Fluid Burner
The Fluid Burner is a 3x3x2 machine that is capable of generating TU from flammable fluids, and transferring it to machines that require heat to operate, like a crucible. This is one of the 2 TU generating machines that requires fluids to operate (the heat exchanging heater being the second); the other 3 are the firebox & heating oven that require solid fuels, and the electric heater which uses electricity.
Crafting
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Operation
Just like its electric and solid burning counterparts, the fluid burner needs to be placed below the machine that requires the TU. Both its copper heat plate and the one in this fluid burner must be aligned for heat to transfer. It can buffer up to 16,000 mB of any flammable fluid. The player can insert the fluids with the container slots, or by using one of the 4 ports located on the lower part of the machine. The fluid's type can also be changed using the fluid identifier slot, located right below the fluid buffer. It can also buffer up to 100,000 TU, indicated by a bar on the rightmost side of the GUI. If this buffer is filled, the fluid burner will stop until the heat is transferred out of the buffer.
A unique trait the fluid burner has is displaying the fuel consumption and heat generation rates when looking at it from outside the GUI, which are measured in mB per tick and TU per tick respectively. The fluid consumption rate starts as 1mB/t, and can be adjusted with the use of a screwdriver, right-clicking will increase consumption by increments of 1mB, and sneak+right-clicking will decrease it by 1mB, up to a maximum of 10mB/t and a minimum of 1mB/t.
Trivia
- The fluid burner and flare stack are both great ways of getting rid of any unwanted oil products, as they can clog the production of other more useful products if left unused.
- There's a way to stack TU up to insane amounts using these burners. Or not. Maybe? Try to figure that out...
- Despite using one of the strongest TU fuels in the game, the NITAN© 100 Octane Super Fuel, and setting the machine to maximum consumption, it's still not enough to make the crucible smelt items instantly.