Combustion Centrifuge

Combustion Centrifuge
Operation
Power Usage	50W
Construction
Placed with	Kit (Combustion Centrifuge)
Placed on	Small Grid
Paintable	No
Stage 1
	Deconstruction
Deconstructed with	Hand Drill
Item received	Kit (Combustion Centrifuge)
Stage 2
	Next Stage Construction
Constructed with tool	Welder
Constructed with item	2x Steel Sheets
	Deconstruction
Deconstructed with	Angle Grinder
Item received	2x Steel Sheets
Stage 3
	Next Stage Construction
Constructed with item	1x Cable Coil
	Deconstruction
Deconstructed with	Wire Cutters
Item received	1x Cable Coil
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Kit (Combustion Centrifuge)
Constructing Options	Combustion Centrifuge
Properties
Stacks	No
Paintable	No
Recipes
Autolathe (Tier Two)	20g Steel, 10g Invar, 5g Constantan
Logic
Item Hash	231903234
Item Name	KitStructureCombustionCentrifuge
Logic Classes	SlotClass.None SortingClass.Kits
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Stationpedia

The Combustion Centrifuge is a gas powered version of the Centrifuge. If a Recycler or unbalanced Furnace outputs reagent mixture rather than the desired ingots, a centrifuge allows you to reclaim the raw ore.

It also refines Dirty Ore produced from the Deep Miner and Dirty Ore produced from the Rocket Miner. A combustible fuel mix should be supplied to the gas input, and waste gasses should be vented from the output.

The machine's RPMs must be controlled via the throttle and combustion limiter levers. If the Combustion Centrifuge gains, or loses, RPMs too fast it will experience stress, and eventually grind to a halt. Higher RPMs directly result in faster processing speeds.

The throttle lever controls the amount of fuel being pulled into the machine, increasing the temperature inside the engine, and leading to an increase in RPM. The limiter lever influences the speed of the combustion, and how much uncombusted gas is in the exhaust.

Ejecting ore from the Combustion Centrifuge while it is at high RPMs will result in additional stress build up. If turned off while not stressed, the machine will automatically start to brake, and reduce RPMs in a controlled manner.

Description

The Combustion Centrifuge is a version of the Centrifuge containing an internal combustion engine whose fuel consumption is adjustable by the throttle lever in 10% increments. Higher engine temperatures result in additional torque which allows it to reach higher speeds, but accelerating (or deccelerating) the engine too quickly results in stress buildup, which causes the engine to grind to a halt if the stress is allowed to reach 100%. It comes with a combustion limiter which allows the rate of combustion to be adjusted.

Ejecting ore from the Combustion Centrifuge while it is spinning will result in 0.1% additional stress buildup/RPM , as well as a 10% reduction in current RPM.

If turned off while not stressed, the machine will automatically start to brake, reduce its drum speed by 15 RPM/tick, and start flushing stored internal gases into its exhaust.

The Combustion Centrifuge can hold 3000g processed ore in its internal storage, allowing it to run for multiple hours before being emptied if processing low-purity ore.

The Combustion Centrifuge has a socket for an IC10 chip, similar to the Atmospherics machine. It comes with two device ports, d0 and d1, for connecting to other devices. To change or set a device, use a screwdriver to cycle through devices found on the machine's data network. Code does not run while the centrifuge is turned off, somewhat limiting the centrifuge's usefulness as turning it off can be necessary to recover from an overstressed state.

Throttle

Every tick up to 0.01 moles of gas will be pulled in to the machine from the input pipe network. The Throttle parameter linearly controls how much gas to pull in - inputMoles = 0.01*Throttle/100. The Throttle value is rounded to the nearest 10% increment when set.

Combustion Limiter

The combustion limiter speeds up combustion by forcing an additional percentage of fuel present in the engine to combust after normal combustion takes place. The percentage is quadratically dependent on the combustion limiter lever position:

Force-Combustion Percentages
Combustion Limiter setting	Combustion Percentage
0% (minimum setting is 3.65%)	0.1%
10%	0.75%
20%	3%
30%	6.75%
40%	12%
50%	18.75%
60%	27%
70%	36.75%
80%	48%
90%	60.75%
100%	75%

Exhaust

The engine pushes gas from its engine into the output pipe network once its internal pressure exceeds 4 MPa. This results in some unburned fuel being present in the exhaust. If the centrifuge is powered off, the centrifuge slows down at 15rpm/tick(as long as no stress is being accrued from excess torque) and hot gas stored inside the engine is slowly flushed out to the exhaust down to 0 kPa.

Engine Speed / Stress

If the engine's temperature is above 300°C and combusted at least 30 J during the current tick, the engine produces torque, speeding up by 1 RPM/tick for every 416.6 K of temperature (up to a maximum of 12 RPM/tick at 5000 K) in a frictionless environment, consuming 30 J*RPM gained from its internal atmosphere in the process. Friction slows the engine down by 1%/tick afterwards, making the engine reach a steady-state speed directly dependent on its temperature.

If the engine speeds up or slows down at a rate slower than min(1000/(RPM+500), 1.25) RPM/tick, its stress is reduced by 0.5%/tick. Otherwise, its stress is increased by (abs(RPM delta) - 1) * min(1000/(RPM+500), 1.25) %/tick (which can go negative reducing stress faster than the 0.5%/tick you'd get otherwise). The optimal acceleration/decceleration rate is 1 RPM/tick beyond the 0.5% stress/tick reduction curve, at which point no stress is gained or lost.

If stress is at 100% or more, the centrifuge slows down by a whopping 40 RPM/tick. This can put the centrifuge's engine into a death spiral as the lower RPM leads to a higher net torque which can increase the stress rate even further, with the only way to resume operation being reducing the engine's internal temperature to a point it can start accelerating again in a controlled fashion. Because the engine only cools down if it has at least 30 J/tick of combustion still occuring within it, this can be difficult to achieve without turning the centrifuge off and waiting for all hot gas to be flushed into the exhaust, as even at the minimum operating temperature of 300°C a start from a standstill will accrue stress, requiring the centrifuge to get out of its stress-accruing zone before stress exceeds 100%.

Processing Speed

The speed at which the centrifuge processes items is directly proportional to how fast it is rotating. At 300 RPM, it process pure ores are refined at a rate of 1 second/item and Dirty Ore / Reagent Mix at a rate of 6 seconds/item. Excess progress is carried over to the next item processed.

Using regular Fuel, the Combustion Centrifuge can reach a bit higher than 500 RPM, making it just over 5 times faster than the regular Centrifuge at its max speed. The regular electric centrifuge will take 18 seconds to process a single piece of Dirty Ore, while a Combustion Centrifuge at 515 RPM will take just 3.5 seconds. At full throttle, the centrifuge will take approximately 6.5 hours to deplete a Smart Canister filled with fuel.

The speed of the Combustion Centrifuge can be boosted significantly by replacing the fuel mixture with a Superfuel mixture. Using superfuel can boost the centrifuge to a steady-state maximum of 1188 RPM, processing ore at more than double the speed. This comes at the cost of ease of use, as storing Superfuel mixtures and Nitrous Oxide itself is difficult, the centrifuge can no longer safely eject items at that speed, and starting up the centrifuge also becomes more complex due to faster and hotter combustion.

Data Network Properties

These are all Data Network properties of this device.

Data Parameters

These are all parameters that can be written with a Logic Writer, Batch Writer, or Integrated Circuit (IC10), and can be read with a Logic Reader, Batch Reader, or Integrated Circuit (IC10).

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Parameter Name	Data Type	Access	Value	Description
Power	Boolean	Read	0	Unpowered	Can be read to return if the Combustion Centrifuge is correctly powered or not, set via the power system, return 1 if powered and 0 if not
Power	Boolean	Read	1	Powered
Open	Integer	Read Write	0	Closed	1 if device is open, otherwise 0
Open	Integer	Read Write	1	Open	1 if device is open, otherwise 0
Error	Boolean	Read	0		1 if device is in error state, otherwise 0
Error	Boolean	Read	1	Error	1 if device is in error state, otherwise 0
Pressure	Float	Read			The current pressure reading of the Combustion Centrifuge
Temperature	Integer	Read			The current temperature reading of the Combustion Centrifuge
Lock	Boolean	Read Write	0	Unlocked	Disable manual operation of the Combustion Centrifuge.
Lock	Boolean	Read Write	1	Locked	Disable manual operation of the Combustion Centrifuge.
Reagents	Integer	Read			Total number of reagents recorded by the Combustion Centrifuge. Max reagent capacity is 3000, at which time centrifuge will spin down and flash an error. IC/Logic required for automation, otherwise manual operation.
RatioOxygen	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Oxygen in device atmosphere
RatioCarbonDioxide	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Carbon Dioxide in device atmosphere
RatioNitrogen	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Nitrogen in device atmosphere
RatioPollutant	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Pollutant in device atmosphere
RatioVolatiles	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Volatiles in device atmosphere
RatioWater	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Water in device atmosphere
On	Boolean	Read Write	0	Off	The current state of the Combustion Centrifuge.
On	Boolean	Read Write	1	On	The current state of the Combustion Centrifuge.
RequiredPower	Integer	Read			Idle operating power quantity, does not necessarily include extra demand power
ClearMemory	Integer	Write			When set to 1, clears the counter memory (e.g. ExportCount). Will set itself back to 0 when actioned
ExportCount	Integer	Read			How many items exported since last ClearMemory
ImportCount	Integer	Read			How many items imported since last ClearMemory
TotalMoles	Float	Read			Returns the total moles of the Combustion Centrifuge
RatioNitrousOxide	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Nitrous Oxide in device atmosphere
PrefabHash	Integer	Read			The hash of the structure
Combustion	Boolean	Read	0 or 1		Assess if the atmosphere is on fire. Returns 1 if atmosphere is on fire, 0 if not.
PressureInput	Float	Read			The current pressure reading of the Combustion Centrifuge's Input Network
TemperatureInput	Float	Read			The current temperature reading of the Combustion Centrifuge's Input Network
RatioOxygenInput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Oxygen in device's input network
RatioCarbonDioxideInput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Carbon Dioxide in device's input network
RatioNitrogenInput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Nitrogen in device's input network
RatioPollutantInput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Pollutant in device's input network
RatioVolatilesInput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Volatiles in device's input network
RatioWaterInput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Water in device's input network
RatioNitrousOxideInput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Nitrous Oxide in device's input network
TotalMolesInput	Float	Read			Returns the total moles of the Combustion Centrifuge's Input Network
PressureOutput	Float	Read			The current pressure reading of the Combustion Centrifuge's Output Network
TemperatureOutput	Float	Read			The current temperature reading of the Combustion Centrifuge's Output Network
RatioOxygenOutput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Oxygen in device's Output network
RatioCarbonDioxideOutput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Carbon Dioxide in device's Output network
RatioNitrogenOutput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Nitrogen in device's Output network
RatioPollutantOutput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Pollutant in device's Output network
RatioVolatilesOutput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Volatiles in device's Output network
RatioWaterOutput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Water in device's Output network
RatioNitrousOxideOutput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Nitrous Oxide in device's Output network
TotalMolesOutput	Float	Read			Returns the total moles of the Combustion Centrifuge's Output Network
CombustionInput	Boolean	Read	0 or 1		Assess if the atmosphere is on fire. Returns 1 if device's input network is on fire, 0 if not.
CombustionOutput	Boolean	Read	0 or 1		Assess if the atmosphere is on fire. Returns 1 if device's Output network is on fire, 0 if not.
CombustionLimiter	Integer	Read Write			Retards the rate of combustion inside the machine (range: 0-100), with 0 being the slowest rate of combustion and 100 being the fastest
Throttle	Integer	Read Write			Increases the rate at which the machine works (range: 0-100)
Rpm	Integer	Read			The number of revolutions per minute that the Combustion Centrifuge's spinning mechanism is doing
Stress	Integer	Read			Machines get stressed when working hard. When Stress reaches 100 the machine will automatically shut down
RatioLiquidNitrogen	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Nitrogen in device atmosphere
RatioLiquidNitrogenInput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Nitrogen in device's input network
RatioLiquidNitrogenOutput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Nitrogen in device's Output network
RatioLiquidOxygen	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Oxygen in device's Atmosphere
RatioLiquidOxygenInput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Oxygen in device's Input Atmosphere
RatioLiquidOxygenOutput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Oxygen in Combustion Centrifuge's Output Atmosphere
RatioLiquidVolatiles	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Volatiles in device's Atmosphere
RatioLiquidVolatilesInput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Volatiles in device's Input Atmosphere
RatioLiquidVolatilesOutput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Volatiles in Combustion Centrifuge's Output Atmosphere
RatioSteam	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Steam in device's Atmosphere
RatioSteamInput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Steam in device's Input Atmosphere
RatioSteamOutput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Steam in Combustion Centrifuge's Output Atmosphere
RatioLiquidCarbonDioxide	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Carbon Dioxide in device's Atmosphere
RatioLiquidCarbonDioxideInput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Carbon Dioxide in device's Input Atmosphere
RatioLiquidCarbonDioxideOutput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Carbon Dioxide in Combustion Centrifuge's Output Atmosphere
RatioLiquidPollutant	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Pollutant in device's Atmosphere
RatioLiquidPollutantInput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Pollutant in device's Input Atmosphere
RatioLiquidPollutantOutput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Pollutant in Combustion Centrifuge's Output Atmosphere
RatioLiquidNitrousOxide	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Nitrous Oxide in device's Atmosphere
RatioLiquidNitrousOxideInput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Nitrous Oxide in device's Input Atmosphere
RatioLiquidNitrousOxideOutput	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Nitrous Oxide in Combustion Centrifuge's Output Atmosphere
ReferenceId	Integer	Read			Unique Reference Identifier for this object
RatioHydrogen	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		DEPRECATED
RatioLiquidHydrogen	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		DEPRECATED
RatioPollutedWater	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of polluted water in device atmosphere
NameHash	Integer	Read			Provides the hash value for the name of the object as a 32 bit integer.

Index	Slot Name	Type	Logic Parameters
0	Import	None	Class, Damage, MaxQuantity, OccupantHash, Occupied, Quantity, ReferenceId
1	Export	None	Class, Damage, MaxQuantity, OccupantHash, Occupied, Quantity, ReferenceId
3	Programmable Chip	ProgrammableChip	Class, Damage, MaxQuantity, OccupantHash, Occupied, Quantity, ReferenceId

Template:Connections

Connection Name	Index
Chute Input	0
Chute Output	1
Data	2
Power	3
Pipe Input	4
Pipe Input	5

External Links

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