Fluid

Fluids in MaddTech are sorted into 3 levels; the first level can fit in all barrels, the second level can be stored in all barrels starting with steel, the third level can be stored in only lead barrels. There are also "temperature-enforced" fluids (hot air and liquid nitrogen) which must be stored in a dewar.

Storage
Fluids can be stored in barrels. As described above, more advanced barrels are needed for higher levels of fluids. They may also be stored in capsules, which are special items that can carry such fluids (tin capsules can store level 1 and 2 fluids, and lead capsules can store level 3).

Transport
Fluids can be transported by means of fluid pipes, which connect together fluid-supporting machines. Such pipes are crafted as follows:

Fluids can be forced to move using a pump. Pumps can also pull fluid blocks (water and lava), with each block giving 1000 units (1 ku) of the respective fluid. Additionally, a fluid dispenser can be used to convert fluids pushed into it into blocks; for example, pumping water (at a rate of at least 1 ku/t) into a fluid dispenser causes it to place a water block in front of it; or, pumping hot air into it causes it to be scrapped.

Level 1 (wooden barrel or better)

 * Water. Can be collected with tin capsules or pulled by pumps from water blocks.

Level 2 (steel barrel or better)

 * Lava. Can be collected with tin capsuless or pulled by pumps from lava blocks.
 * Natural gas. Can be extracted from ores using a special machine and a pump. See 'natural gas' for more information.

Level 3 (lead barrels)

 * Refined uranium. Can be produced by placing uranium dust in a uranium refinery; used in nuclear reactors.
 * Plutonium. Can be produced by nuclear reactors from refined uranium, if lead control rods are placed in the reactor, and the reactor is connected to a free lead barrel.

Temperature-enforced (dewars)

 * Hot air. Produced in nuclear reactors by fans when cooling the reactor. Must be scrapped by a fluid dispenser for the temperature to actually fall! Can also heat up a steam generator.


 * Liquid nitrogen. Produced by a compressor. Can be used by liquid nitrogen cooling cells in reactors to efficiently cool them down.