[Official] New Reactors design thread.

I'm beginning to wonder if a new thread should be started for the 1.5.1 info, as it differs so greatly from 1.4.7. I'm getting ready to build my first reactor in 1.4.7 and the 1.5.1 stuff (while interesting) is a bit distracting when I'm trying to find info regarding 1.4.7.

Well, only the GregTech stuff is changing, standard IC2 is not. And the 1.4.7 designs are all finalized and listed in the first three posts... (okay, the 4-chamber thorium neutral hybrid is missing, I'll give you that.)

Quote from Requia

Crap, what page is that 4 chamber on?

Started on page 7.

This post has reactor and test setup:
New [Official] Reactors design thread.

Does the Self Breeding Hybrid Reactor work in 1.4.7 ?
Do i have to replace every cell as soon as it is depleted or when the thorium cycle is over ?
How do i automate it without using Turtles/Applied Energistics (can this be done with logistic pipes and redpower) ?

Link to the reactordesign: http://bit.ly/11t56UF

EDIT: will a layer of warded stone be enough to ensure that the reactor doesn´t destroys my base ? How many layers of reinforced stone would i have to use ?

PS: Sry for so many questions, i´m quiet new to this reactor stuff

Yes, it was designed for 1.4.7. And yes, you do have to replace cells multiple times in mid-run. Look through this thread for posts made by Peppe, he has descriptions and image galeries and even a world download for you to check out how the automation can be done.

Be prepared to learn a whole lot of complex stuff though, if you have never done something like that before...

Can somebody explain me the interface of the advanced regulator ? i couldn´t find any explanation on the gregtech wiki and also not on youtube

Quote from Marc010

Can somebody explain me the interface of the advanced regulator ? i couldn´t find any explanation on the gregtech wiki and also not on youtube

Left 3x3 grid is a basic inventory. Items piped into the machine go to this grid.

Middle 3x3 grid is what items you want to be moved from inventory (left grid) to the inventory on the red output side.

Right grid is the slot the items you want moved go to -- they line up with what is in the middle grid. So if you put an apple in the upper left slot of the middle inventory and then make upper left slot of the right grid = 10. Apples in the left inventory will be placed in slot 10 of the inventory on the output side of the regulator.

Example in this album for the 1.4.7 hybrid reactors in the first post:
http://imgur.com/a/KCs3Y

No mean to break the current stream of events, but i would like to ask a question, and this seemed like a good place to ask it.
Can anyone explain why the components in this breeder:
http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…xp9uqjwo2eamsn8hpmr938nkq
melt down faster than the components in this:
http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…bs0e3rtu7chs3mi7k5rdtn68q
?
as far as i can tell, i just flipped the original design upside-down.
how is it that i'm able to put more heating cells in the second than the first?
thanks in advance

yes its easy to understand but difficult to explain.
the problem is the position of the lava cell.

the reactor componets are processed from left to right and then from up to down.

first one
cools first
then reheats to 9000
and then get the uranium heat

second one is
uranium heat first
cools
and then only if necassary will get reheated.

so the lava cell will reheat more often in the first reactor as the lava cell will get processed before the uranium.

Quote from skavier470

yes its easy to understand but difficult to explain.
the problem is the position of the lava cell.

the reactor componets are processed from left to right and then from up to down.

first one
cools first
then reheats to 9000
and then get the uranium heat

second one is
uranium heat first
cools
and then only if necassary will get reheated.

so the lava cell will reheat more often in the first reactor as the lava cell will get processed before the uranium.

Display More

ah. Thanks!

Would anything bad happen with this design?
Design: http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…4j05qeocnyo3d147nlqc7wcu8
Or this: http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…s2igt7d01bfno4lt75o6tihvk
Or this: http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…zk914t9w0suj2jlktri0su800
Or maybe this: http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…b86cj037fsgncodyasu4hi2v4
Or this neat one: http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…tc1g83tq7753iozh5x2s0yoe8
Another: http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…txkxcf8389xu5stkn2a8yzmrk
More:
http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…qh1iwnxpvan42l4s5o1c4m3nk
http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…sywdb3lqjncti1vjpc14c3z0g
http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…02psd1rrnp6v0059q2rus2scg
http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…mznoxv2qzj5q2zji19pox1hj4

Well, if you consider "severe waste of resources" to be something bad, then yes, maybe

However in terms of running safety, when the reactor planner tells you "Generation time: full cycle" and calls it a "Mark I" in the heat bar up top, you can be sure it won't blow up on you. Provided you don't place components the wrong way. It can happen to anyone. For 100% safety, babysit the reactor during its first cycle.

Quote from Omicron

Well, if you consider "severe waste of resources" to be something bad, then yes, maybe

However in terms of running safety, when the reactor planner tells you "Generation time: full cycle" and calls it a "Mark I" in the heat bar up top, you can be sure it won't blow up on you. Provided you don't place components the wrong way. It can happen to anyone. For 100% safety, babysit the reactor during its first cycle.

I consider resource waste as bad only if there's a much better option that sustains the same level of safety.

Quote from Herobrine_Exodus

I consider resource waste as bad only if there's a much better option that sustains the same level of safety.

You might want to check the reactors in the first post:
New [Official] Reactors design thread.

Your designs are wasteful on several levels:
Waste fuel -- most of your reactors were ~2 efficiency or worse. This is a waste of fuel when there are several IC2 reactors that get 3.33 efficiency or more in the first post of this thread.

Waste of resources -- most of your reactors used diamond or gold exchangers or diamond vents. You can get more cooling cheaper with overclocked heat vents, component heat vents, and basic heat exchangers. Again, see all the IC2 reactors in the first post of this thread.

Your reactors are not any more safe than all the type I's that are in the first post of this thread.

Quote from newerakb

Turning it on with the redstone was our intention. The outer MFSU will always pull any available power in from the inner MFSU. When the inner MFSU becomes empty, it turns the reactor ON and gets new power, which the outer MFSU then takes, re-emptying the inner MFSU...rinse repeat.

it sounds like someone must have messed with the reactor

i was bored so i made this

http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…2vs8chro1uj6p7ytzeyssgwe8

and what should this be ? your next crater?

there is no reason to build this

also i bet that no one fiddled with the reactor on page 1.
they must have made a error in the reactor scheme

Quote from eapo108

i was bored so i made this

http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.b…2vs8chro1uj6p7ytzeyssgwe8

Sorry, I don't have much lapis or diamond or gold or NaK to waste on 1120 EU/t.