Preliminary BWR Functionality

src/main/java/com/recursive_pineapple/nuclear_horizons/Config.java

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ public class Config {
     public static double MOX_EU_COEFFICIENT = 4;
     public static int REACTOR_EU_MULTIPLIER = 100;
     public static int FLUID_NUKE_HU_MULTIPLIER = 2;
+    //1 HU converts this/160 mb of distilled water to this mb of steam
+    //ex: 600 HU/s converts 1200mb/s of distilled water to 192000mb/s of steam
+    //BWRs are limited by the size of the reactor output buffer and this value
+    //which currently puts maximum power at just over 600 HU/s
+    public static int BWR_STEAM_PER_HU_MULTIPLIER = 320;
     public static int COOLANT_SPECIFIC_HEAT = 1;
     public static int NAQ_COOLANT_SPECIFIC_HEAT = 8;
 

src/main/java/com/recursive_pineapple/nuclear_horizons/reactors/fluids/FluidList.java

@@ -15,17 +15,20 @@
 
 public class FluidList {
 
+    public static final String DISTILLED_WATER_NAME = "distilled_water";
     public static final String COOLANT_NAME = "nh_coolant";
     public static final String HOT_COOLANT_NAME = "nh_hot_coolant";
     public static final String PSEUDO_LIQUID_NAQUADAH_NAME = "pseudo_liquid_naquadah";
     public static final String HOT_PSEUDO_LIQUID_NAQUADAH_NAME = "hot_pseudo_liquid_naquadah";
-
+    public static final Fluid DISTILLED_WATER = new Fluid(DISTILLED_WATER_NAME);
     public static final Fluid COOLANT = new Fluid(COOLANT_NAME);
     public static final Fluid HOT_COOLANT = new Fluid(HOT_COOLANT_NAME);
     public static final Fluid PSEUDO_LIQUID_NAQUADAH = new Fluid(PSEUDO_LIQUID_NAQUADAH_NAME);
     public static final Fluid HOT_PSEUDO_LIQUID_NAQUADAH = new Fluid(HOT_PSEUDO_LIQUID_NAQUADAH_NAME);
 
     public static void registerFluids() {
+        FluidRegistry.registerFluid(DISTILLED_WATER);
+
         FluidRegistry.registerFluid(COOLANT);
 
         HOT_COOLANT.setTemperature(273 + 200);
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ public static void registerContainers() {
         registerCell(HOT_COOLANT, 1);
         registerCell(PSEUDO_LIQUID_NAQUADAH, 2);
         registerCell(HOT_PSEUDO_LIQUID_NAQUADAH, 3);
+        registerCell(DISTILLED_WATER, 4);
     }
 
     private static void registerCell(Fluid fluid, int metadata) {
@@ -59,6 +63,10 @@ public static void registerCoolants() {
             FluidRegistry.getFluid("ic2hotcoolant"),
             Config.COOLANT_SPECIFIC_HEAT);
 
+        CoolantRegistry.registerCoolant(
+            DISTILLED_WATER,
+            FluidRegistry.getFluid("steam"), 1);
+
         CoolantRegistry
             .registerCoolant(PSEUDO_LIQUID_NAQUADAH, HOT_PSEUDO_LIQUID_NAQUADAH, Config.NAQ_COOLANT_SPECIFIC_HEAT);
 

src/main/java/com/recursive_pineapple/nuclear_horizons/reactors/fluids/IconLoader.java

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ public void register() {
     @SubscribeEvent
     public void registerIcons(TextureStitchEvent.Pre event) {
         if (event.map.getTextureType() == 0) {
+            FluidList.DISTILLED_WATER.setIcons(
+                event.map.registerIcon(NuclearHorizons.MODID + ":distilled_water_still"),
+                event.map.registerIcon(NuclearHorizons.MODID + ":distilled_water_flow"));
+
             FluidList.COOLANT.setIcons(
                 event.map.registerIcon(NuclearHorizons.MODID + ":coolant_still"),
                 event.map.registerIcon(NuclearHorizons.MODID + ":coolant_flow"));

src/main/java/com/recursive_pineapple/nuclear_horizons/reactors/items/MetaCellItem.java

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 public class MetaCellItem extends Item {
 
-    private IIcon[] icons = new IIcon[4];
+    private IIcon[] icons = new IIcon[5];
 
     public MetaCellItem() {
         setUnlocalizedName("metacell");
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public void registerIcons(IIconRegister register) {
         icons[1] = register.registerIcon(NuclearHorizons.MODID + ":cellHotCoolant");
         icons[2] = register.registerIcon(NuclearHorizons.MODID + ":cellPseudoLiquidNaquadah");
         icons[3] = register.registerIcon(NuclearHorizons.MODID + ":cellHotPseudoLiquidNaquadah");
+        icons[4] = register.registerIcon(NuclearHorizons.MODID + ":cellDistilledWater");
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ public String getUnlocalizedName(ItemStack stack) {
             case 1 -> "item.cell_hot_coolant";
             case 2 -> "item.cell_pseudo_liquid_naquadah";
             case 3 -> "item.cell_hot_pseudo_liquid_naquadah";
+            case 4 -> "item.cell_distilled_water";
             default -> "item.invalid_cell";
         };
     }
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ public void addInformation(ItemStack stack, EntityPlayer player, List<String> li
             case 1 -> I18n.format("item.cell_hot_coolant.tooltip");
             case 2 -> I18n.format("item.cell_pseudo_liquid_naquadah.tooltip", Config.NAQ_COOLANT_SPECIFIC_HEAT);
             case 3 -> I18n.format("item.cell_hot_pseudo_liquid_naquadah.tooltip");
+            case 4 -> I18n.format("item.cell_distilled_water");
             default -> "";
         });
     }
@@ -76,5 +79,6 @@ public void getSubItems(Item item, CreativeTabs tab, List<ItemStack> subItems) {
         subItems.add(new ItemStack(this, 1, 1));
         subItems.add(new ItemStack(this, 1, 2));
         subItems.add(new ItemStack(this, 1, 3));
+        subItems.add(new ItemStack(this, 1, 4));
     }
 }

src/main/java/com/recursive_pineapple/nuclear_horizons/reactors/tile/TileReactorCore.java

@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ public class TileReactorCore extends TileEntity
 
     Coolant coolantCache;
     FluidTank coolantTank = new FluidTank(10_000);
-    FluidTank hotCoolantTank = new FluidTank(10_000);
+    //change for testing distilled water->steam conversion
+    //since so much steam is produced per HU, you need a large output buffer to capture useful
+    //steam/s production
+    FluidTank hotCoolantTank = new FluidTank(200_000);
 
     private ArrayList<IReactorBlock> reactorBlocks = new ArrayList<>();
 
@@ -1040,12 +1043,32 @@ public int addAirHeat(int airHeat) {
                 this.coolantTank.getFluidAmount(),
                 this.hotCoolantTank.getCapacity() - this.hotCoolantTank.getFluidAmount());
 
-            int consumedCoolant = Math.min(roundedHeat / coolantCache.specificHeatCapacity, heatableCoolant);
+            int consumedCoolant;
+            //BWR
+            if(this.coolantCache.cold.getName().equals("distilled_water")) {
+                consumedCoolant = Math.min(
+                    roundedHeat / (coolantCache.specificHeatCapacity),
+                    Math.min(
+                        this.coolantTank.getFluidAmount(),
+                        (this.hotCoolantTank.getCapacity() - this.hotCoolantTank.getFluidAmount())/Config.BWR_STEAM_PER_HU_MULTIPLIER
+                    ));
+            }
+            //conventional coolants
+            else {
+                consumedCoolant = Math.min(roundedHeat / coolantCache.specificHeatCapacity, heatableCoolant);
+            }
             this.roundedHeat -= consumedCoolant * coolantCache.specificHeatCapacity;
             this.addedHeat += consumedCoolant * coolantCache.specificHeatCapacity;
 
-            this.coolantTank.drain(consumedCoolant, true);
-            this.hotCoolantTank.fill(new FluidStack(coolantCache.hot, consumedCoolant), true);
+            //for BWRs, convert distilled water to a configured amount of steam instead of the same quantity of hot coolant
+            if(this.coolantCache.cold.getName().equals("distilled_water")) {
+                this.coolantTank.drain(consumedCoolant, true);
+                this.hotCoolantTank.fill(new FluidStack(coolantCache.hot, consumedCoolant * Config.BWR_STEAM_PER_HU_MULTIPLIER), true);
+            }
+            else {
+                this.coolantTank.drain(consumedCoolant, true);
+                this.hotCoolantTank.fill(new FluidStack(coolantCache.hot, consumedCoolant), true);
+            }
 
             return 0;
         } else {

src/main/resources/assets/nuclear_horizons/lang/en_US.lang

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ tile.reactor_redstone_port.name=Reactor Redstone Port
 tile.reactor_thermal_sensor.name=Reactor Thermal Sensor
 tile.reactor_simulator.name=Reactor Simulator
 
+tile.distilled_water.name=Distilled Water
+
 tile.nh_coolant.name=Coolant
 tile.nh_hot_coolant.name=Hot Coolant
 
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ item.reactorPlatingExplosive.name=Containment Reactor Plating
 item.debugHeatAbsorber.name=Creative Heat Absorber
 item.reactorPlatingHeatDebug.name=Creative Reactor Plating
 
+item.cell_distilled_water.name=Distilled Water Cell
 item.cell_coolant.name=Coolant Cell
 item.cell_hot_coolant.name=Hot Coolant Cell
 item.cell_pseudo_liquid_naquadah.name=Pseudo-Crystalline Naquadah Cell

src/main/resources/assets/nuclear_horizons/textures/blocks/distilled_water_flow.png.mcmeta

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "animation": {
+     "frametime": 2
+  }
+}

src/main/resources/assets/nuclear_horizons/textures/blocks/distilled_water_still.png.mcmeta

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "animation": {
+    "frametime": 2
+  }
+}