpause vs. keep paused).
When starting out (or for any reason not using all 4 lanes), it is recommended to start with an auto-balancing lane that contains an actual flywheel, i.e. lane 1 or 3 in the images.
| Stage | Blueprint Name | Technology Required | Preparation | Instructions | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CP4-16/PG2 | Power Generation II, (Transport Balancing, Pipes II recommended) | Clear Land. | Place BP. Keep the paused entities and the two Flywheels closest to the High-pressure turbines as ghosts (acting as shaft). Connect water to the tank or directly to the balancer. Connect Coal (or other fuel) to the storages or directly to the Boilers. If you don't have Pipe II yet, build small smoke stacks for the boiler(s). | If you only need one shaft to get started, chose one with a Flywheel. Do not build/use the paused generators, unless you are willing to demolish and build new ones when upgrading to PG3. |
| 2 | CP4-16/WR | Water Recovery | - | Place on top. Demolish the Smoke stacks for Low steam. | All Low steam should be routed to cooling towers and be recovered with priority in the balancer. |
| 3 | CP6-24/PG3 | Power Generation III | Delete all the paused ghost entities that were just acting as shaft, to make room for the Low-pressure turbines. | Place on top. Keep the new paused Low-pressure turbines as ghosts (acting as shaft). Demolish the old Low steam pipes going from the High-pressure turbines to the Cooling towers. | Keep the depleted steam smoke stacks on pause, they will be needed temporarily when the cooling towers are upgraded later. |
| 4 | CP15-60/PG4 | Power Generation IV | Demolish all paused ghost entities that were just acting as shaft, to make room for the large generators and new Flywheels. If you want to avoid power outage, build the temporary smoke stacks for the depleted steam. Demolish all small cooling towers and adjacent pipes, to make room for large cooling towers. | Place on top. The new Flywheels are optional. Upgrade to Pipe II where necessary (Low Steam, Depleted Steam, Exhaust). Once the large cooling towers are operational, demolish the temporary low steam smoke stacks if you built them. Once the large power generators are up to speed, demolish the old small power generators. | You can repurpose the land where the small generators were for additional Flywheels or anything you like. |
Note: If the blueprints are placed in planning mode, some pipe sections may require unpausing twice, due to how the game handles redundant connectors.
Input/Output
Input/Output for each respective stage. Specifications given for the full blueprint (4 lanes) at maximum capacity.
If other fuels are used, exhaust value will also vary. Fuel feeder belts may also require upgrades for full capacity.
| Stage | Blueprint Name | Power (MW) | Coal | Water | Exhaust |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CP4-16/PG2 | 16 | -60 | -96 | 120 |
| 2 | CP4-16/WR | 16 | -60 | -48 | 120 |
| 3 | CP6-24/PG3 | 24 | -60 | -48 | 120 |
| 4 | CP15-60/PG4 | 60 | -120 | -48 | 240 |
Revision History
| Version | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1 | Initial Version |
| 2 | Added missing depleted steam smoke stacks to Stage 3 |
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