Industrial Turbine

The Industrial Turbine is a modular multiblock structure added by Mekanism. Its sole purpose is turning Steam into Forge Energy. Being highly customizable, it can be relatively small and compact, but also very large and expensive, and may therefore be adapted to the player's needs. It is an exceptionally powerful generator due to its ability to consume enormous amounts of steam. Industrial Turbines are often used in tandem with Thermoelectric Boilers or a water-cooled Fusion Reactor.

Construction
While the Industrial Turbine can be built at varying sizes, there are many rules and limitations which have to be followed:


 * the structure must be a rectangular cuboid
 * orientation can only be vertical
 * it must have a square base, i.e. length and width must be equal
 * length and width must be between 5 and 17 blocks, and must be an uneven number (5x5, 7x7, 9x9, ...)
 * maximum height is 18 blocks, with an additional limit of $$~2*\mbox{Turbine Width}-1~$$ (example: a turbine with a 7x7 base may be up to 13 blocks tall, as $$~2*7-1=13$$)
 * maximum height of the rotor shaft is 14, with an additional limit of $$~2*\mbox{Turbine Width}-5~$$ because turbine blades must not touch the hull (example: a turbine with a 7x7 base may have a rotor shaft up to 9 blocks tall, as $$~2*7-5=9$$)

The following table lists all components that are used in building an Industrial Turbine and how they should be placed. It roughly follows the order in which most players would build this structure, which is from the bottom and up.

Additional Notes
Despite the Saturating Condensers being optional, it is common to use as many Saturating Condensers as possible. Without them, the player's steam generator will have to be fed with freshly generated water. Without using any other mods than Mekanism (which can only generate water using Electric Pumps), it is extraordinarily difficult to generate water quickly enough to satisfy the demands of a powerful steam generator and large Industrial Turbine. Therefore it is typically best to return used water back to the steam generator, forming a closed loop. If Saturating Condensers are used in the structure, Turbine Vents will automatically push water to any adjacent pipes.

Example Structure
This is a small (5x9x5) yet efficient Industrial Turbine.

Links

 * Industrial Turbine on the official Mekanism wiki
 * Industrial Turbine on the Unofficial FTB Wiki - the article contains maths with which power production and other things can be calculated, and includes a table of efficient turbines of various sizes.