pump out lava fast?

[behedwin]

I have lots of lava
I am using gregtech thermal generators to make EU.

but my gold pipes are not delivering lava fast enough to my generators to fill them with lava.

I have 3 redstone engines on the output on the iron tank.

can i push out more lava to my generators somehow?

 

[WayofTime]

I have lots of lava
I am using gregtech thermal generators to make EU.

but my gold pipes are not delivering lava fast enough to my generators to fill them with lava.

I have 3 redstone engines on the output on the iron tank.

can i push out more lava to my generators somehow?

Try using a stronger engine? Might solve the issue.

 

[Bigpak]

Wouldn't liquiducts work? Also add more valves to your tank on the bottom and add liquiducts, right click them so they have the output signal and then apply redstone signal and they will start extracting.

 

[Hoff]

Extraction liquiducts pull 160 mb/t. This should enough lava pull to manage ~150 Thermal generators going through continuous use.

 

[KingTriaxx]

Unless he's in 1.6. If so, consider using extra utilities pipes to move liquids.

 

[SatanicSanta]

RailCraft Tank Carts. Set it so it fills up the tank before leaving, then use booster tracks. It'll get you 16 buckets of lava per extraction, and if you get a few of these set up (probably one on each side) you could get 64 buckets per extraction. It's quite an efficient set up.

 

[Kitchen_Fire]

Extraction liquiducts pull 160 mb/t. This should enough lava pull to manage ~150 Thermal generators going through continuous use.

This is how I would go about pumping lava into your generators.

 

[Hoff]

Extraction liquiducts pull 160 mb/t. This should enough lava pull to manage ~150 Thermal generators going through continuous use.

I'll correct myself since that was the value for steam extraction. Lava extraction is 80 mb/t and can manage roughly 80 thermal generators going through continuous use.

 

[Siro]

Use a machine box. Put a pump module on the side that will face the wherever you're storing lava. Use a screwdriver to set to import (default is export). Place another pump module on the side facing a generator and/or next machine box. Machine boxes also need a small amount of power, but can move more liquid than any other solution. The dot on the side of a machine box indicates which direction the box will conduct eu (LV), so its not necessary to connect all machine boxes directly to a power source. Greg has been making his own pipes but that's a 1.6.2 thing. Machine boxes and pump modules are in 1.5.2.

 

[Methusalem]

Wouldn't liquiducts work? Also add more valves to your tank on the bottom and add liquiducts, right click them so they have the output signal and then apply redstone signal and they will start extracting.

If he is on 1.6.x, then he won't have Liquiducts. But EnderIOs liquid pipes are a more than adequate replacement.