I have found two bugs relating to these two components. One is shared, one specific to heat exchangers:
Pulling double heat
Both Exchangers and Balancers will pull double the amount of heat from the reactor core as advertised. E.g. the Advanced Heat Exchanger is listed as 8 heat/t but can pull up to 16 heat/t from the reactor core. For exchangers, some heat may build up in the core before they pull the full double amount.
For example, this setup produces 8 heat/t. The heat exchanger is rated for 4 heat/t, but the reactor becomes stable at 76 core heat. Any higher heat will also be stable.
Heat Exchangers (sometimes) generate additional heat
This setup produces 16 heat/t. Because of the previous bug, the Advanced Heat Exchanger is able to pull 16 heat/t from the core, resulting in stable core temperatures. The Advanced Electric Vents have a combined cooling power of 48 heat/s and at 0 core heat, this setup is perfectly stable.
However when the core is preheated before inserting the exchanger and vents, the vents will degrade continuously. This is despite the core temperature remaining stable. This means at a high core temperature, the exchanger still only pulls 16 heat/t from the core, but the vents receive more than 24 heat/t each.
I have found two bugs relating to these two components. One is shared, one specific to heat exchangers:
Pulling double heat
Both Exchangers and Balancers will pull double the amount of heat from the reactor core as advertised. E.g. the Advanced Heat Exchanger is listed as 8 heat/t but can pull up to 16 heat/t from the reactor core. For exchangers, some heat may build up in the core before they pull the full double amount.
For example, this setup produces 8 heat/t. The heat exchanger is rated for 4 heat/t, but the reactor becomes stable at 76 core heat. Any higher heat will also be stable.
Heat Exchangers (sometimes) generate additional heat
This setup produces 16 heat/t. Because of the previous bug, the Advanced Heat Exchanger is able to pull 16 heat/t from the core, resulting in stable core temperatures. The Advanced Electric Vents have a combined cooling power of 48 heat/s and at 0 core heat, this setup is perfectly stable.
However when the core is preheated before inserting the exchanger and vents, the vents will degrade continuously. This is despite the core temperature remaining stable. This means at a high core temperature, the exchanger still only pulls 16 heat/t from the core, but the vents receive more than 24 heat/t each.