steam turbine isn't working :(

[Sotj]

I have it running on +500c steam from nuclear engine+heat transferer but it runs like it's running with regular steam anyway. :(

[Hedning]

Make sure it's getting enough steam. They take 60 per second. Pipes have limited flow and heat exchangers can only prodduce a little over 100 units per second.

[teravisor]

Screenshot would help. There's so much problems possible that I don't want to write them all. With mouse over steam turbine in question.

[Sotj]

Oh I think I know what's wrong. I was looking at the effiency bar, but I think I'm not using much of electricity, so it products only what I need, that's why it's showing low rate?

[Nailfoot]

Originally posted by Hedning:

Make sure it's getting enough steam. They take 60 per second. Pipes have limited flow and heat exchangers can only prodduce a little over 100 units per second.

This would be my guess as well. If the power is near max, then one heat exchanger can only support two turbines, similiar to regular steam engines.

Are you sure you are using the steam turbine and not the regular steam engine?

Steam power can trick you a bit if you are only using a very small percentage of your available capacity. Under small loads, every steam turbine will be cranking out some power, indicated by the steam being released from its vent. However, as demand increases, the first few turbines will use an increasing amount of steam, and some of the turbines later in the chain will shut down until eventually only two-per-heat-exchanger are left running at maximum output.

[teravisor]

Originally posted by Straychild:

Oh I think I know what's wrong. I was looking at the effiency bar, but I think I'm not using much of electricity, so it products only what I need, that's why it's showing low rate?

It has two bars. One is how much is being produced (yes, this only fills up if you consume electricity) and other one is how much it can produce (depends on steam input). I think they were called "Performance" and "Available performance".

[Sotj]

Originally posted by teravisor:

Originally posted by Straychild:

Oh I think I know what's wrong. I was looking at the effiency bar, but I think I'm not using much of electricity, so it products only what I need, that's why it's showing low rate?

It has two bars. One is how much is being produced (yes, this only fills up if you consume electricity) and other one is how much it can produce (depends on steam input). I think they were called "Performance" and "Available performance".

Yeah, I thought first bar was showing how much it products, but it's just showing how much I am using. :I My bad :D That's why it was showing about the same with lower steam, I was using about the same % at that time.