Advanced Furnace

Kit (Advanced Furnace)

Constructing Options	Advanced Furnace
Properties
Stacks	No
Recipes
Electronics Printer (Tier Two)	5g Gold, 25g Copper, 30g Steel, 15g Electrum, 8g Solder, 6g Silicon
Logic
Item Hash	-616758353
Item Name	ItemKitAdvancedFurnace
Logic Classes	SlotClass.None SortingClass.Kits

Advanced Furnace

Operation
Power Usage	100W
Prefab Hash	545937711
Prefab Name	StructureAdvancedFurnace
Construction
Placed with	Kit (Advanced Furnace)
Placed on	Small Grid
Stage 1
Next Stage Construction
Constructed with item	1 x Electronic Parts
Deconstruction
Deconstructed with	Hand Drill
Item received	Kit (Advanced Furnace)
Stage 2
Next Stage Construction
Constructed with tool	Welding Torch
Constructed with item	5 x Steel Sheets
Deconstruction
Deconstructed with	Wire Cutters
Item received	1 x Electronic Parts
Stage 3
Next Stage Construction
Constructed with tool	Screwdriver
Deconstruction
Deconstructed with	Angle Grinder
Item received	5 x Steel Sheets
Stage 4
Deconstruction
Deconstructed with	Hand Drill

Description

"The advanced furnace comes with integrated inlet and outlet pumps for controlling the unit's internal pressure."
- Stationpedia

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. Adding Hydrocarbons, i.e. coal, will increase the pressure. Contains two embedded volume pumps to control flow in and out, in order to use them, the furnace must be powered, and setting both to zero will put the furnace in a state of quiescence, but the furnace will slowly lose pressure and temperature. The capacity of the furnace is in excess of 5kg of materials so it is possible to make a full 500g ingot of an advanced alloy in one go.

In the early game, a regular Furnace will be easier to make and operate. While it is possible to operate the advanced furnace similar to a regular furnace (add fuel, ignite, add ore), the most common setups for advanced furnaces are:

• ice only smelting
• fuel mixing
• hot and cold mixing

Smelting

Required conditions for smelting

The following table shows the pressure and temperature conditions required to smelt various ores and alloys.

Ingot	Input	Pressure (Pa)		Temperature (K)		Temperature (°C)
		Min	Max	Min	Max	Min	Max
1 Astroloy	2 Steel 1 Copper 1 Cobalt	30 MPa	40 MPa	1 kK	100 kK	727°C	99727°C
1 Hastelloy	2 Silver 1 Nickel 1 Cobalt	25 MPa	30 MPa	950 K	1 kK	677°C	727°C
1 Inconel	2 Gold 1 Nickel 1 Steel	23.5 MPa	24 MPa	600 K	100 kK	327°C	99727°C
1 Waspaloy	2 Lead 1 Silver 1 Nickel	50 MPa	100 MPa	400 K	800 K	127°C	527°C
1 Stellite	2 Silicon 1 Silver 1 Cobalt	10 MPa	20 MPa	1.8 kK	100 kK	1527°C	99727°C
Update 0.2.2728.13232 - Fri 15/01/2021 /Recipes
NOTE: January StationEARS update reduced the yields from smelting super alloys. Recipes will now return only 1 ingot.

Advanced alloy recipes

Ice only smelting

In this setup ice is fed into the input slot of the furnace prior to loading ores for smelting.

Alloy	Ingredients	Chunks	Temperature	Pressure
50 Stellite	50 Silver Ore 50 Cobalt Ore 100 Silicon Ore	4 Volatiles 2 Oxite	1.82 kK	16.1 MPa
50 Inconel	100 Gold Ore 50 Nickel Ore 50 Steel Ingot	14 Volatiles 7 Oxite	1.7 kK	24.0 MPa +++
50 Astroloy	100 Steel Ingot 50 Copper Ore 50 Cobalt Ore	18 Volatiles 9 Oxite	1.85 kK	31.6 MPa
50 Hastelloy	100 Silver Ore 50 Nickel Ore 50 Cobalt Ore	5 Volatiles 86 Oxite ^^^	972 K	26.43 MPa
50 Waspaloy	100 Lead Ore 50 Silver Ore 50 Nickel Ore	8 Volatiles 300 Oxite ^^^	705 K	51.5 MPa

Note that at least one gas pipe must be connected to both the input and output gas lines to avoid error conditions.

+++ For Inconel the mixture pressure may overshoot the range slightly, either make the alloy when the pressure rises into the range, or a short wait will be necessary in order for the pressure to drop back into range.

^^^ The excess Oxites are necessary in order to limit the temperature of the mixture, however they can be substituted with other inert gasses.

Gaseous Fueling

A basic ice crushing, gas collection and measuring setup

In this setup fuel is pumped into the furnace from either pre-measured canisters or pumped into the furnace in measured amounts. Fuel and be any number of gas mixtures.

The gas should be pumped into the furnace and ignited; the ores should be placed in the furnace as soon as the gases are ignited. It is not necessary to wait for the furnace to come up to temperature. Make sure to put the fuel in first, then press the activate button. Afterwards put in the ingredients and wait for the button to turn green again, until you see the "will produce" while hovering over the furnace. Then pull the handle and your alloy will be ejected.

Do not degas the ores, Stellite, Hastelloy and Waspaloy all rely on the nitrous oxide produced from the silver ore and lead ore used in their production. Do not substitute an ingot for an ore. Feed the ores into the furnace in the listed order. Use the listed amount of ores, using less ore or more ore will result in an different pressure and temperature.

Dirty fuel

Dirty Fuel is a 2:1 mixture of Volatile and Oxites gases. The table below shows the correct pressures of to load into a canister, but currently omits Hydrogen and Nitrogen quantities.

Canister Pressure @ 0°C	Gases	Ingredients	Temperature	Pressure	Alloy
Dirty Fuel     4,500 KPa	73.6 Mols Volatiles 41.4 Mols Oxygen	50 Silver Ore 50 Cobalt Ore 100 Silicon Ore	1.55 kK	18.1 MPa	50 Stellite
Dirty Fuel (2x) 8,500 KPa	278 Mols Volatiles 156 Mols Oxygen	100 Gold Ore 50 Nickel Ore 50 Steel Ingot	1.68 kK	23.7 MPa	50 Inconel
Dirty Fuel (3x) 7,333 KPa	360 Mols Volatiles 202 Mols Oxygen	100 Steel Ingot 50 Copper Ore 50 Cobalt Ore	1.850 kK	31.5 MPa	50 Astroloy
Dirty Fuel     5,500 KPa Pressurant  (8x) 9,000 KPa	89.9 Mols Volatiles 50.6 Mols Oxygen 2,010 Mols Pressurant ^^^	100 Silver Ore 50 Nickel Ore 50 Cobalt Ore	995 K	25.5 MPa	50 Hastelloy
Dirty Fuel  (2x) 9,000 KPa Pressurant (22x) 10,000 KPa	295 Mols Volatiles 166 Mols Oxygen 7,050 Mols Pressurant ^^^	100 Lead Ore 50 Silver Ore 50 Nickel Ore	669 K	50.3 MPa	50 Waspaloy

^^^ These recipes use CO₂ @ 0°C as a pressurant. Other pressurants such as Nitrogen, Pollutants, and Oxygen are possible, but they may result in different outcomes.

Fuel mixing

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.

Hot and cold mixing

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 Heaters, 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

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).

Click here to see/hide all the data network properties

Parameter Name	Data Type	Access	Value	Description
Power	Boolean	Read	0	Unpowered	Can be read to return if the Advanced Furnace is correctly powered or not, set via the power system, return 1 if powered and 0 if not
			1	Powered
Open	Integer	Read Write			1 if device is open, otherwise 0
Mode	Integer	Read Write	0	Invalid	The Advanced Furnace's smelting result.
			1	Valid
Error	Boolean	Read	0		1 if device is in error state, otherwise 0
			1	Error
Pressure	Float	Read			The current pressure reading of the Advanced Furnace
Temperature	Integer	Read			The current temperature reading of the Advanced Furnace
Activate	Integer	Read Write			Activates the Advanced Furnace when set to 1. Deactivates when set to 0.
Lock	Boolean	Read Write	0	Unlocked	Disable manual operation of the Advanced Furnace.
			1	Locked
Setting	Integer	Read Write			A variable setting that can be read or written.
Reagents	Integer	Read			Total number of reagents recorded by the Advanced Furnace
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
Maximum	Float	Read			Maximum setting of the Advanced Furnace
Ratio	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		Context specific value depending on device, 0 to 1 based ratio
On	Boolean	Read Write	0	Off	The current state of the Advanced Furnace.
			1	On
RequiredPower	Integer	Read			Idle operating power quantity, does not necessarily include extra demand power
RecipeHash	Integer	Read			Current hash of the recipe the Advanced Furnace is set to produce
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 Advanced Furnace
RatioNitrousOxide	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Nitrous Oxide in device atmosphere
PrefabHash	Integer	Read			The hash of the structure
SettingInput	Integer	Read Write			The input setting for the Advanced Furnace
SettingOutput	Integer	Read Write			The output setting for the Advanced Furnace
Combustion	Boolean	Read	0 or 1		Assess if the atmosphere is on fire. Returns 1 if atmosphere is on fire, 0 if not.
RatioLiquidNitrogen	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Nitrogen in device atmosphere
RatioLiquidOxygen	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Oxygen in device's Atmosphere
RatioLiquidVolatiles	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Volatiles in device's Atmosphere
RatioSteam	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Steam in device's Atmosphere
RatioLiquidCarbonDioxide	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Carbon Dioxide in device's Atmosphere
RatioLiquidPollutant	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Pollutant in device's Atmosphere
RatioLiquidNitrousOxide	Float	Read	0.0 to 1.0		The ratio of Liquid Nitrous Oxide in device's 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.

Data Slots

These are all parameters, that can be read with a Slots Reader. The outputs are listed in the order a Slots Reader's "VAR" setting cycles through them.

Number	Name	Description
0?	Import	Import slot.
1?	Export	Export slot.

Name	Data Type	Description
OccupantHash
Occupied	Boolean	Returns whether the slot occupied. (0 for no, 1 for yes).
PrefabHash
Quantity
Class
Damage
MaxQuantity