POS Refining

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A POS Refinery Array will only handle a single ore at a time, so it is best to create batches of ores and only run complete batches.

Refinery Type	Max Volume	Cycle Time	Yield	Tower
Refinery	40,000 m3	60 minutes	35%	Small
Medium Intensive Refinery	20,000 m3	90 minutes	75%	Medium
Intensive Refinery	200,000 m3	180 minutes	75%	Large

The Intensive Refinery is best for serious miners, but the powergrid and CPU use requires that you have a Large POS Tower to support it. The regular Refinery should be avoided as 65% of the value of the ore is lost by using it.

Refinery Input

This is a list of the various ores and details of their volume and how many units will fit into a Intensive Refining Array.

Low End Ores

Ore	Volume (m3)	Batch Quantity
Veldspar	0.1	2,000,000
Scordite	0.15	1,333,333
Pyroxeres	0.3	666,666
Plagioclase	0.35	571,428
Omber	0.6	333,333
Kernite	1.2	166,666
Jaspet	2	100,000
Hemorphite	3	66,666
Hedbergite	3	66,666

High-End Ores

Ore	Volume (m3)	Batch Quantity
Gneiss	5	40,000
Dark Ochre	8	25,000
Spodumain	16	12,500
Crokite	16	12,500
Bistot	16	12,500
Arkonor	16	12,500
Mercoxit	40	5,000

Refinery Output

This is a break down of the output from refining a single batch (This assumes efficiency is capped out at 75%)

Note:

This image needs to be updated. For example, Arkonor ore refines to Tritanium, Mexallon, and Megacyte. It no longer produces Zydrine.

Look at this link for an updated Ore Chart.