Advanced Furnace

Kit (Advanced Furnace)

Advanced Furnace

Construction Steps

Step	Tool	Item
1	-	1 x Electronic Parts
2	Welding Torch	5 x Steel Sheets
3	Screwdriver	-

Deconstruction Steps

Step	Tool	Recovered Item
1	Hand Drill	Kit (Advanced Furnace)
2	Wire Cutters	1 x Electronic Parts
3	Angle Grinder	5 x Steel Sheets
4	Hand Drill	-

Description

"The advanced furnace comes with integrated inlet and outlet pumps for controlling the unit's internal pressure." — Stationpedia

The Advanced Furnace is used to create advanced alloys, but can be used to create basic alloys as well. It lends itself to automation. The Maximum pressure for the furnace is 60 MPa before the furnace will, in short order, explode. Adding Hydrocarbons, i.e. coal, will increase the pressure. Contains two embedded volume pumps to control flow in and out, in order to use them, the furnace must be powered, and setting both to zero will put the furnace in a state of quiescence, but the furnace will slowly lose pressure and temperature. The capacity of the furnace is in excess of 5kg of materials so it is possible to make a full 500g ingot of an advanced alloy in one go.

In the early game, a regular Furnace will be easier to make and operate.

Recipes

See Advanced Furnace/Recipes for details.

See Advanced Furnace/AllRecipes for a complete list

Data Network

Parameter	Type	Access	Description
Power	Boolean	Read	Can be read to return if the Advanced Furnace is correctly powered or not, set via the power system, return 1 if powered and 0 if not
Open	Integer	Read/Write	1 if device is open, otherwise 0
Mode	Integer	Read/Write	The Advanced Furnace's smelting result.
Error	Boolean	Read	1 if device is in error state, otherwise 0
Pressure	Float	Read	The current pressure reading of the Advanced Furnace
Temperature	Integer	Read	The current temperature reading of the Advanced Furnace
Activate	Integer	Read/Write	Activates the Advanced Furnace when set to 1. Deactivates when set to 0.
Lock	Boolean	Read/Write	Disable manual operation of the Advanced Furnace.
Setting	Integer	Read/Write	A variable setting that can be read or written.
Reagents	Integer	Read	Total number of reagents recorded by the Advanced Furnace
RatioOxygen	Float	Read	The ratio of Oxygen in device atmosphere
RatioCarbonDioxide	Float	Read	The ratio of Carbon Dioxide in device atmosphere
RatioNitrogen	Float	Read	The ratio of Nitrogen in device atmosphere
RatioPollutant	Float	Read	The ratio of Pollutant in device atmosphere
RatioVolatiles	Float	Read	The ratio of Volatiles in device atmosphere
RatioWater	Float	Read	The ratio of Water in device atmosphere
Maximum	Float	Read	Maximum setting of the Advanced Furnace
Ratio	Float	Read	Context specific value depending on device, 0 to 1 based ratio
On	Boolean	Read/Write	The current state of the Advanced Furnace.
RequiredPower	Integer	Read	Idle operating power quantity, does not necessarily include extra demand power
RecipeHash	Integer	Read	Current hash of the recipe the Advanced Furnace is set to produce
ClearMemory	Integer	Read/Write	r=0
ExportCount	Integer	Read	How many items exported since last ClearMemory
ImportCount	Integer	Read	How many items imported since last ClearMemory
TotalMoles	Float	Read	Returns the total moles of the Advanced Furnace
RatioNitrousOxide	Float	Read	The ratio of Nitrous Oxide in device atmosphere
PrefabHash	Integer	Read	The hash of the structure
SettingInput	Integer	Read/Write	The input setting for the Advanced Furnace
SettingOutput	Integer	Read/Write	The output setting for the Advanced Furnace
Combustion	Boolean	Read	Assess if the atmosphere is on fire. Returns 1 if atmosphere is on fire, 0 if not.
RatioLiquidNitrogen	Float	Read	The ratio of [
RatioLiquidVolatiles	Float	Read	The ratio of [[Volatiles#Liquid
RatioSteam	Float	Read	The ratio of [Steam in device's Atmosphere
RatioLiquidCarbonDioxide	Float	Read	The ratio of [
RatioLiquidNitrousOxide	Float	Read	The ratio of [[Nitrous Oxide#Liquid
ReferenceId	Integer	Read	Unique Reference Identifier for this object
RatioHydrogen	Float	Read	DEPRECATED
RatioLiquidHydrogen	Float	Read	DEPRECATED
RatioPollutedWater	Float	Read	The ratio of polluted water in device atmosphere
NameHash	Integer	Read	Provides the hash value for the name of the object as a 32 bit integer.

Data Slots

These are all parameters, that can be read with a [Kit_(Logic_I/O)#Slots_Reader|Slots Reader. The outputs are listed in the order a Slots Reader's "VAR" setting cycles through them. | Number || Name | Description | |---|---| | 0? | Import | | 1? | Export |

Name	Data Type	Description
OccupantHash
Occupied	Boolean	Returns whether the slot occupied. (0 for no, 1 for yes).
PrefabHash
Quantity
Class
Damage
MaxQuantity

Usage

While it is possible to operate the advanced furnace similar to a regular furnace (add fuel, ignite, add ore), the most common setups for advanced furnaces are:

• ice only smelting
• fuel mixing
• hot and cold mixing

Ice only smelting

In this setup ice is fed into the input slot of the furnace prior to loading ores for smelting.

Alloy	Ingredients	Chunks	Temperature	Pressure
50Stellite****	**50 Silver Ore
50**Cobalt Ore**
100**Silicon Ore****	2Volatiles**
1**Oxite****	1.82 kK	13.6 MPa
50**Inconel**	100 Gold Ore
50 Nickel Ore
50 Steel Ingot	13**Volatiles**
6**Oxite**	1.78 kK	24.2 MPa +++
50**Astroloy**	100 Steel Ingot
50 Copper Ore
50 Cobalt Ore	18**Volatiles**
9**Oxite**	1.92 kK	33 MPa
50**Hastelloy**	100 Silver Ore
50 Nickel Ore
50 Cobalt Ore	5**Volatiles**
86**Oxite** ^^^	997 K	27.3 MPa
50**Waspaloy**	100 Lead Ore
50**Silver Ore**
50 Nickel Ore	7**Volatiles**
300**Oxite** ^^^	691 K	50.2 MPa

Note that at least one gas pipe must be connected to both the input and output gas lines to avoid error conditions.

+++ For Inconel the mixture pressure will overshoot the range slightly, either make the alloy when the pressure rises into the range, or a short wait will be necessary in order for the pressure to drop back into range.

^^^ The excess Oxites are necessary in order to limit the temperature of the mixture, however they can be substituted with other inert gasses.

Gaseous Fueling

• ice crushing*, gas collection and measuring setup''']] In this setup fuel is pumped into the furnace from either pre-measured canisters or pumped into the furnace in measured amounts. Fuel can be either a 2
  Volatile to O₂ mixture, raw gases from Volatile and Oxite ices, or Superfuel. Raw gases can be collected by putting Volatile Ice and Oxites into an Ice crusher, or by melting the gases in an enclosed area and pumping the gases into a canister with an active vent. Superfuel can be made by collecting N₂O and mixing it with Volatiles at a 1
  Ratio. Raw gasses made from ices will have a ratio of 3.6% Nitrogen, 32.7% Oxygen, and 63.7% Volatiles, and the Volatile to Oxygen ratio will be 1.95
  instead of 2
  , but it will burn adequately well.

Do not degas the ores, Stellite, Hastelloy and Waspaloy all rely on the nitrous oxide produced from the silver ore and lead ore used in their production. Do not substitute an ingot for an ore. Feed the ores into the furnace in the listed order. Use the listed amount of ores, using less ore or more ore will result in an different pressure and temperature.

Canister Pressure @ 0°C	Gases	Ingredients	Temperature	Pressure	Alloy
**     3,600 KPa** Fuel

| 62.7 Mols Volatiles 32.1 Mols Oxygen

| 50 Silver Ore 50**Cobalt Ore** 100**Silicon Ore** | 1.84 kK | 15.2 MPa | 50**Stellite** | | (2x) 8,400 KPa Fuel

| 286 Mols Volatiles 146 Mols Oxygen

| 100 Gold Ore 50 Nickel Ore 50 Steel Ingot | 1.75 kK | 24.1 MPa +++ | 50**Inconel** | | (3x) 7,225 KPa Fuel

| 371 Mols Volatiles 190 Mols Oxygen

| 100 Steel Ingot 50 Copper Ore 50 Cobalt Ore | 1.89 kK | 30.8 MPa | 50**Astroloy** | | **     8,500 KPa** Fuel

 (8x) 8,600 KPa Pressurant | 146 Mols Volatiles 74.8 Mols Oxygen

1,900 Mols Pressurant ^^^ | 100 Silver Ore 50 Nickel Ore 50 Cobalt Ore | 1.02 kK | 27.6 MPa | 50**Hastelloy** | |  (3x) 7,333 KPa Fuel

(24x) 9,750 KPa Pressurant | 376 Mols Volatiles 192 Mols Oxygen

6,800 Mols Pressurant ^^^ | 100 Lead Ore 50**Silver Ore** 50 Nickel Ore | 683 K | 51.4 MPa | 50**Waspaloy** |

+++ For Inconel the mixture pressure will overshoot the range slightly, either make the alloy when the pressure rises into the range, or a short wait will be necessary in order for the pressure to drop back into range.

^^^ These recipes use CO₂ @ 0°C as a pressurant. Other pressurants such as Nitrogen, Pollutants, and Oxygen are possible, but they may result in different outcomes.

Fuel mixing

• rudimentary setup for mixing H₂, O₂, and dilutant* In this setup, the furnace's input is connected to a gas mixer to provide fuel, and often a dilutant (used to increase the pressure without spending extra fuel). The Furnace temperature and pressure math article contains formulas useful for crafting recipes to hit temperature and pressure targets.

Hot and cold mixing

This setup involves a hot tank and a cold tank of gasses, which are then mixed to achieve a target temperature and pumped in to achieve the target pressure. On most worlds maintaining a cold tank is quite easy (because the atmosphere on most worlds is below the temperature needed to smelt ore). Maintaining a hot tank is a little trickier, and either involves a lot of energy spent on Pipe Heaters, or an auxiliary furnace to combust fuel and pipe the exhaust into an insulated tank. Another easier option is to have the entire setup, furnace, pipes and tanks, in an enclosed vacuum chamber, so heat remains in the gases. Note that the outside atmosphere on worlds with no air doesn't count, it must be an enclosed chamber with all air pumped out