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The '''heat pipe''' can transport heat over longer distances and connect devices which produce and use heat. Currently this is limited to [[ | The '''heat pipe''' can transport heat over longer distances and connect devices which produce and use heat. Currently this is limited to [[heat exchanger]]s and [[nuclear reactor]]s. | ||
Heat pipes have a heat capacity of 1 MJ/ | 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. | |||
Heat | == Heat pipe throughput == | ||
[ | Heat pipes are acting very similarly to fluid [[pipe]]s: they each hold an amount of heat energy and there is a limit to how much energy can go through each of them for a given duration. | ||
For any heat pipe entity with one input connection on one side and one output connection on another, this entity with lower the temperature by <code>1 + (P / 15) °C</code> with P being the power going through this entity expressed in MW. | |||
Since a nuclear power plant can have at most 500°C difference between the hottest (a [[nuclear reactor]]) and coldest (a [[heat exchanger]]) points of the system, that means that we can express the maximum length of a straight line of heat pipe as <code>500 / (1 + P/15)</code>. | |||
For example let's take a single [[nuclear reactor]] outputting 40MW of heat power to a single line of heat pipes. The furthest that line can go is <code>500 / (1 + 40/15)</code> which is around 136 heat pipes long. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
{{History|0.17.67| | |||
* Heat pipes (also in reactors and heat exchangers) glow with high temperatures.}} | |||
{{History|0.15.11| | |||
* Changed heat transfer mechanics, prior to this heat would flow better following the order of heat pipe placement}} | |||
{{History|0.15.0| | {{History|0.15.0| | ||
* Introduced}} | * Introduced}} | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Nuclear power]] | * [[Power production#Nuclear power|Power production]] | ||
* [[Heat exchanger]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:25, 15 September 2022
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1000 °C |
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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.
Heat pipe throughput
Heat pipes are acting very similarly to fluid pipes: they each hold an amount of heat energy and there is a limit to how much energy can go through each of them for a given duration.
For any heat pipe entity with one input connection on one side and one output connection on another, this entity with lower the temperature by 1 + (P / 15) °C with P being the power going through this entity expressed in MW.
Since a nuclear power plant can have at most 500°C difference between the hottest (a nuclear reactor) and coldest (a heat exchanger) points of the system, that means that we can express the maximum length of a straight line of heat pipe as 500 / (1 + P/15).
For example let's take a single nuclear reactor outputting 40MW of heat power to a single line of heat pipes. The furthest that line can go is 500 / (1 + 40/15) which is around 136 heat pipes long.
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
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