Is there a cover that can be placed on the front of burning boxes that can block the opening with a signal like a hatch, rather than using a piston/block method? the piston feels rather crude and bulky once we reach circuits etc.
Pretty sure at least Gas Burning Boxes can be turned OFF by the switch Cover. Still need an Igniter though.
Burning Boxes themselves were supposed to be a crude “Machine” that one should WANT to replace by better things. That is why there is the need for Pistons.
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Yeah I prefer solar and engines for the most part but devices that require HU like extruders, ovens, distillation towers, large crucibles and crystallisation crucibles still require HU, and I run some of the more energy intensive or long processes on fluidized burning boxes. Electric heaters being kinda inefficient for HU generation, and gas burns a little too fast for some of the lengthy processes.
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I used this very happily before.
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Makes me wonder if we couldn’t get a boost to burning boxes if they have oxygen gas piped in, other other boosters.
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I guess that will just speed up the burning (HU/t increase), but the energy yielded per fuel unit would be the same.
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Sure. Or if we use kerosene on top of coal coke and oxygen, you’d hope to get a boost.
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I use Fluidized Bed Burning Boxes extensively. They’re efficient and can reach higher HU/t than even Heat Exchangers.
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I hope this can be added. And it provides a use for Oxygen, since ore refining generates such a large amount of surplus Oxygen.
Also, it’s actually realistic for Oxygen to increase the energy yield per fuel. Because with air, a significant portion of thermal energy is wasted heating non-reactive parts of the air (mainly Nitrogen). A larger volume of exhaust gas is produced, at a lower flame temperature, taking away more energy.
Perhaps some kind of “Advanced Burning Box” can be implemented? Possibly requiring Oxygen and EU input, and supporting built-in igniting and extinguishing, controlled with redstone signal. Stuff like Coal Coke is actually viable as late-game energy source, only hindered by the difficulty controlling burning boxes.
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