Question: Influence of Water near the reactor

  • Hey,
    I've got a question related to external cooling by water(or air).
    I read it's a 3*3sphere or something like that.
    And I'm not sure if sphere means cube, since we are in minecraft ^^


    Can you send me a kind of shematic?
    :Reactor:...Beeing reactor
    MinecraftSlime...Beeing a chamber
    :Force Field:...Beeing outsided water?


    So for example:
    Layer below lowest chamber
    :Force Field: :Force Field: :Force Field:
    :Force Field: :Force Field: :Force Field:
    :Force Field: :Force Field: :Force Field:
    Layer with lowest chamber:
    :Force Field: :Force Field: :Force Field:
    :Force Field: MinecraftSlime :Force Field:
    :Force Field: :Force Field: :Force Field:
    And so one?


    I really appreciate your help

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  • It's a cube, only the core reactor's encompassing volume counts. If you picture the 'core' as the center of a 3x3 cube you can see how it takes up 1 of 27 blocks.

  • :Force Field: You've basically got it right. But it is a 3x3x3 cube, centered on the reactor core. Additional chambers occupy portions of that cube and displace the water in that block - but they offer more cooling than the water would anyhow.


    So, for a 6-chamber reactor, it would look like this:


    Top level of cube (and bottom level as well):


    :Force Field: :Force Field: :Force Field:


    :Force Field: :Nuke TNT: :Force Field:


    :Force Field: :Force Field: :Force Field:


    Middle level of cube:


    :Force Field: :Nuke TNT: :Force Field:


    :Nuke TNT: :Nuke TNT: :Nuke TNT:


    :Force Field: :Nuke TNT: :Force Field:


    Also, to be sure your cooling water does not evaporate, set up a ring of water source blocks to flow into the chamber from a couple blocks above (a hot reactor can evaporate water in a 5x5x5 cube centered on the core). I hope this helps.

  • Thanks, a breeder i wanted to built needed exactly 11 water in his range. With your help i can finally build it :D

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