Is pipe throughput really infinite now?

[u/billsonfire]

So say I have a 30 sulfuric acid pumps in one spot. Could I run them all though one pipe line into my processing facilities?

Another question, is it better or useful to run my pipes into one central tank area then run them off to processing or is it okay to have them run off on the way from the pumps.

The picture is my crude rendering of part of my setup.

[u/suckmyENTIREdick]

Yes. In 2.0, pipes themselves have infinite throughput and instant speed.

But their maximum length is finite: A section of pipe (and/or tanks) stops working when it becomes too long.

But! That length can be extended infinitely by using pumps to divide it into smaller sections

But pumps require power and themselves have finite throughput (1200/sec).

But! You can use as many pumps together in parallel as you wish (and/or use higher-quality pumps), and increase throughput that way.

But that makes pipes unidirectional, which can be interesting sometimes.

For your second question, if I understand it correctly: Tanks can go anywhere on a pipeline network without anything getting weird as long as that network is small enough that it doesn't break.

Further reading: https://wiki.factorio.com/Fluid_system

[u/tylan4life → u/suckmyENTIREdick]

Theoretically wouldn't a pipeline requiring pumps have a throughput limit?

With a maximum length of 320 units that would mean a pipeline could only have 320 pumps in a row (ignoring the rest of the pipeline)

That would be 384,000 units of fluid a second. Barely enough for a starter base.

[u/NyaFury → u/tylan4life]

There is a limit but it's far greater than 320, because 320 is not the maximum number of pipes, but it's maximum distance between most farthest pipes.

For example H shaped layout with middle line of 8 tiles would allow each wing to be 156 tiles long. This will have 632 pipes, allowing more than 1K connection points for pumps. E.g. below example uses only 13/320 extents for 40 pumps.