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Fluid reactor

2021-10-16T10:21:45Z

HmmDweaTea: /* Example */ Add info on launching the reactor.

{{Experimental}}

[[File:Fluid_Reactor_ig.png|thumbnail|right|A fully-constructed Fluid Reactor]]

The '''Fluid Reactor''', also known as the '''Pressure Vessel Reactor''', is an alternative use of the existing EU reactor. Instead of directly outputting [[EU]], it outputs [[Heat]] in the form of [[Hot Coolant]]. When set up correctly, it is more efficient than a standard EU reactor. The outer reactor casing is fully modular, allowing you to place any number of inputs, outputs, redstone ports, etc, to fit your needs.

== Construction ==
In order to build a basic Fluid Reactor, you will need the following, at a minimum:
* 1x   {{Gin|Nuclear Reactor}}
* 6x   {{Gin|Reactor Chamber}}s
* 1x   {{Gin|Reactor Access Hatch}}
* 1x   {{Gin|Reactor Redstone Port}}
* 1x   {{Gin|Reactor Fluid Port}}
* 95x {{Gin|Reactor Pressure Vessel}} blocks

''Remember that you can always swap out Pressure Vessel blocks for additional interface blocks as your setup demands.''

Building the Fluid Reactor multiblock is simple:

It is a 5x5x5 cube with a 3x3x3 hollow center in which the EU reactor set is placed. A minimum of 3 interface blocks (Access Hatches and Fluid Ports) are ''required''.
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[[File:Fluid_Reactor_cross-section.png|thumbnail|right|Cross-section of a fully-constructed Fluid Reactor]]
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== Usage ==
The Fluid Reactor uses all the same [[:Category:Reactor Components|components]] (Fuel Rods, Heat Vents, etc.) as the EU reactor in its internal inventory. However, it also has two 10,000 mB liquid tanks, seen on either side of the GUI: a blue [[Coolant (Fluid)|Coolant]] tank on the left and a red [[Hot Coolant]] tank on the right. Either liquid can be added or removed with {{Gin|Universal Fluid Cell}}s through the inventory slots above and below each tank.

Fluid Ports can also be used to add or remove Coolant. Placing a {{Gin|Fluid Ejector Upgrade}} in the Fluid Port's interface will allow it to eject Hot Coolant from the reactor into an adjacent {{Gin|Fluid Distributor}}, {{Gin|Fluid Regulator}}, or fluid transfer systems from other mods.

Instead of an EU reading at the bottom, the fluid reactor indicates HU/t ([[Heat|heat units]] per tick). As you place more heat vents and fuel rods inside of the reactor, that reading will rise - but not as simply as in the EU reactor's case.

Say you ignore coolant entirely and toss in a {{Gin|Fuel Rod (Uranium)}} and a {{Gin|Heat Vent}} next to each other inside the reactor. When you turn it on, the core temperature will rise, and your HU/t will remain at 0. Uh oh! The heat vent is working fine - but it's moving heat to the shell of the core reactor, instead of into the surrounding air like the EU reactor, and you didn't provide any coolant to deal with the problem. However, core temperature cannot be cooled (once heated) by simply applying coolant; you need {{Gin|Reactor Heat Vent}}s (etc.) to transfer the core heat to the casing of the internal regular reactor, and coolant to absorb that transferred heat.

In short, to maintain a fluid reactor, you need:
* Fuel Rods to generate heat,
* Heat Vents to push that heat around and eventually into coolant, and
* a sustainable source of Coolant to absorb and eject all the face-melting heat your neutron-reflected Quad Fuel Rods produce.

'''Note:''' Unlike the EU reactor, '''the fluid reactor's power generation (HU/t) is not dependent on the Fuel Rods, but rather the amount of Heat Vents'''. Unmanaged Fuel Rod heat in the EU reactor would simply make the reactor overheat faster but not reduce its power output; in the Fluid Reactor, unmanaged Fuel Rod heat is stored in the reactor core.

The Fluid Reactor's power output is essentially measured in hot coolant: if you're not producing that, you're not producing power. (Although if you're heating your core, technically you're banking up power to output later. Or you're about to be testing how good your protective shielding is. HAYO!)

== Coolant Cycle ==
Operating the Fluid Reactor will heat [[Coolant]] into [[Hot Coolant]] which is then pumped out into a {{Gin|Liquid Heat Exchanger}} (likely several, depending on how fast your reactor produces heat), which will produces HU and outputs Coolant which goes right back into the Fluid Reactor to complete the cycle.

The heat that the Liquid Heat Exchanger Outputs can be used to power a {{Gin|Stirling Generator}} to directly generate EU, or to heat a {{Gin|Steam Generator}} to generate either [[Steam]] or [[Superheated Steam]].

Out of all the ways to generate power, superheated steam is the best; with the correct setup, it can produce significantly more power than a standard EU reactor!

== Example ==
Let's figure out how the following [[Nuclear_Reactor#Mark_level|Mark I]] fluid reactor works:

[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-overview.png|500px|An example of a working fluid reactor]]
[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-internal-layout.png|500px|Internal layout]]

The blocks on the fluid reactor itself are decorative from the Chisels mod.

We can calculate that reactor gives 1408 Heat Units per tick as it gives 28160 Heat Units per second, and there are [https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tick#Game_tick 20] ticks in one second.

The most effective way to use heat is to convert it to Superheated Steam and use it on turbines.

In order to use up all heat, we need 15 [[Liquid Heat Exchanger|Liquid Heat Exchangers]] because each of them can take at most 100 HU/tick.

There are three Liquid Heat Exchangers per each [[Steam Generator]]. Steam Generators are set to 221 Bar and 10 mB(milliBucket)/tick. 221 Bar is the minimum for Superheated Steam, and 10 mB/t can handle 300 HU/t. Steam generators work on Distilled Water to prevent calcification.

1 mB of Coolant handles 1 HU, so the Coolant flow is 1408 mB/t. One [[Reactor Fluid Port]] can handle 1000 mB/t, so there are two input and output ports.

There are two rows of [[Fluid Distributor | Fluid Distributors]] - one for hot and one for cold Coolant. They are separated by one block vertically in order to not blow up the reactor by mixing and blocking the flow.

[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-fluid-distributors-layout.png|500px|Fluid distributors layout]]

The main bus for the hot coolant is mostly comprised of Fluid Distributors set for distribution to negate the lack of balancing. Essentially, the whole hot bus is constantly filled with hot coolant because balancing it between five Boilers would be a nightmare.

[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-heat-eu-conversion.png|500px|HU-to-EU conversion]]

The HU-to-EU conversion is done by the five units by the following cycle:
# Three [[Liquid Heat Exchanger|Liquid Heat Exchangers]] provide 300 HU/t to one [[Steam Generator]].
# Steam Generator is set up to create Superheated Steam at 221 Bar and 10 mB/t.
# Superheated Steam goes to the right, to the first [[Kinetic Steam Generator]], which turns the Superheated Steam into just Steam and passes it to the second Kinetic Steam Generator.
# The second Kinetic Steam Generator condenses a bit of [[Distilled Water]], passing it to the [[Fluid Distributor]] on the left, and passes the cold Steam to condenser.
# Condenser turns cold Steam back into Distilled Water, passing it to another Fluid Distributor to its left.
# Both Fluid Distributors carry Distilled Water back to the Steam Generator.
# The Kinetic Units that were created by [[Kinetic Steam Generator|Kinetic Steam Generators]] are turned into EU by [[Kinetic Generator|Kinetic Generators]].

The checklist before launching this reactor would be too long. One is suggested to launch it on the low HU yield and see if everything works as intended before ramping up the power.

The resulting output of this 1408 HU/t fluid reactor is is approximately 1020 EU/t. The current best Mark I nuclear reactor yields 420 EU/t.

Considering the time it takes to build the fluid reactor without it blowing up, it's better to build the usual reactors if you aim for the increase of EU per your building time.

== Safety ==
The fluid reactor is inherently safe! This may or may not be a good thing, depending on just how HAYO you are.

In order to function, the fluid reactor needs its 5x5x5 outer shell completely intact. At 85% core heat, that shell will start melting into lava source blocks - and when it does, your reactor will turn off, since it is no longer a complete fluid reactor. It is important to note that even though the reactor won't gain any extra heat, it won't ''lose'' any, either, unless you do something to remove it - and so '''your casing will continue to melt''' (judging by past observations, only the standard pressure vessel blocks will, not any of the interfaces). And of course anyone within the 7x7x7 area will be damaged by radiation ticks, since the core heat is also > 70%.

In order to make a Fluid Reactor actually ''explode'' (without standing next to it and playing with {{Gin|Heat-Capacity Reactor Plating}}, anyway), you'd need to take your heat from < 85% to 100% '''in a single reactor tick''', which would mean producing over 1500 HU/t at just the right (wrong) time.

But you wouldn't ''really'' want to do that, would you? At least not in your own reactor.

'''Field Note:''' If your reactor is composed of an array of heat exchangers and fans and they all melt in the same time you can actually get from 0% to 100%
(Learned this the BAD way, and it's pretty easy to reproduce, for the sake of Newton, keep an eye on it all times!)

Fluid reactor

2021-10-16T10:16:56Z

HmmDweaTea: /* Example */ Fix typo

{{Experimental}}

[[File:Fluid_Reactor_ig.png|thumbnail|right|A fully-constructed Fluid Reactor]]

The '''Fluid Reactor''', also known as the '''Pressure Vessel Reactor''', is an alternative use of the existing EU reactor. Instead of directly outputting [[EU]], it outputs [[Heat]] in the form of [[Hot Coolant]]. When set up correctly, it is more efficient than a standard EU reactor. The outer reactor casing is fully modular, allowing you to place any number of inputs, outputs, redstone ports, etc, to fit your needs.

== Construction ==
In order to build a basic Fluid Reactor, you will need the following, at a minimum:
* 1x   {{Gin|Nuclear Reactor}}
* 6x   {{Gin|Reactor Chamber}}s
* 1x   {{Gin|Reactor Access Hatch}}
* 1x   {{Gin|Reactor Redstone Port}}
* 1x   {{Gin|Reactor Fluid Port}}
* 95x {{Gin|Reactor Pressure Vessel}} blocks

''Remember that you can always swap out Pressure Vessel blocks for additional interface blocks as your setup demands.''

Building the Fluid Reactor multiblock is simple:

It is a 5x5x5 cube with a 3x3x3 hollow center in which the EU reactor set is placed. A minimum of 3 interface blocks (Access Hatches and Fluid Ports) are ''required''.
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[[File:Fluid_Reactor_cross-section.png|thumbnail|right|Cross-section of a fully-constructed Fluid Reactor]]
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== Usage ==
The Fluid Reactor uses all the same [[:Category:Reactor Components|components]] (Fuel Rods, Heat Vents, etc.) as the EU reactor in its internal inventory. However, it also has two 10,000 mB liquid tanks, seen on either side of the GUI: a blue [[Coolant (Fluid)|Coolant]] tank on the left and a red [[Hot Coolant]] tank on the right. Either liquid can be added or removed with {{Gin|Universal Fluid Cell}}s through the inventory slots above and below each tank.

Fluid Ports can also be used to add or remove Coolant. Placing a {{Gin|Fluid Ejector Upgrade}} in the Fluid Port's interface will allow it to eject Hot Coolant from the reactor into an adjacent {{Gin|Fluid Distributor}}, {{Gin|Fluid Regulator}}, or fluid transfer systems from other mods.

Instead of an EU reading at the bottom, the fluid reactor indicates HU/t ([[Heat|heat units]] per tick). As you place more heat vents and fuel rods inside of the reactor, that reading will rise - but not as simply as in the EU reactor's case.

Say you ignore coolant entirely and toss in a {{Gin|Fuel Rod (Uranium)}} and a {{Gin|Heat Vent}} next to each other inside the reactor. When you turn it on, the core temperature will rise, and your HU/t will remain at 0. Uh oh! The heat vent is working fine - but it's moving heat to the shell of the core reactor, instead of into the surrounding air like the EU reactor, and you didn't provide any coolant to deal with the problem. However, core temperature cannot be cooled (once heated) by simply applying coolant; you need {{Gin|Reactor Heat Vent}}s (etc.) to transfer the core heat to the casing of the internal regular reactor, and coolant to absorb that transferred heat.

In short, to maintain a fluid reactor, you need:
* Fuel Rods to generate heat,
* Heat Vents to push that heat around and eventually into coolant, and
* a sustainable source of Coolant to absorb and eject all the face-melting heat your neutron-reflected Quad Fuel Rods produce.

'''Note:''' Unlike the EU reactor, '''the fluid reactor's power generation (HU/t) is not dependent on the Fuel Rods, but rather the amount of Heat Vents'''. Unmanaged Fuel Rod heat in the EU reactor would simply make the reactor overheat faster but not reduce its power output; in the Fluid Reactor, unmanaged Fuel Rod heat is stored in the reactor core.

The Fluid Reactor's power output is essentially measured in hot coolant: if you're not producing that, you're not producing power. (Although if you're heating your core, technically you're banking up power to output later. Or you're about to be testing how good your protective shielding is. HAYO!)

== Coolant Cycle ==
Operating the Fluid Reactor will heat [[Coolant]] into [[Hot Coolant]] which is then pumped out into a {{Gin|Liquid Heat Exchanger}} (likely several, depending on how fast your reactor produces heat), which will produces HU and outputs Coolant which goes right back into the Fluid Reactor to complete the cycle.

The heat that the Liquid Heat Exchanger Outputs can be used to power a {{Gin|Stirling Generator}} to directly generate EU, or to heat a {{Gin|Steam Generator}} to generate either [[Steam]] or [[Superheated Steam]].

Out of all the ways to generate power, superheated steam is the best; with the correct setup, it can produce significantly more power than a standard EU reactor!

== Example ==
Let's figure out how the following [[Nuclear_Reactor#Mark_level|Mark I]] fluid reactor works:

[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-overview.png|500px|An example of a working fluid reactor]]
[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-internal-layout.png|500px|Internal layout]]

The blocks on the fluid reactor itself are decorative from the Chisels mod.

We can calculate that reactor gives 1408 Heat Units per tick as it gives 28160 Heat Units per second, and there are [https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tick#Game_tick 20] ticks in one second.

The most effective way to use heat is to convert it to Superheated Steam and use it on turbines.

In order to use up all heat, we need 15 [[Liquid Heat Exchanger|Liquid Heat Exchangers]] because each of them can take at most 100 HU/tick.

There are three Liquid Heat Exchangers per each [[Steam Generator]]. Steam Generators are set to 221 Bar and 10 mB(milliBucket)/tick. 221 Bar is the minimum for Superheated Steam, and 10 mB/t can handle 300 HU/t. Steam generators work on Distilled Water to prevent calcification.

1 mB of Coolant handles 1 HU, so the Coolant flow is 1408 mB/t. One [[Reactor Fluid Port]] can handle 1000 mB/t, so there are two input and output ports.

There are two rows of [[Fluid Distributor | Fluid Distributors]] - one for hot and one for cold Coolant. They are separated by one block vertically in order to not blow up the reactor by mixing and blocking the flow.

[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-fluid-distributors-layout.png|500px|Fluid distributors layout]]

The main bus for the hot coolant is mostly comprised of Fluid Distributors set for distribution to negate the lack of balancing. Essentially, the whole hot bus is constantly filled with hot coolant because balancing it between five Boilers would be a nightmare.

[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-heat-eu-conversion.png|500px|HU-to-EU conversion]]

The HU-to-EU conversion is done by the five units by the following cycle:
# Three [[Liquid Heat Exchanger|Liquid Heat Exchangers]] provide 300 HU/t to one [[Steam Generator]].
# Steam Generator is set up to create Superheated Steam at 221 Bar and 10 mB/t.
# Superheated Steam goes to the right, to the first [[Kinetic Steam Generator]], which turns the Superheated Steam into just Steam and passes it to the second Kinetic Steam Generator.
# The second Kinetic Steam Generator condenses a bit of [[Distilled Water]], passing it to the [[Fluid Distributor]] on the left, and passes the cold Steam to condenser.
# Condenser turns cold Steam back into Distilled Water, passing it to another Fluid Distributor to its left.
# Both Fluid Distributors carry Distilled Water back to the Steam Generator.
# The Kinetic Units that were created by [[Kinetic Steam Generator|Kinetic Steam Generators]] are turned into EU by [[Kinetic Generator|Kinetic Generators]].

The resulting output of this 1408 HU/t fluid reactor is is approximately 1020 EU/t. The current best Mark I nuclear reactor yields 420 EU/t.

Considering the time it takes to build the fluid reactor without it blowing up, it's better to build the usual reactors if you aim for the increase of EU per your building time.

== Safety ==
The fluid reactor is inherently safe! This may or may not be a good thing, depending on just how HAYO you are.

In order to function, the fluid reactor needs its 5x5x5 outer shell completely intact. At 85% core heat, that shell will start melting into lava source blocks - and when it does, your reactor will turn off, since it is no longer a complete fluid reactor. It is important to note that even though the reactor won't gain any extra heat, it won't ''lose'' any, either, unless you do something to remove it - and so '''your casing will continue to melt''' (judging by past observations, only the standard pressure vessel blocks will, not any of the interfaces). And of course anyone within the 7x7x7 area will be damaged by radiation ticks, since the core heat is also > 70%.

In order to make a Fluid Reactor actually ''explode'' (without standing next to it and playing with {{Gin|Heat-Capacity Reactor Plating}}, anyway), you'd need to take your heat from < 85% to 100% '''in a single reactor tick''', which would mean producing over 1500 HU/t at just the right (wrong) time.

But you wouldn't ''really'' want to do that, would you? At least not in your own reactor.

'''Field Note:''' If your reactor is composed of an array of heat exchangers and fans and they all melt in the same time you can actually get from 0% to 100%
(Learned this the BAD way, and it's pretty easy to reproduce, for the sake of Newton, keep an eye on it all times!)

Fluid reactor

2021-10-16T10:15:17Z

HmmDweaTea: /* Example */ Fix typo

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[[File:Fluid_Reactor_ig.png|thumbnail|right|A fully-constructed Fluid Reactor]]

The '''Fluid Reactor''', also known as the '''Pressure Vessel Reactor''', is an alternative use of the existing EU reactor. Instead of directly outputting [[EU]], it outputs [[Heat]] in the form of [[Hot Coolant]]. When set up correctly, it is more efficient than a standard EU reactor. The outer reactor casing is fully modular, allowing you to place any number of inputs, outputs, redstone ports, etc, to fit your needs.

== Construction ==
In order to build a basic Fluid Reactor, you will need the following, at a minimum:
* 1x   {{Gin|Nuclear Reactor}}
* 6x   {{Gin|Reactor Chamber}}s
* 1x   {{Gin|Reactor Access Hatch}}
* 1x   {{Gin|Reactor Redstone Port}}
* 1x   {{Gin|Reactor Fluid Port}}
* 95x {{Gin|Reactor Pressure Vessel}} blocks

''Remember that you can always swap out Pressure Vessel blocks for additional interface blocks as your setup demands.''

Building the Fluid Reactor multiblock is simple:

It is a 5x5x5 cube with a 3x3x3 hollow center in which the EU reactor set is placed. A minimum of 3 interface blocks (Access Hatches and Fluid Ports) are ''required''.
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[[File:Fluid_Reactor_cross-section.png|thumbnail|right|Cross-section of a fully-constructed Fluid Reactor]]
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== Usage ==
The Fluid Reactor uses all the same [[:Category:Reactor Components|components]] (Fuel Rods, Heat Vents, etc.) as the EU reactor in its internal inventory. However, it also has two 10,000 mB liquid tanks, seen on either side of the GUI: a blue [[Coolant (Fluid)|Coolant]] tank on the left and a red [[Hot Coolant]] tank on the right. Either liquid can be added or removed with {{Gin|Universal Fluid Cell}}s through the inventory slots above and below each tank.

Fluid Ports can also be used to add or remove Coolant. Placing a {{Gin|Fluid Ejector Upgrade}} in the Fluid Port's interface will allow it to eject Hot Coolant from the reactor into an adjacent {{Gin|Fluid Distributor}}, {{Gin|Fluid Regulator}}, or fluid transfer systems from other mods.

Instead of an EU reading at the bottom, the fluid reactor indicates HU/t ([[Heat|heat units]] per tick). As you place more heat vents and fuel rods inside of the reactor, that reading will rise - but not as simply as in the EU reactor's case.

Say you ignore coolant entirely and toss in a {{Gin|Fuel Rod (Uranium)}} and a {{Gin|Heat Vent}} next to each other inside the reactor. When you turn it on, the core temperature will rise, and your HU/t will remain at 0. Uh oh! The heat vent is working fine - but it's moving heat to the shell of the core reactor, instead of into the surrounding air like the EU reactor, and you didn't provide any coolant to deal with the problem. However, core temperature cannot be cooled (once heated) by simply applying coolant; you need {{Gin|Reactor Heat Vent}}s (etc.) to transfer the core heat to the casing of the internal regular reactor, and coolant to absorb that transferred heat.

In short, to maintain a fluid reactor, you need:
* Fuel Rods to generate heat,
* Heat Vents to push that heat around and eventually into coolant, and
* a sustainable source of Coolant to absorb and eject all the face-melting heat your neutron-reflected Quad Fuel Rods produce.

'''Note:''' Unlike the EU reactor, '''the fluid reactor's power generation (HU/t) is not dependent on the Fuel Rods, but rather the amount of Heat Vents'''. Unmanaged Fuel Rod heat in the EU reactor would simply make the reactor overheat faster but not reduce its power output; in the Fluid Reactor, unmanaged Fuel Rod heat is stored in the reactor core.

The Fluid Reactor's power output is essentially measured in hot coolant: if you're not producing that, you're not producing power. (Although if you're heating your core, technically you're banking up power to output later. Or you're about to be testing how good your protective shielding is. HAYO!)

== Coolant Cycle ==
Operating the Fluid Reactor will heat [[Coolant]] into [[Hot Coolant]] which is then pumped out into a {{Gin|Liquid Heat Exchanger}} (likely several, depending on how fast your reactor produces heat), which will produces HU and outputs Coolant which goes right back into the Fluid Reactor to complete the cycle.

The heat that the Liquid Heat Exchanger Outputs can be used to power a {{Gin|Stirling Generator}} to directly generate EU, or to heat a {{Gin|Steam Generator}} to generate either [[Steam]] or [[Superheated Steam]].

Out of all the ways to generate power, superheated steam is the best; with the correct setup, it can produce significantly more power than a standard EU reactor!

== Example ==
Let's figure out how the following [[Nuclear_Reactor#Mark_level|Mark I]] fluid reactor works:

[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-overview.png|500px|An example of a working fluid reactor]]
[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-internal-layout.png|500px|Internal layout]]

The blocks on the fluid reactor itself are decorative from the Chisels mod.

We can calculate that reactor gives 1408 Heat Units per tick as it gives 28160 Heat Units per second, and there are [https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tick#Game_tick 20] ticks in one second.

The most effective way to use heat is to convert it to Superheated Steam and use it on turbines.

In order to use up all heat, we need 15 [[Liquid Heat Exchanger|Liquid Heat Exchangers]] because each of them can take at most 100 HU/tick.

There are three Liquid Heat Exchangers per each [[Steam Generator]]. Steam Generators are set to 221 Bar and 10 mB(milliBucket)/tick. 221 Bar is the minimum for Superheated Steam, and 10 mB/t can handle 300 HU/t. Steam generators work on Distilled Water to prevent calcification.

1 mB of Coolant handles 1 HU, so the Coolant flow is 1408 mB/t. One [[Reactor Fluid Port]] can handle 1000 mB/t, so there are two input and output ports.

There are two rows of [[Fluid Distributor | Fluid Distributors]] - one for hot and one for cold Coolant. They are separated by one block vertically in order to not blow up the reactor by mixing and blocking the flow.

[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-fluid-distributors-layout.png|500px|Fluid distributors layout]]

The main bus for the hot coolant is mostly comprised of Fluid Distributors set for distribution to negate the lack of balancing. Essentially, the whole hot bus is constantly filled with hot coolant because balancing it between five Boilers would be a nightmare.

[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-heat-eu-conversion.png|500px|HU-to-EU conversion]]

The HU-to-EU conversion is done by the five units by the following cycle:
# Three [[Liquid Heat Exchanger|Liquid Heat Exchangers]] provide 300 HU/t to one [[Steam Generator]].
# Steam Generator is set up to create Superheated Steam at 221 Bar and 10 mB/t.
# Superheated Steam goes to the right, to the first [[Kinetic Steam Generator]], which turns the Superheated Steam into just Steam and passes it to the second Kinetic Steam Generator.
# The second Kinetic Steam Generator condenses a bit of [[Distilled Water]], passing it to the [[Fluid Distributor]] on the left, and passes the cold Steam to condenser.
# Condenser turns cold Steam back into Distilled Water, passing it to another Fluid Distributor to its left.
# Both Fluid Distributors carry Distilled Water back to the Steam Generator.
# The Kinetic Units that were created by [[Kinetic Steam Generator|Kinetic Steam Generators]] are turned into EU by [[Kinetic Generator|Kinetic Generators]].

The resulting output of this 1408 HU/t fluid reactor is is approximately 1020 EU/t. The current best Mark I nuclear reactor yields 420 EU/t.

Considering the time it takes to build the fluid reactor without it blowing up, it better to build the usual reactors if you aim for the increase of EU per your building time.

== Safety ==
The fluid reactor is inherently safe! This may or may not be a good thing, depending on just how HAYO you are.

In order to function, the fluid reactor needs its 5x5x5 outer shell completely intact. At 85% core heat, that shell will start melting into lava source blocks - and when it does, your reactor will turn off, since it is no longer a complete fluid reactor. It is important to note that even though the reactor won't gain any extra heat, it won't ''lose'' any, either, unless you do something to remove it - and so '''your casing will continue to melt''' (judging by past observations, only the standard pressure vessel blocks will, not any of the interfaces). And of course anyone within the 7x7x7 area will be damaged by radiation ticks, since the core heat is also > 70%.

In order to make a Fluid Reactor actually ''explode'' (without standing next to it and playing with {{Gin|Heat-Capacity Reactor Plating}}, anyway), you'd need to take your heat from < 85% to 100% '''in a single reactor tick''', which would mean producing over 1500 HU/t at just the right (wrong) time.

But you wouldn't ''really'' want to do that, would you? At least not in your own reactor.

'''Field Note:''' If your reactor is composed of an array of heat exchangers and fans and they all melt in the same time you can actually get from 0% to 100%
(Learned this the BAD way, and it's pretty easy to reproduce, for the sake of Newton, keep an eye on it all times!)

Fluid reactor

2021-10-16T10:14:24Z

HmmDweaTea: /* Example */ Fix typo

{{Experimental}}

[[File:Fluid_Reactor_ig.png|thumbnail|right|A fully-constructed Fluid Reactor]]

The '''Fluid Reactor''', also known as the '''Pressure Vessel Reactor''', is an alternative use of the existing EU reactor. Instead of directly outputting [[EU]], it outputs [[Heat]] in the form of [[Hot Coolant]]. When set up correctly, it is more efficient than a standard EU reactor. The outer reactor casing is fully modular, allowing you to place any number of inputs, outputs, redstone ports, etc, to fit your needs.

== Construction ==
In order to build a basic Fluid Reactor, you will need the following, at a minimum:
* 1x   {{Gin|Nuclear Reactor}}
* 6x   {{Gin|Reactor Chamber}}s
* 1x   {{Gin|Reactor Access Hatch}}
* 1x   {{Gin|Reactor Redstone Port}}
* 1x   {{Gin|Reactor Fluid Port}}
* 95x {{Gin|Reactor Pressure Vessel}} blocks

''Remember that you can always swap out Pressure Vessel blocks for additional interface blocks as your setup demands.''

Building the Fluid Reactor multiblock is simple:

It is a 5x5x5 cube with a 3x3x3 hollow center in which the EU reactor set is placed. A minimum of 3 interface blocks (Access Hatches and Fluid Ports) are ''required''.
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[[File:Fluid_Reactor_cross-section.png|thumbnail|right|Cross-section of a fully-constructed Fluid Reactor]]
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== Usage ==
The Fluid Reactor uses all the same [[:Category:Reactor Components|components]] (Fuel Rods, Heat Vents, etc.) as the EU reactor in its internal inventory. However, it also has two 10,000 mB liquid tanks, seen on either side of the GUI: a blue [[Coolant (Fluid)|Coolant]] tank on the left and a red [[Hot Coolant]] tank on the right. Either liquid can be added or removed with {{Gin|Universal Fluid Cell}}s through the inventory slots above and below each tank.

Fluid Ports can also be used to add or remove Coolant. Placing a {{Gin|Fluid Ejector Upgrade}} in the Fluid Port's interface will allow it to eject Hot Coolant from the reactor into an adjacent {{Gin|Fluid Distributor}}, {{Gin|Fluid Regulator}}, or fluid transfer systems from other mods.

Instead of an EU reading at the bottom, the fluid reactor indicates HU/t ([[Heat|heat units]] per tick). As you place more heat vents and fuel rods inside of the reactor, that reading will rise - but not as simply as in the EU reactor's case.

Say you ignore coolant entirely and toss in a {{Gin|Fuel Rod (Uranium)}} and a {{Gin|Heat Vent}} next to each other inside the reactor. When you turn it on, the core temperature will rise, and your HU/t will remain at 0. Uh oh! The heat vent is working fine - but it's moving heat to the shell of the core reactor, instead of into the surrounding air like the EU reactor, and you didn't provide any coolant to deal with the problem. However, core temperature cannot be cooled (once heated) by simply applying coolant; you need {{Gin|Reactor Heat Vent}}s (etc.) to transfer the core heat to the casing of the internal regular reactor, and coolant to absorb that transferred heat.

In short, to maintain a fluid reactor, you need:
* Fuel Rods to generate heat,
* Heat Vents to push that heat around and eventually into coolant, and
* a sustainable source of Coolant to absorb and eject all the face-melting heat your neutron-reflected Quad Fuel Rods produce.

'''Note:''' Unlike the EU reactor, '''the fluid reactor's power generation (HU/t) is not dependent on the Fuel Rods, but rather the amount of Heat Vents'''. Unmanaged Fuel Rod heat in the EU reactor would simply make the reactor overheat faster but not reduce its power output; in the Fluid Reactor, unmanaged Fuel Rod heat is stored in the reactor core.

The Fluid Reactor's power output is essentially measured in hot coolant: if you're not producing that, you're not producing power. (Although if you're heating your core, technically you're banking up power to output later. Or you're about to be testing how good your protective shielding is. HAYO!)

== Coolant Cycle ==
Operating the Fluid Reactor will heat [[Coolant]] into [[Hot Coolant]] which is then pumped out into a {{Gin|Liquid Heat Exchanger}} (likely several, depending on how fast your reactor produces heat), which will produces HU and outputs Coolant which goes right back into the Fluid Reactor to complete the cycle.

The heat that the Liquid Heat Exchanger Outputs can be used to power a {{Gin|Stirling Generator}} to directly generate EU, or to heat a {{Gin|Steam Generator}} to generate either [[Steam]] or [[Superheated Steam]].

Out of all the ways to generate power, superheated steam is the best; with the correct setup, it can produce significantly more power than a standard EU reactor!

== Example ==
Let's figure out how the following [[Nuclear_Reactor#Mark_level|Mark I]] fluid reactor works:

[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-overview.png|500px|An example of a working fluid reactor]]
[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-internal-layout.png|500px|Internal layout]]

The block on the fluid reactor itself are decorative from the Chisels mod.

We can calculate that reactor gives 1408 Heat Units per tick as it gives 28160 Heat Units per second, and there are [https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tick#Game_tick 20] ticks in one second.

The most effective way to use heat is to convert it to Superheated Steam and use it on turbines.

In order to use up all heat, we need 15 [[Liquid Heat Exchanger|Liquid Heat Exchangers]] because each of them can take at most 100 HU/tick.

There are three Liquid Heat Exchangers per each [[Steam Generator]]. Steam Generators are set to 221 Bar and 10 mB(milliBucket)/tick. 221 Bar is the minimum for Superheated Steam, and 10 mB/t can handle 300 HU/t. Steam generators work on Distilled Water to prevent calcification.

1 mB of Coolant handles 1 HU, so the Coolant flow is 1408 mB/t. One [[Reactor Fluid Port]] can handle 1000 mB/t, so there are two input and output ports.

There are two rows of [[Fluid Distributor | Fluid Distributors]] - one for hot and one for cold Coolant. They are separated by one block vertically in order to not blow up the reactor by mixing and blocking the flow.

[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-fluid-distributors-layout.png|500px|Fluid distributors layout]]

The main bus for the hot coolant is mostly comprised of Fluid Distributors set for distribution to negate the lack of balancing. Essentially, the whole hot bus is constantly filled with hot coolant because balancing it between five Boilers would be a nightmare.

[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-heat-eu-conversion.png|500px|HU-to-EU conversion]]

The HU-to-EU conversion is done by the five units by the following cycle:
# Three [[Liquid Heat Exchanger|Liquid Heat Exchangers]] provide 300 HU/t to one [[Steam Generator]].
# Steam Generator is set up to create Superheated Steam at 221 Bar and 10 mB/t.
# Superheated Steam goes to the right, to the first [[Kinetic Steam Generator]], which turns the Superheated Steam into just Steam and passes it to the second Kinetic Steam Generator.
# The second Kinetic Steam Generator condenses a bit of [[Distilled Water]], passing it to the [[Fluid Distributor]] on the left, and passes the cold Steam to condenser.
# Condenser turns cold Steam back into Distilled Water, passing it to another Fluid Distributor to its left.
# Both Fluid Distributors carry Distilled Water back to the Steam Generator.
# The Kinetic Units that were created by [[Kinetic Steam Generator|Kinetic Steam Generators]] are turned into EU by [[Kinetic Generator|Kinetic Generators]].

The resulting output of this 1408 HU/t fluid reactor is is approximately 1020 EU/t. The current best Mark I nuclear reactor yields 420 EU/t.

Considering the time it takes to build the fluid reactor without it blowing up, it better to build the usual reactors if you aim for the increase of EU per your building time.

== Safety ==
The fluid reactor is inherently safe! This may or may not be a good thing, depending on just how HAYO you are.

In order to function, the fluid reactor needs its 5x5x5 outer shell completely intact. At 85% core heat, that shell will start melting into lava source blocks - and when it does, your reactor will turn off, since it is no longer a complete fluid reactor. It is important to note that even though the reactor won't gain any extra heat, it won't ''lose'' any, either, unless you do something to remove it - and so '''your casing will continue to melt''' (judging by past observations, only the standard pressure vessel blocks will, not any of the interfaces). And of course anyone within the 7x7x7 area will be damaged by radiation ticks, since the core heat is also > 70%.

In order to make a Fluid Reactor actually ''explode'' (without standing next to it and playing with {{Gin|Heat-Capacity Reactor Plating}}, anyway), you'd need to take your heat from < 85% to 100% '''in a single reactor tick''', which would mean producing over 1500 HU/t at just the right (wrong) time.

But you wouldn't ''really'' want to do that, would you? At least not in your own reactor.

'''Field Note:''' If your reactor is composed of an array of heat exchangers and fans and they all melt in the same time you can actually get from 0% to 100%
(Learned this the BAD way, and it's pretty easy to reproduce, for the sake of Newton, keep an eye on it all times!)

Fluid reactor

2021-10-16T10:12:04Z

HmmDweaTea: Add a Fluid Reactor example

{{Experimental}}

[[File:Fluid_Reactor_ig.png|thumbnail|right|A fully-constructed Fluid Reactor]]

The '''Fluid Reactor''', also known as the '''Pressure Vessel Reactor''', is an alternative use of the existing EU reactor. Instead of directly outputting [[EU]], it outputs [[Heat]] in the form of [[Hot Coolant]]. When set up correctly, it is more efficient than a standard EU reactor. The outer reactor casing is fully modular, allowing you to place any number of inputs, outputs, redstone ports, etc, to fit your needs.

== Construction ==
In order to build a basic Fluid Reactor, you will need the following, at a minimum:
* 1x   {{Gin|Nuclear Reactor}}
* 6x   {{Gin|Reactor Chamber}}s
* 1x   {{Gin|Reactor Access Hatch}}
* 1x   {{Gin|Reactor Redstone Port}}
* 1x   {{Gin|Reactor Fluid Port}}
* 95x {{Gin|Reactor Pressure Vessel}} blocks

''Remember that you can always swap out Pressure Vessel blocks for additional interface blocks as your setup demands.''

Building the Fluid Reactor multiblock is simple:

It is a 5x5x5 cube with a 3x3x3 hollow center in which the EU reactor set is placed. A minimum of 3 interface blocks (Access Hatches and Fluid Ports) are ''required''.
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[[File:Fluid_Reactor_cross-section.png|thumbnail|right|Cross-section of a fully-constructed Fluid Reactor]]
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== Usage ==
The Fluid Reactor uses all the same [[:Category:Reactor Components|components]] (Fuel Rods, Heat Vents, etc.) as the EU reactor in its internal inventory. However, it also has two 10,000 mB liquid tanks, seen on either side of the GUI: a blue [[Coolant (Fluid)|Coolant]] tank on the left and a red [[Hot Coolant]] tank on the right. Either liquid can be added or removed with {{Gin|Universal Fluid Cell}}s through the inventory slots above and below each tank.

Fluid Ports can also be used to add or remove Coolant. Placing a {{Gin|Fluid Ejector Upgrade}} in the Fluid Port's interface will allow it to eject Hot Coolant from the reactor into an adjacent {{Gin|Fluid Distributor}}, {{Gin|Fluid Regulator}}, or fluid transfer systems from other mods.

Instead of an EU reading at the bottom, the fluid reactor indicates HU/t ([[Heat|heat units]] per tick). As you place more heat vents and fuel rods inside of the reactor, that reading will rise - but not as simply as in the EU reactor's case.

Say you ignore coolant entirely and toss in a {{Gin|Fuel Rod (Uranium)}} and a {{Gin|Heat Vent}} next to each other inside the reactor. When you turn it on, the core temperature will rise, and your HU/t will remain at 0. Uh oh! The heat vent is working fine - but it's moving heat to the shell of the core reactor, instead of into the surrounding air like the EU reactor, and you didn't provide any coolant to deal with the problem. However, core temperature cannot be cooled (once heated) by simply applying coolant; you need {{Gin|Reactor Heat Vent}}s (etc.) to transfer the core heat to the casing of the internal regular reactor, and coolant to absorb that transferred heat.

In short, to maintain a fluid reactor, you need:
* Fuel Rods to generate heat,
* Heat Vents to push that heat around and eventually into coolant, and
* a sustainable source of Coolant to absorb and eject all the face-melting heat your neutron-reflected Quad Fuel Rods produce.

'''Note:''' Unlike the EU reactor, '''the fluid reactor's power generation (HU/t) is not dependent on the Fuel Rods, but rather the amount of Heat Vents'''. Unmanaged Fuel Rod heat in the EU reactor would simply make the reactor overheat faster but not reduce its power output; in the Fluid Reactor, unmanaged Fuel Rod heat is stored in the reactor core.

The Fluid Reactor's power output is essentially measured in hot coolant: if you're not producing that, you're not producing power. (Although if you're heating your core, technically you're banking up power to output later. Or you're about to be testing how good your protective shielding is. HAYO!)

== Coolant Cycle ==
Operating the Fluid Reactor will heat [[Coolant]] into [[Hot Coolant]] which is then pumped out into a {{Gin|Liquid Heat Exchanger}} (likely several, depending on how fast your reactor produces heat), which will produces HU and outputs Coolant which goes right back into the Fluid Reactor to complete the cycle.

The heat that the Liquid Heat Exchanger Outputs can be used to power a {{Gin|Stirling Generator}} to directly generate EU, or to heat a {{Gin|Steam Generator}} to generate either [[Steam]] or [[Superheated Steam]].

Out of all the ways to generate power, superheated steam is the best; with the correct setup, it can produce significantly more power than a standard EU reactor!

== Example ==
Let's figure out how the following [[Nuclear_Reactor#Mark_level|Mark I]] fluid reactor works:

[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-overview.png|500px|An example of a working fluid reactor]]
[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-internal-layout.png|500px|Internal layout]]

The block on the fluid reactor itself are decorative from the Chilsels mod.

We can calculate that reactor gives 1408 Heat Units per tick as it gives 28160 Heat Units per second, and there are [https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Tick#Game_tick 20] ticks in one second.

The most effective way to use heat is to convert it to Superheated Steam and use it on turbines.

In order to use up all heat, we need 15 [[Liquid Heat Exchanger|Liquid Heat Exchangers]] because each of them can take at most 100 HU/tick.

There are three Liquid Heat Exchangers per each [[Steam Generator]]. Steam Generators are set to 221 Bar and 10 mB(milliBucket)/tick. 221 Bar is the minimum for Superheated Steam, and 10 mB/t can handle 300 HU/t. Steam generators work on Distilled Water to prevent calcification.

1 mB of Coolant handles 1 HU, so the Coolant flow is 1408 mB/t. One [[Reactor Fluid Port]] can handle 1000 mB/t, so there are two input and output ports.

There are two rows of [[Fluid Distributor | Fluid Distributors]] - one for hot and one for cold Coolant. They are separated by one block vertically in order to not blow up the reactor by mixing and blocking the flow.

[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-fluid-distributors-layout.png|500px|Fluid distributors layout]]

The main bus for the hot coolant is mostly comprised of Fluid Distributors set for distribution to negate the lack of balancing. Essentially, the whole hot bus is constantly filled with hot coolant because balancing it between five Boilers would be a nightmare.

[[File:Working-fluid-reactor-heat-eu-conversion.png|500px|HU-to-EU conversion]]

The HU-to-EU conversion is done by the five units by the following cycle:
# Three [[Liquid Heat Exchanger|Liquid Heat Exchangers]] provide 300 HU/t to one [[Steam Generator]].
# Steam Generator is set up to create Superheated Steam at 221 Bar and 10 mB/t.
# Superheated Steam goes to the right, to the first [[Kinetic Steam Generator]], which turns the Superheated Steam into just Steam and passes it to the second Kinetic Steam Generator.
# The second Kinetic Steam Generator condenses a bit of [[Distilled Water]], passing it to the [[Fluid Distributor]] on the left, and passes the cold Steam to condenser.
# Condenser turns cold Steam back into Distilled Water, passing it to another Fluid Distributor to its left.
# Both Fluid Distributors carry Distilled Water back to the Steam Generator.
# The Kinetic Units that were created by [[Kinetic Steam Generator|Kinetic Steam Generators]] are turned into EU by [[Kinetic Generator|Kinetic Generators]].

The resulting output of this 1408 HU/t fluid reactor is is approximately 1020 EU/t. The current best Mark I nuclear reactor yields 420 EU/t.

Considering the time it takes to build the fluid reactor without it blowing up, it better to build the usual reactors if you aim for the increase of EU per your building time.

== Safety ==
The fluid reactor is inherently safe! This may or may not be a good thing, depending on just how HAYO you are.

In order to function, the fluid reactor needs its 5x5x5 outer shell completely intact. At 85% core heat, that shell will start melting into lava source blocks - and when it does, your reactor will turn off, since it is no longer a complete fluid reactor. It is important to note that even though the reactor won't gain any extra heat, it won't ''lose'' any, either, unless you do something to remove it - and so '''your casing will continue to melt''' (judging by past observations, only the standard pressure vessel blocks will, not any of the interfaces). And of course anyone within the 7x7x7 area will be damaged by radiation ticks, since the core heat is also > 70%.

In order to make a Fluid Reactor actually ''explode'' (without standing next to it and playing with {{Gin|Heat-Capacity Reactor Plating}}, anyway), you'd need to take your heat from < 85% to 100% '''in a single reactor tick''', which would mean producing over 1500 HU/t at just the right (wrong) time.

But you wouldn't ''really'' want to do that, would you? At least not in your own reactor.

'''Field Note:''' If your reactor is composed of an array of heat exchangers and fans and they all melt in the same time you can actually get from 0% to 100%
(Learned this the BAD way, and it's pretty easy to reproduce, for the sake of Newton, keep an eye on it all times!)

File:Working-fluid-reactor-heat-eu-conversion.png

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HmmDweaTea: HU-to-EU conversion of the example of a working fluid reactor

HU-to-EU conversion of the example of a working fluid reactor

File:Working-fluid-reactor-fluid-distributors-layout.png

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HmmDweaTea: The layout of the fluid distributors for hot coolant in the example of a working fluid reactor.

The layout of the fluid distributors for hot coolant in the example of a working fluid reactor.

File:Working-fluid-reactor-output.png

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HmmDweaTea: The output of a 1408 HU/t Mark I fluid reactor with the heat-eu conversion through superheated steam.

The output of a 1408 HU/t Mark I fluid reactor with the heat-eu conversion through superheated steam.

File:Working-fluid-reactor-internal-layout.png

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HmmDweaTea: HmmDweaTea uploaded a new version of File:Working-fluid-reactor-internal-layout.png

The internal layout of the 1407 Hu/t fluid reactor.

File:Working-fluid-reactor-internal-layout.png

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HmmDweaTea: The internal layout of the 1407 Hu/t fluid reactor.

The internal layout of the 1407 Hu/t fluid reactor.

File:Working-fluid-reactor-overview.png

2021-10-16T08:29:01Z

HmmDweaTea: An example of a working 1407 Heat-Units-per-tick fluid reactor in IC2 experimental.

An example of a working 1407 Heat-Units-per-tick fluid reactor in IC2 experimental.

File:Example.png

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HmmDweaTea: An example of a working 1407 HU/t fluid reactor in IC2 experimental.

An example of a working 1407 HU/t fluid reactor in IC2 experimental.

Tutorial:Replication

2021-10-10T18:28:06Z

HmmDweaTea: /* Replicating */ Fix typo

{{Experimental}}
This is a tutorial on replicating items. There are a lot of items that can be replicated out of [[EU]].
Before starting make sure you have:
* an MFSU,
* a ton of resources, and
* vast amounts of EU.
Replication is a very expensive luxus and you won't be able to start if you don't fulfill the pre-conditions.

== UU-Liquid ==
The first thing you'll need is called UU-Liquid, or Universal-Usage-Liquid.
To make this you need a matter fabricator:
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glowstone Dust|B1=Advanced Circuit|C1=Glowstone Dust
|A2=Advanced Machine|B2=Lapotron Crystal|C2=Advanced Machine
|A3=Glowstone Dust|B3=Advanced Circuit|C3=Glowstone Dust
|Output=Mass Fabricator
}}
This machine will accept 512 EUp (high voltage) and create UU-Liquid very slowly. It is strongly recommended to feed it with [[Scrap]], otherwise it will consume 10 times as much energy! Creating one bucket of Uu-Liquid requires roughly '''22 million EU''' if you supply more than '''500 stacks of scrap'''. Don't worry, most items only require tiny amounts of UU-Liquid. For example dirt requires 0.00016 buckets and diamond 0.035 buckets of UU-Liquid per item.

== Scanning ==
Now that you have your UU-Liquid, you will need a [[Scanner]]:
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Iron Plate|B1=Reinforced Glass|C1=Iron Plate
|A2=Electric Motor|B2=Luminator|C2=Electric Motor
|A3=Advanced Circuit|B3=Advanced Machine|C3=Advanced Circuit
|Output=Scanner
}}
Before scanning an item, you need a way to store the information the scanner will output. This information is also called 'Pattern'. To do so you need some [[Memory Crystal|Memory Crystals]] and a Pattern Storage.
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|{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Silicon Dioxide|B1=Obsidian Dust|C1=Silicon Dioxide
|A2=Obsidian Dust|B2=Silicon Dioxide|C2=Obsidian Dust
|A3=Silicon Dioxide|B3=Obsidian Dust|C3=Silicon Dioxide
|Output=Crystal Memory (raw)
}}
|{{Grid/Machine
|Top=Crystal Memory (raw)
|Bottom=Coal
|Output=Crystal Memory
}}
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|A1=Reinforced Stone |B1=Reinforced Stone |C1=Reinforced Stone
|A2=Crystal Memory |B2=Advanced Machine |C2=Crystal Memory
|A3=Mining Laser |B3=Advanced Circuit |C3=Mining Laser
|Output=Pattern Storage
}}

Either place the Pattern Storage directly adjacent to the scanner or put a Memory Crystal inside the scanner.
Now, put any item you want to replicate in the scanner and power it with 512EUp. The scanner will analyze the item and give information on how much UU-Liquid and EU you'll need to create the item. Note that not all items can be scanned. Scanning one item will consume roughly '''850000 EU'''.

== Replicating ==
Replication requires four things:
* UU-Liquid,
* a pattern,
* some EU, and
* a {{Gin|Replicator}}.
In the meantime, you should have the first three things. The fourth is crafted like this:
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Reinforced Stone|B1=Reinforced Glass|C1=Reinforced Stone
|A2=Teleporter|B2=Teleporter|C2=Teleporter
|A3=HV Transformer|B3=MFE Unit|C3=HV Transformer
|Output=Replicator
}}
The Replicator accepts up to 2048 EUp (extreme voltage). To get the pattern into the replicator, you need a Pattern Storage (with the stored information) adjacent to it. The UU-Liquid can be supplied either by using [[Universal Fluid Cell|Universal Fluid Cells]] or BuildCraft pipes. That's it!
Simply press the green arrow and the replication starts. This will consume some EU and, when finished, you'll get your desired item.

== Examples ==
Here are some examples of items you can scan and replicate:
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![[Non-IC Items|Stone]]
![[Image:Grid_Stone.png|32px]]
|150 µB
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![[Non-IC Items|Cobblestone]]
![[Image:Grid_Cobblestone.png|32px]]
|10 µB
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![[Non-IC Items|Dirt]]
![[Image:Grid_Dirt.png|32px]]
|155.4 µB (micro buckets)
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![[Non-IC Items|Grass Block]]
![[Image:Grid_Grass.png|32px]]
|26.35 mB
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![[Non-IC Items|Sand]]
![[Image:Grid_Sand.png|32px]]
|150 µB
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![[Non-IC Items|Gravel]]
![[Image:Grid_Gravel.png|32px]]
|583.5 µB
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![[Non-IC Items|Glass]]
![[Image:Grid_Glass.png|32px]]
|290 µB
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![[Non-IC Items|Wooden Planks]]
![[Image:Grid_Wooden_Planks.png|32px]]
|12.27 mB
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![[Non-IC Items|Sapling]]
![[Image:Grid_Sapling.png|32px]]
|79.12 mB
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![[Non-IC Items|Dandelion]]
![[Image:Grid_Flower.png|32px]]
|370.8 mB
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![[Non-IC Items|Iron Ore]]
![[Image:Grid_Iron_Ore.png|32px]]
|1.771 mB
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![[Non-IC Items|Diamond]]
![[Image:Grid_Diamond.png|32px]]
|24.1 mB (milli buckets)
|-
![[Non-IC Items|Block of Diamond]]
![[Image:Grid_Diamond_Block.png|32px]]
|216.9 mB
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![[Non-IC Items|Enchanted Golden Apple]]
![[Image:Grid_Golden_Apple.png|32px]]
|288.7 B
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![[Non-IC Items|Redstone]]
![[Image:Grid_Redstone.png|32px]]
|1.221 mB
|-
![[Non-IC Items|Block of Redstone]]
![[Image:Grid_Block of Redstone.png|32px]]
|11 mB
|-
![[Non-IC Items|Glowstone Dust]]
![[Image:Grid_Glowstone_Dust.png|32px]]
|39.94 mB
|-
![[Non-IC Items|Glowstone]]
![[Image:Grid_Glowstone.png|32px]]
|159.8 mB
|-
![[Non-IC Items|Lapis Lazuli Block]]
![[Image:Grid_Lapis Lazuli Block.png|32px]]
|68.37 mB
|-
![[Iridium Shard]]
![[Image:Grid_Iridium_Shard.png|32px]]
|13.33 mB
|-
![[Iridium Ore]]
![[Image:Grid_Iridium_Ore.png|32px]]
|120 mB
|-
![[Iridium Plate]]
![[Image:Grid_Iridium_Plate.png|32px]]
|519.6 mB
|-
![[Enriched Uranium Nuclear Fuel]]
![[Image:Grid_Enriched_Uranium_Nuclear_Fuel.png|32px]]
|31 mB
|-
![[Plutonium]]
![[Image:Grid_Plutonium.png|32px]]
|291.3 mB
|-
![[Pellets of RTG Fuel]]
![[Image:Grid_Pellets_of_RTG Fuel.png|32px]]
|933.2 mB
|-
![[Non-IC Items|Slimeball]]
![[Image:Grid_Slimeball.png|32px]]
|133.2 mB
|-
![[Non-IC Items|Magma Cream]]
![[Image:Grid_Magma_Cream.png|32px]]
|533.9 mB
|-
![[MFSU]]
![[Image:Grid_MFS_Unit.png|32px]]
|11.63 B (buckets)
|-
![[Non-IC Items|Paper]]
![[Image:Grid_Paper.png|32px]]
|3.074 B
|-
![[Scrap]]
![[Image:Grid_Some_random_scrap.png|32px]]
|171 µB
|-
![[Sticky Resin]]
![[Image:Grid_Sticky_Resin.png|32px]]
|6.331 B
|-
![[Rubber]]
![[Image:Grid_Rubber.png|32px]]
|100.7 mB
|-
![[Rubber Sapling]]
![[Image:Grid_Rubber_Sapling.png|32px]]
|3.572 B
|-
![[Quad Fuel Rod (Uranium)]]
![[Image:Quad Fuel Rod (Uranium).png|32px]]
|98.07 mB
|-
|}
''more coming soon''

[[Category:Tutorial]]

Overclocker upgrade

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HmmDweaTea: /* Recipe */ Add the bulk recipes. Delete the non-working picture.

{{Experimental}}

{{Infobox
|type=Upgrade
|eu_use=160%
|optime=70%
|id=upgrade@0
}}

'''Overclocker Upgrades''' are used to increase a machines operating speed at the cost of higher power demand and energy consumption. Overclocker Upgrades are placed in one of the four right-most upgrade slots in a machine's interface.

== Recipe ==
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=10k Coolant Cell|B2=10k Coolant Cell|C2=10k Coolant Cell
|A3=Insulated Copper Cable|B3=Electronic Circuit|C3=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output=Overclocker Upgrade|OA=2|nobreak=y}}
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=30k Coolant Cell|B2=30k Coolant Cell|C2=30k Coolant Cell
|A3=Insulated Copper Cable|B3=Electronic Circuit|C3=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output=Overclocker Upgrade|OA=6|nobreak=y}}
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A2=60k Coolant Cell|B2=60k Coolant Cell|C2=60k Coolant Cell
|A3=Insulated Copper Cable|B3=Electronic Circuit|C3=Insulated Copper Cable
|Output=Overclocker Upgrade|OA=12}}

== Usage ==
Each Overclocker Upgrade '''reduces the operating time to 70% of the previous time''' but '''requires 60% more power'''. These effects stack exponentially. For example, with a machine with 2 Overclocker Upgrades each operation lasts <code>0.72 = 49%</code> the original time (204% original speed) and requires <code>1.62 = 256%</code> the original power. Using 8 Overclocker Upgrades will run the machine at over 17 times normal speed and requires 43 times the energy.

Overclocker Upgrades decrease a machine's energy efficiency, increasing EU use per operation. This is roughly a 12% increase in energy per operation per upgrade:

<code>0.7*1.6 = 112% 
1.128 = 248% times the EU</code>

While building multiple machines makes better use of a limited energy supply, over-clocking allows for reduced space and wiring requirements when time or compact construction are more important or energy is plentiful. The reduced efficiency can be mitigated by combining both approaches: dividing a number of Overclocker Upgrades evenly between multiple machines.

An over-clocked machine's speed is limited by its inventory -- typically one stack of items, thus allowing up to 64 operations per tick. However, this would require too many Overclocker Upgrades to be practical.

== In Practice ==
This section is intended to provide some explanation and practical examples for using Overclocker Upgrades.

This revision includes the revised power consumption for 1.71.

Each IndustrialCraft2 machine has a rated current draw (required EU/t), a time to process the materials and internal EU storage. When calculating the effects of over-clocking, we need to include these factors. The differences on each machine mean that some machines need more or less Overclocker Upgrades to reach peak speed.

The main limit to the number of Overclocker Upgrades you can use is the power requirement. To make machines run really fast, you need to feed them with multiple power supplies, big ones.

=== Summary ===
Max speed benefits are obtained with: 28 Overclocker Upgrades for [[Macerator]]s and [[Extractor]]s, 25 for [[Electric Furnace]]s and 23 for [[Recycler]]s;. In each case you're going to need to put in transformer upgrades, use [[Glass Fibre Cable]] and storage upgrades.

=== Examples ===
A standard [[Macerator]] draws 2 EU/t, takes 15 seconds per grind and stores 1,200 EU.

Five Overclocker Upgrades are a great start. With 5 Overclocker Upgrades,, your [[Macerator]] draws 21 EU/t (which can be supplied by a single [[BatBox]]) and completes each grind in 2.5 seconds instead of 15!

With 8 Overclocker Upgrades, your [[Macerator]] draws 85.9 EU/t and completes each operation in 0.9 seconds, just under a second! You can still run this with tin cable but you'll need three [[BatBox]]es in parallel to supply the power. Alternatively, you can put in one {{Gin|Transformer upgrade}} (which allows 128 EU/t) and use a [[CESU]] to power. Use [[Copper Cable]] or better!

As you put in more Overclocker Upgrades, the power requirements keep going up. 11 Overclocker Upgrades require 352 EU/t which would require 11 [[BatBox]]es or 3 [[CESU]]s to drive. My suggestion is to put 3 [[Transformer upgrade]]s in each machine early, and then upgrade to [[MFE]]s and [[MFSU]]s any time you're ready.

There is a break-point when you reach 13 Overclocker Upgrades in the Macerator, 10 on the Furnace and Extractor and 9 on the Recycler. The energy required per tick exceeds the machine's internal storage. As you approach this limit, you may see the machine flicker or stutter as if your BatBox was running empty. If you put in one more Overclocker Upgrade, the machine will stop entirely. Now you need to add one or more {{Gin|Energy storage upgrade}}s before the machine will continue to function.

Maximum speed benefits can be achieved with 28 Overclocker Upgrades in [[Macerator]]s and [[Extractor]]s, 25 in [[Electric Furnace]]s and 23 in [[Recycler]]s. In each case you're going to need to put in transformer upgrades, storage upgrades and use [[Glass Fibre Cable]]. The Macerator is the greediest and will need 761 [[MFSU]]s to supply the necessary power.

[[Category:Upgrades]]

Coal Chunk

2021-10-09T08:21:30Z

HmmDweaTea: /* Recipe */ Remove the broken link.

The ''Coal Chunk'' is the [[Diamond Creation|third step in producing]] a [[Diamond]]. The creation of a ''Coal Chunk'' is done by placing [[Compressed Coal Ball]]s and [[Obsidian]] into the crafting table as seen in the recipe.

== Recipe ==

{|
|-
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Compressed Coal Ball|B1=Compressed Coal Ball|C1=Compressed Coal Ball
|A2=Compressed Coal Ball|B2=Obsidian|C2=Compressed Coal Ball
|A3=Compressed Coal Ball|B3=Compressed Coal Ball|C3=Compressed Coal Ball
|Output=Coal Chunk
}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Compressed Coal Ball|B1=Compressed Coal Ball|C1=Compressed Coal Ball
|A2=Compressed Coal Ball|B2=Bricks|C2=Compressed Coal Ball
|A3=Compressed Coal Ball|B3=Compressed Coal Ball|C3=Compressed Coal Ball
|Output=Coal Chunk
}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Compressed Coal Ball|B1=Compressed Coal Ball|C1=Compressed Coal Ball
|A2=Compressed Coal Ball|B2=Block of Iron|C2=Compressed Coal Ball
|A3=Compressed Coal Ball|B3=Compressed Coal Ball|C3=Compressed Coal Ball
|Output=Coal Chunk
}}
|}

== Usage ==

{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Coal Chunk
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Diamond
}}

== HAYO ==

Much effort for this strange chunk of coal...

But it must be '''something great''' and you can compress it with the Compress-O-Matic C77 to make '''Diamonds!!!'''

Attention: We don't pay recovery of damages if you hurt your fingers.

[[Category:Resources]]

Coal Chunk

2021-10-09T08:21:01Z

HmmDweaTea: /* Recipe */ Add the Coal Chunk recipes from the Industrial Diamond page. Turns out they still work.

The ''Coal Chunk'' is the [[Diamond Creation|third step in producing]] a [[Diamond]]. The creation of a ''Coal Chunk'' is done by placing [[Compressed Coal Ball]]s and [[Obsidian]] into the crafting table as seen in the recipe.

== Recipe ==

{|
|-
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Compressed Coal Ball|B1=Compressed Coal Ball|C1=Compressed Coal Ball
|A2=Compressed Coal Ball|B2=Obsidian|C2=Compressed Coal Ball
|A3=Compressed Coal Ball|B3=Compressed Coal Ball|C3=Compressed Coal Ball
|Output=Coal Chunk
}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Compressed Coal Ball|B1=Compressed Coal Ball|C1=Compressed Coal Ball
|A2=Compressed Coal Ball|B2=Bricks|C2=Compressed Coal Ball
|A3=Compressed Coal Ball|B3=Compressed Coal Ball|C3=Compressed Coal Ball
|Output=Coal Chunk
}}
||{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Compressed Coal Ball|B1=Compressed Coal Ball|C1=Compressed Coal Ball
|A2=Compressed Coal Ball|B2=Block of Iron|C2=Compressed Coal Ball
|A3=Compressed Coal Ball|B3=Compressed Coal Ball|C3=Compressed Coal Ball
|Output=Coal Chunk
}}
|}

See: [http://crafting-guide.com/item/coal_chunk Crafting Guide]

== Usage ==

{{Grid/Machine
|Type=Compressor
|Top=Coal Chunk
|Bottom=RE Battery (Charged)
|Output=Diamond
}}

== HAYO ==

Much effort for this strange chunk of coal...

But it must be '''something great''' and you can compress it with the Compress-O-Matic C77 to make '''Diamonds!!!'''

Attention: We don't pay recovery of damages if you hurt your fingers.

[[Category:Resources]]

User:HmmDweaTea

2021-09-28T15:58:15Z

HmmDweaTea: Initial commit

Contact me through discord: vbion#1668

Bottling Plant

2021-09-27T18:36:04Z

HmmDweaTea: Add the infobox that the info is outdated

{{Classic}}

Bottling plant is used to fill fluids into equipment such as [[Jetpack]] or [[CF Sprayer]].

==Recipe==
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|B1=Empty Cell
|B2=Empty Cell
|A3=Electronic Circuit|B3=Machine|C3=Electronic Circuit
|Output=Bottling Plant
}}

[[Category:Machines]]