This mod adds 4 electric engines and 4 pneumatic generators.
Electric engines are buildcraft engines which run off IndustrialCraft power.
Pneumatic generators are generators which run off the buildcraft powergrid.
I made this mod because I wasn't satisfied with the existing mods.
PowerConverters is only compatible with BC 2.2.x, and has a 20% energy loss.
IC2-BC crossover takes too much power, the conversion rate isnt right imo.
I tried to fix that in this mod, converting 2048 EU/t back & forth in the shortest setup makes you lose about 2-3%.
Electric Engines shouldnt have to be cooled IMO, so they don't have to in this release, but I may add it as an option in a future release.
Ratio & Numbers:
A steam engine produces 1600 MJ from one coal.
A generator produces 4000 EU from one coal.
Default conversion rate is based off this, so that's MJ : EU as 2 : 5, however you can edit that in the config.
This does mess up geothermals vs lava in combustion engines, as 1 bucket in a geothermal creates 20000 EU, and 1 bucket in a combustion creates 20000 MJ.
Therefore this mod does nerf lava in combustion engines.
Recipes:
Engines:
Slow Electric Engine:
Produces 1 MJ/t, defaultly uses 2.5 EU/t - equivalent to a Steam Engine.Accepts up to 32 EU/t before exploding.
Regular Electric Engine:
Produces 5 MJ/t, defaultly uses 12.5 EU/t - equivalent to a Combustion Engine burning fuel. Accepts up to 128 EU/t before exploding.
Fast Electric Engine:
Produces 10 MJ/t, defaultly uses 25 EU/t - equivalent to 2 combustion engines burning fuel, the exact amount a refinery/quarry/pump needs to run at max speed.
Accepts up to 512 EU/t before exploding.
Adjustable Electric Engine:
This engine is adjustable, you can adjust the amount of MJ/t it will produce and thus the EU/t it will use. Accepts up to 2048 EU/t before exploding.
To set the amount it will produce, it has a nifty GUI:
Note that it's not able to produce more BC energy than the equivalent of 2048 EU/t in BC energy rounded down, with a maximum of 1000. (2048 * 2 / 5 = 819,2)
However, the Adjustable Electric Engine produces way more energy a regular wooden conductive pipe can handle. That's why there's a new pipe: the HV Wooden Conductive Pipe.
Pneumatic Generators:
LV Pneumatic Generator:
Takes the equivalent of 32 EU/t in Buildcraft energy at maximum. Defaultly thats 12,8 MJ/t.
MV Pneumatic Generator:
Takes the equivalent of 128 EU/t in Buildcraft energy at maximum. Defaultly thats 51,2 MJ/t.
HV Pneumatic Generator:
Takes the equivalent of 512 EU/t in Buildcraft energy at maximum. Defaultly thats 204,8 MJ/t.
EV Pneumatic Generator:
Takes the equivalent of 2048 EU/t in Buildcraft energy at maximum. Defaultly thats 819,2 MJ/t.
Tips:
- Always use pipes. Pipes make sure machines get energy every tick, if wired directly you'll lose most of your energy.