My First Nuke

So been playing with the IC2 reactor planner
IC2 Experimental Reactor Planner open beta

and i have two designs i would like feedback on.. both are mark 1's stable for parts

the stable 400 HU/t reactor
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benifits:
stable 100% does not vary so you can get about 300 eu/t about out of it easily.
hu/t does not vary at all so no risk of loosing steam/water over time?

cons:
not that efficent use of uranium
Uses a few diamons

and the 1120 "stable" reactor ( suggested by a forum member which i can't remember ATM )
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Benifits:
gets about 808.5 eu/t
uses only 2 more uranium per run ( more effecient )
no diamonds uses but fills the reactor with parts

cons:
FINIKY!!!!!! somehow got it working fully but i don't know how.. fluid exchangers seem to not be happy till they are 995mb full ( does the reactor have a "fluid pressure" as to outputting when one output is full it pushes to another more rather then splitting? )
requires balancing the coolant.. reactor can't be "too full" ( reactor and setup uses 15 total cans of coolant for the reactor and 11 liquid heat exchangers and 10 more for the fluid regulator/its heat exchanger)

uses A TON of mats to make

Is there a better/more effective mark 1 design that outputs more hu/t? if not.. and the 1120 stays stable/i figure out how to make it start off good then i plan to use that.

All right i managed to figure out how to get the 1120 working stable.. ( have the fluid regulator filled and the heat exchangers full as well) and it seems to be stable long term.. got about 322m-330m EU on the 1120 VS 199m-140m eu on the 400 ( not sure what happened.. it was much less on second test)

So i worked out a spreadsheet for parts and mats and such ( there is some "waste" since some things require making for example 4 of a item when you only need 3)

I did not include wire cost to connect things since thats personal choice, nor energy for running the fluid distributors and condesors ( my advice i suggest you follow is to have those powered by seperate systems thats can't fail.. IE solar panels or spare RTG reactors ( 2 of those powered the setup here on creative.. it looked to need about 53-57 EU/t to be stable)
You don't want your fluids to build up and waste and cause eventual overheating/KABOOMS!!!

https://docs.google.com/spread…1rFfeiAg/edit?usp=sharing

I listed ALL the items i can think of the make the reactor in question

I believe i did not miss anything but i am human.. the spreadsheet breaks down by part how to make each part as best as i could figure out..

baring any major recipie changes this is the best/most stable mark 1 reactor i am aware of (unless someone has a better design and if they do i will update it)

I will be making a "how to build" video later on showing mats ( its late now)

Quote from Blackpalt

I would love to comment on it but i'd rather use the old reactor planner as im more used to that one.

Just from the output i know that all old mark 1 reactors still work and especially http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…adh05nlzbpykw84kwczan05q8 performs very well at precisly 1280 Hu/s.

Thats the reactor of choice i would go for with regular 5x5 reactors as it is relatively cheap, has very high efficiency and has a high output while being completly stable.

i will give that a try.. the problem with the old planner is it does not take the 5x5 into account and does miss some things i understood about coolin..
I will give your design a try tonight after i do my new video on the 1120

So i got the video done.. building and explaining WHY and such and
letting it get stable ( 5 mins worth of time abouts) is about a hour.. i don't think i could reduce it
down anymore then i did..

http://youtu.be/_Zn7UGDkQn0

I found a small error in my calculations ( I missed 1 fluid port and 3 Fluid Regulators but my spreadsheet is updated for them)
https://docs.google.com/spread…1rFfeiAg/edit?usp=sharing

total materials is

73Glass plates

30Glass blocks/sand/macerated stone
829Tin Bars

32Lapis

1113Lead bars

1956Iron Bars

100Gold Bars

2Glowstone

83Redstone

1612Copper

979Rubber

216Stone/Cobblestone

6Wood planks

9Uranium

Quote from Blackpalt

I would love to comment on it but i'd rather use the old reactor planner as im more used to that one.

Just from the output i know that all old mark 1 reactors still work and especially http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…adh05nlzbpykw84kwczan05q8 performs very well at precisly 1280 Hu/s.

Thats the reactor of choice i would go for with regular 5x5 reactors as it is relatively cheap, has very high efficiency and has a high output while being completly stable.

your reactor in the new simulator
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you design in the new reactor shows unstable and burns up in 62 seconds ( i tested in game to make sure, and well.. after a minute... there was no reactor) its not a mark 1 reactor its a 2 or some other number, unstable.. but manageable with addons probabbly.. it has a short cooldown period though.

the vents just can't pull 1280 heat out... the reactor planner for old shows it stable ( so you are right there ) but the new one seems to be better designed to meet the 5x5 setup.. not sure why it blew up but will let you play with it and see.. i am sure you can do better then me on making a mark 1 that gets more the 1120

Quote from Blackpalt

Strange, it was running nice and stable just 1½ week ago and this was before i implemented my safety. Changed to a mark 5 reactor after 1 cycle thought so i might have to test it again in creative. Have they changed anything major with the reactors lately?

Also it's not my reactor, that one was made by zombie quite some time ago. Have you tested if it works in eu mode?

Edit:

Made a short test with stirling and steves factory manager and it works like a charm, no problem so far. It does take something like 5 minutes before the heat output stabilizes as it needs to heat upp some components before it reaches full capacity.

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The setup is extremly simple with steve's. Just one fluid port and steves puts the hot coolant into the liquid heat exchangers and then it puts it back in through the same fluid port. Code takes like 1 minute to write, doesn't get easier than this.
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I let it run for about 20 minutes with no problem. It fluctuated less and less in heat over about 10-15 minutes untill it stabilized at 1280. Are you sure you set it up right? im using version 2.2.646 of ic2 exp

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burns out on both if it would burn out on one.. you don't have enough vents and sinks to get rid of all the heat..

EU mode 1 min 5 seconds approx.. then boom ( on latest version)

i know vent got better but that design is just not workable as is its a mark 5 from the start

Quote from Blackpalt

I think you did something wrong setting up the reactor, check the components, im two version late and as far as i know they haven't changed anything fundamental in how the heat vents work. Checked the changelog and since with the new versions they changed something in mox reactors but not with regular reactors so it should not matter.

It worked just fine for me and has done so for a lot of people for quite some time. Could you give me a picture of the setup? seems weird it works for me but not for you

I will do a video tonight to show you ... resisted because it would be weird.. but i used the parts you show in that planner... is there ANYTHING missing?

try the new planner and see if it blows up for you.. because i am getting consistant results

did not get video done.. was playing warcraft alot and was working on the Enet cable loss situation