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Biofuel pipeline

# Biofuel pipeline

It is possible to turn plants, seeds, and [Decayed food](/wiki/decayed-food) into electricity through a number of processing steps.

- plants, seeds, or [Decayed food](/wiki/decayed-food) into a [Recycler](/wiki/recycler) produces a [Reagent Mix](/wiki/reagent-mix)
- placing that [Reagent Mix](/wiki/reagent-mix) into a [Centrifuge](/wiki/centrifuge) turns it into [Biomass](/wiki/biomass)
- [Biomass](/wiki/biomass) can be baked inside an [Arc Furnace](/wiki/arc-furnace) (and probably other furnaces) to become [Charcoal](/wiki/charcoal)
- [Charcoal](/wiki/charcoal) can be burned in a [Solid Fuel Generator](/wiki/solid-fuel-generator) to make electricity

It is relatively straightforward to connect these devices with [Chutes](/wiki/chutes), although starting the Arc Furnace will require some logic.  For an advanced challenge, route the charcoal through a [Stacker](/wiki/stacker) into an [SDB Silo](/wiki/sdb-silo) and then through another Stacker that only releases small (5?) batches of Charcoal when the [Stationary Battery](/wiki/stationary-battery) charge gets low (1M joules)

Excess seeds are a common result from a steady-state automated [Harvie](/wiki/harvie) greenhouse, and it is possible to dedicate a large chunk of a greenhouse to producing raw material for a biofuel pipeline.

![an example of a biofuel pipeline with Stackers and SDB Silo](Stationeers-biofuel-pipeline.png)
- an example of a biofuel pipeline with Stackers and SDB Silo*