Executive_Lurker Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 What are some of your methods for controlling geysers? Any structures that you guys use every playthrough? Im desperate for that infinite water but I'm scared to touch that thing haha. I'm looking for something that is contained, fairly self running and most importantly safe for my dupes. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifegrow Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Encase it and pump the water where you'd like. Pump it into electrolyzers, or cool it in a tank. If you're planning to try to cool the water, most conventional way is to run non insulated pipes behind your water tank filled with cooled hydrogen, how you cool it is up to you (i'd recommend wheezeworts, but some use thermo regulators) Good luck Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-908073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcahtas Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 I just let the geysers high up drip into my main water supply. No problem if you can cool it down with cold gas pipes. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-908149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifegrow Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 If they're not submerged, they generally release a load of steam, which heats the area a lot. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-908167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonVile Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I just surround the geyser 2 thick with Insulated Tiles with a 1 column of Gas Permeable tiles coming out of the top to collect the steam and 1 column of Solid/Gas Permeable tiles at the bottom for water to drain and collect. All I do is let nature take its course and don't mess with it. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-908226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRou Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I do something like this so there is a waterlock stopping steam from getting to the pump so nothing breaks. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-908233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifegrow Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Make your pumps from gold and submerge them in water and they'll never break anyways Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-908320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erasmus Crowley Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 This was my most recent playthrough. The wheezeworts maintain temps of -50C in the bottom chamber, which keeps the batteries nice and cool. It's not enough to cool the water from the geyser because the cooler water is being used too quickly, but it drains off enough heat to stop the top chamber from filling up with steam that never cools. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-908473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarftopia Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I need help too because I have found a geyser in a slime zone and it's too coles to my base for me to stay calm (bottom left): But the thing is, I don't think I have the resources or right buildings to control it yet because, as you can see, I'm still pretty early on in the game (this pic is a bit outdated, but I'm still on cycle 14 right now). Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-908503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasuha Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 4 minutes ago, dwarftopia said: But the thing is, I don't think I have the resources or right buildings to control it yet because, as you can see, I'm still pretty early on in the game (this pic is a bit outdated, but I'm still on cycle 14 right now). Easiest thing to do is to stop spreading towards it and leave layer of stone as thick as possible between it and your base. When you research insulated tiles, build a wall between it and your base using insulated tiles. That should keep you safe for a while. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-908507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarftopia Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 2 minutes ago, Kasuha said: Easiest thing to do is to stop spreading towards it and leave layer of stone as thick as possible between it and your base. When you research insulated tiles, build a wall between it and your base using insulated tiles. That should keep you safe for a while. My only problem with that geyser is that it's right in the middle of the biggest slime zone I have ever seen. So if I want to get slime for my distillers or farm pufts, I need to go there. I'm still good on water so I can avoid going that way for now, but the problem remains. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-908510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasuha Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 1 hour ago, dwarftopia said: My only problem with that geyser is that it's right in the middle of the biggest slime zone I have ever seen. So if I want to get slime for my distillers or farm pufts, I need to go there. Research insulated tiles, build an insulated wall around it and the slime is yours. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-908542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarftopia Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 43 minutes ago, Kasuha said: Research insulated tiles, build an insulated wall around it and the slime is yours. I don't know if you noticed but I'm on cycle 14, Insulation is far from where I am now in my research schedule. Also, I just realized that if I want to use that geyser I'm gonna need gold. And where do you get gold? In the slime zone! That means I'm going to have to go into the slime zone anyway, be it for the slime or for the gold. EDIT: after reading the posts above, I don't know whether it's better to try and cool the water the geyser emits or just use it for electrolyzers so I can get rid of algae terrariums. Tbh I'm more keen on the electrolyzers because that would give me oxygen for dupes and crops and hydrogen for the generators and eventually for setting up a cooling system for the geyser's water. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-908566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifegrow Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Cooling oxygen is far easier than cooling liquid - personally i normally do both so that i have a pool of cool water for random stuff like terrariums, mush bars, etc - and also infinite hot water going to my electrolyzers. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-908654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarftopia Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 btw guys today I entered my colony again and guess what I found: another geyser near the slime zone, but this one is much closer Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-909056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive_Lurker Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 Would it be possible/practical to have a hydrogen bubbler but have all the hydrogen in pipes? Thinking of doing that with the geyser to cool it as well as the polluted oxygen to purify it. I'm talking to you Lifegrow! Lol Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-909147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasuha Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 2 hours ago, Executive_Lurker said: Would it be possible/practical to have a hydrogen bubbler but have all the hydrogen in pipes? It is possible and practical but it doesn't qualify as a "bubbler". Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-909191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifegrow Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Well arguably the steam would be getting "bubbled" through the hydrogen, I'm just not sure how your thermal switches would handle the extreme spikes in temperature... Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-909194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive_Lurker Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 Could I run the cooled hydrogen pipe through the geyser, oxygen liquidiser, and my batteries/coal generators? Or should I use as different system for the oxygen purifier and the geyser/power. Just wondering if thermal switches could be used to keep it all together. I dunno it sounds like a rather big plan so I might just work on it in my spare time. I'll post what I learn but I havent been able to figure out thermal switches yet bc I don't know how to access debug mode. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-909249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanif22 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 The best way to transfer temperature between gas and liquid is using a water pump made of wolframite half submerged in liquide. With this I can say 6 wheeze warts in a hydrogen chamber can't fully counter a geysers heat generation (~0.3C increase per cycle). Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-909700 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifegrow Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 20 minutes ago, Xanif22 said: The best way to transfer temperature between gas and liquid is using a water pump made of wolframite half submerged in liquide. With this I can say 6 wheeze warts in a hydrogen chamber can't fully counter a geysers heat generation (~0.3C increase per cycle). Did you copy/paste this same post in two threads Again, wheezeworts are great at cooling gasses, not great at cooling water (they're not meant to be) but it does work, you just cant do it at full flow rate. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/77731-geyser-control-methods/#findComment-909708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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