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Kit (Large Direct Heat Exchanger)

Properties
Stacks	No
Paintable	Yes
Recipe
Created With	Hydraulic Pipe Bender Tier two
Cost	10g Steel, 10g Invar
Logic
Item Hash	450164077
Item Name	ItemKitLargeDirectHeatExchanger

Large Direct Geat Exchanger -
Gas + Gas Large Direct Heat Exchanger -
Gas + Liquid Large Direct Heat Exchanger -
Liquid + Liquid

Operation
Prefab Hash	Varies
Prefab Name	Varies
Construction
Placed with	Kit (Large Direct Heat Exchanger)
Placed on	Small Grid
Stage 1
Next Stage Construction
Constructed with tool	Wrench
Constructed with item	Kit (Pipe) x1
Deconstruction
Deconstructed with	Hand Drill
Item received	Kit (Large Direct Heat Exchanger)
Stage 2
Next Stage Construction
Constructed with tool	Welder
Constructed with item	Steel Sheets x1
Deconstruction
Deconstructed with	Hand Drill
Item received	Kit (Pipe) x1
Stage 3
Deconstruction
Deconstructed with	Hand Drill
Item received	Steel Sheets x1

Description

Exchanges heat between two pipe networks very quickly, ~10x as fast as the Small Direct Heat Exchanger. It's counterpart is the Counterflow Heat Exchanger. _{pun intended}

Usage

It's purpose is to equalize the temperature of two pipe networks without allowing their contents to mix.
The kit produces 3 versions, gas to gas, gas to liquid and liquid to liquid. The heat exchanger itself does not have an internal volume and instead transfers heat directly between the two input pipe networks. A meter on the side displays the heat exchange rate in joules per tick.

Heat Transfer

Heat will flow from warmer to colder at a rate that increases with a greater difference in temperature. Newton's law of cooling can presumably be used to approximate the rate of heat transfer according to the equation:

      Rate = k(T1-T2)

Where:

      k = ? (to be determined)

      T1 = Input 1 Temperature 

      T2 = Input 2 Temperature 

Notes

• It has no logic port
• Requires frame support, unlike the small heat exchanger
• In older versions, heat exchangers had 2 inputs and 2 outputs intended for active liquid flow. This feature has been consolidated in the form of the counterflow heat exchanger

Prefab Information

	Prefab Hash	Prefab Name
Gas to Gas	-1230658883	StructureLargeDirectHeatExchangeGastoGas
Gas to Liquid	1412338038	StructureLargeDirectHeatExchangeGastoLiquid
Liquid to Liquid	792686502	StructureLargeDirectHeatExchangeLiquidtoLiquid