Coal Oil
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| Type | Liquid | ||||||
| Difficulty of Production | Easy-Medium | ||||||
| Exists in Reality | Yes | ||||||
| Can Be Placed | No | ||||||
| Temperature | ~20°C | ||||||
| Renewable? | Yes | ||||||
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Coal Oil is a shale oil obtained from the destructive distillation of cannel coal, mineral wax, or bituminous shale, once used widely for illumination.
Chemically similar to the more refined, petroleum-derived kerosene, it consists mainly of several hydrocarbons of the alkane series, with 10 to 16 carbon atoms in each molecule, with a boiling point of 175 °C to 325 °C (347 °F to 617 °F), higher than gasoline or the petroleum ethers, and lower than the oils.
Because kerosene was first derived from cannel coal, classified as terrestrial type of oil shale, it continued to be popularly referred to as "coal oil" even after production shifted to petroleum as a feedstock. Refined hydrocarbons of the alkane series with 10 to 16 carbon atoms are the same thing whether taken from coal or petroleum.
In Nuclear Tech Mod, Coal Oil is a black liquid, similar to Crude Oil, it is flammable, viscous, and polluting to your world. Providing you 1.1MTU per bucket. Coal Oil has quite alot of ways of production and also uses, being those not really important to progression, but still can be used for anyone to possibly want to do something with it.
Production
Coal Oil has a total of 6 ways to be produced, those 6 being in 3 different machines: The Industrial Liquefaction Machine, the RBMK Irradiation Channel and in Fractioning Tower(s). Firstly lets have a look at the Liquefaction way to make Coal Oil, which consists of 4 ways to make the liquid:
- 1 Lignite > 50mB Coal Oil
- 1 Lignite Powder > 50mB Coal Oil
- 1 Coal > 100mB Coal Oil
- 1 Coal Powder > 100mB Coal Oil
In the RBMK Irradiation Channel:
- 1 Coal Tar > 100mB Coal Oil
And in the Fractioning Tower(s):
1,000mB
100mB
900mBUses
Coal Oil can be used in the following machines and processes:
The Hydrotreater:
100mB1,000mB
800mB
150mB
The Industrial Solidification Machine:
- 200mB Coal Oil > 1 Coal Tar
The Fractioning Tower(s):
1,000mB300mB
700mB
And Industrial Mixer:
500mB500mB
1,000mB
Trivia
Real Life Facts:
The term was in use by the late 18th century for oil produced as a by-product of the production of coal gas and coal tar. In the early 19th century, it was discovered that coal oil distilled from cannel coal could be used in lamps as an illuminant, although the early coal oil burned with a smokey flame, so that it was used only for outdoor lamps; cleaner-burning whale oil was used in indoor lamps.
Coal oil was once used as an internal and topical home remedy as a general cure-all for many ailments, including coughs, flu, cuts, abrasions, and wounds. Internal applications were administered by adding the toxic petroleum product to sugar cubes, molasses, honey or some other substance to mask the taste, while topical applications were applied by adding it to bandages or by pouring the coal oil directly on the affected area.
"Pale sulfonated shale oil" (PSSO), a sulfonated and ammonia neutralized variant named "Ichthammol" (chemical: Ammonium bituminosulfonate) is still in application today.
External Links
Coal Oil Wikipedia Page
