MJ to EU

[Kingoftime]

What is the best way to convert MJ's to EU?
I'm using the direwolf 20 Pack FYI
Thanks.

 

[Democretes]

What is the best way to convert MJ's to EU?
I'm using the direwolf 20 Pack FYI
Thanks.

There currently is no direct way unless you install Power Converters. You can build a peat bog and burn the peat in a generator, but that's not much of a conversion.

 

[MilConDoin]

MJ -> Magma crucibles (cobble->lava) -> geothermal generators -> EU

 

[Omicron]

Railcraft steam boiler -> steam turbine -> EU

56.25% more EU per MJ than magma crucibles running on cobblestone, but more expensive to set up.

 

[Icarus White]

Whereby "more expensive" we mean literal stacks of steel!
Running a turbine isn't cheap, to be sure.

 

[Omicron]

It's mostly the initial setup that's costly. One rotor will last you for 432 million EU, making every piece of steel spent on it worth as much, if not more, than uranium. A very fair trade if you ask me.

 

[Yusunoha]

as mentioned the easy way is lava and geothermals, and the expensive way is steam and a steam turbine.
there's also the option of using biomass/fuel in a biogenerator, but in my opinion requires more work then lava and geothermals.

 

[Democretes]

Railcraft steam boiler -> steam turbine -> EU

56.25% more EU per MJ than magma crucibles running on cobblestone, but more expensive to set up.

How does the steam boiler turn MJ into EU?

 

[MilConDoin]

How does the steam boiler turn MJ into EU?

You see that "steam turbine" between the steam boiler and the EU? Railcraft Wiki has all the details.

 

[Honza8D]

You see that "steam turbine" between the steam boiler and the EU? Railcraft Wiki has all the details.

I am more interested where the MJ is, because steam boiler doesn't use any MJ

 

[Celestialphoenix]

You guys are getting kinda confused.

Boilers turn Fuel+Water into STEAM, which is a very efficient method of generating Eu AND MJ

They do not convert MJ into EU or vice versa.​

(unless the mod author adds an electrical boiler heater)​

MJ->Eu is best done by a magma crucible+geothermal generator. It's 1MJ to 1Eu

(or if you play mindcrack 1MJ to 1.5Eu)​

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Eu->MJ is what the electrical engine does, at 3Eu->1MJ.

 

[Democretes]

You see that "steam turbine" between the steam boiler and the EU? Railcraft Wiki has all the details.

You see that "steam boiler" before the steam turbine? It runs on fuel according to the Railcraft Wiki. You know, charcoal, coal coake, blaze rods, etc. It does not however, run on MJ.

 

[silentdeth]

You could use the BC-IC2 Crossover mod as well. The petrochemical generator can run of off MJ and it isn't expensive to craft, a generator some tanks, rubber, and treetaps.

 

[Icarus White]

Well, the presumption was that OP had a way to get MJ quickly, and we were suggesting ways to turn that MJ production into EU production.
If OP has a chest somewhere full of redstone cells, on the other hand, then magma crucible->geothermal would be the way to go, sure.

 

[MilConDoin]

You see that "steam boiler" before the steam turbine? It runs on fuel according to the Railcraft Wiki. You know, charcoal, coal coake, blaze rods, etc. It does not however, run on MJ.

OK, derp on my part. Just go with my first post with the magma crucible

 

[MilConDoin]

Having said that, 320 steam per tick is required to run the turbine, what's the required size of a boiler chamber to get that much? Is it possible to get 640?

You can get 720 steam/t from a 36 HP boiler.

 

[Democretes]

So it's possible to reach 640 with extra steam for a few more engines.
Can we hit 320 or 640 exactly?

Not with a single tank. There's multiple combinations with multiple tanks, but that's just a waste of resources unless you're really just that OCD.

 

[ilja]

if the modpack has gregtech, also note that Thermal Generators are quite a bit more effective than geothermal (+50% efficiency, +20% output speed).

 

[urmamasllama]

my current setup is steam boiler > industrial steam engines > conduit > magma crucibles with netherack > thermal generators (gregtech geo)