Generator (Assembly)

An assembled exorium generator

Generators

Type Power generation

Function Converts exorium fuel to power

Sub-components

Generators are one of the most essential parts of any constructs that need generated power. Most spaceships for example need to have a properly assembled generator in order for the ships to function. Every machine or device that requires power must be connected to the generator's socket board via a cable, or otherwise to another source of power such as a battery. A generator is constructed from many modules, and these modules may be assembled in many different variations. The most basic form of a generator consists of a single generator unit, a fuel chamber, a socket board, and a cooling board with cooling cells.

Basic information

Modules can be combined to build a generator for different needs and purposes, with varying shapes, sizes, and efficiency. A generator can be built from the following modules:

• The fuel rod (This is the container for the the raw fuel that the fuel chamber will process to create energy)
• The fuel chamber (The fuel rod is placed inside the fuel chamber. The raw fuel is then processed into processed fuel in the fuel chamber)
• The generator unit (Within the generator unit processed fuel is processed into power)
• The cooling board (Cooling cells are placed here and coolant is processed to reduce heat)
• The socket board (For attaching cables)
• Enhancers (For improving efficiency, in three different tiers)

A generator creates its own resource network within it, which distributes and processes five different resources:

• Raw Fuel - Stored in the fuel rod.
• Processed Fuel - Processed in the fuel chamber from Raw Fuel.
• Power - Processed in the generator unit from Processed Fuel.
• Heat - Produced from the two latter processes, the processing of raw fuel and the processing of power.
• Coolant - Stored in the cooling cells. Processed in the cooling board to reduce Heat.

Media

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  An expanded generator assembly

Generator Tiers

Generate components come in three tiers with differing characteristics:

Component	Tier 1 - Basic	Tier 2 - Efficient	Tier 3 - Powerful
Generator Accent Colour	Blue	Red	Yellow
Generator Fuel Chamber Rods Used	Nhurgite Fuel Rods	Exorium Fuel Rods	Exorium Fuel Rods
Generator Fuel Chamber Heat Generated	100	90	80
Generator Unit Electricity Generated per Second	1000	1000	1250
Generator Unit Heat Generated	100	90	80
Generator Fuel:Energy Ratio	1:33	1:33	1:37

Heat and cooling

Generator units and fuel chambers produce heat while working, which can be cooled by coolant cells or by radiators. The heat produced is directly related to the current unit rate, so at 50 rate the generator unit or fuel chamber produces 50% of the heat. Generator units do not overheat - they just cannot generate power past their ability to cool.

• Fuel chambers produce 100 (T1), 90 (T2) and 80 (T3) heat
• Generator units make 100 (T1), 90 (T2) and 80 (T3) heat + extra heat for each other generator unit they're adjacent to.
  • Adjacency heat, for all tiers, and from 1 unit to 6, is as follows: 25, 55, 95, 145, 205, 280.

• Cooling racks transfer 300 heat into cooling cells, regardless of how many cells are in the rack.
• Each radiator piece removes 50 heat, the base and extensions pieces function the same.
  • Each pipe socket board can transfer 3000 heat, enough for 60 radiators.

Enhancers do not affect the heat produced by the fuel chamber.

Additional Information

• The Generator Socket Board can transfer a maximum of 10,000e/s (SocketUnitRate * 100)
• The "GeneratorUnitRate" Data Field multiplied by 10 will give you the e/s that the generator block is producing.

Device fields

Fuel Rod

YOLOL field	Description	Range
StoredRawFuel	The amount of fuel currently in this rod	0 - 300000
MaxRawFuel	The maximum amount of fuel that can be stored in a fuel rod	300000

Fuel Chamber

YOLOL field	Description	Range
HeatProduction	Amount of heat the fuel chamber is currently producing per second	0 -
FuelChamberFuel	Amount of fuel currently available in this chamber's fuel rod	0 - 300000
FuelChamberMaxFuel	Maximum amount of fuel that can be stored in this chamber's rod, zero if no rod	0 - 300000
FuelChamberStoredHeat	Amount of heat currently stored in the fuel chamber	0 - 1500
FuelChamberMaxStoredHeat	Maximum amount of heat that can be stored in the fuel chamber	1500
FuelChamberUnitRateLimit	Upper limit for conversion rate for this fuel chamber, as a percentage.	0 - 100
FuelChamberUnitRate	Current conversion rate for this fuel chamber, expressed as a percentage.	0 - 100

Generator Unit

YOLOL field	Description	Range
ElectricityProduction	Amount of electricity the generator unit is currently producing per second	0 -
HeatProduction	Amount of heat the generator unit is currently producing per second	0 -
GeneratorUnitRateLimit	Upper limit for conversion rate for this generator unit	0 - 100
GeneratorUnitRate	Current conversion rate for this generator unit, expressed as a percentage.	0 - 100
GeneratorUnitStoredHeat	Amount of heat currently stored in the generator unit	0 - 1500
GeneratorUnitMaxStoredHeat	Maximum amount of heat that can be stored in the generator unit	1500

Cooling Rack

YOLOL field	Description	Range
CoolerUnitRateLimit	Upper limit for conversion rate for this cooler	0 - 100
CoolerUnitRate	Current conversion rate for this cooler. Conversion is being performed at 1 conversion * this percentage per second.	0 - 100

Cooling Cell

YOLOL field	Description	Range
CoolerUnitRateLimit	Upper limit for conversion rate for this cooler	0 - 100
CoolerUnitRate	Current conversion rate for this cooler. Conversion is being performed at 1 conversion * this percentage per second.	0 - 100

Radiator Base

YOLOL field	Description	Range
RadiatorHeatDissipation	Current radiation rate for this radiator base	0 - 1500
RadiatorStoredHeat	Current amount of heat in this radiator base	0 - RadiatorMaxStoredHeat
RadiatorMaxStoredHeat	Maximum amount of heat that can be stored in the radiator base	1500

Radiator Extension

YOLOL field	Description	Range
RadiatorHeatDissipation	Current radiation rate for this radiator extension	0 - 750
RadiatorStoredHeat	Current amount of heat in this radiator extension	0 - RadiatorMaxStoredHeat
RadiatorMaxStoredHeat	Maximum amount of heat that can be stored in the radiator extension	1500

To learn more about how to use fields, consult these wiki pages:

• Universal Tool
• Data networks
• YOLOL