50V example build
Setup
A 50V Heat Turbine generates power by exploiting the temperature difference between a hot place and a cold place. We can use a Stone Heat Furnace to provide the hot side, and some Small Thermal Dissipaters for the cold side
A heat furnace can take up to 2 Combustion Chambers to improve efficiency. A heat furnace can take most solid fuels. Charcoal is a very common solid fuel, so we'll use that here.
We'll hook up a 50V Macerator using Low Voltage Cable.
Driving a macerator
Now the trick is to keep the macerator's voltage supply bar in the green, using the Control Gauge in the heat furnace.
If you do this by hand, that can take quite some work!
See what happens if you add some sand to the macerator. you'll need to adjust the heat. Same when you remove sand.
Listen out for the sound the macerator makes. The volume and pitch tell you if the macerator is running at the optimal rate.
Analogic control
Instead of controlling the temperature by hand, you can use an analogic regulator to keep it steady.
Use the Temperature gauge to set what temperature you want. 250-300 degrees corresponds to roughly 50V in our case. The Analogic regulator will use the Control gauge to try to keep the temperature as close as possible to the desired temperature (called "set point").
External control
Alternately, we can control our turbine based directly on our voltage.
- Set an Electrical Probe to 100% output at 50V, and 0% output at 55V.
- Connect the probe to our furnace using a signal cable
- Set the Heat furnace to accept External Control (click once on the button labeled Internal Control)
This should keep wire neatly at ~50V. Use of External control is important in more complex builds.