What this layout shows
Watch the line that carries Water from Aluminum Scrap back into the Alumina Solution step.
How it works
- Make Alumina Solution from Bauxite and Water.
- Make Aluminum Scrap from Alumina Solution and Coal; the step returns Water as a byproduct.
- Merge that Water back into the Alumina Solution step so less has to be pumped in.
- Smelt the Aluminum Scrap and take out Aluminum Ingot.
Calculated at build time
These are not fixed illustrative figures: they are solved again on game data 1.1.x every time the static pages are generated.
These figures come from solving this template at build time.
- Aluminum Ingot: 120.00 items/min
- Production power: 335.21 MW
- Production and power buildings to build: 9
| Raw resource required from outside | Rate | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Copper Ore | 180.00 | items/min |
| Water | 120.00 | m³/min |
| Coal | 60.00 | items/min |
| Raw Quartz | 60.00 | items/min |
| SAM | 40.00 | items/min |
What the loop reuses
The Water returned by the scrap step is reused upstream. The figure below is the amount that circulates, and therefore never has to be pumped in from outside.
Byproduct Water reused across the line: 60.00 m³/min
Where the circulating Water is produced
- Aluminum Scrap: 60.00 m³/min
Notes for building it in game
- On start-up, fill the pipes from the Water Extractors and only throttle the intake once the loop is running.
- Set the valves and merge points so that the returning Water is always consumed first.
- If the byproduct Water backs up, every step stops — an emergency outlet is worth building.
Related items
Open the template
Opens the planner with the targets, alternate recipes, generator types and fuels already loaded. Change the target rates to match your own factory.
Open “Aluminum Ingot Water Loop” in the planner