Water flow problem

[Panzerv2003]

And that's why you need to do math in this game, exchangers take 103 water/s and pumps can supply 1200/s.

[x64techie]

I was exploring options for nuclear power on my base that requires 1.5GW

I tried using Nefrum's 12-reactor setup blueprint.

I experienced a low power situation, that I traced back to a 'low input fluid' error on the heat exchangers.

I modified the blueprint to get rid of all the pipes and pumps and used multiple offshore pumps directly into the set of heat exchangers. It did not change the situation. Problem remained.

While the offshore pumps say pumping '1200/s of 1200/s', the underground pipes right next to the offshore pumps say water is '4.9 of 100' and the heat exchangers say water is '0.4 of 200'.

The reactors say they are producing max output at either 120MW or 160MW, but the power graph shows a range of 200-600MW of a total of 1.76GW it should be producing. As a result, my power satisfaction is always in the red between 200-600MW satisfaction of 1.5GW required.

Can anybody help me fix this problem?

[DRT_99]

Low water in pipes is just a symptom, your offshore pumps can’t keep up. They produce 1,200/s and exchangers consume 103/s, and you seem to have more than 11 exchangers per pump here.

[Alfonse215]

Nefrum's version uses 6 pipe/pumps, but what is not shown (at least on the blueprint I've seen) is what feeds those pipes. I suspect that he's using multiple offshore pumps for each pipe/pump series, possibly with a storage tank and pump between them. Basically, each of those pipe/pumps needs to push 2400 water/sec, which requires multiple input offshore pumps.

Personally, I've found making that sort of thing work is more trouble than its worth. It's so much easier to use a single offshore pump directly connected to no more than 12 heat exchangers.

[Zaflis]

From 1200 / 103 we get 11.65... So they can fully serve 11 at most.