Steam Engine (Thermal Expansion)

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Steam Engine
Name	Steam Engine
Source Mod	Thermal Expansion
ID Name	Unknown
First Appearance	TE 2.0.0 for MC 1.4
Type	Block
Stackable	Yes (64)
Energy	4.0 MJ/t
Solid	Yes
Transparent	No
Affected by Gravity	No
Emits Light	No
Flammable	No
Required Tool

The Steam Engine is part of Thermal Expansion. This engine burns solid fuels and consumes Water to produce MJ power. These engines will reduce their power output (and fuel consumption) if not enough energy is being consumed. If the engine overheats or runs out of water, it will shutdown and require a whack with a Crescent Hammer (or other BuildCraft compatible Wrench) to restart. OmniWrench usually will not "repair" this engine after forced shutdown. It was replaced by the Steam Dynamo in Thermal Expansion.

Power Minimum / Maximum: 0.4 MJ/t / 4.0 MJ/t.

Fuel

Fuel	MJ	Time, seconds
Cactus, Sugarcane	76	2
Stick, Sapling	126	3
Plank, Log, Scaffold	426	11
Scrap	526	13
Scrap Box	4726	118
Charcoal	3176	80
Coal	4776	120
Coal Coke	9576	240

Burn time is given at full energy output, rounded to full seconds.

This engine gives significantly more MJs from a unit of fuel than a Stirling Engine, but can not burn lava buckets.

It can be assumed, that it was meant to give 1.5 times as many MJs as Stirling Engine, however, when the engine runs out of fuel it will still have 24 MJs stored but these will not be outputted into the device being powered and will be wasted.

Recipe

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