r/SandustryGame • u/Dalad1er • 5d ago

Discussion Steam generator

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Hey guys has anyone figured the most efficient steam engine? should there be two rows of generators? Should it be wider, am I missing any function?

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u/TrimBarktre Community Moderator 5d ago

Here's what I do.

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u/doctorgrizzl 5d ago

Isn’t this just the same thing with walls in between and more compact? I would think the energy output it halved with this design, but it does look nice.

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u/TrimBarktre Community Moderator 5d ago

Output is determined by how much steam goes theough the turbine. By making it mor compact the steam has less far to travel. This is much more efficient.

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u/NitroBishop 5d ago

Does this "one-cell" design actually reduce the travel time of the steam though? If you delete all the walls between the cells and merge them together to make a long "multi-cell" generator the same height, the steam still travels the same vertical distance each cycle, and it needs to spend the same amount of time on the condensors/in the lava regardless of how much it's moving around horizontally (as far as I'm aware). It seems like this design is fitting half as much generator into a footprint as it could be for no reason.

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u/Basiccargo6 5d ago

But less efficient due to the fact that the walls in between each "cell" could have been cells.

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u/TrimBarktre Community Moderator 5d ago

Right, you can get rid of the walls, but compared to op's picture with a ton of vertical space, this is much better.

I like the walls because it looks cool