Hydrogen Engine

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Hydrogen Engine Icon.png
Large Ship / Station
Hydrogen Engine
Large Ship Icon.png

ComponentsRequired

 Functional 

 Hack 

Dimensions (W,H,L)1,1,2
Mass3,253.8 kg
3,253,800 g
3,253,800,000 mg
3.254 t
Integrity13,654
Build time60 s
Fuel Capacity100,000 L
100 m³
Fuel Efficiency10 kJ/L
0.01 MJ/L
10,000 J/L
2.777778e-6 MWh/L
0.00278 kWh/L
2.778 Wh/L
Max Power Output5 MW
5,000 kW
5,000,000 W
Power Consumer GroupGenerators
Is AirtightNo
PCU Cost25
BrowseLast edit: 2020-11-25
Hydrogen Engine Small Icon.png
Small Ship
Hydrogen Engine
Small Ship Icon.png

ComponentsRequired

 Functional 

 Hack 

Dimensions (W,H,L)3,2,2
Mass1,005.2 kg
1,005,200 g
1,005,200,000 mg
1.005 t
Integrity4,141
Build time40 s
Fuel Capacity5,000 L
5 m³
Fuel Efficiency10 kJ/L
0.01 MJ/L
10,000 J/L
2.777778e-6 MWh/L
0.00278 kWh/L
2.778 Wh/L
Max Power Output0.5 MW
500 kW
500,000 W
Power Consumer GroupGenerators
Is AirtightNo
PCU Cost25
BrowseLast edit: 2020-11-25

Overview

The Hydrogen Engine is a block used to generate power by consuming Hydrogen.

At its peak capacity of 5 MW
5,000 kW
5,000,000 W
, the large engine consumes 500 liters of hydrogen per second while the small-grid version consumes 50 L/s at 0.5 MW
500 kW
500,000 W
.
Tank duration at full power
Tank Capacity Large Engine
5 MW
5,000 kW
5,000,000 W
(500 L/s)
Small Engine
0.5 MW
500 kW
500,000 W
(50 L/s)
Large Ship / Station Hydrogen Tank Icon.png Hydrogen Tank 15,000,000 L
1,500,000 hL
15,000 m³
8 hours, 20 minutes and 0 seconds 3 days, 11 hours, 20 minutes and 0 seconds
Large Ship / Station Large Hydrogen Tank Icon.png Small Hydrogen Tank 1,000,000 L
100,000 hL
1,000 m³
33 minutes and 20 seconds 5 hours, 33 minutes and 20 seconds
Large Ship / Station Hydrogen Engine Icon.png Hydrogen Engine 100,000 L
100 m³
3 minutes and 20 seconds -
Small Ship Hydrogen Tank Icon.png Hydrogen Tank 500,000 L
50,000 hL
500 m³
16 minutes and 40 seconds 2 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds
Small Ship Small Hydrogen Tank Icon.png Small Hydrogen Tank 15,000 L
1,500 hL
15 m³
30 seconds 5 minutes and 0 seconds
Small Ship Hydrogen Engine Small Icon.png Hydrogen Engine 5,000 L
5 m³
- 1 minute and 40 seconds

Usage

Connect to a conveyor system that has Hydrogen Tanks (with Hydrogen gas) or O2/H2 Generators to refuel.

Because the engine uses the conveyor system to fill itself with hydrogen, a minimal level of power is required for the engine to start if it is empty. The internal tank of the engine is only refilled while the engine is actively running, and its contents cannot be siphoned by other blocks.

The engine prioritizes the recharging of batteries over filling other power demands, incurring the 20% energy loss as the batteries immediately use that energy to run any other powered blocks.

Indicator

Only the large-grid version has any indicator lights: Recessed into the electrical box next to its control panel, above the cylinder heads in the center, and at the corners of the front fan. Green is functional, yellow when out of hydrogen, and red when turned off.

Efficiency

The large Hydrogen Engine consumes 0.36 liters of hydrogen for every watt-hour it produces, while the large O2/H2 Generator can produce up to 3.6 liters of hydrogen for every watt-hour it consumes. This gives the Hydrogen Engine an efficiency of 90%. In other words, if you have a closed circuit of Hydrogen Engines and O2/H2 Generators, you will spend 1 out of every 10 liters of hydrogen on power generation.

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Programming

Programming in the program block.

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