Large Thermal Refinery

The Large Thermal Refinery (LTR) is an EV tier multiblock for refining crushed ores and recycling depleted fuel rods. The LTR is a direct upgrade from the singleblock thermal centrifuge because it runs up to 320% speed, uses as little as 39% of the EU/t normally required, and offers 8 parallels per voltage tier and 2 parallels per solenoid tier. Furthermore, every heating coil tier gives a 5% speed bonus (additive) and 5% EU/t discount (multiplicative).

Construction

The LTR has two tiered components. The heating coils increase the speed bonus and energy discount of the machine. The solenoids increase the number of parallels. The glass can be any tier and has no effect on the operation of the machine. Buses/hatches may replace any thermal processing casing anywhere on the structure. Multi-amp and laser energy hatches are not supported, but there can be multiple regular energy hatches for overclocking. Use the Multiblock Structure Hologram Projector to visualize/build the structure with subchannels "coil", "solenoid", and "glass" to specify the tier of those components.

Structure

Controller: Front bottom center
85-92 Thermal Processing Casing
20 Red Steel Frame Box
16 Heating Coil (Tiered)
6 Solenoid Superconductor Coil (Tiered)
6 Any Tiered Glass
4 Heat Proof Machine Casing
1+ Energy Hatch: Any thermal casing
1 Maintenance Hatch: Any thermal casing
1 Muffler Hatch: Any thermal casing
1+ Input Bus: Any thermal casing
1+ Output Bus: Any thermal casing

Wallsharing

LTRs may wallshare each of their sides to save on casings, glass, frame boxes, and buses/hatches. Many recipes use 2A of power so it is NOT possible to share one energy hatch between two machines without at least fluxed electrum coils.

Usage

The LTR is a direct upgrade from the singleblock thermal centrifuge because it runs up to 320% speed, uses as little as 39% of the EU/t normally required, and offers 8 parallels per voltage tier and 2 parallels per solenoid tier, as seen in the following table. Furthermore, every heating coil tier gives a 5% speed bonus (additive) and 5% EU/t discount (multiplicative).

${\displaystyle {\text{EU/t }}(\%)=0.8\times 0.95^{\text{Coil Tier}}}$

Heating Coil	Speed	EU/t
Cupronickel	255%	76.0%
Kanthal	260%	72.2%
Nichrome	265%	68.6%
TPV-Alloy	270%	65.2%
HSS-G	275%	61.9%
HSS-S	280%	58.8%
Naquadah	285%	55.9%
Naquadah Alloy	290%	53.1%
Trinium	295%	50.4%
Fluxed Electrum	300%	47.9%
Aw. Draconium	305%	45.5%
Infinity	310%	43.2%
Hypogen	315%	41.1%
Eternal	320%	39.0%

Solenoid	Parallels vs. Machine Voltage
Solenoid	LV	MV	HV	EV	IV	LuV	ZPM	UV	UHV	UEV	UIV	UMV	UXV	MAX	MAX+
MV	12	20	28	36	44	52	60	68	76	84	92	100	108	116	124
HV	14	22	30	38	46	54	62	70	78	86	94	102	110	118	126
EV	16	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80	88	96	104	112	120	128
IV	18	26	34	42	50	58	66	74	82	90	98	106	114	122	130
LuV	20	28	36	44	52	60	68	76	84	92	100	108	116	124	132
ZPM	22	30	38	46	54	62	70	78	86	94	102	110	118	126	134
UV	24	32	40	48	56	64	72	80	88	96	104	112	120	128	136
UHV	26	34	42	50	58	66	74	82	90	98	106	114	122	130	138
UEV	28	36	44	52	60	68	76	84	92	100	108	116	124	132	140
UIV	30	38	46	54	62	70	78	86	94	102	110	118	126	134	142
UMV	32	40	48	56	64	72	80	88	96	104	112	120	128	136	144

In addition to refining crushed ores, the LTR is used for recycling depleted fuel rods from Nuclear Reactors, turning nether quartz into lithium, and purifying thorium-phosphate concentrate dust (a byproduct from the Monazite Line).

Trivia

The Large Thermal Refinery used to be the smallest GregTech multiblock in GTNH, before its structure was changed in 2.9.