Natural Gas

Natural Gas

Natural Gas is a mixture of various alkanes in a Gaseous state. It is useful in Power production.

Type

Unbreathable Gas

at -161.5 °C / -258.7 °F condenses into

Liquid Methane (SHC: 2.191)

Specific Heat Capacity

2.191 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{g}{}^{\circ }\text{C}}$ / 1.22 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{g}{}^{\circ }\text{F}}$

Thermal Conductivity

0.035 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{m}\text{s}{}^{\circ }\text{C}}$ / 0.02 $\frac{\text{DTU}}{\text{m}\text{s}{}^{\circ }\text{F}}$

Light Absorption Factor

25%

Radiation Absorption Factor

7%

Molar Mass

16.044 $\frac{\text{g}}{\text{mol}}$

Properties

Gas, Combustible Gas

Code

elementId

Methane

localizationID

STRINGS.ELEMENTS.METHANE.NAME

Natural Gas is an unbreathable, relatively heavy gas, which sinks below Oxygen but rises above Chlorine and Carbon Dioxide .

Usage

• Natural gas is burned in the Natural Gas Generator. The generator consumes 90 g/s Natural Gas, and generates 800 W Power, 67.5 g/s Polluted Water , and 22.5 g/s Carbon Dioxide .
• Natural gas is consumed by Gas Range to produce food of the highest quality.

Production

• Natural Gas Geysers are the main source of Natural Gas.
• Oil Refinery produces 90 g/s Natural Gas by refining Crude Oil to Petroleum.
• Oil Well produces 33.3 g/s of Natural Gas alongside Crude Oil.
• Condensing Sour Gas produced from Petroleum yields Liquid Methane at a 2/3 mass ratio. Methane vaporizes to Natural Gas.
• Gassy Moos can eat Gas Grass and excrete Natural Gas (16.65 g/s).
• Fertilizer Synthesizer emits 10 g/s Natural Gas as a by-product.
• Duplicants with the Flatulent trait emit 100g of Natural Gas every 10-40 seconds. (10-2.5 g/s)
  • Turning it from mild annoyance into sustainable energy source will require at least 9 flatulent dupes, and 36 will be able to supply one generator continuously (with 3 more generators used as an overflow). This is without counting energy spent on necessary air filtering.
• It can be harvested on rocket missions to renewable Space POIs:
  • In Exploded Gas Giants at a rate of 45 – 120 kg per cycle, as a solid, liquid and gas.
  • In Exploded Ice Giants at a rate of 27 – 81 kg per cycle, as a solid.
  • In Oily Asteroid Fields at a rate of 17 – 56.5 kg per cycle, as a solid.