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[[Liquid Fuel]] is a fuel type commonly used by rocket engines. Liquid fuel is stored in a [[Liquid_Fuel_Tank|liquid fuel tank]].
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{{:Liquid fuel/Box|An [[LV-909 Liquid Fuel Engine|LV-909]] burning liquid fuel and [[oxidizer]]}}
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'''Liquid fuel''', sometimes called '''jet fuel''', is a [[resource]] used to power an [[engine]], used either in conjunction with [[oxidizer]] or [[intake air]] depending on the engine type. It is stored in [[liquid fuel tank]]s or fuselages. Because jet engines use this fuel too, it is sometimes called jet fuel, but there is no difference between both fuels.
  
Other fuel types in the game are [[Jet Fuel]], [[RCS Fuel]] and [[Solid Fuel]].
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== Associated container and engine types ==
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Rocket fuel tanks contain both liquid fuel and oxidizer while fuselages contain only liquid fuel. [[Liquid fuel engine|Rocket engines]] using liquid fuel and oxidizer use a volumetric mixture of 9 units of liquid fuel per 11 units of [[oxidizer]]. All rocket fuel tanks store liquid fuel and oxidizer in this ratio. [[Jet engine]]s use intake air in a volumetric mixture of 1 unit of liquid fuel per 15 units of intake air. Because all three resources have the same density the volumetric ratio is also the mass ratio.
  
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== Flow and transfer ==
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Liquid fuel's [[Resource#Flow modes|flow mode]] is adjacent. With the use of an [[FTX-2 External Fuel Duct]] nonadjacent tanks can be linked. Even without a fuel duct it is still possible to [[Fuel transfer|transfer fuel]] between them manually.
  
== Fuel Containers ==
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== Real world equivalent ==
Liquid fuel can be pumped from a fuel tank to another fuel tank or engine connected via an [[FTX-2 External Fuel Duct]].<br />
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Although the official equivalent is unknown some compare liquid fuel to [[w:RP-1|RP-1]] a kerosene usually used in the first stages of a rocket. Both RP-1 and liquid fuel can be stored at room temperature without boiling off. But the mass mixture ratio of RP-1 and liquid oxygen, the common oxidizer for RP-1, is usually above 2 units of oxidizer per unit of RP-1 higher than the 1.22 for liquid fuel and oxidizer.<ref>[http://www.b14643.de/Spacerockets_1/Diverse/Russian_Rocket_engines/engines.htm Russian/Ukrainian space-rocket and missile liquid-propellant engines]</ref><ref>[http://www.b14643.de/Spacerockets_2/Diverse/U.S._Rocket_engines/engines.htm U.S. space-rocket liquid propellant engines]</ref>
The following tanks contain Liquid Fuel.
 
{{Template:Stats Table Liquid Fuel Tanks}}
 
  
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== See also ==
|=Fuselages
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* {{Wikipedia|Liquid rocket propellants}}
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|-
 
| [[Image:MK1_jetfuel.png‎|60px|]]
 
| [[MK1 Fuselage - Jet Fuel]]
 
| MK1
 
| 1.2
 
| 0.3
 
| 0.2
 
| 150
 
|-
 
| [[Image:MK2.png|60px|]]
 
| [[MK2 Fuselage]]
 
| MK2
 
| 1
 
| 0.3
 
| 0.2
 
| 150
 
|-
 
| [[Image:MK3.png‎|60px|]]
 
| [[MK3 Fuselage]]
 
| MK3
 
| 1.5
 
| 0.3
 
| 0.2
 
| 225
 
|-
 
| [[Image:MK2to1.png‎|60px|]]
 
| [[MK2 To Small Size Adapter]]
 
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|=Small
 
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| 0.5
 
| 0.2
 
| 0.2
 
| 75
 
|-
 
| [[Image:MK3toMK2.png‎|60px|]]
 
| [[MK3 To MK2 Adapter]]
 
| MK3 -> MK2
 
| 1
 
| 0.2
 
| 0.2
 
| 150
 
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|}
 
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Note that in future updates fuselages might contain Jet Fuel which might become a separate fuel type from Liquid Fuel.
 
  
== Associated Engines ==
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== References ==
The following engines use Liquid Fuel.
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<references />
{{Template:Stats Table Liquid Fuel Engines}}
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{{Template:Stats Table Jet Engines}}
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[[Category:Resources]]
Note that in future updates [[Jet Engine]]s might use Jet Fuel instead.
 

Revision as of 20:24, 26 June 2017

Liquid fuel
Density 5 kg/l
Transferable Yes
Tweakable Yes
Drainable Yes
Flow mode Adjacent
Cost 0.8 Funds/l
0.16 Funds/kg
Since version 0.18

Liquid fuel, sometimes called jet fuel, is a resource used to power an engine, used either in conjunction with oxidizer or intake air depending on the engine type. It is stored in liquid fuel tanks or fuselages. Because jet engines use this fuel too, it is sometimes called jet fuel, but there is no difference between both fuels.

Associated container and engine types

Rocket fuel tanks contain both liquid fuel and oxidizer while fuselages contain only liquid fuel. Rocket engines using liquid fuel and oxidizer use a volumetric mixture of 9 units of liquid fuel per 11 units of oxidizer. All rocket fuel tanks store liquid fuel and oxidizer in this ratio. Jet engines use intake air in a volumetric mixture of 1 unit of liquid fuel per 15 units of intake air. Because all three resources have the same density the volumetric ratio is also the mass ratio.

Flow and transfer

Liquid fuel's flow mode is adjacent. With the use of an FTX-2 External Fuel Duct nonadjacent tanks can be linked. Even without a fuel duct it is still possible to transfer fuel between them manually.

Real world equivalent

Although the official equivalent is unknown some compare liquid fuel to RP-1 a kerosene usually used in the first stages of a rocket. Both RP-1 and liquid fuel can be stored at room temperature without boiling off. But the mass mixture ratio of RP-1 and liquid oxygen, the common oxidizer for RP-1, is usually above 2 units of oxidizer per unit of RP-1 higher than the 1.22 for liquid fuel and oxidizer.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. Russian/Ukrainian space-rocket and missile liquid-propellant engines
  2. U.S. space-rocket liquid propellant engines