Plasma Generator

If you already have knowledge of how a Large Steam/Gas Turbine works, a Large Plasma Turbine is fairly easy to understand.

Optimal Flow (Plasma)
By now, you should know that each type of Large Turbine (Normal, High Pressure, Gas, Plasma) has a specific nominal EU output.

The nominal EU output of plasma is: Optimal Steam Flow * 40. This calculated value should be stated on the rotor you plan to use under "Optimal Plasma Flow."

Since this value is in EU/t, we will then want to calculate just how much plasma we need to feed into the turbine (and at what rate) to obtain our nominal EU output out of our turbine.

Nominal Output Calculation
We can apply everything we now know to calculate how much EU/t our rotor will generate and how much plasma we need to feed the Large Plasma Turbine to generate this EU/t.

Fuel Value of Plasma
First, we need to know the fuel value of the plasma we are using. Let's say we are using Helium Plasma. In GT:NH, 1 cell of Helium Plasma gives 81920000 EU. We want the EU/L fuel value, so we divide by 1000 since 1 cell = 1000L. 81920000/1000 = 81920 EU/L. Now that we have a fuel value, we just need to divide this number from our Nominal Output to get the Optimal Plasma Flow.

Optimal Flow of Plasma
Let's say we are working with a rotor with 96000 L/s optimal steam flow. The nominal output of this rotor is 96000 * 40 = 3840000 EU/s. Dividing by our fuel value of helium plasma gives 3840000/81920 = 46.875 L/s or 2.34375 L/t optimal plasma flow.

Results
This means that if our Large Plasma Turbine is fed 46.875 Liters of plasma per second, our rotor (with 96000 L/s optimal steam flow) will generate 3840000 EU/s or 192000 EU/t, before efficiency.

It is worth noting that since fluid regulators can only go up or down by a minimum amount of 20 L/s, our example would have to settle with feeding our plasma generator 60 L/s. This is within the 150% more-than-optimal plasma flow that a Large Turbine allows, so we would still generate 192000 EU/t, but we would be wasting some plasma. A better choice of rotor would alleviate this issue.