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Due to a weird game mechanic boilers have a slight dependency on the burn duration of the fuel. That is, every time a burn cycle finishes, the boiler is idle for a tick^([0]). Thus we can calculate the actual fuel consumption of a boiler with this formula in [wolfram alpha](http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=f%2F(14%2F15%2Bf%2F3.6*60\)*60,+f+%3D+8):

f/(14/15+f/3.6*60)*60

where f is the fuel energy value in MJ and the result is the boiler energy consumption in MW.

I applied the formula for the common fuel types in factorio:

FuelBoiler consumptionSteam ratio
Wood3.50195 MW1:20.56:40
Raw wood3.55
1844