Simple liquid purifier /germ killer design

[Steve Raptor]

Hey,

I'm back with another tutorial about building a simple, early- game accessible liquid purification piece.

Il be happy to hear what you think about it.

Spoiler

 

 

[GooseSalad]

Finally, a liquid germ killer without an ungodly amount of confusing piping, I like this very much

[Inathera]

Oooh. that looks so much simpler than my current setup! Nice!

[suicide commando]

Very nice! I recently 'discovered' the use of the automation signal on liquid reservoirs for this myself. My setup works a little differently, I have liquid filling up the tank, then once it's nearly full, the automation signal stops the flow by turning off the shutoff valve, and 2 buffer gates begin counting down, one they reach 0, the door under the reservoir closes and the disinfected water flows out. Then when the reservoir is empty again, the green signal turns the shutoff on again and opens the door.
I have 2 of these setups next to each other. While the left tank is waiting for the disinfection timers to run, the right one gets liquid poured into it from the supply pump.

[Gurgel]

Still too complicated. Just put 4 or 5 tanks in series and limit outflow to a bit lower than in-flow. For a pump-fed one, just limit to 9kg/s of output flow. Fill up 4 tanks before use. There is absolutely no need for any automation.

 

[suicide commando]

Why make something simple when you can complicate things?

 

[0xFADE]

I'm looking for a powerless version.  Almost there.  I imagine you could accomplish it with this door method.

I imagine something like pressure doors where you stagger the times would work.  There is probably a guaranteed kill rate time regardless of volume.

[Neotuck]

10 minutes ago, 0xFADE said:

I'm looking for a powerless version.  Almost there.  I imagine you could accomplish it with this door method.

I imagine something like pressure doors where you stagger the times would work.  There is probably a guaranteed kill rate time regardless of volume.

135s seems to be guaranteed if the source is dupe waste

As for a powerless version 5 tanks lined up with the last one on a door should work, just use the output automation signal from the first tank to close the door on the last tank when it's full

[0xFADE]

1 minute ago, Neotuck said:

135s seems to be guaranteed if the source is dupe waste

So like Gurgel said that just using a series of them with a reduced output would work with a single door at the end(or 2, one on the last and next to last) to hold for x seconds should work.  I'd imagine each full reservoir should reduce that guaranteed time down.

Never mind that.  I was just wanting a full pipe output.  All that would require is 2 different sets of reservoirs and maybe a little automation if you wanted to turn it off if the input stopped so it didn't empty.

[Neotuck]

22 minutes ago, 0xFADE said:

Never mind that.  I was just wanting a full pipe output.  All that would require is 2 different sets of reservoirs and maybe a little automation if you wanted to turn it off if the input stopped so it didn't empty.

If you want a full 10kg flow rate then I suggest 3 reservoirs automated with doors

one reservoir to fill with infected PW

one reservoir to sit still and allow the germs to die off

one reservoir to empty clean PW

use automation to rotate the 3 tanks

here's a link to an old topic that shows how to do it

 

 

[Gurgel]

16 hours ago, 0xFADE said:

So like Gurgel said that just using a series of them with a reduced output would work with a single door at the end(or 2, one on the last and next to last) to hold for x seconds should work.  I'd imagine each full reservoir should reduce that guaranteed time down.=

If you use a reduced output flow, you need no doors or controls whatsoever, as all tanks will be full all the time. 4 tanks (I use 5 for some additional safety) are enough to sterilize 5M/tile (the max) of Food Poisoning at 10kg/s flow, so you will never need more. If you can assure the tanks will stay full (it should not be a problem if the first one goes down to, say, 50% on occasion) in any other way, you do not need to reduce the output flow at all. 

[Neotuck]

Here's an even simpler method

I have a chain of 5 reservoirs that uses the automation signal from the first reservoir to open/close the door under the last reservoir.

This makes the output of clean PW remain consistent to the input flow of infected PW, this works great in keeping the tanks full during geyser downtime

[0xFADE]

8 hours ago, Gurgel said:

If you use a reduced output flow, you need no doors or controls whatsoever, as all tanks will be full all the time. 4 tanks (I use 5 for some additional safety) are enough to sterilize 5M/tile (the max) of Food Poisoning at 10kg/s flow, so you will never need more. If you can assure the tanks will stay full (it should not be a problem if the first one goes down to, say, 50% on occasion) in any other way, you do not need to reduce the output flow at all. 

Thanks.

7 hours ago, Neotuck said:

Here's an even simpler method

I have a chain of 5 reservoirs that uses the automation signal from the first reservoir to open/close the door under the last reservoir.

This makes the output of clean PW remain consistent to the input flow of infected PW, this works great in keeping the tanks full during geyser downtime

Clean.