Setting up the turbine for dummies

[LittleBigKid2000]

 

Here's a quick and easy, step-by-step guide to setting up the turbine, with photos to help.

 

Step 1: Go to the little room at the top of atmos. Ensure that the pump labelled 'Mix to Filter' is turned off, and the pump labelled 'Pure to Mix' is on, and the pressure is set to 4500 kPa. Additionally, turn on the valve labelled 'Gas Mix Inlet Valve' (not pictured), in the bottom right corner of the little room you're in.

 

Step 2: Go near the gas filled with a purple gas. This is plasma. There's a manifold (A 3-way pipe) to the left of the pump labelled 'Plasma to Pure'. Take it out with a wrench, and replace it with a Gas Mixer. Ensure one arrow is pointing north, while the other two are pointing to the center.

If you feel like messing with the ratio of plasma to oxygen, node 1 is oxygen and node 2 is plasma.

 

Step 3: Turn on the pumps labelled 'Plasma to Pure' and 'O2 to Pure'. Make sure to set their pressure to 4500 kPa. Turn on the valve labelled 'Plasma Outlet Valve', which is located next to the 'Plasma to Pure' pump. Turn on the Gas Mixer, and make sure to set its pressure to 4500 kPa.

 

 

If you've done everything right, the Gas Mix Tank, the one next to the little room at the top of atmos, should be filling with plasma and oxygen.

 

Step 4: Turn on the pump labelled 'Mix to Gas Turbine'. Go to the Turbine Access room, and turn on the top and right gas pumps. As usual, make sure their pressure is set to 4500. Additionally, make sure the left gas pump inside the turbine has its pressure set to 4500.

 

 

 

The turbine should now be filling with plasma

 

Step 5: Now, just hit the ignition switch and turn on the turbine via the console. You'll want to hit the Turbine Vent button to let the exhaust out into space. Now, all you need to do is turn on the charging on the SMES, or just wire the turbine directly to the grid. Congratulations, you've set up the turbine. Sadly, it probably produces less power than the solars. Now you just need to accept that your job is pretty much pointless.

 

Tip: It's a good idea to replace all gas pumps with volume pumps, as they can pump more gas and at higher pressures than regular gas pumps. Or something.

 

[Citinited]

 

Nice guide for getting the turbine up and running!

 

One thing to note is that blast doors aren't airproof (for whatever reason), so if you're setting up then you probably want to wall off the door on the burn chamber. In any case, the turbine acts as one huge vent anyway so you should be okay with not building up too much waste gas.

 

Also note that atmos pipes are weird and you'll probably need to unwrench and rewrench pipes leading to the gas mixer to actually have it push out your preferred gas mix.