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The '''heat exchanger''' exchanges heat between a heat connection and [[water]] to produce [[steam]].
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The '''heat exchanger''' exchanges heat between a heat source and a fluid. It is usually used together with a [[nuclear reactor]] and [[steam turbine]]s.
Heat exchangers produce ~103 steam with a temperature of 500°C every second.
 
Heat exchangers will not produce steam until they reach 500°C. The steam produced is exactly 500°C hot, even if the exchanger is hotter. Heat exchangers have a heat capacity of 1 MJ/°C. Thus, they can buffer 500 MJ of heat energy across their working range of 500°C to 1000°C, and require 485 MJ of energy to warm up from 15°C to 500°C when initially placed.
 
== Calculating steam production rate ==
 
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°C steam). This means a single unit of 500°C steam has <code>5.82MW / (60/s) = 0.097 MJ</code> of energy. A heat exchanger produces 10 MJ a second, therefore it produces <code>10MJ / 0.097MJ = 103.0927835</code> steam per second.
 
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. To heat up 1 unit of water 1 degree, 200 joules are needed, so the heat exchanger is heating up water by 50,000°C in total. But the water only gets heated up from 15°C to 500°C, so by 485°C. So the 50,000°C are enough to heat up 103 units of steam per second, since <code>50,000 / 485 = 103.09</code>. Since steam is produced from water in a 1:1 ratio, this also means that 103 units of water are consumed per second.


== History ==
== History ==
{{History|0.17.67|
* Heat pipes (also in reactors and heat exchangers) glow with high temperatures.}}
{{History|0.15.0|
{{History|0.15.0|
* Introduced}}
* Introduced
* Doubled the heat capacity of water from 0.1kJ per degree per liter to 0.2kJ}}


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Nuclear power]]
* [[Power production#Nuclear power|Nuclear power]]
** [[Heat pipe]]
* [[Steam turbine]]
 
* [[Nuclear reactor]]
* [[Heat pipe]]


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Latest revision as of 23:48, 13 September 2019

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heat-exchanger

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The heat exchanger exchanges heat between a heat connection and water to produce steam.

Heat exchangers produce ~103 steam with a temperature of 500°C every second.

Heat exchangers will not produce steam until they reach 500°C. The steam produced is exactly 500°C hot, even if the exchanger is hotter. Heat exchangers have a heat capacity of 1 MJ/°C. Thus, they can buffer 500 MJ of heat energy across their working range of 500°C to 1000°C, and require 485 MJ of energy to warm up from 15°C to 500°C when initially placed.

Calculating steam production rate

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°C steam). This means a single unit of 500°C steam has 5.82MW / (60/s) = 0.097 MJ of energy. A heat exchanger produces 10 MJ a second, therefore it produces 10MJ / 0.097MJ = 103.0927835 steam per second.

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. To heat up 1 unit of water 1 degree, 200 joules are needed, so the heat exchanger is heating up water by 50,000°C in total. But the water only gets heated up from 15°C to 500°C, so by 485°C. So the 50,000°C are enough to heat up 103 units of steam per second, since 50,000 / 485 = 103.09. Since steam is produced from water in a 1:1 ratio, this also means that 103 units of water are consumed per second.

History

  • 0.17.67:
    • Heat pipes (also in reactors and heat exchangers) glow with high temperatures.
  • 0.15.0:
    • Introduced
    • Doubled the heat capacity of water from 0.1kJ per degree per liter to 0.2kJ

See also