Building a closed loop TurboFuel Plant

This will detail how to build a closed-loop turbo fuel power plant providing 22.5 GW of power.

Input required:

240 m³/min Compressed Coal
540 m³/min Crude Oil
225 m³/min Limestone
Startup water - a single water extractor could be used to charge the Industrial Fluid Buffer to 50% - 75% full.

Byproducts :

270 m³/min Polymer Resin
2 025 m³/min Carbon Dust

The listed resources only cover the buildings. Foundations, walls, conveyor belts, and piping are an extra expense. Also ignored is the energy and buildings required to handle the produced byproducts.

Mk.3 Belts can be used everywhere.
Mk.1 Pipes can be used for CO₂, Turbo Fuel and Low Pressure Steal → H₂0.
Mk.2 Pipes are required for Fuel, Crude Oil, and H₂0 input.
There is no downside of using Mk.2 Pipes throughout other than more expense

Requirements

Unlocked :

Earlier Items from the Basic Setup
Turbo Fuel (MAM Sulfur Research)
Mk.2 Boiler (Tier 5)
Mk.2 Turbine (Tier 5)
MV Generator (Tier 5)
Solution Heater (Tier 6)

Producing Turbo Fuel

You will need to produce 300 m³/min of Turbo Fuel, achievable with 9.6 Assemblers with the following

240 m³/min Coal (Mk2 Miner @100% Pure Node)
240 m³/min Sulfur (Mk2 Miner @100% Pure Node)

Item	Each	Total
Reinforced Iron Plate	8	80
Rotor	4	40
Cable	10	100
Power	15 MW	142.6 MW

Next, obtain 540 m³/min of crude oil - in my example that’s 2 extractors running @150%, one on a Pure node, the other on a Normal node.

9 Refineries @ 100% with the "Fuel" recipe
16 Refineries @ 100% with the "Turbo Fuel" recipe

Item	Each	Total
Motor	10	250
Encased Industrial Beam	10	250
Steel Pipe	30	750
Copper Sheet	20	500
Power	30 MW	750 MW

Producing Steam

The following is separated into 15 modules, each with 5 generators as the math works best for that.

Boiler Platform

Each module contains 5 Boiler Platforms, for 75 total.

Items	Each	Module	Total
Reinforced Iron Plate	6	30	450
Iron Rod	20	100	1 500
Modular Frame	2	10	150

Solution Heater

Each module contains 5 Solution Heaters, for 75 total.

Items	Each	Module	Total
Heavy Modular Frame	20	100	1 500
Computer	5	25	375
Rubber	40	200	3 000
Quickwire	50	250	3 750

Mk. 2 Boiler

Each module contains 5 Mk.2 Boilers, for 75 total.

Items	Each	Module	Totals
Copper Sheet	100	500	7 500
Reinforced Iron Plate	20	100	1 500
Heavy Modular Frame	5	25	375

CO₂ Refinery

To turn CO₂ into carbon dust, we need limestone and 1 refinery per module running at 75% for 15 total.

Items	Each	Module	Totals
Motor	10	10	150
Encased Industrial Beam	10	10	150
Steel Pipe	30	30	450
Copper Sheet	20	20	300
Power	20.5 MW	20.5 MW	307.5 MW

Producing Power

The following is also separated into 15 modules, each with 5 generators as the math works best for that.

Converter Platform

Each module contains 5 Converter Platforms, for 75 total.

Items	Each	Module	Totals
Reinforced Iron Plate	6	30	450
Iron Rod	20	100	1 500
Modular Frame	2	10	150

Mk.2 Turbine

Each module contains 5 Mk.2 Turbines, for 75 total.

Items	Each	Module	Totals
Heavy Modular Frame	6	30	450
Motor	5	25	375
Computer	4	20	300

MV Generator

Each module contains 5 MV Generators, for 75 total.

Items	Each	Module	Totals
Heavy Modular Frame	4	20	300
Circuit Board	20	100	1 500
Quickwire	100	500	7 500

Low Pressure Steam to H₂0

If you should prefer not to build this as a closed loop, you will need 2 Steam Cooling Towers per module, and 450 m³/min of water input.

For a closed loop, you will want a fluid buffer as well

Industrial Fluid Buffer, 15 total

Items	Each	Module	Total
Encased Industrial Beam	5	5	75
Copper Sheet	10	10	150
Plastic	25	25	375

There is a space vs. power trade off available here. Each module needs 7.5 Refineries worth of production - you can do it in many ways, detailed here.

8 Refineries - 7 @ 100%, 1 @ 50%

Items	Each	Module	Total
Motor	10	80	1 200
Encased Industrial Beam	10	80	1 200
Steel Pipe	30	240	3 600
Copper Sheet	20	160	2 400
Power	30MW	222 MW	3 330 MW
Power Shards	None	None	None

5 Refineries @ 150%

Items	Each	Module	Totals
Motor	10	50	750
Encased Industrial Beam	10	50	750
Steel Pipe	30	150	2 250
Copper Sheet	20	100	1 500
Power	51 MW	256 MW	3 845 MW
Power Shards	1	5	75

3 Refineries @ 250%

Items	Each	Module	Totals
Motor	10	30	450
Encased Industrial Beam	10	30	450
Steel Pipe	30	90	1 350
Copper Sheet	20	60	900
Power	101 MW	302 MW	4 532 MW
Power Shards	3	15	135

Consumed Power vs. Generated

The following is consumed in every situation

Procedure	Power	Percentage
Compressed Coal	142.6 MW	0.6%
Turbo Fuel	750 MW	3.3%
Carbon Dust	307.4 MW	1.3%
Total	1 200 MW	5.2%

Procedure

Power

Percentage

Compressed Coal

142.6 MW

0.6%

Turbo Fuel

750 MW

3.3%

Carbon Dust

307.4 MW

1.3%

Total

1 200 MW

5.2%

And either of :

Procedure	Power	Percentage	Net
3 Refinery option	4 532 MW	20%	16 700 MW
5 Refinery option	3 845 MW	17%	17 400 MW
7.5 Refinery option	3 330 MW	14.8%	17 900 MW

Procedure

Power

Percentage

Net

3 Refinery option

4 532 MW

20%

16 700 MW

5 Refinery option

3 845 MW

17%

17 400 MW

7.5 Refinery option

3 330 MW

14.8%

17 900 MW

Given the small difference between the 7.5 and 5 Refinery versions, if you have the power shards, it seems the 5 building option is a better use of space and will simplify piping.

Total Building Materials

This table assumes the use of the 7.5 Refinery option for handling steam (no power shards)

Item	Amounts
Iron Rod	3 000
Reinforced Iron Plate	2 480
Cable	100
Copper Sheet	10 850
Steel Pipe	4 800
Encased Industrial Beam	1 675
Quickwire	11 250
Rotor	40
Motor	1 975
Modular Frame	300
Heavy Modular Frame	2 625
Computer	675
Circuit Board	1500
Rubber	3000
Plastic	375

Mod Used

Featured in the screen shots, the items you may not recognize from the base game include:

Small Refinery
Small Awesome Sink
Modular Load Balancers
Structural Solutions
Glass Fluid Buffer
Fluid Extras (additional junction types)