Steam discrepancy
Staegrin opened this issue ยท 6 comments
So I set up a maximum size heat exchanger next to a maximum size steam turbine generator.
The heat exchanger creates 3,962 mB/T of steam when I use a pressurized output/input valve next to each other to transfer the steam from one to the other 1,962mB/T of steam disappears from the system. The internal buffer in the exchanger doesn't climb and the steam turbine generator only consumes 2,000 mB/T.
If the steam is first output to a drum on the other hand and then the steam gets transferred to the steam turbine the drum will fill up with the excess steam.
Exchanger says it is only outputting 2,000 mB so where does the rest go?
That's odd. I've experimented a bit and couldn't reproduce it.
Are you sure it doesn't end up going elsewhere? If there are other things connected to the same pressure input, they will be in the same "pressure network".
You can spawn a Pressure system debugger item and shift+rightclick the output, then look at the line that says "Outs:" for a list of block coordinates it can output to.
Wait nevermind, i was looking at your old screenshot that showed 3962 output.
Is it actually outputs only 2000 and produces 3962 and it doesn't fill the buffer? That's really weird.
Can you post screensots of your setup including how everything is connected and all guis?
So first for the set-up with the drum
Drum fills up with excess steam. 2,000 mB/T steam gets pulled out by high pressure input. Fluid output valve dumps 3,962 mB/T into the drum.
Red output is diamond chest for the obsidian.
Now the set-up with the pressure output and input
Because the two multiblock structures are 2 blocks apart we can reposition the pressurized input valve and replace the fluid output valve with a pressurized output valve. Thereby not needing the pressure pipes or the drum.
The output configuration says it is outputting 2,000 mB/T of steam.
The internal 16 bucket reservoir keeps saying only 3,962 Buckets are stored.
And if we add the fluid output valve back on it should be dumping 1,962 mB/T of steam into the drum but isn't.
PS: my drum just filled up. It can now only accept 2,000 mB/T as that's what is getting pumped out for the steam turbine. The output from the heat exchanger has dropped to 2,000 mB and the internal storage still hasn't risen above 3,962