Do we have adaptive consumption of high-pressure steam by turbines? That is, for example, I installed an MK2 turbine that consumes 600 steam per second, but only connected 100 steam per second to it. Will this turbine adapt to a constant consumption of 100 steam per second with a corresponding ...

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Steam Factorio 1.1.109 (also tested in direct PC installed Factorio 1.1.109)

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Did you mean to burn biomass in a boiler? It works for me.

My way to consume excess of biomass was to generate Carbon dioxide in a high-pressure furnace: it gives CO2 at a high-speed and is IMHO very CPU efficient.

However, I also have powerplants that heat molten salt and can produce energy.

I've just unlocked Chemical science and had around 6GW power generation coming mainly from a dozen geothermal water converted to steam and energy using Steam Turbine as well as around 20 Steam Turbines powered by Coal Power Plants (or whatever the building is).

After recent mod changes (Steam Turbine ...

Good days
It seems to me that the very first thermonuclear reaction (deuterium) at the moment (the only one with superheated steam left at the output) is completely unprofitable in terms of energy production. If only because the production of heavy water requires a huge number of energy-consuming ...

... on discord: because aerial turbines are based on caravans, you need to place a caravan after placing an aerial turbine for them to start working. Also, energy steam engines is used before energy from aerial turbines, so they don't even work properly as green energy unless you have green energy only.

... How are you getting tons of iron oxide? Sure, it's "free iron plates", but also used for other stuff later on.


3.
because I have big coal-fired steam power plants. I don't know what to do with iron oxide anymore. dozens of boxes. it's a leisurely game. And I still didn't think it was better. to ...

... How are you getting tons of iron oxide? Sure, it's "free iron plates", but also used for other stuff later on.


3.
because I have big coal-fired steam power plants. I don't know what to do with iron oxide anymore. dozens of boxes. it's a leisurely game. And I still didn't think it was better. to ...

I was hoping to do biomass power stage 1 before any of the others so I could start to get rid of all the Biomass building up but the tech is missing the pressurized steam recipe. It's there for coal and oil but not biomass!

Steam turbines are even better. All you need is an offshore pump, an electric boiler, a high pressure furnace and a steam turbine. Give it a bit of electricity to get started and then it produces tons of electricity for free.


The power production and consumption is really screwed up.

A burning ...

I build out a nuclear reactor based on the specs of water to steam output and when I added uranium fuel cell MK01 to the reactor, it comsumed it at a rate of 5 per second instead of the 2 min per cell. Is this right?

... using the highest tier Boron+Proton fusion recipe, or the more basic second tier fusion reaction and have them and the reactor be powered using the steam the reaction produces.
Meaning I have the first crafting of the recipe run on external power, and then use it's products of steam to power the ...

... and use the chemicals i receive from it as supplement to other sources. with the excess i just burn them and use as a minor source of power to supplement the grid
if even the grid is satisfied i just vent the steam to avoid stone backing up

i think it depends where you find the best use for your base

Yeah, thanks, I eventually figured this out !
(And set up an overflow system for the excess steam, reheating it in a heat exchanger and then burning it for power.)

Here's hoping for some temperature sensors in the Factorio expansion !

P.S: What do you mean, neither of the two HCl recipes takes ...

... the HAWT 1000s to fully charge.

So what do I make out of this? :?

If I use them in a grid combined with conventional power production (boiler->steam, geothermal ..) the VAWT/HAWT/Tidal Power production will be preferred and will never charge.
To make use of the Energy Capacity I'd have to use ...

... the HAWT 1000s to fully charge.

So what do I make out of this? :?

If I use them in a grid combined with conventional power production (boiler->steam, geothermal ..) the VAWT/HAWT/Tidal Power production will be preferred and will never charge.
To make use of the Energy Capacity I'd have to use ...

... of Coke in the Pitch->Coke recipe. Maybe to a third?
You could maybe increase the output of Light Oil, as this is usable later in Oil Burner for Steam generation and in the earlier stage gives you more Aromatics, which would be nice, too.
But I haven't thought it much, if this will break anything ...

... far too complicated without it.

As for your second point, I'm not entirely sure what it is you mean, but if you are talking about output power of steam engines specifically, there is a key limitation: steam engines produce half power when fed 250°C steam (they still consume the steam at the same ...

... my cooling towers to lock up for some reason ??)


I found if you put productivity modules in a FTS reactor you actually produce slightly more steam than water that's consumed so the 1:1 balance goes off and eventually your cooling tower loop locks up. After I realized this I then noticed any ...

... to make 2 Treated wood to make 2 Rails. That seems unnecessarily hard, as it corresponds to around 150 Raw Coal + large amounts of fuel for steam generation. Tar Extractor and other Tar recipes are locked behind Logistics Science. And the second - but still unrewarding - Rail recipe is locked ...