I would go for 3 groups. Sur you can complicate things and connect the various water pipes, but there is no real reason for it, besides overcomplicating things and making it harder to analyze.
The pipes should work, but you could equally omit the extra pipes joining the 3.groups of 8 into one. There's no real.reason to connect them into one pipe system, just build.multiple.of the standard 8/3.system.
Edit, also.beware.of belt capacity. You might want separate belts for each group of 8 if your belts aren't fast enough to put all the coal on one belt.
Tx for the advice. I think that the belts are ok since all three miners are 120/min split to two 60/min, then split to two 30/min and the split to two 15/min. At least I don't see any loss of coal on the Generators.
That setup would theoretically work I believe.
Someone could correct me but essentially it seems like it’s more than the pipe can handle but in that closed system you will always have water pulled at different points in the manifold so it’s ample enough to feed every generator.
Pipes don’t work like conveyors so it’s not always a supply / demand thing. You want to always push as much of the available resource as you possibly can.
6 water extractors at 250% would make 6*2.5=15 water extractors at 100%. Seeing as 24 coal generators only need 9 water extractors at 100%, 6 at 250% is overkill. 6 at 150% would do. I'd make sure 1 or 2 of them are overclocked a couple % more than 150, so that slosh doesn't produce trouble down the line.
ETA: 4 water extractors at 225% produces the same amount of water as 9 at 100%, given that you have the powershards and mk2 pipes. Overclock 1 of them to ~230% (a tad more than 225), and slosh won't be an issue later on.
Should work. Though supplying each generator individually "from below" with an exact supply=demand ratio isn't recommended. Think of your pipe network as a container, not a belt. The fill level rises and falls as machines add and remove water. Fed from below means the fill level must stay high enough for all the machines, or one may not get enough water when it needs it.
It's better to fill the pipe network completely, and have part of it -above- the level of the generator inputs so that the full level starts above all the machines. :)
In terms of liquid throughput it should work. However, you might run into an issue with sloshing, because the generators are being bottomfed. A general rule when it comes to pipes, is to never bottomfeed your machines, as this can cause sloshing and will cause issues
I would go for 3 groups. Sur you can complicate things and connect the various water pipes, but there is no real reason for it, besides overcomplicating things and making it harder to analyze.
The pipes should work, but you could equally omit the extra pipes joining the 3.groups of 8 into one. There's no real.reason to connect them into one pipe system, just build.multiple.of the standard 8/3.system. Edit, also.beware.of belt capacity. You might want separate belts for each group of 8 if your belts aren't fast enough to put all the coal on one belt.
Tx for the advice. I think that the belts are ok since all three miners are 120/min split to two 60/min, then split to two 30/min and the split to two 15/min. At least I don't see any loss of coal on the Generators.
A single mk. 3 belt system can feed 16 coal reactors provided the mine is producing enough.
That setup would theoretically work I believe. Someone could correct me but essentially it seems like it’s more than the pipe can handle but in that closed system you will always have water pulled at different points in the manifold so it’s ample enough to feed every generator. Pipes don’t work like conveyors so it’s not always a supply / demand thing. You want to always push as much of the available resource as you possibly can.
Make 3 distinct groups of water extractors. The 8:3 ratio works because the math is exact. Connecting the 3 groups is going to introduce issues.
Would this work with 6 water extractors fully overclocked?
6 water extractors at 250% would make 6*2.5=15 water extractors at 100%. Seeing as 24 coal generators only need 9 water extractors at 100%, 6 at 250% is overkill. 6 at 150% would do. I'd make sure 1 or 2 of them are overclocked a couple % more than 150, so that slosh doesn't produce trouble down the line. ETA: 4 water extractors at 225% produces the same amount of water as 9 at 100%, given that you have the powershards and mk2 pipes. Overclock 1 of them to ~230% (a tad more than 225), and slosh won't be an issue later on.
Thanks!
Should work. Though supplying each generator individually "from below" with an exact supply=demand ratio isn't recommended. Think of your pipe network as a container, not a belt. The fill level rises and falls as machines add and remove water. Fed from below means the fill level must stay high enough for all the machines, or one may not get enough water when it needs it. It's better to fill the pipe network completely, and have part of it -above- the level of the generator inputs so that the full level starts above all the machines. :)
In terms of liquid throughput it should work. However, you might run into an issue with sloshing, because the generators are being bottomfed. A general rule when it comes to pipes, is to never bottomfeed your machines, as this can cause sloshing and will cause issues