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* engineering guidebook improvements * whoops * Changes * this game is en-US, so it shall be gasses, not gases * make changes to AccessConfigurator.xml, SolarPanels.xml, TeslaEngine.xml --------- Co-authored-by: ScarKy0 <scarky0@onet.eu>
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<Document>
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# Pumps
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Pumps are the primary way of actively moving gasses through a [textlink="pipenet." link="PipeNetworks"]
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They take gas from one side and push it to the other.
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There are two different types of pumps:
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<Box>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasPressurePump" Caption="pressure pump"/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasVolumePump" Caption="volumetric pump"/>
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</Box>
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Some important things to note about pumps:
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- Pumps [color=#a4885c]require power[/color] through a nearby LV cable to function.
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- Pumps output on the side with the red stripe.
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- Gas cannot move backwards through pumps (although if you are using a pump to do solely this, you should use the [textlink="passive gate" link="PassiveGate"] instead).
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- Pumps cannot move gasses into pipes with pressures or volumes exceeding their [color=#a4885c]limit[/color]. This causes them to be [color=red]blocked[/color].
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Pumps will show a colorful animation when they are doing work.
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If they have no gas to pump or they are blocked, they will show a blinking [color=red]red[/color] animation.
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Pumps that are off, have no power, or are unanchored will show no animation.
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## Pressure Pumps
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Pressure pumps are the most common type of pump.
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They move gas based on [color=#a4885c]pressure[/color], making them useful for controlling the exact pressure of a pipe, or for drawing a vacuum.
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<Box>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasPressurePump" Caption="pressure pump"/>
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</Box>
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A pressure pump [color=red]cannot[/color] move gas to a pipe that has a pressure higher or equal to the pressure set on the pump.
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For example, a pressure pump cannot pump gas to a pipe that is currently at 500 kPa, if the pressure pump is set at 500 kPa.
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Pressure pumps can pump up to a maximum pressure of [color=orange][protodata="GasPressurePump" comp="GasPressurePump" member="MaxTargetPressure"/] kPa[/color].
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They will become [color=red]blocked[/color] if they try to push gas into a pipe higher than this pressure.
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## Volumetric Pumps
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Volumetric pumps are an alternative pump, moving gas based on [color=#a4885c]volume[/color].
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<Box>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasVolumePump" Caption="volumetric pump"/>
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</Box>
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They are extremely useful for moving large amounts of gas quickly.
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They can typically achieve higher pressures than a pressure pump.
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While volumetric pumps work off of the principle of volume, they will become [color=red]blocked[/color] if they try to push gas into a pipe higher than [color=orange][protodata="GasVolumePump" comp="GasVolumePump" member="HigherThreshold"/] kPa[/color].
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</Document>
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