Liquid Heat Exchanger

2021-06-22T13:56:34Z

Ricky2520: Added "machine" at the start in between "is a" and "which".

{{Block
|image=Grid_Liquid_Heat_Exchanger.png
|type=Heat Generator
|gravity=No
|tool=bwrench
|hu_produce=10-100
|lstorage=2000
}}

The '''Liquid Heat Exchanger''' is a machine [[Category:Heat Generators|Heat Generator]] which extracts [[Heat|heat]] from fluids. This machine requires at least two additional [[Heat Conductor|Heat Conductors]] in order to function. As of build 694, the only two acceptable input fluids are [[Non-IC Items|Lava]] and [[Hot Coolant]].

==Usage==
When the Liquid Heat Exchanger is placed, the heat output will be facing toward the player. It is distinguishable by the orange square. Like all other [[Category:Heat Generators|Heat Generators]], the heat is sent out the output face, so a [[Category:Heat Accepting Machines|Heat Accepting Machine's]] input face connects here.

Right-clicking the Liquid Heat Exchanger will open its GUI. The center of the GUI consists of ten slots for [[Heat Conductor|Heat Conductors]] At least two heat conductors are required. Each Heat Conductor increases the heat yield by 10 [[hU]]/mB, so it is ''highly recommended'' to use all 10 slots. The minimum output is therefore 20 hU/t, and the maximum is 100 hU/t. The current output is displayed at the top of the GUI.

On the left and right sides are two internal tanks for the input (left) and output (right) fluids. '''Each milliBucket of fluid is worth 200 * [number of Heat Conductors] hU'''. Beneath each fluid tank are two slots. The left slot is for input [[Universal Fluid Cell|cells]], and the right slot is for output cells. The input cells will be emptied into the input tank as needed and, if Universal Fluid Cells are used, the empty Universal Fluid Cell will be returned in the output cell slot under the input tank. The input slot under the output tank should be empty cells, and the output cells under the output tank will be filled with the output fluid.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Compatible Fluids
!Input Fluid
!Output Fluid
|-
|[[Non-IC Items|Lava]]
|[[Pahoehoe Lava]]
|-
|[[Hot Coolant]]
|[[Coolant]]
|}

The Liquid Heat Exchanger will only run if there is a place for the heat to go; it will not extract heat from the input fluid unless there is sufficient room for all of the heat and resulting output fluid. It is also always "on", and will produce heat whenever it can. Redstone signals do not affect the Liquid Heat Exchanger.

== Recipe ==
{{Grid/Crafting Table
|A1=Glass|B1=Empty Cell|C1=Glass
|A2=Glass|B2=Empty Cell|C2=Glass
|A3=Iron Item Casing|B3=Heat Conductor|C3=Iron Item Casing
|Output=Liquid Heat Exchanger
}}

== Upgrades ==
The Liquid Heat Exchanger takes [[Fluid Ejector Upgrade|Fluid Ejector Upgrades]] and [[Ejector Upgrade|Ejector Upgrades]]. The Fluid Ejector Upgrade is ''highly'' recommended, as this allows you to automatically output the [[Coolant]] or [[Pahoehoe Lava]] into a [[Fluid Distributor]]. Upgrades go into one of the three slots on the bottom-middle of the GUI.

== Trivia ==
*The Liquid Heat Exchanger uses almost 10 buckets of Lava providing heat to produce 20 [[Refined Iron]] in a [[Blast Furnace]].
*One bucket of Lava will produce 20,000hU. This is equal to 10,000EU using a [[Stirling Generator]]. A [[Geothermal Generator]] will produce exactly the same (10,000EU), but without [[Pahoehoe Lava]] residue.
*Pahoehoe Lava can only be made in the Liquid Heat Exchanger.
*The only use for [[Hot Coolant]] is in the Liquid Heat Exchanger to produce hU.

[[Category:Heat]]
[[Category:Heat Generators]]

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