Steam turbine

Steam turbine

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Recipe
3 + 50 + 50 + 20 → 1
Total raw
38 + 50 + 120
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Fluid storage volume	200
Health	300 390 480 570 750
Resistances	Fire: 0/70%
Stack size	10
Dimensions	3×5
Power output	5.82 7.57 9.31 11.06 14.55 MW
Maximum temperature	500 °C
Fluid consumption	60/s 78/s 96/s 114/s 150/s steam
Mining time	0.3
Prototype type	generator
Internal name	steam-turbine
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The steam turbine consumes steam to create electric energy. It is usually used together with heat exchangers and a nuclear reactor.

While designed for the 500°C steam of a nuclear reactor, turbines can still be connected to boilers for use in conventional 165°C steam power, but the actual power production is based on the temperature of the steam, not the building itself. Unfortunately, this means that using a steam turbine is no more fuel-efficient than using a steam engine, so it's generally not recommended to use the much more expensive turbines with boiler steam. To its credit, the turbine does have double the throughput of a steam engine (it can use 60 units of 165°C steam per second to output 1.8MW of power) so it can still be useful to save space, especially in large power systems.

Power output

Each Steam turbine takes a maximum input of 60 units of 500°C steam per second and outputs 5.82MW of electricity; the 5.8MW listed on the tooltip is rounded.

• Heat exchanger heats 15°C water to 500°C steam;
• It takes 0.2kJ of burner energy to raise 1 water 1°C;
• Steam is consumed by steam turbines at a rate of 60 water/s;
• (500 - 15) × 0.2 × 60 = 5820kW, or 5.82MW.

History

• 0.15.0:
  • Introduced

See also

• Power production
• Heat pipe
• Nuclear ratios