Hades Furnace

Hades Furnace
(Building)
Location
Medium Construction Site
Requirements
Mining 3
Cost to Build Aluminum Plate 2 Boards 5,000 Clay Bricks 5,000 Copper Sheeting 100 Crucibles 30 Cut Stone 500 Fine Glass Pipe 20 Iron Bars 75 Iron Strap 75 Pulley 25 Steel Sheeting 300 Thermometer 3 Tin Sheeting 15

Sources

This building becomes available after the Mining 3 technology is learned at a University of Natural Philosophy and Mining 3 (Skill) skill.

Compare all Furnaces.

Cost

• 2 Aluminum Plate ?
• 5000 Boards ?
• 5000 Clay Bricks ?
• 100 Copper Sheeting ?
• 30 Crucibles ?
• 500 Cut Stone ?
• 20 Fine Glass Pipe ?
• 75 Iron Bars ?
• 75 Iron Strap ?
• 25 Pulley ?
• 300 Steel Sheeting ?
• 3 Thermometer ?
• 15 Tin Sheeting ?

Use

• Smelt all known Ore into
  • Aluminum
  • Antimony
  • Cobalt
  • Copper
  • Gold
  • Iron
  • Lead
  • Magnesium
  • Nickel
  • Platinum
  • Tin
  • Zinc

Uses Petroleum for fuel.

Notes

• Holds 1000 Petroleum
• Max runtime is 20d 9h 47m 45s
• Burns 49 petrol per day (49 ticks per day)
• Any ore not converted to metal will result in clinker when opened

Construction

To construct, place a Medium Construction Site at the desired location, then select Projects > Furnaces > Hades Furnace.

It must be built 65 or more coordinates away from any other Persephone Furnace or Hades Furnace.

• If there is a Persephone Furnace or Hades Furnace up to 64 coordinates away, you will get a dialog box, "You must locate any water cooled furnace at least 64 coordinates from any other".
• Has to be 65 or more coords away in both north–south coordinate AND east-west coordinate

It must be built near a water source and away from a road

• If there is no water nearby, or if you construct too close to a road, you will get a dialog box, "Hades Furnaces are cooled with water, and must be built near a natural source, and away from paths."
• A Water icon does not necessarily meet the requirements, and equally you can build where you don't get a water icon.

To prevent attempting to circumvent the distance restriction by constructing two furnaces at the same time or by repositioning it after construction, every time you fire a Persephone Furnace or Hades Furnace a check is made for any furnaces nearby. If there is another furnace 64 coords or less away, ALL affected furnaces will display in the main channel Operating a water cooled furnace too close to another causes it to become unstable. It will not operate when attempting to fire it.

Ecological Impact

Under study. Confirmed in T9 is a reduction in pH from firing Magnesium or Tin Ore repeatedly. This starts at the furnace, and extends at least 60, but less than 100 coords, in diameter. This effect is generated at the time you open the reaction chamber, as with all furnace ecological impacts, and seems likely to be independent of the actual run-time of the furnace. Other ores may or may not generate ecological impacts, and these impacts may not be appreciable at practical use rates. They were established by firing, then opening, the furnace 50 times in quick succession.

Historically, a "donut shaped" pattern of ecological impact was reported, starting at 50 coords from the furnace, and extending to 250 coords from the furnace. This has never been confirmed in recent tales, nor were the precise eco values affected reported, so it is unclear whether there once was truth in this, or whether it is like the Clinker Myth - something enduring without any proof it was ever real.

Yield

Ore Used	Petrol Used	Metal Yield	Time opened	Ore Cost/Metal	% Yield	Notes
20000	3	240	1,5 hours	83.33	1.20%
20000	4	300	2 hours	66.67	1.50%
20000	5	380	2,5 hours	52.63	1.90%
20000	6	440	3 hours	45.45	2.20%
20000	7	500	3,5 hours	40.00	2.50%
20000	8	580	4 hours	34.48	2.90%
20000	9	640	4,5 hours	31.25	3.20%
20000	10	680	5 hours	29.41	3.40%
20000	12	800	6 hours	25.00	4.00%
20000	13	860	6,5 hours	23.26	4.30%
20000	14	920	7 hours(+4min)	21.74	4.60%
20000	16	1000	8 hours	20.00	5.00%
20000	47	1960	23 hours	10.20	9.80%
20000	48	1980	23,5 hours	10.10	9.90%
20000	49	2000	24 hours	10.00	10.00%	Gyration Cell Equiv.
20000	64	2280	1d 7h 33m	8.77	11.40%
20000	87	2560	1d 18h 35m	7.81	12.80%
20000	98	2660	48 hours	7.52	13.30%
20000	131	2920	2d 16h	6.85	14.60%	Sweet Spot
20000	147	3000	72 hours	6.67	15.00%	Sweet Spot
20000	179	3140	3d 15h	6.37	15.70%	Sweet Spot
20000	196	3200	96 hours	6.25	16.00%	Sweet Spot
20000	198	3200	4d 1h	6.25	16.00%
20000	228	3300	4d 15h	6.06	16.50%
20000	252	3340	5d 3h 30m	5.99	16.70%
20000	319	3460	6d 12h 15m	5.78	17.30%
20000	343	3500	7d	5.71	17.50%
20000	401	3560	8d 4h 9m	5.62	17.80%
20000	472	3620	9d 15h 15m	5.52	18.10%
20000	472	3700	12d 11h 37m	5.41	18.50%
20000	779	3760	15d 21h 23m	5.32	18.80%
20000	888	3800	18d 3h 4m	5.26	19.00%
20000	999	3820	20d 9h 19m	5.24	19.10%
20000	1000	3820	20d 9h 47m	5.24	19.10%	What's the point?

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