Kermack Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Do balm plants consume the chlorine gas that they are immersed in? I just discovered the small natural chlorine pocket I turned into a small balm farm has absolutely no more chlorine gas in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarquan Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 I've had balm lillies in an area with a finite amount of chlorine for over 100 cycles and sealed the chlorine in and all the chlorine is still there as far as I can tell. Could the chlorine have leaked out of the room in some other way? A picture of the room would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kermack Posted December 25, 2017 Author Share Posted December 25, 2017 If it was leaking out I would have thought I should at least be able to find it pocketed nearby but I can't account for it at all. There's still some grams of of chlorine in there and a some traces of carbon dioxide from before I started using an exosuit for the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Flying Fox Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Looking at the picture, I'd assume it's your quad-air-lock door. That particular setup of air-locks is good for separating to different areas because the center doors will destroy any gases trapped within them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kermack Posted December 25, 2017 Author Share Posted December 25, 2017 10 hours ago, The Flying Fox said: Looking at the picture, I'd assume it's your quad-air-lock door. That particular setup of air-locks is good for separating to different areas because the center doors will destroy any gases trapped within them. You know that's probably what's going on then. I didn't even consider that gases could be destroyed by doors. Thanks for pointing that out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Flying Fox Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 19 minutes ago, Kermack said: You know that's probably what's going on then. I didn't even consider that gases could be destroyed by doors. Thanks for pointing that out! You're welcome. Mechanized Airlocks in 2 or more doors can be pretty good at destroying gases for sure because of how fast they work. Manual airlocks will also do it, but not as readily because of how slow they function but, for the most part, that quad setup will definitely do it as it traps gases in the center and when the center doors shut, the gases are destroyed because they have no where to go. If you don't care too much about the gases and can replenish them, it's pretty much the easiest design to go with that works most of the time. And, if you're crafty enough, with automation, they can even thermally separate the two rooms pretty well, as long as the traffic is light enough. The second buffer gate needs to be shorter then the first. In this design, the center doors stay open most of the time and only briefly slam shut after a certain amount of time has past since a dupe last walked on a pressure plate. Any gases that were inside get destroyed and because the center doors remain open, they don't transfer heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BT_20 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Or you could use a liquid lock and if you care about temp exchange make two with a vacuum in the middle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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