Kettle Engine

Output

80 FE/t

Buffer

20,000 FE

Fuel

Steam

Tank

8,000 mB

Upgrades

Kits, modules

ID

enthalpy:kettle_engine

What it does#

The Kettle Engine burns steam and turns it into FE. It makes 80 FE/t while it has steam, and pushes that power out of its front into whatever is touching it.

Steam has no bucket in the world: it only moves through pipes and tanks. You make it in the Vortex Separator's fluid mode from water and lava, and pipe it from the separator into the engine. A bucket of steam is worth 25,000 FE, about 16 s at base output.

Building it#

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Using it#

There is no fuel slot. Fill the tank with a bucket (use the bucket on the engine) or pipe fuel into an input face. Click the tabs and the coloured faces below; they behave like the real screen.

Kettle EngineRunning

FE

Inventory

Output80 FE/tBuffer10.0k / 20kBurn37.5s

Fuel

TierBaseOutput100%Fuel per FE100%Buffer20k

Auto-inputAuto-outputSoundsRedstone

Always

Low

High

• Runs on steam, ours or other mods'
• Make steam from water and lava in the Vortex Separator's fluid mode
• Pipe steam into input faces
• Economizer: more FE per bucket

Side ConfigULRDBInputOutputBothNone12345

1. 1
   The engine's own store of power. It fills while nothing takes the FE and empties as neighbours draw it.
2. 2
   Running while it burns. Idle when the tank is empty; Disabled when redstone has switched it off.
3. 3
   The fuel tank. Hover it for the fluid, how much is in it and what a bucket is worth. It can be filled but never drained, so it only ever gives its contents to the engine.
4. 4
   What it makes each tick, how full the buffer is, and how long the whole tank lasts at the current output.
5. 5
   Which faces take fuel and which push power. Click a face to change it; right-click to go back.

Fuels#

Steam, ours or another mod's, as long as it carries the steam tag. Because you cannot carry it in a bucket, plan a pipe from its source.

Automation#

Out of the box it powers whatever its front touches, no cable needed:

Front Output (pushes FE); Every other face Input (takes fuel). Auto-input off, Auto-output on.

Pipe fuel into any input face, or turn on Auto-input to pull it from a tank beside it. Side configuration explains faces, modes and redstone control for every machine.

Upgrades#

A tier kit raises its output and buffer and opens module slots.

Tier	Kit	Output	Buffer	Module slots
Base	None	80 FE/t	20,000 FE	0
Tempered	Tempered Upgrade Kit	160 FE/t	40,000 FE	2
Fortified	Fortified Upgrade Kit	240 FE/t	80,000 FE	4
Luminous	Luminous Upgrade Kit	320 FE/t	160,000 FE	6
Harmonic	Harmonic Upgrade Kit	480 FE/t	320,000 FE	8

• Celerity Module · up to 4
• Economizer Module · up to 4

Engines trade their two modules against each other:

• Celerity raises output by 50% each, but every bucket gives less FE.
• Economizer adds 34.375% FE per bucket each and 25% buffer.

Four Celerity modules triple the output, 3×, at 33% of the FE per bucket. Four Economizers get 2.375× the FE from every bucket at the same output. Four of each give 79% of the FE per bucket at triple the output.

Good to know#

• Steam cannot be bucketed, so the engine is fed by pipe or tank only; the Vortex Separator sits beside it for the shortest run.
• The engine draws fuel from the tank in small sips, so a half-empty tank still runs at full output.
• Its running sound is a crackle over a low hum. Turn it off with Sounds on the Configuration tab.
• With Jade installed, looking at the engine shows its output and the fuel left.

Related#

• Vortex Separator: makes the steam
• Igneous Engine: lava
• Ignition Engine: oils and fuels
• Fuel tables: every fuel for every engine
• Choosing an engine and fuel
• Upgrades and modules