Adding a quick blast of water to a hot and dry boiler is a recipe for disaster. Flash steam explosions are no joke. Fortunately this is stormworks where physics are just a suggestion...
Hold the Page up button on the keyboard, my game aways show's the info, but some people need to hold that button to see them, i think the difference should be something in the settings
Super nice setup! I was wondering ... in your logic, how long do you turn ON the water PUMP that feed their boiler when the pressure is greater than 9.5? Like you said I see that it is flickering ON and OFF when the pressure is too high. Also, at which pressure are you switching in that flick mode. If I switch to that mode at 9.5, it seems that I am too late and the pressure will quickly reach 10, exploding the boiler.
There are two conditions that must both be true. You can use an AND and two simple math checks. The pressure must be less than 9.5 AND There must be no water currently in the boiler. Your problem is probably that there's already water in the boiler, so it's creating a lot more steam than you expect.
@@CraigPerko mmmm this is what I did. It seems that if I do this, I see water flowing in in pulse .... the pressure will rise .... but there is something blocking the boiler from having enough power to spin the turbine. However, if I let the pump flow at on mode all the time, then it will spin the turbine. That is weird.
Anyone have a link to the creation? Or was it never shared onto the workshop? I keep having problems getting the steam power half to work right. I always end up either not getting consistent power or needing to vent off steam. Even when I don't vent and I'm only cycling water from the reactor to the boiler I end up with too much pressure needing to vent or if I get all the water turned to steam by only using enough water to come close to topping out, the amount of water in the system disappears somewhere and I have to add water back in which leads to needing to vent pressure and the cycle continues.
Can confirm this no longer works the temperature of the central lower rod will stay at 20 also if I am supposed to be putting the rods somewhere else (control) please inform me as currently I have a nice and pretty reactor chamber that only gets up to 20
@@CraigPerko I’m here because mines hanging out around 30-35. It turns out I need to reconfigure my rod layout (there’s at least one block gap between each one). I decided to build it in a 5x5 grid, except the outer layers are the casing. The actual nuclear stuff is in the inner 3x3 grid. I put the control rod in the center and the fuel rod assemblies are in the center of the left/right/fwd/aft faces (making the corner areas vacant). From what I’ve been seeing, could I simply add more assemblies to the corners? If the control rod affects adjacent fuel rods, then I’m controlling four with one..control. And since those four are direct neighbors to the ones to be added, it should keep it under control
@@overclocked5422 Sorry, I've not got it installed. However, there's a lot of things that can go wrong with the condensers - for example, they may get too hot.
So you've found another use for heat? Radiation? Pressure? Steam? Condensers? As far as I can tell, the only way it "interacts" with the rest of the game is that it can kill you.
I Triest building a train with a nuear reactor. But even with 2 Steam Turbinen it didn't Put Out enough Power for the Generators for 2 small Electric engines. Amy Suggestions?
Reactors aren't easy, I've tried to build a couple different types. Thanks for the tutorial its the best vid ive seen on this topic, helped a lot with my reactors but i can't find a way to increase the reservoir for the boiler's water that wont cause the boiler to explode or the turbine lose all its power from bleeding the pressurized steam. The close loop version of the reactor is not a great system, if the boiler loses any water it becomes inoperable until you fill it to that specific mark. The open system is even worse. The best solution i could come up with is to make a larger extra reserve tank connected through a variable valve to the boiler's reserve tank so that it only inputs the exact amount of water it needs which is also not ideal. If anybody has a solution it'll be much appreciated. Everyone says to use a vvalve/pump to control the water flow but i cannot for the life of me figure out how they did it and the reactors ive seen on workshop are mediocre at best so this is kind of my last resort
I'm glad you mentioned that the brackets had to line up on the control rods. I'd been fighting my prototype for while. Thank you.
Adding a quick blast of water to a hot and dry boiler is a recipe for disaster. Flash steam explosions are no joke.
Fortunately this is stormworks where physics are just a suggestion...
This is super informative thanks for explaining more of the finer details!
this may be the best tutorial on youtube... ty
To anyone having trouble with the boiler pressor increasing to quickly..
make sure you check the fill level of the boiler itself.
So, just stumbled upon this and while it's maybe not the best it looks freaking cool.
Never watched you before, but this video made me subscribe
I don't do Stormworks videos any more, but hopefully you like the new stuff.
10:57 can you upload on the workshop? I'm still puzzle how did you make it works. It would be apperceive if you uploaded it.
I mean, sure, here. It's not very good, this stuff isn't properly balanced. steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2501966840
Thanks!
2:11 how do you get that status box thing to appear showing the fuel capacity and that?
Hold the Page up button on the keyboard, my game aways show's the info, but some people need to hold that button to see them, i think the difference should be something in the settings
@@kombosaforever8163 thanks
Super nice setup! I was wondering ... in your logic, how long do you turn ON the water PUMP that feed their boiler when the pressure is greater than 9.5? Like you said I see that it is flickering ON and OFF when the pressure is too high. Also, at which pressure are you switching in that flick mode. If I switch to that mode at 9.5, it seems that I am too late and the pressure will quickly reach 10, exploding the boiler.
There are two conditions that must both be true. You can use an AND and two simple math checks.
The pressure must be less than 9.5
AND
There must be no water currently in the boiler.
Your problem is probably that there's already water in the boiler, so it's creating a lot more steam than you expect.
@@CraigPerko mmmm this is what I did. It seems that if I do this, I see water flowing in in pulse .... the pressure will rise .... but there is something blocking the boiler from having enough power to spin the turbine. However, if I let the pump flow at on mode all the time, then it will spin the turbine. That is weird.
Also, did you tried it with a recent release of Stormworks? I wonder if something could have changed.
I haven't tried it recently, sorry.
Your channel is dope
Another method is to regulate the water intake and exhaust upon how much water enters and exits the reactor.
My methods is to just not add too much water to the steam cycle. The pressure won't rise above 10 when there is not as much water to boil.
That's suboptimal, but it hardly matters since you can't generate enough energy to make any sense.
Storing fuel rods to close together will use up the fuel also
If true, that's new.
Shouldn’t you use heat exchangers to cool the condensers?
Seawater works fine.
Anyone have a link to the creation? Or was it never shared onto the workshop? I keep having problems getting the steam power half to work right. I always end up either not getting consistent power or needing to vent off steam. Even when I don't vent and I'm only cycling water from the reactor to the boiler I end up with too much pressure needing to vent or if I get all the water turned to steam by only using enough water to come close to topping out, the amount of water in the system disappears somewhere and I have to add water back in which leads to needing to vent pressure and the cycle continues.
The physics have apparently changed since I did this video, sorry.
steam thinks this is dangerous page
Can confirm this no longer works the temperature of the central lower rod will stay at 20 also if I am supposed to be putting the rods somewhere else (control) please inform me as currently I have a nice and pretty reactor chamber that only gets up to 20
Are you sure your chamber is sealed? 20 is suspiciously close to room temp.
@@CraigPerko I’m here because mines hanging out around 30-35. It turns out I need to reconfigure my rod layout (there’s at least one block gap between each one). I decided to build it in a 5x5 grid, except the outer layers are the casing. The actual nuclear stuff is in the inner 3x3 grid. I put the control rod in the center and the fuel rod assemblies are in the center of the left/right/fwd/aft faces (making the corner areas vacant). From what I’ve been seeing, could I simply add more assemblies to the corners? If the control rod affects adjacent fuel rods, then I’m controlling four with one..control. And since those four are direct neighbors to the ones to be added, it should keep it under control
Problem is condensers are broken rn. 😕
They barely worked in the first place.
@@CraigPerko yeah but could u check idk if it's just me there is no water output on them.
@@overclocked5422 Sorry, I've not got it installed. However, there's a lot of things that can go wrong with the condensers - for example, they may get too hot.
How did you hookup the hoses in build mode?
Rope connection mode
@@CraigPerko I'm pretty new but I'm assuming that's a button I can hit. Ty!😄
It's in the same menu as electrical connections, if I recall.
Has the glitch been fixed yet?
I have no idea.
@@CraigPerko Would that configuration cause the reactor to move around and cause potential balance issues in, let's say, an airplane
@@Reythscipe This predates hardpoints. If you need separate tanks, use hardpoints.
dude this help soooo much. thx
It's a little obsolete.
I got a boiler up 10 11.4 litres/s of steam
Oh! Maybe there's been an update!
Hmm. Can't figure out how you did this.
yeah I just used a lot of pumps
@@Midnighttigger Where and how did you use the pumps?
@@Iceman_zZz just large Impeller pumps
Hello Craig, i thanks you a lot for this vid i've subcribed bcs i love your video
Welcome! I don't play Stormworks any more, though.
What your talking about? Nukes can intereact with the environment?
So you've found another use for heat? Radiation? Pressure? Steam? Condensers? As far as I can tell, the only way it "interacts" with the rest of the game is that it can kill you.
i spaced them out by 1 block and it did not work lol
This is an ancient tutorial, presumably things have changed.
I Triest building a train with a nuear reactor. But even with 2 Steam Turbinen it didn't Put Out enough Power for the Generators for 2 small Electric engines. Amy Suggestions?
Yeah, wait for the patch.
Listen, even with glitch exploits, the turbines weigh 800 kilograms and put out less power than the tiny diesel engine.
@@CraigPerko did they fix the same "according to mrnjersey not a problem your doing it wrong get banned " with the modular engines yet?
@@docbrown9018 I have no idea, I don't watch any Stormworks YTers. The only way I use the modular engines is for the clutch flutter glitch.
the boilers just explode now on your reactor xd the water trick doest work anymore
Ah well.
@@CraigPerko just asking if theres a quick around for it
@@eggpusheen1940 No idea!
@@CraigPerko ok xd
Please publish your microcontroller :)
I hear it doesn't work any more anyway.
Reactors aren't easy, I've tried to build a couple different types. Thanks for the tutorial its the best vid ive seen on this topic, helped a lot with my reactors but i can't find a way to increase the reservoir for the boiler's water that wont cause the boiler to explode or the turbine lose all its power from bleeding the pressurized steam.
The close loop version of the reactor is not a great system, if the boiler loses any water it becomes inoperable until you fill it to that specific mark. The open system is even worse. The best solution i could come up with is to make a larger extra reserve tank connected through a variable valve to the boiler's reserve tank so that it only inputs the exact amount of water it needs which is also not ideal. If anybody has a solution it'll be much appreciated.
Everyone says to use a vvalve/pump to control the water flow but i cannot for the life of me figure out how they did it and the reactors ive seen on workshop are mediocre at best so this is kind of my last resort
Use a pump. Read the amount of water and pressure in the boiler. If the water in the boiler is
I think I'll stick to coal