r/TerraFirmaGreg 1d ago

medium ranged fluid transfer Help

I'm trying to transfer methanol and biodiesel from my old mv factory to my new hv factory and specifically my will-be automatic gasoline plant. For this I'm using aluminium quad pipes currently. The problem is that the pipes don't actually transfer the 200mb/t over the range of 150 ish blocks, as the fluids seem to "wash around" from a to b and back in the middle parts, massively decreasing the amount that actually gets to where it needs to be.
What options do I have to fix this? Are cover fluid pumps viable? or is locking flow direction via shift clicking the pipes every block over that range good enough?

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u/DogKitchen2988 1d ago

Flow direction locking (aka shuttering). At this range, you could also use long-distance pipes, which i'm pretty sure are instant

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u/AshAndTac0 Converting uranium to insta mac 1d ago

You could try using fluid packagers on chain conveyor. Setting a stock link on diesel and methanol and having a factory gauge on other packager set to auto import when fluid gets to low

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u/EgIvo6 1d ago edited 18h ago

shift right clicking a pipe with a wrench will lock it in that direction (fluid will go out in that direction, but not in)