You don't need to run the reactor so hot to keep the xenon down: start with full boron ( i do about 3420/3450 ppm), primary pump at 15 and both turbine admit and bypass closed. Then SLOWLY raise the temperature. It's critical to do it very slowly: start with around 0.9 reactivity, once it hits 55 degrees it jumps to 10.5/11. At this point keep it below 10.5 all the way up to 310/320 degrees. On the steam generator you will see the level drop a little then it stops. As the pressure starts to build up, slowly start to open the bypass until the pressure stabilizes at 65 bar ( the secondary pump will need to be at exactly the same % as the steam bypass). Once the SG pressure and core temperature are stable you should have between 10 and 20% steam bypass open. Now ask the permission to start to the city and start exchanging steam bypass with steam admit valve, closing the former as you open the latter, while keeping the pressure stable around 65 ( don't go below 60 or above 70). This is going to extract more energy from the reactor so reactivity drops a little and you need to correct it. When you have the rpm right you can connect to the grid and then proceed to completely close the bypass and open the steam admit accordingly, always keeping pressure at 65. At this point you can increase primary 2/3% at a time, adjust rods for reactivity 10, then open steam admit to keep the pressure at 65 and the secondary at the same time, this will increase power generation and also decrease reactivity a little, correct to get 10. Then repeat until you have the power you need. Of course keep an eye on the condenser, i started at 5% and ended up at 8. In all this i never touch the boron, once i reach 11500 kW i'm around 70% inserted rods, iodine and xenon production are at about 1 and 4 respectively. If you need to drop the power you can do the reverse or just open the bypass a little and close the steam admit ( always keep the pressure at 65, this avoids big changes in power generation and in reactivity). I hope i was clear enough ( English is not my first language) and that this can help you. Keep going with your great videos, i learnt about the game thanks to you!
I just don't have the patience to do it slowly tbh lol 🤪😇 I'd do it off stream without uploading, but it wasn't meant as an upload as it would kill the retention, etc.
@@ShArPy1o1GamesI didn't mean to explain how to start but rather how to keep the xenon down. I also noticed that you run the steam admission valve at 100% which is firstly inefficient and thus you need more reactor power to get the same amount of electricity and secondly you never "saturate" the steam lines so you have to check the steam generator constantly: if you keep the pressure at the optimal level by partially closing steam admit valve, the secondary pump will need to run at the same % as the steam admit, and the level is perfectly stabilized then, it's " locked"
I have been told to run my admit valves at around 85% and I did try it without understanding the whole picture... I think you just explained what I'm missing 👌👌👌😎
@@ShArPy1o1Games I did it that too for a while, the low pressure on the turbines bothered me but I was making power so I didn't care too much. then I played with the RBMK simulator by Simgenics and it helped me a lot to understand how a reactor operates.
3:11 keep an "ion" it 🤣 I'll see myself out
Hahaha brilliant 🤪😇🤣
Yeah, that Audit popped up precisely at midnight. You get one every five days, from what I have learned, emergency stops not included.
Cool beans... I didn't know about the every 5 day audit... I'll need to share that along to everyone 👌🤪😎
You don't need to run the reactor so hot to keep the xenon down: start with full boron ( i do about 3420/3450 ppm), primary pump at 15 and both turbine admit and bypass closed. Then SLOWLY raise the temperature. It's critical to do it very slowly: start with around 0.9 reactivity, once it hits 55 degrees it jumps to 10.5/11. At this point keep it below 10.5 all the way up to 310/320 degrees. On the steam generator you will see the level drop a little then it stops. As the pressure starts to build up, slowly start to open the bypass until the pressure stabilizes at 65 bar ( the secondary pump will need to be at exactly the same % as the steam bypass). Once the SG pressure and core temperature are stable you should have between 10 and 20% steam bypass open. Now ask the permission to start to the city and start exchanging steam bypass with steam admit valve, closing the former as you open the latter, while keeping the pressure stable around 65 ( don't go below 60 or above 70). This is going to extract more energy from the reactor so reactivity drops a little and you need to correct it. When you have the rpm right you can connect to the grid and then proceed to completely close the bypass and open the steam admit accordingly, always keeping pressure at 65. At this point you can increase primary 2/3% at a time, adjust rods for reactivity 10, then open steam admit to keep the pressure at 65 and the secondary at the same time, this will increase power generation and also decrease reactivity a little, correct to get 10. Then repeat until you have the power you need. Of course keep an eye on the condenser, i started at 5% and ended up at 8.
In all this i never touch the boron, once i reach 11500 kW i'm around 70% inserted rods, iodine and xenon production are at about 1 and 4 respectively. If you need to drop the power you can do the reverse or just open the bypass a little and close the steam admit ( always keep the pressure at 65, this avoids big changes in power generation and in reactivity).
I hope i was clear enough ( English is not my first language) and that this can help you.
Keep going with your great videos, i learnt about the game thanks to you!
Yes, thank you for explaining how to start and run the Reactor... I have many videos and tutorials out there if you need anymore help
I just don't have the patience to do it slowly tbh lol 🤪😇
I'd do it off stream without uploading, but it wasn't meant as an upload as it would kill the retention, etc.
@@ShArPy1o1GamesI didn't mean to explain how to start but rather how to keep the xenon down. I also noticed that you run the steam admission valve at 100% which is firstly inefficient and thus you need more reactor power to get the same amount of electricity and secondly you never "saturate" the steam lines so you have to check the steam generator constantly: if you keep the pressure at the optimal level by partially closing steam admit valve, the secondary pump will need to run at the same % as the steam admit, and the level is perfectly stabilized then, it's " locked"
I have been told to run my admit valves at around 85% and I did try it without understanding the whole picture... I think you just explained what I'm missing 👌👌👌😎
@@ShArPy1o1Games I did it that too for a while, the low pressure on the turbines bothered me but I was making power so I didn't care too much. then I played with the RBMK simulator by Simgenics and it helped me a lot to understand how a reactor operates.