Talk:Natural Gas Generator
Incorrect claim on heat economy
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Testing on LU-361684 (08/22/2019) in debug mode shows that input (natural gas) temperature does not matter, despite the claims below. It appears that the temperature of the generator itself is used for the calculations of the outputs. Note that the input (natural gas) is stored within the generator before usage, heating the generator slightly. If alternative cooling methods are used on the generator itself, it can be shown that the output temperature does not depend on the input. The testing showed that when the generator is at 0-2°C, the temperature of the carbon dyoxide exactly matches that of the generator, while the polluted water is generated at exactly 40°C (tested separately in vacuum, to prevent heat exchange with atmosphere in generator room). During this operation natural gas at 900°C was pumped into the generator and the generator was cooled with a radiant pipe circuit using polluted water as coolant and every other input/output pipe to/from the generator was insulated. The test was not enough to determine at which threshold does the output polluted water (and possibly carbon dyoxide) increase their temperature. Please correct the (mis)information below.
--Chintam (talk) 23:05, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
- All output from generators except Steam Turbine use minimum temperature of the generator, not the input. Step-by-step to verify:
- Open Build Menu > Power Tab
- Click on any generators (except Steam Turbine) e.g. Natural Gas Generator
- Hover on an output element e.g. Polluted Water
- The tooltip states that Polluted Water will be 40°C, or hotter if the building is hotter.
- --Ozcuraz (talk) 00:01, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
