Hey all!
It seems like some proper documentation for Mekanism's new multiblock structures have been in demand. I recorded a couple videos a few weeks back detailing their structure and technicalities for my testers, and I figured I might as well release them to the public for whatever good they may serve. I'll warn you, though, they're definitely a bit rough; I'm a developer, not a teacher :)
Thermoelectric Boiler (via YouTube)
Industrial Turbine (via YouTube)
If anyone has any other questions regarding the multiblocks or really anything else, I'll be happy to answer them in the comments.
Whoo! Thank you. I assume that an electrically heated boiler powered by a turbine will give you a net positive energy budget?
Likewise, I've considered making a Mekanism version of Railcraft Boilers... 3x3 with 9 heat-creating blocks (The Firewood heat box thing) on the bottom. Is it worth it, fuel wise or power wise, to do so?
Likewise, on a tangent, do any of your generators burn liquid fuels?
Net plus energy in what way? Note that while all values are configurable, variable relationships are set up in a way that prevents positive energy gain from an energy -> boiler -> turbine -> energy closed system; the closest you can get is with a max-size (28 blade) turbine, which will still have some loss. The boiler is intended to be used with other methods of heat production (Fuelwood Heater) to allow for more efficient energy generation over other methods, i.e. Heat Generator.
The real use that I had in mind for the Industrial Turbine was finding a way to manage the massive amounts of steam produced by the Fusion Reactor (which can be upwards of 1.6 million mB/t). Such a setup will provide more efficient energy generation than passive production with an individual reactor.
Alr so I have setup a max sized sodium cooled fission reactor with a max sized boiler and 3 max sized turbines, sodium into reactor->superheated sodium into boiler->steam into turbines, the classics. It's all good until the boiler is not boiling and capped at a 460fuel burn rate, if i go above that, the sodium is not cooled fast enough and temperature increases(bad). Is it bugged or am i doing smt wrong? The mekanism wiki says you need 671 super heating elements and pressure dispersers on the 16th height block, which i've done.
I've been watching videos on how to set these up and I have the basic grasp of it, however it seems like I'm not making much power for the effort it takes. What is the best way to generate a lot of steam with a Thermoelectric Boiler? It doesn't seem to produce enough to make the turbines spin much. Is there a most efficient design for both machines?