civ14/Resources/ServerInfo/Guidebook/Engineering/Pumps.xml

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# Pumps
  Pumps are the primary way of actively moving gasses through a [textlink="pipenet." link="PipeNetworks"]
  They take gas from one side and push it to the other.
  There are two different types of pumps:

  <Box>
    <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasPressurePump" Caption="pressure pump"/>
    <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasVolumePump" Caption="volumetric pump"/>
  </Box>

  Some important things to note about pumps:
  - Pumps [color=#a4885c]require power[/color] through a nearby LV cable to function.
  - Pumps output on the side with the red stripe.
  - Gas cannot move backwards through pumps (although if you are using a pump to do solely this, you should use the [textlink="passive gate" link="PassiveGate"] instead).
  - Pumps cannot move gasses into pipes with pressures or volumes exceeding their [color=#a4885c]limit[/color]. This causes them to be [color=red]blocked[/color].

  Pumps will show a colorful animation when they are doing work.
  If they have no gas to pump or they are blocked, they will show a blinking [color=red]red[/color] animation.
  Pumps that are off, have no power, or are unanchored will show no animation.

  ## Pressure Pumps
  Pressure pumps are the most common type of pump.
  They move gas based on [color=#a4885c]pressure[/color], making them useful for controlling the exact pressure of a pipe, or for drawing a vacuum.

  <Box>
    <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasPressurePump" Caption="pressure pump"/>
  </Box>

  A pressure pump [color=red]cannot[/color] move gas to a pipe that has a pressure higher or equal to the pressure set on the pump.

  For example, a pressure pump cannot pump gas to a pipe that is currently at 500 kPa, if the pressure pump is set at 500 kPa.

  Pressure pumps can pump up to a maximum pressure of [color=orange][protodata="GasPressurePump" comp="GasPressurePump" member="MaxTargetPressure"/] kPa[/color].
  They will become [color=red]blocked[/color] if they try to push gas into a pipe higher than this pressure.

  ## Volumetric Pumps
  Volumetric pumps are an alternative pump, moving gas based on [color=#a4885c]volume[/color].

  <Box>
    <GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasVolumePump" Caption="volumetric pump"/>
  </Box>

  They are extremely useful for moving large amounts of gas quickly.
  They can typically achieve higher pressures than a pressure pump.

  While volumetric pumps work off of the principle of volume, they will become [color=red]blocked[/color] if they try to push gas into a pipe higher than [color=orange][protodata="GasVolumePump" comp="GasVolumePump" member="HigherThreshold"/] kPa[/color].
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