Sueca Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 I keep coming back to this problem in every new base. This time I was lucky to get a natural gas geyser right next to my base and I have set up a good power source. I'm pumping the CO2 into a sealed room, even though I knew there would be an overpressure eventually. (The room is tiny I know.) I put 2 carbon skimmers in the "CO2 room" thinking it would even out the pressure but it's not enough. What do you do with the CO2 build up coming from the natural gas generators?? I need ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLance Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 More vents, but keep them spaced out, Otherwise I am not sure? I have 4 Gens and a bunch of slicksters, before that I had 1 carbon skimmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michi01 Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Try getting slicksters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnus Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 With the vent placement in the top left corner, you could also let in a tiny amount of hydrogen, or really any other gas than CO2, and you can over pressurize that room up to 100 tons per tile (50000 times higher pressure than now), if the tiles can hold that much obviously). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sueca Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 Thanks for the suggestions. About slicksters. I have that as a sort of future plan because I need to produce plastic to make traps, and in order to produce plastic I need to refine metal. Well you know the chain. I can see the problems piling up already! D: The metal refinery consumes 1.2 kW alone. More power loops, more CO2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzgzd Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Sueca said: I put 2 carbon skimmers in the "CO2 room" thinking it would even out the pressure but it's not enough. What do you do with the CO2 build up coming from the natural gas generators?? I need ideas. It should be enough. 2 skimmers are enough to consume 7 generators CO2 output. They can use up to 300g CO2 per second and generator makes 82.5g/s I have in one closed room 12 generators and 4 skimmers and it is enough, I didn't opened that room for 100+ cycles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sueca Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 1 minute ago, bzgzd said: It should be enough. 2 skimmers are enough to consume 7 generators CO2 output. They can use up to 300g CO2 per second and generator makes 82.5g/s I have in one closed room 12 generators and 4 skimmers and it is enough, I didn't opened that room for 100+ cycles. Amazing I will add more as I go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnus Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 17 minutes ago, Sueca said: Thanks for the suggestions. About slicksters. I have that as a sort of future plan because I need to produce plastic to make traps, and in order to produce plastic I need to refine metal. Well you know the chain. You don't need to catch any slicksters though. Just pump the CO2 down to them. Much easier, and doesn't need silly prerequisite materials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sueca Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 2 hours ago, Saturnus said: You don't need to catch any slicksters though. Just pump the CO2 down to them. Much easier, and doesn't need silly prerequisite materials. Ohh that's a very good point. Ty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelix Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 at later stages of game i just pump co2 down to oil level(there lot of slicksters). at early stages i use this bug/feature(my gas tank setup). it has unlimited gas capacity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sueca Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 10 hours ago, Angelix said: at later stages of game i just pump co2 down to oil level(there lot of slicksters). at early stages i use this bug/feature(my gas tank setup). it has unlimited gas capacity If I understand correctly the gas can vent for all eternity because of the liquid over the vents? Brilliant at least until the bug is fixed. I will try this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggbert Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 The skimmers should have no problem with that amount of CO2. Check for the presence of other gases in the room such as chlorine or oxygen and pump them out or leave the door open. The Skimmers, unlike other devices don't give any indication of a problem when other gases are present, they just don't suck anything in. Also, your skimmers are 3 tiles above where the gas in the room can go, and there are air permeable tiles in the floor under your CO2 skimmers. Your skimmers should be the lowest thing in the room. There should be no gas permeable tiles under them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnus Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 1 hour ago, Sueca said: If I understand correctly the gas can vent for all eternity because of the liquid over the vents? Brilliant at least until the bug is fixed. I will try this! You can also do it with gas as I suggested before. Here's a few hundred grams of hydrogen keeping at least one vent from overpressurizing even though there over 150 tonnes of CO2 per tile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyPerfect Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Just don't issue a stray Deconstruct command on one of those tiles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnus Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, GuyPerfect said: Just don't issue a stray Deconstruct command on one of those tiles... Like when you think, and you're pretty sure, you've clicked sweep, and the game decides you clicked deconstruct instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KittenIsAGeek Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 On 11/28/2017 at 9:20 AM, Sueca said: I keep coming back to this problem in every new base. This time I was lucky to get a natural gas geyser right next to my base and I have set up a good power source. I'm pumping the CO2 into a sealed room, even though I knew there would be an overpressure eventually. (The room is tiny I know.) I put 2 carbon skimmers in the "CO2 room" thinking it would even out the pressure but it's not enough. What do you do with the CO2 build up coming from the natural gas generators?? I need ideas. First off.. how on earth are TWO carbon skimmers not keeping up with two gas generators? Do you have a liquid flow problem? Often, until I get down to the oil zone, I'll pump 2 to 4 generators output to a single carbon skimmer in a small room with no issues. Check your plumbing or power on those skimmers, because something's not right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelix Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 11 hours ago, Sueca said: If I understand correctly the gas can vent for all eternity because of the liquid over the vents? Brilliant at least until the bug is fixed. I will try this! yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sueca Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 13 hours ago, greggbert said: Also, your skimmers are 3 tiles above where the gas in the room can go, and there are air permeable tiles in the floor under your CO2 skimmers. Your skimmers should be the lowest thing in the room. There should be no gas permeable tiles under them. Thumbs up! I replaced those air flow tiles and already there's a big difference. 11 hours ago, Saturnus said: You can also do it with gas as I suggested before. Here's a few hundred grams of hydrogen keeping at least one vent from overpressurizing even though there over 150 tonnes of CO2 per tile. I'm really excited to try this. My construction is so wonky... but the pump I have at the top is my target: Machinery are really getting heated up by the way. :/ Especially around the thermo cooler. 10 hours ago, KittenIsAGeek said: First off.. how on earth are TWO carbon skimmers not keeping up with two gas generators? Do you have a liquid flow problem? Often, until I get down to the oil zone, I'll pump 2 to 4 generators output to a single carbon skimmer in a small room with no issues. Check your plumbing or power on those skimmers, because something's not right. Yep, you are right. There was a liquid flow problem and with that fixed it's working fine with the two skimmers I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sueca Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 This is another base, same gas generator system, but this time the liquid-over-vents trick isn't working for me. I'm pumping the co2 into the little confined room with a pump and 2 vents. The pumps say "pipes blocked" and the generators are just idle. It's funny because the 4 tiles behind the confined pump are at pressure 148g to 1614g so why the overpressure. Need some help. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnus Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Too much water I suspect. Also, don't use polluted water as it will sublimate into polluted oxygen over time. The pump is also connected to the vents so that's a rather big issue as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Flying Fox Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 8 minutes ago, Sueca said: This is another base, same gas generator system, but this time the liquid-over-vents trick isn't working for me. I'm pumping the co2 into the little confined room with a pump and 2 vents. The pumps say "pipes blocked" and the generators are just idle. It's funny because the 4 tiles behind the confined pump are at pressure 148g to 1614g so why the overpressure. Need some help. Any thoughts? Most likely you used too much water. The vents detect the pressure of either gas OR liquid on them. So, you have to leave less then 2000 grams of liquid on the vents, which is tricky to setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sueca Posted December 5, 2017 Author Share Posted December 5, 2017 Ow... yeah it's 40kg. Had no idea it came down to that. Thanks Flying Fox!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnus Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 5 minutes ago, Sueca said: Ow... yeah it's 40kg. Had no idea it came down to that. Thanks Flying Fox!! Please note what I wrote before Flying Fox. Do not use polluted water as it will sublimate. And that you have connected the air pump inside to the vents making a pipe block with the vents seeing inputs from two sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelix Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 you need only few gramms of water. and as Saturnus said PW is not best choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sueca Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Ah I didn't see your reply first. Hat's off to you Saturnus Thanks for pointing out that clean water is better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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