Advanced Furnace

Kit (Advanced Furnace)

Constructing Options	Advanced Furnace
Properties
Stacks	No
Recipe
Created With	Electronics Printer Mk. II
Cost	8g Solder, 5g Gold, 6g Silicon, 25g Copper, 30g Steel, 15g Electrum

Advanced Furnace

Construction
Placed with	Kit (Advanced Furnace)
Placed on	Small Grid

Description

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, IE 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 using the full 500g ingots to make an alloys is possible.

Recipes

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	1kK	100kK	727°C	99727°C
1 Hastelloy	2 Silver 1 Nickel 1 Cobalt	25 MPa	30 MPa	950K	1kK	677°C	727°C
1 Inconel	2 Gold 1 Nickel 1 Steel	23.5 MPa	24 MPa	600K	100kK	327°C	99727°C
1 Waspaloy	2 Lead 1 Silver 1 Nickel	50 MPa	100 MPa	400K	800K	127°C	527°C
1 Stellite	2 Silicon 1 Silver 1 Cobalt	10 MPa	20 MPa	1.8kK	100kK	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.

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).

Parameter Name	Data Type	Description
On	Boolean	Turns the Advanced Furnace on, when set to 1. Turns it off, when set to 0.
Lock	Boolean
ClearMemory	Integer?	Writing on this Parameter will reset the ExportCount and ImportCount values to zero.
Activate	Boolean	Activates the Advanced Furnace, when set to 1. Deactivates the Advanced Furnace, when set to 0. Note: This can cause a minor bug to occur. (See Bugs)
SettingOutput	Float	Set outlet volume pump pressure.
SettingInput	Float	Set inlet volume pump pressure.
Setting	Float	(Unknown) Affected by the Setting parameter.
Open	Boolean	Returns whether the Furnace is open. (0 for no, 1 for yes)

Data Outputs

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

Output Name	Data Type	Description
Maximum	Float
Lock	Boolean
ImportCount	Integer	Incremented each time an item stack enter by the Import slot
ExportCount	Integer	Incremented each time an item stack exit by the Export Slot
Error	Boolean
Activate	Boolean	1 if empty, 0 if something is inside the Furnace. When set to 0 The player can use the lever to clear the Furnace
Temperature	Float	Returns the temperature in the Furnace in kelvin.
SettingOutput	Float	Set outlet volume pump pressure.
SettingInput	Float	Set inlet volume pump pressure.
Setting	Float	(Unknown) Affected by the Setting parameter.
RequiredPower	Integer	In watts. The Advanced Furnace requires 289W to operate.
RecipeHash	Integer	Reads recipehash of selected recipe. Can be output to Hash Reader Monitor. Number is calculated using hash on prefabname
Reagents	Float	Returns the amount of reagents (smeltable ores, not counting ice) in the Furnace, in grams.
RatioWater	Float	Returns a range from 0.0 to 1.0. Returns the percentage ratio of the amount of water in the Furnace.
RatioVolatiles	Float	Returns a range from 0.0 to 1.0. Returns the percentage ratio of the amount of volatiles in the Furnace.
RatioPollutant	Float	Returns a range from 0.0 to 1.0. Returns the percentage ratio of the amount of pollutant in the Furnace.
RatioOxygen	Float	Returns a range from 0.0 to 1.0. Returns the percentage ratio of the amount of oxygen in the Furnace.
RatioNitrousOxide	Float	Returns a range from 0.0 to 1.0. Returns the percentage ratio of the amount of nitrous oxide in the Furnace.
RatioNitrogen	Float	Returns a range from 0.0 to 1.0. Returns the percentage ratio of the amount of nitrogen in the Furnace.
RatioCarbonDioxide	Float	Returns a range from 0.0 to 1.0. Returns the percentage ratio of the amount of carbon dioxide in the Furnace.
Ratio	Float	(Unknown) Returns 0.5.
Pressure	Float	Returns the pressure in the Furnace in kilo pascal.
PrefabHash	Float	Hash ID of the Stacker.
Power	Boolean	Returns whether the Advanced Furnace is on (0 for no, 1 for yes)
Open	Boolean	Returns whether the Furnace is open. (0 for no, 1 for yes)
On	Boolean

Usage

While it is possible to operate the advanced furnace similar to a regular furnace (add fuel, ignite, add ore), the two most common setups for advanced furnaces are:

• fuel mixing
• hot and cold mixing

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.