Nuclear plant water consumption?

[dimmu1313]

I don't understand why fluid consumption isn't clearer. I understand that the max that can flow through a pipe is 300M^3/min and it appears that the nuclear plant consumption is simply stating the max that *can* flow into its water input. But I'm trying to determine if I can branch off of my water line for other uses. If I watch the water usage in the nuclear plant, I see the volume ("current amountin building") increase from about 35m^3 to nearly its max of 50 in about 5 seconds. So from that I'm guessing about ((60s/1min)/(15m^3/5s)) = 180m^3/min. Why can't it just say that?? It just states "Consumption 300m^3/min" but that's just the max input flow rate.

To be safe, after building 3 NPP's for future power headroom, I ran 3 individual pipelines to their own water extractor pumps; but I know thats a whole lot of water NOT being used. It would be really nice if I could simply see somewhere exactly how much water I'm using.

[Grandaddypurple]

Originally posted by dimmu1313:

It just states "Consumption 300m^3/min" but that's just the max input flow rate.

No, Nuclear plant can intake 600m3 water/min when overclocked. The inputs don't have any limit and the nuclear plants do consume 300m3/min

[Mister Fabulous]

Why would you think the consumption rate is different from what it says it consumes?

Provide less than 300 water per minute and see what happens.

[Evilsod]

I've read this 3 times and I still have no clue what you're on about.

You do realise that all power plants bar Biomass run at full speed, right? Your NPP is not consuming less than 300m³/min. If it is, your math is wrong.

[dimmu1313]

Originally posted by Mister Fabulous:

Why would you think the consumption rate is different from what it says it consumes?

Because I'm watching the "amount in building" go down and up as it consumes. It was unclear to me based on what I was seeing visually (as I said, I could see it go down from 50m^3 "in building" to about 35m^3 and it would take about 5 seconds to fill back up. That's a flow rate of 3m^3/second or 180m^3/minute.

It's moot based on what is being told to me; what I'm seeing must be a visual anomaly, and I did not understand (due to the conflict of what it states it consumes and what I'm seeing visually flow into the NPP) that the consumption is fixed at 300m^3/minute. I was thinking maybe since, like biomass burners, the fuel is consumed at a rate proportional to the power consumption vs max producible power (I'm only drawing about 1300MW, and the plant produces 2500MW), that would imply that water is consumed at a lower rate as well. Thus my further confusion.

[Edwin]

Originally posted by dimmu1313:

I was thinking maybe since, like biomass burners, the fuel is consumed at a rate proportional to the power consumption vs max producible power (I'm only drawing about 1300MW, and the plant produces 2500MW), that would imply that water is consumed at a lower rate as well.

That was the case until update 4 changed it. Nice because you can immediately test your system at max speed. But also hell because now you have to deal with all the nuclear waste before you can turn your new nuclear power plant on.