Energy (MJ) mass-storage options?

[Someguy]

Subject mostly says it... what are the options (beyond a Redstone Energy Cell) for storing MJ? I get the sense that MJ-related tools and mods are more of a use-it-dont-lose-it deal, but I like having lots of everything on hand. I'm a hoarder extroardinaire. I want lots... of... everything!

So... ahem. Where was I? Yeah... how can I stash a whole bunch of MJ? Only thing I can think of at the moment is by converting it to lava, by crucible-ing stacks of netherrack. The plus side is, you get a good return on the investment, the downside is it takes time and... lots of 'rack.

Also I guess I could convert to EU and store in an MFSU or its bigger brothers.

Other suggestions? Mods/tools/machines I'm not aware of?

 

[cynric]

Subject mostly says it... what are the options (beyond a Redstone Energy Cell) for storing MJ? I get the sense that MJ-related tools and mods are more of a use-it-dont-lose-it deal, but I like having lots of everything on hand. I'm a hoarder extroardinaire. I want lots... of... everything!

So... ahem. Where was I? Yeah... how can I stash a whole bunch of MJ? Only thing I can think of at the moment is by converting it to lava, by crucible-ing stacks of netherrack. The plus side is, you get a good return on the investment, the downside is it takes time and... lots of 'rack.

Also I guess I could convert to EU and store in an MFSU or its bigger brothers.

Other suggestions? Mods/tools/machines I'm not aware of?

If you have the minefactory reloaded mod, you can do the lava transfer without the need of nether rack, but I don't know how efficient the lava generator is. There is also a fuel generator to consider which should be pretty dense in terms of energy/space.

 

[rymmie1981]

If you count potential energy as stored, you can just fill max-sized tanks of steam, biofuel, etc.

 

[San]

The problem with steam is that you need large quantities of it to produce MJ. If you turn off the engines that are consuming the steam for even a short period you'd need a lot of engines to suck it back up again.

I'd say make a couple of magma crucibles and have them feed into a quantum tank. Set them up so that you can feed them netherrack when you want, but they'll revert back to cobble if you run out. That way they'll always be running. The quantum tank will never run out of space and even if you convert it back into MJ at a 25% loss through magmatic engines it's still better than wasting the MJ in the first place.

 

[dgdas9]

Storage cubes from mekanism.AM FTW!

 

[namiasdf]

You can do what society does and store most of our energy is something called fuel, then use machines like engines to convert the stored potential energy into usable work.

An iron tank filled with fuel stores more MJ than any REC system.

Calculate your expected output parameters, exceed those parameters in your design by 10-20%. Voila, it's finished, a working system.

I have a four step system that (a) allows me to store energy as biomass, (b) biofuel, (c) lava, (d) EU in a chain of MFSU's connected in parallel.

That way if the system ever gets backed up (i.e. I don't consume EU at the rate that I am capable of producing it at), there is a backup system to store that energy, so on so forth.

EU capped, lava store. Lava capped, biofuel store. Biofuel capped, biomass stored. Each subsequent step increases the energy density of the storage "cell", increasing the efficiency to which I use space. I also waste very, very little energy, making it an extremely efficient system from an energy perspective.