Nargon's Reactors: Mark I, Mark II, Mark III, Mark IV, Breeder

Nargon · September 10, 2011 at 10:54 PM

Here is some of my reactors designs:

Mark I-O C, Effeciecy 2.00, 2 Uranium Cells, 2 Reactor Chambers, 40 EU/t, Air cooling (4 blocks)
Good starting reactor, effecient and cheap

Design & callculations

Materials:
10x Integrated Heat Dispenser
18x Cooling cells

Heating:
2x Uranium cell, 2 pulses, 3 cooler slot (2heat each)
2*2*3*2 = 24 h/s

Cooling:
1 Reactor, 2 chambers, 4 air blocks, 18 Cooling cells
1 + 2*2 + 4/4 + 18 = 24 h/s

Heat balance:
24 - 24 = 0 h/s => Mark I-O

Energy:
2x Uranium cell, 2 pulses
2*2*10 = 40 EU/t

Mark I-O C, Effeciecy 2.33, 3 Uranium Cells, 4 Reactor Chambers, 70 EU/t, Water cooling (11 blocks) OR Water cooling (9 blocks) & Air cooling (8 blocks)
High effeciency on Mark I

Design & callculations

Materials:
11x Integrated Heat Dispenser
28x Cooling cells

Heating:
2x Uranium cell, 2 pulses, 3 cooler slot (2heat each)
1x Uranium cell, 3 pulses, 2 cooler slot (4heat each)
2*2*3*2 + 1*3*2*4 = 48 h/s

Cooling:
1 Reactor, 4 chambers, 11 water blocks, 28 Cooling cells
1 + 2*4 + 11 + 28 = 48 h/s
1 Reactor, 4 chambers, 9 water blocks, 8 air blocks, 28 Cooling cells
1 + 2*4 + 9 + 8/4 + 28 = 48 h/s

Heat balance:
48 - 48 = 0 h/s => Mark I-O

Energy:
2x Uranium cell, 2 pulses
1x Uranium cell, 3 pulses
2*2 + 1*3 = 7*10 = 70 EU/t

Full Reactors (6 additional chambers, full water cooling (20 blocks)):
Mark I-O D, Effeciecy 1.5, 8 Uranium Cells, 120 EU/t
Less effeciency, but Mark I and 120EU/t

Design & callculations

Materials:
13x Integrated Heat Dispenser
33x Cooling cells

Heating:
4x Uranium cell, 2 pulses, 3 cooler slot (2heat each)
4x Uranium cell, 1 pulse, 4 cooler slot (1heat each)
4*2*3*2 + 4*1*4*1 = 64 h/s

Cooling:
1 Reactor, 6 chambers, 20 water blocks, 33 Cooling cells
1 + 2*6 + 20 + 33 = 66 h/s

Heat balance:
64 - 66 = -2 h/s => Mark I-O

Energy:
4x Uranium cell, 2 pulses
4x Uranium cell, 1 pulses
4*2*10 + 4*1*10 = 120 EU/t

Mark II-8 C, Effeciecy 2.50, 4 Uranium Cells, 100 EU/t
Average effeciency, good EU/t, 8x full cycle before needs cooldown

Design & callculations

Materials:
16x Integrated Heat Dispenser
34x Cooling cells

Heating:
2x Uranium cell, 3 pulses, 2 cooler slot (4heat each)
2x Uranium cell, 2 pulses, 3 cooler slot (2heat each)
2*3*2*4 + 2*2*3*2 = 72 h/s

Cooling:
1 Reactor, 6 chambers, 20 water blocks, 34 Cooling cells
1 + 2*6 + 20 + 34 = 67 h/s

Heat balance:
72 - 67 = +5 h/s

Heat distribution:
1 reactor, 16 dispensers, 34 cooling cells
1+16+34 = 51, each can accumulate 10k heat, but i use 8K, because evaporating water
51*8000/5 = max 81600s of non-stop running => more than 8*10000s -> Mark II-8

Cooldown:
After 8 full cycles of non-stop running is accumulated heat 8*10000*5 = 400k
400000/67 = 5970s = 1h 40m

Energy:
2x Uranium cell, 3 pulses
2x Uranium cell, 2 pulses
2*3*10 + 2*2*10 = 100 EU/t

Mark II-7 C, Effeciecy 2.00, 6 Uranium Cells, 120 EU/t
Less effeciency, but 2 is still good, higher EU/t

Design & callculations

Materials:
14x Integrated Heat Dispenser
34x Cooling cells

Heating:
6x Uranium cell, 2 pulses, 3 cooler slot (2heat each)
6*2*3*2 = 72 h/s

Cooling:
1 Reactor, 6 chambers, 20 water blocks, 34 Cooling cells
1 + 2*6 + 20 + 34 = 67 h/s

Heat balance:
72 - 67 = +5 h/s

Heat distribution:
1 reactor, 14 dispensers, 34 cooling cells
1+14+34 = 49, each can accumulate 10k heat, but i use 8K, because evaporating water
49*8000/5 = max 78400s of non-stop running => more than 7*10000s -> Mark II-7
OR with special water construction is possible Mark II-8 see Mark X Perfect Breeder

Cooldown:
After 7 full cycles of non-stop running is accumulated heat 7*10000*5 = 350k
350000/67 = 5223s = 1h 28m

Energy:
6x Uranium cell, 2 pulses
6*2*10 = 120 EU/t

Mark II-1 B, Effeciecy 3.00, 4 Uranium Cells, 120 EU/t
High effeciency, Mark II, but he is capable only one running before needs cooldown

Design & callculations

Materials:
17x Integrated Heat Dispenser
33x Cooling cells

Heating:
4x Uranium cell, 3 pulses, 2 cooler slot (4heat each)
4*3*2*4 = 96 h/s

Cooling:
1 Reactor, 6 chambers, 20 water blocks, 33 Cooling cells
1 + 2*6 + 20 + 33 = 66 h/s

Heat balance:
96 - 66 = +30 h/s

Heat distribution:
1 reactor, 17 dispensers, 33 cooling cells
1+17+33 = 51, each can accumulate 10k heat
510000/30 = max 17000s of non-stop running => more than 10k but less than 20k -> Mark II-1

Cooldown:
After 10000s (one uranium cycle) accumulated heat is 10000*30 = 300k heat
300000/66 = 4545s = 1h 15m

Energy:
4x Uranium cell, 3 pulses
4*3*10 = 120 EU/t

Mark III B (2500s), Effeciecy 3.00, 8 Uranium Cells, 240 EU/t
Good effeciency, high EU/t

Design & callculations

Materials:
4x Reactor Plating (but not necessary)
18x Integrated Heat Dispenser
24x Cooling cells

Heating:
8x Uranium cell, 3 pulses, 2 cooler slot (4heat each)
8*3*2*4 = 192 h/s

Cooling:
1 Reactor, 6 chambers, 20 water blocks, 24 Cooling cells
1 + 2*6 + 20 + 24 = 57 h/s

Heat balance:
192 - 57 = +135 h/s

Heat distribution:
1 reactor, 18 dispensers, 24 cooling cells
1+18+24 = 43, each can accumulate 10k heat
430000/135 = max 3185s of non-stop running => more than 1000s -> Mark III

Good time is 2500s non-stop running, because 10000/2500 = 4 same cycles with one pack of Uranium
2500s = 41m 40s (about 2MC days)

Cooldown:
After 2500s accumulated heat is 2500*135 = 337500h
337500/57 = 5921s = 1h 39m

Energy:
8x Uranium cell, 3 pulses
8*3*10 = 240 EU/t
Total Energy in runtime 2500s:
240*20*2500 = 12M EU

Mark III C (2500s), Effeciecy 2.00, 14 Uranium Cells, 280 EU/t
Less effeciency, higher EU/t, a bit faster cooldown

Design & callculations

Materials:
16x Integrated Heat Dispenser
24x Cooling cells

Heating:
14x Uranium cell, 2 pulses, 3 cooler slot (2heat each)
14*2*3*2 = 168 h/s

Cooling:
1 Reactor, 6 chambers, 20 water blocks, 24 Cooling cells
1 + 2*6 + 20 + 24 = 57 h/s

Heat balance:
168 - 57 = +111 h/s

Heat distribution:
1 reactor, 16 dispensers, 24 cooling cells
1+16+24 = 41, each can accumulate 10k heat
410000/111 = max 3693s of non-stop running => more than 1000s -> Mark III

Good time is 2500s non-stop running, because 10000/2500 = 4 same cycles with one pack of Uranium
2500s = 41m 40s (about 2MC days)
Next possible value is 3333s, but with this value the reactor heat up to 9023. And at 8000 heat the water can evaporate.
This is possible with same construction as Mark X Perfect Breeder. But with 2500s max heat is cca 6800 and water can't evaporate.

Cooldown:
After 2500s accumulated heat is 2500*111 = 277500h
277500/57 = 4868s = 1h 22m

Energy:
14x Uranium cell, 2 pulses
14*2*10 = 280 EU/t
Total Energy in runtime 2500s:
280*20*2500 = 14M EU

Mark III C (1250s), Effeciecy 2.50, 16 Uranium Cells, 400 EU/t
average effeciency, high EU/t, short running, but it is still Mark III

Design & callculations

Materials:
20x Integrated Heat Dispenser
18x Cooling cells

Heating:
8x Uranium cell, 3 pulses, 2 cooler slot (4heat each)
8x Uranium cell, 2 pulses, 3 cooler slot (2heat each)
8*3*2*4 + 8*2*3*2 = 288 h/s

Cooling:
1 Reactor, 6 chambers, 20 water blocks, 18 Cooling cells
1 + 2*6 + 20 + 18 = 51 h/s

Heat balance:
288 - 51 = +237 h/s

Heat distribution:
1 reactor, 20 dispensers, 18 cooling cells
1+20+18 = 39, each can accumulate 10k heat
390000/237 = max 1645s of non-stop running => more than 1000s -> Mark III

Good time is 1250s non-stop running, because 10000/1250 = 8 same cycles with one pack of Uranium
1250s = 20m 50s (about 1MC day)

Cooldown:
After 1250s accumulated heat is 1250*237 = 296250h
296250/51 = 5809s = 1h 37m

Energy:
8x Uranium cell, 3 pulses
8x Uranium cell, 2 pulses
8*3 + 8*2 = 40*10 = 400 EU/t
Total Energy in runtime 1250s:
400*20*1250 = 10M EU

Nargon · September 10, 2011 at 10:55 PM

Mark V B (625s), Effeciecy 3.00, 18 Uranium Cells, 540 EU/t
good effeciency, high EU/t

Design & callculations

Materials:
16x Integrated Heat Dispenser
20x Cooling cells

Heating:
18x Uranium cell, 3 pulses, 2 cooler slot (4heat each)
18*3*2*4 = 432 h/s

Cooling:
1 Reactor, 6 chambers, 20 water blocks, 20 Cooling cells
1 + 2*6 + 20 + 20 = 53 h/s

Heat balance:
432 - 53 = +379 h/s

Heat distribution:
1 reactor, 16 dispensers, 20 cooling cells
1+16+20 = 37, each can accumulate 10k heat
370000/379 = max 976s of non-stop running => less than 1000s -> Mark V

Good time is 625s non-stop running, because 10000/625 = 16 same cycles with one pack of Uranium
625s = 10m 25s (about half MC day)

Cooldown:
After 625s accumulated heat is 625*379 = 236875h
236875/53 = 4469s = 1h 15m

Energy:
18x Uranium cell, 3 pulses
18*3*10 = 540 EU/t
Total Energy in runtime 625s:
540*20*625 = 6.75M EU

Mark V B (625s), Effeciecy 3.10, 20 Uranium Cells, 620 EU/t
better effeciency, very high EU/t, but still capable running about 10 minutes

Design & callculations

Materials:
16x Integrated Heat Dispenser
16x Cooling cells

Heating:
18x Uranium cell, 3 pulses, 2 cooler slot (4heat each)
2x Uranium cell, 4 pulses, no cooler slot (10heat hull)
18*3*2*4 + 2*4*10 = 512 h/s

Cooling:
1 Reactor, 6 chambers, 20 water blocks, 18 Cooling cells
1 + 2*6 + 20 + 18 = 51 h/s

Heat balance:
512 - 51 = +461 h/s

Heat distribution:
1 reactor, 16 dispensers, 16 cooling cells
1+16+16 = 33, each can accumulate 10k heat
330000/461 = max 715s of non-stop running => less than 1000s -> Mark V

Good time is 625s non-stop running, because 10000/625 = 16 same cycles with one pack of Uranium
625s = 10m 25s (about half MC day)
WARNING! after 625s hull has heat up to 8700 and water can evaporate. Use special water construction
see Mark X Perfect Breeder.

Cooldown:
After 625s accumulated heat is 625*461 = 288125h
288125/51 = 5649s = 1h 35m

Energy:
18x Uranium cell, 3 pulses
2x Uranium cell, 4 pulses
18*3*5 + 2*4*5 = 620 EU/t
Total Energy in runtime 625s:
620*20*625 = 7.75M EU

Mark X Perfect Breeder, 9k heat, 1 Uranium Cell, 4 Depleted Isotope Cells, Water cooled
Yes it's possible make Perfect Breeder 9k heat with water cooling, but it's difficult set heat to 9k.

Design & callculations

Materials:
6x Reactor Plating
14x Integrated Heat Dispenser
21x Cooling cells
Breeding configuration
Heating configuration

Heating:
1x Uranium cell, 5 pulses, 10 heat to hull, 4 Depleted isotope cells
1*5*10+4 = 54 h/s

Cooling:
1 Reactor, 6 chambers, 20 water blocks, 21 Cooling cells
1 + 2*6 + 20 + 21 = 54 h/s

Heat balance:
54 - 54 = 0 h/s => Perfect Breeder

Heat distribution:
1 reactor, 14 dispensers, 21 cooling cells
1+14+21 = 36 Optimal heat is 9k - 10k heat
for 9k Heat:
36*9000/2000 = 162 buckets of lava
OR use "heating configuration"
4 Uranium Cells (each 5 pulses, 10 heat to hull), 8 Depleted Isotope Cells, -cooling
4*5*10+8 = 208 h/s
208-54(water on) = 154 h/s OR 208-39(water off) = 169 h/s
Heat distribute between 14x HD, 21x Cell, 1x Hull = 36
36*9000/154 = 2103s, 36*10000/154 = 2337s (Water on) OR 36*9000/169 = 1917s, 36*10000/169 = 2130s (water off)
Heating up to 9-10k heat is in 35m 4s - 38m 57s with water OR 31m 58s - 35m 30s without water.

Energy:
"breeding configuration": 10 EU/t
"heating configuration": 120 EU/t

Code

Construction: (layers, from bottom to top)
W - Wall (nothing burnable like wool, wood, etc. Use stone, glowstone...)
S - Water source
R - Reactor Core
C - Reactor Chamber
X - Possible places for cable (4x, use one, other replace with Wall)
1.      2.      3.      4.      5.      6.      7.
WWWWW   WWWWW   WWXWW   WWWWW   WWWWW   WWWWW   WWWWW
WWWWW   W   W   W C W   W   W   WW WW   WWWWW   WWWWW
WWXWW   W C W   XCRCX   W C W   W   W   WW WW   WWSWW
WWWWW   W   W   W C W   W   W   WW WW   WWWWW   WWWWW 
WWWWW   WWWWW   WW WW   WWWWW   WWWWW   WWWWW   WWWWW




Water source block must be minimal 3 blocks above Reactor core (on 4th block). In here water doesn't evaporate
and permanently flowing around reactor. Flowing water can evaporate, but is immediately restored. This doesn't
effect on the reactor cooling, because water first cool down reactor, then evaporate it, then restore.
On layer 6 you can add piston for water on/off.

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cojosao · September 10, 2011 at 11:31 PM

Wow. I'm not going to test the math here, but this looks very impressive!

Edit: BTW, you breeder has 14 IHD's, not 12.

Nargon · September 11, 2011 at 10:26 AM

Oh, i counted 14 HD and writed 12
Now it is recalculated.

Nargon · September 11, 2011 at 3:16 PM

You can connect cable/restone from side of chambers. This hasn't effect on cooling. You can use all 20 water blocks.

On left side is cable, on right side is redstone.

silentdeth · September 11, 2011 at 4:28 PM Official Post

my mistake, i was thinking 5x5 and not 3x3.

ShadwDrgn · September 12, 2011 at 4:01 AM

What do the 1-C and 1-B and all that mean?

Nargon · September 12, 2011 at 9:01 AM

The number in Mark II reactor's names means how many times (in full uranium cycles) can reactor non-stop run before needs cooldown.
And the Letter is effeciency classificator. i.e. C = effeciency is greater or equal to 2 and lesser than 3.

Both has described by Alblaka in this thread

FourFire · September 12, 2011 at 10:13 AM

Nice, well calculated designs Good work!
I will be unable to regularly update my own designs so feel free to use/improve on them

Grimmy · September 13, 2011 at 4:34 AM

Congrats for the great work Nargon.Finished the testing of two of your reactors(The ones i will be using)The MK-II 1 and the perfect breeder.They both work perfectly,even the times to heat up the breeder are precisely correct.I used your thermomether addon for the testing.The breeder got only 50 heat up due do water not being in there in the tick.It is really perfect.Unless you are planning to do 121 cycles in a row,which i doubt.The test was for a full cycle.

Viktor_Berg · September 16, 2011 at 7:51 AM

I am not sure on your cooldown time calculations. Seems like you calculated in TICKS, then set them as SECONDS - hence the long cooldown timers. Correct me if I am wrong, though.

[EDIT]: Nevermind, I misunderstood, somewhat.

Nargon · September 17, 2011 at 8:58 PM

Yes. Reactor tics = seconds

Direwolf20 · September 21, 2011 at 4:26 AM Official Post

Nargon I love these reactor designs you did, very impressive. I stole your design for my Lets Play series episode 28. I'll link this forum post in my video description so people can see where they came from :).

So far I've only built your Mark I - 4 reactor hull design.

Selenite · September 21, 2011 at 3:17 PM

I built a Mark IV B (625s) and was using the thermometer mod as well, but unfortunately it ended poorly. I was also using Watch of Flowing Time from EE and forgot to check up on my reactor. I was in my machine room which is right beside the reactor, and boooom! Luckily, I had Quantum and my rooms were made of Reinforced Stone which parried some damage. But no!!!! I lost so must material! My MFSU and MFS managed to survive which is fantastic though, managed to collect 6Million eus.

Direwolf20 · September 21, 2011 at 11:01 PM Official Post

I'll be upgrading to the Mark II-1 B at some point (probably soon). I just don't feel the NEED to play a risky game with anything higher.

I've got a small solar farm (5x 13 solar flowers), and a pretty nice Geothermal generator room that is really only optional.

Until there are more machines to use energy on, I just don't need any more than I've already got stored in my MFSUs.

black012589 · November 2, 2011 at 4:53 PM

Hey there, well i just finished building my second reactor, which will be a breeder one, and then i copied the one you posted here, i managed to get it to 9500 heat but i dont know why when i put the breeding configuration it starts cooling itself i dont understand please help me!!

Cyperangel · November 4, 2011 at 2:35 PM

I seem to have the opposite problem.

I used the heating configuration on the breeder, to get it to 9000 degrees. Then i swapped over to the breeding configuration, where there should be no added nor removed heat. But even with an additional cooling cell in the setup, the heat keeps slowly increasing.
This is using IC2v1.15

streetstar5 · November 12, 2011 at 6:18 AM

I built the Mark III-B. It's flawless. I can run it for 41 minutes(just over 2 MineCraft days) total and pickup 6 million EU
Takes only about 1.25 hours to cooldown - its badass. Thank you, i love you Engineers, no-homo

ahf1983 · November 16, 2011 at 12:26 PM

It is realy Perfect Breeder Work Fine for me Thank you

@ black012589 and Cyperangel

you guys have to try keep heat 9000+ [ i am at 9091] if its go down put one uranium cell then heat back to 9100 remove keep doing that 5-6 time then its stay at 9090-9100 if go up do other way remove ur uranium cell like 10 tick then put back

werewolf_nr · November 22, 2011 at 11:43 PM

I believe that I have improved upon your Breeder design by reducing the IHDs required for it. It uses less space than can be repurposed.

http://www.talonfiremage.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/reactorplanner…114010101001010

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