Lunar Landings

by Xorimuth

A small overhaul which expands the factory onto Nauvis' moon: Luna. Launch reusable rockets to and from Luna at mid-game. Process moon rock into silicon (for circuitry) and oxygen (for diffusing to nearby machines). Generate research data from telescopes, and conserve water from turbines using steam condensers. Unlock advanced aluminium smelting processes and a unique late-game quantum challenge... Compatible with 2.0. Not yet compatible with Space Age: expected by July-August 2025.

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4 months ago

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b [Fixed-1.0.4] Boiling water is extremely energy positive

Leonard_

1 year, 4 months ago

Electric Furnaces can be used to boil water to 500°C steam. This steam can be later used to power steam turbines, providing a lot of energy.

1 electric furnace produces 40 steam/s, which produces (200 Joule / unit / Celsius) * 40 units * (500°C-15°C)/s = 3 880 000 Joules/s = 3.8 MW of energy, at the low cost of 186 kW consumption for the electric furnace, or less with efficiency modules, resulting in > 3.6 MW energy gain.

Since this is cheap in infrastructure, takes relatively little space, requires no upkeep and produces minimal pollution it makes all the other form of energy generation on Nauvis obsolete, so I assume this is an oversight.

Xorimuth

1 year, 4 months ago

Indeed it is :D

Xorimuth

1 year, 4 months ago

I believe this has been rectified in v1.0.4

Lunar Landings

b [Fixed-1.0.4] Boiling water is extremely energy positive

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