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==The Engine Room==
==The Engine Room==
[[File:BurnEngineMap.png|The mapped engine room|thumb]]The Engine room consists of:
[[File:BurnChamberMap.png|The mapped engine room|thumb]]The Engine room consists of:
# Engine chamber. The interior is 5x5, framed with heat resistant glass and lead walls.
# Engine chamber. The interior is 5x5, framed with heat resistant glass and reinforced walls.
# A fuel rod bay housing an assortment of reflectors and radioactive fuel rods.
# Two Gas Feed Chambers connected by an OmniMixer.
# A dual TEG setup, already hooked up to the loops.
# A dual TEG setup, already hooked up to the loops.
# Four radiation collectors arranged around the reactor.
# A Hot Loop overflow chamber.
# A side area where phoron tanks and a dedicated phoron canister are stored.
# A monitoring area with two pump control consoles and the engine ignition button.
# An emergency freezer linked to the Engine chamber.
# A side area where a secondary emergency overflow vent is situated.
# A shutter control button for emergency venting of the entire chamber.
# Vacuum Radiator connections, where gases in the cold loop are cooled.
# Vacuum Radiator connections, where gases in the cold loop are cooled.


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==Basic Set-Up==
==Basic Set-Up==
This is a baseline guide to make sure the shift doesn't go without power, and the engine doesn't explode. Any Engineer that knows their way around Engineering mechanics will tell you that this setup is suboptimal. '''It is important that the no hazard steps are finished before any other steps are completed.'''
This is a baseline guide to make sure the shift doesn't go without power, and the engine doesn't explode. Any Engineer that knows their way around Engineering mechanics will tell you that this setup is suboptimal. '''It is important that the hazard steps are finished only after all previous steps are completed.'''
===No Hazard:===
===No Hazard:===
# Put four cans of Phoron into the Cold Loop.
# Put four cans of Phoron into the Cold Loop.
# Put two cans of Phoron into the Hot loop.
# Put two cans of Phoron into the Hot loop.
# Fill four phoron tanks up at the phoron canister.
# Configure the OmniMixer to take Input from the North and South feeds, and Output to the West. ''You can experiment with different gas ratios to determine efficiency, but for a bare minimum set-up, 50:50 is acceptable.''
===Atmospheric Hazard:===
# Using the consoles, turn on the vents in both gas chambers to begin feeding gas into the chamber line.
# Lift the Blast Shutters on the Core.
# '''Hazard step:''' Once the burn chamber is filled, press the ignition button to spark the reaction.
# Wrench the Fusion Core Down.
# Locate the gas pump along the cold pump line, max the flow, and activate the pump.  
# Link the Fusion Core to a multitool.
# Secure the Radiation Collectors.
# Place the filled phoron tanks into the collectors.
===Radiation Hazard:===
# Retrieve a fuel rod case and a reflector case from storage.
# Load three fuel rods into the reactor core.
# Load four reflector rods into the reactor core.
# Manually set the insertion of all reflector rods to 100%.
# Manually set the insertion of all fuel rods to 50%. '''Warning: Monitor temperature of rods and adjust insertion accordingly. This varies per fuel type. Ensure proper heat management.'''
# Close the blast doors.
'''Engine set!'''
'''Engine set!'''
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Now, max the Input and Output on the Main SMES in the SMES room.
===Finalizing Touches===
# Max Input and Output on the Main SMES in the SMES room.
# Use the multitool from step 6 to link the core to the computer in the control room.
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Latest revision as of 09:28, 10 April 2024

The Engine Room

The mapped engine room

The Engine room consists of:

  1. Engine chamber. The interior is 5x5, framed with heat resistant glass and reinforced walls.
  2. Two Gas Feed Chambers connected by an OmniMixer.
  3. A dual TEG setup, already hooked up to the loops.
  4. A Hot Loop overflow chamber.
  5. A monitoring area with two pump control consoles and the engine ignition button.
  6. A side area where a secondary emergency overflow vent is situated.
  7. A shutter control button for emergency venting of the entire chamber.
  8. Vacuum Radiator connections, where gases in the cold loop are cooled.

Engine Intent

As a TEG-based engine, the Burn Chamber relies on the heating and cooling of gas to spin turbines. Cold Loop gas is piped along a circuitous route - typically through space - to allow it to bleed off heat and grow colder. In contrast, Hot Loop gas is fed into the pipe loop inside the burn chamber. Although visually dramatic, the burning gas in the Chamber is not, in fact, what fills the hot loop. Instead, the continuous blaze in the chamber heats the gas contained within the Hot Loop through the insulated pipes.

Basic Set-Up

This is a baseline guide to make sure the shift doesn't go without power, and the engine doesn't explode. Any Engineer that knows their way around Engineering mechanics will tell you that this setup is suboptimal. It is important that the hazard steps are finished only after all previous steps are completed.

No Hazard:

  1. Put four cans of Phoron into the Cold Loop.
  2. Put two cans of Phoron into the Hot loop.
  3. Configure the OmniMixer to take Input from the North and South feeds, and Output to the West. You can experiment with different gas ratios to determine efficiency, but for a bare minimum set-up, 50:50 is acceptable.
  4. Using the consoles, turn on the vents in both gas chambers to begin feeding gas into the chamber line.
  5. Hazard step: Once the burn chamber is filled, press the ignition button to spark the reaction.
  6. Locate the gas pump along the cold pump line, max the flow, and activate the pump.

Engine set! Now, max the Input and Output on the Main SMES in the SMES room.

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