Chemical plant

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Background

A chemical plant, or chemical processing plant, is an industrial facility where various chemical compounds are manufactured or processed on a large scale. These plants are crucial for producing a wide range of products, including pharmaceuticals, fertilizers, plastics, and specialty chemicals. Typically, chemical plants involve complex processes such as chemical reactions, distillation, and separation techniques. They require stringent safety protocols due to the potentially hazardous nature of the materials involved. Chemical plants play a vital role in modern society by supplying essential raw materials for numerous industries and contributing to economic growth and innovation.

Gameplay

The game provides two types of Chemical plants which both differ in size. There is a small chemical plant for early/early mid game and a very large one. The chemical plant requires Oil, Crops, Gravel, and Wood to produce chemicals. Regarding the small chemical plant, the storage for these is low in the building itself; however, this is fine, as the production of chemicals is very slow even with a fully staffed plant of 60 workers.

This means that if one wishes to export chemicals on a large scale, several would be needed to fill a warehouse. The main uses for chemicals are plastic and fabric manufacture. Even though chemical production is slow, it is enough to keep a Plastic Factory working if plastics are not being used on a large scale – for example, only being used in vehicle and electronics production.

Later in the game, the player might place the large chemical plant, which needs huge amounts of resources to operate.

Depending on the game settings, the building is locked at the beginning of the game and requires the Chemistry research to be done at the Technical University before the player can build the plant.

Production

Chemicals resource flow chart

The large Chemical plant can have a maximum daily production of 9.4t of chemicals per workday, while the small Chemical plant has a maximum daily production of 0.81t of chemicals per workday.

Storage

Chemicals can be stored in warehouses.

Transportation

Chemicals can be transported in covered hull trucks, train boxcars and with Forklifts via Factory connections.

Uses

Main article: Chemicals

Chemicals are a resource that has multiple uses for the creation of other resources such as Plastics, Electro components, Fabric, Aluminium oxide, Aluminium and Uranium oxide. Chemicals are a very profitable resource to export for money.

Construction

Chemical plant

Requirements		Groundworks
2263 Workdays 62t Concrete 48t Gravel 38t Asphalt 45t Steel 5.8t Mechanical components 52t Bricks 17t Boards		722 Workdays 62t Concrete 48t Gravel 38t Asphalt Mechanisms: Excavators (max. 5) Needs workers (max. 225)

Large chemical plant

Requirements		Groundworks
23684 Workdays 2573t Concrete 445t Gravel 356t Asphalt 607t Steel 26t Mechanical components 413t Bricks 137t Boards		6686 Workdays 579t Concrete 445t Gravel 356t Asphalt Mechanisms: Excavators (max. 8) Needs workers (max. 2368)