Oil to petroleum in pipes

[RTG]

If i use oil as coolant of a metal refinery and the temperature ends up exceeding 400°C, does that burts the pipes? Its liquid to liquid so on one hand it shouldnt buuut...

[Stonehammers]

It will still break the pipes.

[zoarionprime]

Im pretty sure it will still create sour gas as a by product because you are making petroleum by heat instead of refinery...

[Angpaur]

Originally posted by zoarionprime:

Im pretty sure it will still create sour gas as a by product because you are making petroleum by heat instead of refinery...

Do you know at what temperature petroleum evaporates into sour gas?

[Strygald]

Originally posted by angpaur:

Originally posted by zoarionprime:

Im pretty sure it will still create sour gas as a by product because you are making petroleum by heat instead of refinery...

Do you know at what temperature petroleum evaporates into sour gas?

Yeah it should just change to petroleum without breaking the pipes, Sour gas is NOT a byproduct of boiling crude oil into petroleum, it occurs when you increase the temperature of petroleum enough to vaporize it. I realize the devs keep changing how it works to try and balance it, but right now that's how it works.

[Ellip]

Originally posted by Strygald:

Yeah it should just change to petroleum without breaking the pipes,

No it'll still break the pipes. I've cooked oil in a metal refinery before to where it's hot enough to change to petro but not hot enough for sour gas and it still breaks the pipes and leak petro everywhere. I think any kind of material change will cause it to break and not just state change.

[Angpaur]

If you limit packets to 1kg of liquid it will not change state in pipes and they will not break. Then when it comes out via vent it will change to petroleum. Hard to say if this is an exploit or intended functionality. In one way it is very powerful but in other it limits you to 10% of possible capacity, unless you build and heat up 10 pipes, each flowing 1kg packets ;-)