Heat pipe

Heat pipe

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Recipe
1 + 20 + 10 → 1
Total raw
1 + 20 + 10
Map color
Health	200 260 320 380 500
Resistances	Explosion: 0/30% Fire: 0/90% Impact: 0/30%
Stack size	50
Rocket capacity	50 (1 stack)
Dimensions	1×1
Maximum temperature	1000 °C
Mining time	0.1
Prototype type	heat-pipe
Internal name	heat-pipe
Required technologies
Produced by

Recipe
1 + 20 + 10 → 1
Total raw
1 + 20 + 10
Map color
Health	200 260 320 380 500
Resistances	Explosion: 0/30% Fire: 0/90% Impact: 0/30%
Stack size	50
Rocket capacity	50 (1 stack)
Dimensions	1×1
Maximum temperature	1000 °C
Mining time	0.1
Prototype type	heat-pipe
Internal name	heat-pipe
Required technologies
Produced by

The heat pipe can transport heat over longer distances and connect devices which produce and use heat. Currently this is limited to heat exchangers and nuclear reactors.

Heat pipes have a heat capacity of 1 MJ/°C. Thus, they can theoretically buffer 500 MJ of heat energy across their working range of 500°C to 1000°C, making them a space-efficient energy store. However, because temperature needs a drop of greater than 1 degree before it will "flow," you can't raise them all the way to 1000°C or drain them all the way to 500°C, so the practical energy capacity will depend on the layout.

As heat pipes rise in temperature, they will give off a very low-distance glow.

History

• 0.17.67:
  • Heat pipes (also in reactors and heat exchangers) glow with high temperatures.

• 0.15.11:
  • Changed heat transfer mechanics, prior to this heat would flow better following the order of heat pipe placement

• 0.15.0:
  • Introduced

See also

• Power production
• Heat exchanger