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The '''Advanced Furnace''' is used to create advanced alloys, but can be used to create basic alloys as well. It lends itself to automation. | The '''Advanced Furnace''' is used to create advanced alloys, but can be used to create basic alloys as well. It lends itself to automation. | ||
The Maximum pressure for the furnace is 60 MPa before the furnace will,in short order, explode. | The Maximum pressure for the furnace is 60 MPa before the furnace will,in short order, explode. | ||
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[[File:Advanced-furnace-gas-mixing.png|thumb|rudimentary setup for mixing H2, O2, and dilutant]] | [[File:Advanced-furnace-gas-mixing.png|thumb|rudimentary setup for mixing H2, O2, and dilutant]] | ||
In this setup, the furnace's input is connected to a gas mixer to provide fuel, and often a dilutant (used to increase the pressure without spending extra fuel). The [[Furnace temperature and pressure math]] article contains formulas useful for crafting recipes to hit temperature and pressure targets. | In this setup, the furnace's input is connected to a gas mixer to provide fuel, and often a dilutant (used to increase the pressure without spending extra fuel). The [[Furnace temperature and pressure math]] article contains formulas useful for crafting recipes to hit temperature and pressure targets. | ||
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This setup involves a hot tank and a cold tank of gasses, which are then mixed to achieve a target temperature and pumped in to achieve the target pressure. On most worlds maintaining a cold tank is quite easy (because the atmosphere on most worlds is below the temperature needed to smelt ore). Maintaining a hot tank is a little trickier, and either involves a lot of energy spent on [[Pipe Heater]]s, or an auxiliary furnace to combust fuel and pipe the exhaust into an insulated tank. Another easier option is to have the entire setup, furnace, pipes and tanks, in an enclosed vacuum chamber, so heat remains in the gases. Note that the outside atmosphere on worlds with no air doesn't count, it must be an enclosed chamber with all air pumped out | This setup involves a hot tank and a cold tank of gasses, which are then mixed to achieve a target temperature and pumped in to achieve the target pressure. On most worlds maintaining a cold tank is quite easy (because the atmosphere on most worlds is below the temperature needed to smelt ore). Maintaining a hot tank is a little trickier, and either involves a lot of energy spent on [[Pipe Heater]]s, or an auxiliary furnace to combust fuel and pipe the exhaust into an insulated tank. Another easier option is to have the entire setup, furnace, pipes and tanks, in an enclosed vacuum chamber, so heat remains in the gases. Note that the outside atmosphere on worlds with no air doesn't count, it must be an enclosed chamber with all air pumped out | ||