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Vehicles: Mechanical
Microcontrollers: Microcontroller
Tags: v1.4.14
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Boiler Control Unit V2

In 2 collections by thechort
thechort's Nuclear Generators
9 items
Fixed Steam Boilers
7 items
Description
Controls steam boilers that have a throttle attached. It's configurable to meet the needs of your setup. The current setup supports 3 turbines no problem.
This microcontroller manages steam boiler pressure and temperature. Managing boilers is all about temperature and steam production. The more turbines you have the higher temperatures you need to produce enough steam to power them. You can adjust the temperature for different pressure ranges to slow steam production down as you get closer to your target stable pressure. You should try honing in the Stable Increase Temperature and Stable Decrease Temperature to prevent as much pressure fluctuation as possible to have a stable turbine rps.

Stage 1 Temperature - Warm up goal temp. You want this to be the highest but not too high depending on how fast your boiler cools down.

Stage 1 Pressure Max - Max pressure for Stage 1 temp goal.

Stage 2 Temperature - In between Stage 1 and the Stable Increase Temperature.

Stage 2 Pressure Max - Max pressure for Stage 2 temp goal.

Stable Increase Temperature - Temperature that will increase steam production to increase pressure when the pressure drops below the Stable Pressure.
(Want hot enough to produce enough steam to increase pressure but not too much that you drastically overshoot your Stable Pressure.)

Stable Decrease Temperature - Temperature that will decrease steam production to decrease pressure when the pressure rises above the Stable Pressure. I would probably keep this pretty low for idling. Below boiling seems to work for a small setup but for larger or higher pressure setups you might need to rely more on the condenser cooling system and blow off valve.

Stable Pressure - Pressure the boiler will stabilize around.

Max Pressure - Max pressure that the Boiler Coolant Pumps will be active also activates the blow off valve.

Starting Pump Pressure - The lowest pressure the steam pumps will operate at. Higher starting pressure means less likely to have lag if throttling up at lower pressure.

Reverse - Allows for the use of a button for reverse (throttle 0-1) or the use of Negative throttle for reverse.
Collection of Steam Boilers on the workshop fixed by boiler/reactor pump logic.
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2781184306

Collection of my nuclear generators.
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2781000394
3 Comments
jawhew1611 23 Feb, 2023 @ 6:51pm 
Oh ok
thechort  [author] 11 Feb, 2023 @ 6:49pm 
@jawhew1611 it's a blow off valve output. you can use a T pipe and on/off valve to bypass your pistons/turbines to your condenser. This prevents the boiler from blowing up.
jawhew1611 11 Feb, 2023 @ 4:16pm 
What does the "Blow off" output mean?