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Significantly updates the Engineering guidebook (more explicitly the Atmos section) to have a lot more relevant and useful information. Right now engineering has been getting update after update with no real change to the relevant guidebook entry. This has lead to a lot of out of date information and bad practices being prevalent in the guidebook, something that pains me to read.
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# Thermomachines
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Thermomachines are devices that manipulate the temperature of gases within a [textlink="pipe network" link="PipeNetworks"] or exposed atmosphere.
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<Box>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="SpaceHeater" Caption=""/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasThermoMachineHeater" Caption=""/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasThermoMachineFreezer" Caption=""/>
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</Box>
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They are essential for maintaining the temperature of gasses for various applications.
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All thermomachines work by using [textlink="electrical power" link="Power"] to preform work on the atmosphere to either heat or cool it.
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The amount of work they do is directly related to the amount of power they consume.
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Thermomachines also have an efficiency coefficient, which determines how much work they can do per unit of power consumed.
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To prevent overshooting their target value, thermomachines will scale back their heating/cooling power as they approach the target temperature.
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However, they will still consume the same amount of electrical power, even when idle.
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All thermomachines have a target temperature tolerance of [color=orange][protodata="GasThermoMachineFreezer" comp="GasThermoMachine" member="TemperatureTolerance"/] K[/color], meaning they will stop heating or cooling when the temperature is within [color=orange][protodata="GasThermoMachineFreezer" comp="GasThermoMachine" member="TemperatureTolerance"/] K[/color] of the target temperature.
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## Space Heater
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The space heater is a portable temperature control unit that preforms work to heat or cool gas in the atmosphere it's exposed to.
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It's a simple and effective way to maintain the temperature of a room, without having to build a pipenet or other system.
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<Box>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="SpaceHeater"/>
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</Box>
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They can be commonly found in Atmospherics, although the relevant machine board can be printed at a circuit imprinter, commonly found in Science.
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The space heater can cool to as low as [color=orange][protodata="SpaceHeater" comp="SpaceHeater" member="MinTemperature"/] K[/color] and heat to as high as [color=orange][protodata="SpaceHeater" comp="SpaceHeater" member="MaxTemperature"/] K[/color].
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It also has three power settings, which determine how much power it consumes and how much work it does.
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Botany or science will often request these to maintain the temperature of their plants or department.
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## Pipenet Thermomachines (Freezer and Heater)
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Pipenet thermomachines are more powerful stationary temperature control units that can be used to heat or cool gas in a [textlink="pipenet." link="PipeNetworks"]
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<Box>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasThermoMachineHeater"/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasThermoMachineFreezer"/>
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</Box>
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They draw [color=orange][protodata="GasThermoMachineFreezer" comp="GasThermoMachine" member="HeatCapacity" format="N0"/] W[/color] of power and can heat or cool gas in a pipenet to as high as [color=orange][protodata="GasThermoMachineFreezer" comp="GasThermoMachine" member="MaxTemperature"/] K[/color] or as low as [color=orange][protodata="GasThermoMachineFreezer" comp="GasThermoMachine" member="MinTemperature"/] K[/color].
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You can swap the mode of the thermomachine by deconstructing it and using a screwdriver on its board.
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The board can be printed at a circuit imprinter, commonly found in Science.
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<Box>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasThermoMachineFreezer" Caption=""/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="MachineFrame" Caption=""/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="ThermomachineFreezerMachineCircuitBoard" Caption=""/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="Screwdriver" Caption=""/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="ThermomachineHeaterMachineCircuitBoard" Caption=""/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="MachineFrame" Caption=""/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasThermoMachineHeater" Caption=""/>
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</Box>
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## Thermomachines from Hell
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Science can research more powerful thermomachines, aptly called hellfire heaters and freezers.
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These machines are much more powerful than their standard counterparts, but they also consume more power.
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<Box>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasThermoMachineHellfireHeater"/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasThermoMachineHellfireFreezer"/>
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</Box>
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These machines draw [color=orange][protodata="GasThermoMachineHellfireFreezer" comp="GasThermoMachine" member="HeatCapacity" format="N0"/] W[/color] of power and can heat or cool gas in a pipenet to as high as [color=orange][protodata="GasThermoMachineHellfireFreezer" comp="GasThermoMachine" member="MaxTemperature"/] K[/color] or as low as [color=orange][protodata="GasThermoMachineHellfireFreezer" comp="GasThermoMachine" member="MinTemperature"/] K[/color].
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However, they also leak [color=orange][protodata="GasThermoMachineHellfireFreezer" comp="GasThermoMachine" member="EnergyLeakPercentage" format="P0"/][/color] of their energy to the surrounding environment, heating or cooling the exposed atmosphere respectively.
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This can be dangerous if not properly managed.
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</Document>
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