Fermenter

Fermenter
Name	Fermenter
Type	Machine
Tool
Data Value	938
Source Mod	Forestry

This machine allows the transformation of surplus organic matter into liquid Biomass, which can then be used to power Biogas Engines with a high degree of efficiency. The fermenting capabilities of this device may also be employed in the production of Short Mead, an alcoholic beverage, from drops of Honeydew and Liquid Honey. To power these biological processes, the Fermenter uses either Fertilizer, Compost or Mulch as catalysts, and water, Liquid Honey or Apple Juice as a liquid source. The liquid products can be either canned, bottled (in the case of Short Mead) or extracted via waterproof BuildCraft pipes. This machine needs to be powered by a BuildCraft compatible engine.

When Biomass is further processed into Biofuel, a Distilation Tower will process it with a 2:1 Ratio (50%), a Still will process it with a 10:3 (30%) ratio, and a Refinery will process it with a 4:1 (25%) ratio.

The fermenter's maximum speed is reached at 17mj/t

Efficiency

Catalysts

Item	Work Cycles	Total Liquid Consumption (buckets per item)	Liquid per Work Cycle (mB)
Fertilizer	200	11.2	56
Compost	250	12	48
Mulch	250	12	48

Since Compost and Mulch only produce 48 mB per work cycle, the processing takes always a cycle longer than with Fertilizer. For example, canes and cacti take two cycles to process 50 mB of Biomass. It is still research needed to confirm if this decreases the total work cycles of Compost and Mulch.

Liquids

Liquid	Output modifier
Water	1.0
Liquid Honey	1.5
Apple Juice	1.5

Organic Input

Input type	Output per item in Buckets (version)
	1.4.7	1.5.2
Saplings	0.8	0.25
Compressed Plantballs	0.5	0.25
Plantballs	0.4	0.2
Cacti	0.1	0.05
Sugar Canes	0.1	0.05
Mushrooms	0.1	0.05
Wheat	0.1	0.05

Tutorials On How To Use The Fermenter

This video demonstrates how to use the fermenter to make biomass and turn it into biofuel to create energy:

How To Use Biomass BioFuel Feed The Beast Tutorial - Ep. 4 (DuhWynning)-2

Video Made by DuhWynning

This video demonstrates building a fermenter and using it to create biomass:

This video demonstrates the use of a Fermenter in conjunction with an automated tree farm:

Recipe

Retarded