Madbro Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Hello guys! (•ω•) Airlocks are great to use, as you guys know. However there’s one thing I hate: They made of metals. This thing is really a big problem in heat management unless you have a insulative chamber filled with insulative gases, this wastes lots of space. And I hope to have insulative airlocks to hold the damn hot regolith after the bunker doors open, to avoid overheating the surface facilities caused by heat spread. What do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasza22 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 This keeps on comming. I think they might implement an insulated airlock at some point just due to popular demand. Lately i was thinking of carbon fiber as a replacement for steel. Would have much lower thermal conductivity. But that`s a discussion for a different topic. (thanks for reminding me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfons100 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 10 hours ago, Sasza22 said: This keeps on comming. I think they might implement an insulated airlock at some point just due to popular demand. Lately i was thinking of carbon fiber as a replacement for steel. Would have much lower thermal conductivity. But that`s a discussion for a different topic. (thanks for reminding me) More variants for materials in general with unique properties is someting I want, since there’s a whole tab for Plastic, which is just Visco-gel and plastic. Maybe a steel variant which works underwater? A plastic variant with really high decor values? A plastic-metal mix that is repaired with only Reed fiber? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoakenashi Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I don’t think it’s necessary, but agree there is popular demand for this. I have been creating air locks 4 wide, 4 high: Insulated tile on the top and bottom, mechanized airlock on left and right, and two mini gas pumps in the middle. They usually run for a few seconds and then I have a vacuum between the two areas, perfect thermal barrier. If heat is a problem, then just run radiant pipe behind it to cool the gas that enters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goboking Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 If they'd just allow us to make Mechanical Airlocks out of ceramic then our temperature containment problems would be solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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