Is there a maximum amount of steam that can be pulled from a Railcraft Tank Valve?
I have one HV Steam Turbine which according to
this wiki requires 2600 liters of steam per tick or 52,000 liters per second. Going from the RC tank to the Turbine, I'm using two separate (i.e. they never touch each other) lines of Huge Stainless Steel Fluid Pipe, which each carries 28,800 Liters of steam per second to the Turbine. So that's a total of 57,600 L/sec going into the Turbine which should only be using 52,000 L/sec.
When I run the Turbine however, its internal storage of steam drops to zero relatively quickly, and then it just flashes "20,000" and "0" over and over again - a sure sign that it isn't getting enough steam.
So what am I doing wrong? I installed a GT Shutter at every length of pipe along the lines, but it made absolutely no difference. Turbine still runs out of steam whether I use no Shutters or a whole bunch of em.
So the only thing I'm left to conclude is that a Railcraft Tank Valve cannot eject 28,800 L/sec into the fluid pipe, and that's where my steam deficit at the Turbine is coming from? But I always thought RC Tank Valves could output any amount of fluid, and that they didn't have a maximum limit on them? The valves are on the bottom of the tank so they should instantly fill the Fluid Pipes attached to them, shouldn't they? So why are the Fluid Pipes not staying 100% full?
As always, I'm continually stumped by GT Fluid Pipes and Steam Turbines, but I'll never give up on them. So why aren't they working this time? Is it the Fluid Pipes? Is it the RC Tank Valves? Is the HV Steam Turbine using more steam than the wiki says?