Should i use Petroleum or Super Coolant?

[hpongledd]

Hello guys

Im little bit puzzled on the question if i should use Super coolant or petroleum. Basically what i want is to transfer the heat of magma through Aqua tuners into crude oil. Now, since i want this build to run as long as possible, i want to use a liquid with a low heat capacity. So i can harvest as much heat as possible from magma. But the part im not sure about is the aqua tuner. So my question is: Is the heat produced from an aqua tuner the same with super coolant and petroleum or is there a difference between heat ouput of an aqua tuner with super coolant resp. petroleum?

Thanks!

Cheers!

[chemie]

aquatuner outputs the same heat.  The difference is the heat impact to the fluid going through it.  It is always 14C so higher heat capacity gives you move effective cooling.

However, I would not do the design you propose.  It is easier to direct heat the crude oil with the magma; no need for aquatuner.

[Sasza22]

17 minutes ago, hpongledd said:

i want to use a liquid with a low heat capacity. So i can harvest as much heat as possible from magma

That`s actually wrong thinking. The amount of energy the liquid will take when transferred through magma is roughly the same no matter the heat capacity. A liquid with low capacity will get heated more and has a higher risk of boiling but will carry the same enregy (actually a bit less since energy transfer is based on temperature difference). It is always better and safer to use super coolant for heat transfer.

20 minutes ago, hpongledd said:

is there a difference between heat ouput of an aqua tuner with super coolant resp. petroleum?

The aquatuner cools for a static amount of 14^oC. The energy it transfers is based on the heat capacity of the liquid you use. When using super coolant it will heat up significantly more than when using petroleum. The difference will be massive.

[Saturnus]

Neither. Use steam. It's much easier to manage. If you have a decent heat exchanger to preheat the crude oil you only need about 120g/s of superheated steam to cook 10kg/s crude oil. And you can easily set up such a system without any space materials at all. Even steel and ceramics aren't needed.

[Cypher-7]

2 hours ago, Saturnus said:

Neither. Use steam. It's much easier to manage. And if you have a decent heat exchanger to preheat the crude oil you only need about 120g/s of superheated steam to cook 10kg/s crude oil. And you can easily set up such a system with any space materials at all. Even steel and ceramics aren't needed.

Few questions. What kind of pipes are you running the steam in, liquid or gas? What are you running the steam back too TR or AT? Or is this just being pushed around off of reservoirs?

[Saturnus]

1 hour ago, Cypher-7 said:

Few questions. What kind of pipes are you running the steam in, liquid or gas? What are you running the steam back too TR or AT? Or is this just being pushed around off of reservoirs?

Wolframite and/or obsidian pipes. Obviously works best if you can keep the pipes in a vacuum. And I usually don't even bother with reservoirs, just a gas bridge and gas valve to push it around.