Steam

Steam
Properties
Type	Gas
Difficulty of Production	Easy
Exists in Reality	Yes
Can Be Placed	No
Temperature	100°C
Renewable?	Yes

Steam is a fluid that can be obtained by boiling water. It can be used for power generation, as well as some chemical processes (notably oil cracking).

Production

Steam is generated from multiple sources, including boilers and RBMK steam columns, and will be produced with varying levels of compression.

Higher levels of dense steam can be stepped down into less dense variants by piping it through a steam turbine, industrial steam turbine, or leviathan steam turbine, producing power and increasing the volume of steam by 10x for each stage. The final stage after all the useful energy has been extracted from the steam is low-pressure steam, which must be condensed back into water in a cooling tower.

When water receives 200TU of heat energy, it turns into steam.

Uses

Apart from its uses in power production, steam is a vital part of hydrocarbon cracking.

Types Of Steam

Dense Steam
Properties
Can Be Placed	No
Temperature	300°C

Dense Steam

By applying another 200TU of heat energy, steam will turn into dense steam, and increase in temperature to 300°C.

Super Dense Steam
Properties
Temperature	450°C

Super Dense Steam

By applying 180TU more heat energy to dense steam, it will turn into super dense steam, increasing in temperature yet again to 450°C. This is the default steam stage output by the ZIRNOX, which can't be modified. This means that to return water back to a ZIRNOX for a closed loop, you'll require 3 steam turbines and one condenser.

Ultra Dense Steam
Properties
Temperature	600°C

Ultra Dense Steam

The final and densest steam stage, which can be reached by applying yet another 180TU of heat energy to ultra dense steam. This is the steam stage that the fusion reactor produces, which requires at least 4 turbines and a condenser to run in a closed loop.

Low-Pressure Steam
Properties
Temperature	100°C

Low-Pressure Steam

Low-pressure steam is created as an output product when standard steam is fed into a turbine. This steam type cannot be used to generate power, and instead needs to be cooled in a cooling tower or steam condenser. This will output water, allowing for a closed loop where the recycled water is fed back into a boiler.