From 1b3246c1962d7b47d3e5258248fecb21bc9d4656 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SkyMarshal Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:22:55 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Adds a constant for the surface area of a HE pipe exposed to sunlight. --- code/setup.dm | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/code/setup.dm b/code/setup.dm index 723766ea78..68842e7e08 100644 --- a/code/setup.dm +++ b/code/setup.dm @@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ //radiation constants #define STEFAN_BOLTZMANN_CONSTANT 0.0000000567 //W/(m^2*K^4) #define COSMIC_RADIATION_TEMPERATURE 3.15 //K -#define AVERAGE_SOLAR_RADIATION 200 //W/m^2. Kind of arbitrary. Really this should depend on the sun position much like solars. +#define AVERAGE_SOLAR_RADIATION 200 //W/m^2. Kind of arbitrary. Really this should depend on the sun position much like solars. From the numbers on Erebus, this'd be an orbit of 23.3 lightseconds. #define RADIATOR_OPTIMUM_PRESSURE 110 //kPa at 20 C +#define RADIATOR_EXPOSED_SURFACE_AREA 0.03 //The pipe looks to be thin vertically and wide horizontally, so we'll assume that it's three centimeters thick and only explosed to the sun edge-on. #define CELL_VOLUME 2500 //liters in a cell #define MOLES_CELLSTANDARD (ONE_ATMOSPHERE*CELL_VOLUME/(T20C*R_IDEAL_GAS_EQUATION)) //moles in a 2.5 m^3 cell at 101.325 Pa and 20 degC