![]() Doubled the heat capacity of water from 0.1kJ per degree per liter to 0.Heat pipes (also in reactors and heat exchangers) glow with high temperatures.Since steam is produced from water in a 1:1 ratio, this also means that 103 units of water are consumed per second. So the 50,000☌ are enough to heat up 103 units of steam per second, since 50,000 / 485 = 103.09. But the water only gets heated up from 15☌ to 500☌, so by 485☌. To heat up 1 unit of water 1 degree, 200 joules are needed, so the heat exchanger is heating up water by 50,000☌ in total. The steam production rate can also be calculated using the energy consumption: 1 Heat exchanger consumes 10MW, so it's putting 10,000,000 joule of energy into heating water/steam per second. A heat exchanger produces 10 MJ a second, therefore it produces 10MJ / 0.097MJ = 103.0927835 steam per second. This means a single unit of 500☌ steam has 5.82MW / (60/s) = 0.097 MJ of energy. Heat exchangers produce 103 steam/second.This can be calculated by relying on steam turbine data: A steam turbine consumes 60 steam/second and produces 5.82MW (assuming 500☌ steam). Thus, they can buffer 500 MJ of heat energy across their working range of 500☌ to 1000☌, and require 485 MJ of energy to warm up from 15☌ to 500☌ when initially placed. Heat exchangers have a heat capacity of 1 MJ/☌. Start with a 2 reactor 160MW design: When you need more energy, you can mirror and extend to 480 MW: Compared to optimal setups, this wastes 4 turbines (for the 2 reactor setup) but it saves a lot of heat pipes, normal pipes, space, and especially design headache compared to most 'optimal' designs. ![]() The steam produced is exactly 500☌ hot, even if the exchanger is hotter. Heat exchangers will not produce steam until they reach 500☌. Heat exchangers produce ~103 steam with a temperature of 500☌ every second. The heat exchanger exchanges heat between a heat connection and water to produce steam.
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