Need some quick help with fuel generators!

[Lambert198]

Hey guys. Ok so i got a single MK2 pipe feeding 13.33 fuel generators ( last one is running @ 33% ) and all other generators are @ 250%. I got 4 refineries making residual fuel @ 250% as well. According to the math thats 400 fuel per min and the generators needed to sustain this is 13.33. However 2 of my generators are constantly not getting fed enough fuel. I have excess fuel in a buffer tank so my generators are just burning the fuel too quickly but they shouldnt be according to the math .. Not sure what is going on ?

Mk2 pipe = 600 m3 max flow rate
Refinery making Residual fuel @ 250% = 100 fuel/min
Fuel generator @ 250% = 30m3 fuel per min burned.

So you need 13.33333 fuel generators to burn 400 fuel/min.

[SourHammer]

Go back and recheck all of you pipe work. Make sure you did not accidently add a mk1 pipe somewhere in the mix. . Shut down the first few generators on the line, and let the last few fill completely up. Somtimes it takes a long time to fill the pipes all the way up as more and more fuel is used down the line, it takes longer for the last few pipe segmants to fill up. If all that is good, go back and make sure all of your refineries are working, and nothing is backed up.

[Mister Fabulous]

I agree there is something off about the pipework. If you have a generator set to 33%, that's burning 4 fuel. You should be burning 394 a minute.

What you calculated is 13.333% if they were all running at 250% as their base speed. 33% of 250% would be 83.3_% (10 fuel/min).

Are all the fuel refineries running and not backing up?

[Mr. Poopdog]

According to my knowledge there are 2 reasons than could cause this problem, even if you set it up correct.
Ive read somewhere a while ago that there is a small fluid loss in mk2 pipes (1-3%) because of a problem in how UE4 calculates the fluids.

If this was already fixed in current update then there is still another possibility why things dont work.
If you create the exact amount of fuel that the generators need, you will have to deal with the wave that goes through the pipes. If the wave reaches the output of the refinery then the refinery cant output the created fluid because the pipe segment is full for a few seconds until the wave passes (so the refinery powers down for a few seconds).

This wave problem can also exist at the input of the generators, but its the opposite. If your generators are connected to 1 long fuel pipe that splits to every generator then your last generator (in theory) will receive exactly 12fuel/min . if the wave reaches this point the generator will get more than 12 fuel and work for a few seconds but then the wave will go away and you will have close to 0 fuel in the pipe for a few seconds.

because of this i always underclock the last generator so the pipes will slowly fill up to 600 making the wave obsolete;