Ive built a mekanism steam turbine, and i want to know the best way to make steam for it (also acount costs).
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?
I am playing Enigmatica 6 and I am going to make a fusion reactor. Should I water-cool the reactor to get steam or should I connect the reactor to a thermoelectric boiler to make steam with?
I decided I want to use an Advanced Generator for my mid game power production in All The Mods: Expert. Originally I planned to use a Minefactory boiler, but that mod is gated to late game.
The problem I have now is that whatever RF I put into the Resistive Heater to give heat to my boiler, I end up getting just under half of that RF back from the Steam Turbine. So can I improve my boiler in some way to get more steam for my RF usage?
I tried adding extra layers of Superheating Elements to the boiler, but it changed nothing. If I can't find a solution, I have spent over 5k iron on a big multiblock power sink.
Pics of the setup if that helps at all
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.
Pretty much what the title says. I tried putting it into the ae2 fluid storage and seems like both of the 'steam' that is produced is 2 different things. I understand that it's easy to make steam from modern industrialisation and everything but was just wondering if there's any conversion methods available.
I'm totally new to the advanced generators mod and have no clue how to generate steam with this mod so I figured it would be simpler to do that with mekanism boiler if possible.