Redesigning a reactor
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One of the first things i've made that im actually proud of is this nuclear fission reactor thing
3119556View Save 3119556Though calling it a reactor may be a bit of a stretch, im planning on redesigning it to be less destructible, more efficient, and more compact. Does anyone have any ideas? Also heres my testing one with improvements3119578View Save 3119578Edited once by Redd. Last: 13th June -
Why do you use TUNG (which is destroyed by high pressure) as the main reactor material? Use TTAN, INSL and for example HEAC instead.
Some things in your description of how the reactor works don't make sense - for example, OXYG can't cool TUNG.
And for the sake of Jacob1 and other developers, start using straight lines and a smaller brush size.
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But I've watched the OXYG cool it.
When OXYG touches TUNG the heat from TUNG is transferred to OXYG. I will add straight lines to my reactor when I make V3 and make the lines smaller. I use TUNG because it has a high melting point and pressure is distrubuted across all connected particles that can distribute pressure so as long as I have some other pressure-resistant material connected there isn't really a problem with pressure.
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"When OXYG touches TUNG the heat from TUNG is transferred to OXYG" - OXYG is no more efficient at this than any other material, and unlike some other elements, it does not do any actual cooling. In addition, in most reactors there is no need for such cooling at all due to the judicious use of INSL and temperature-resistant materials.
"I use TUNG because it has a high melting point and pressure is distrubuted across all connected particles..." etc. just doesn't make any sense. Your reactors literally explode after a few seconds of running with enough deuterium, which is not usually normal behavior for reactors. Just use TTAN or RSSS to completely isolate the pressure. -
INSL is literally invulnerable to any high temperatures, and will only ignite upon contact with LAVA, FIRE or PLSM. If it does not come into contact with any of these elements (which is easily achieved by not placing any melting materials in the reaction chamber), it will not be destroyed.
You can also line the inside of the reaction chamber with something that is heat resistant but not insulating (such as HEAC) to protect the INSL.Edited once by EnganK. Last: 13th June -
Fusion must be happening quick in my reactor because INSL bursts into flames. And I tried using TTAN to block pressure but it just ended up pressurized anyway, RSSS does the same. Wait, no, I found the problem, I didn't seal off everything with titanium. After some redoing of some things I think im going to have to seal everything off with titanium. Nope, not the problem, I'm switching to entirely titanium because the TUNG explodes anyway. Can you tell me what the cooling things are and how to stop my fission reactor from becoming a very bad fusion reactor that instantly explodes.
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0) Use straight lines
1) Use deuterium since it does not create LAVA
2) Cover the entire internal surface of the INSL reactor
3) Cover all potentially hot INSL objects
4) Insulate the reaction chamber with TTAN to avoid pressure leaks
5) Use straight lines
If you keep hot things isolated from melting things, you won't need any cooling. -
I'll make one change to v3: make the deuterium storage outside made of CRMC to absorb more air pressure to prevent fusion as pressure in the air means that the rare amount hydrogen created by NEUT may become pressured enough to fuse into NBLE and PLSM. Also V3 has straight lines. Thanks for helping me redesign the reactor.
Edited 4 times by Redd. Last: 14th June
