Steam vent overpressurized

[Stoof]

Having a lot of problems with my cool steam vents being overpressurized since I started trying to seal them up in Abyssalite.  Wheezeworts don't survive in there and hoped someone had a solution that both contains the heat but also allows full water from the vent.

[Smithe37]

Build some diamond or wolframite tempshift plates from the steam into the pool. Provided you don't let the water get too hot it will keep cooling the steam into water.

[Kabrute]

weezewort, statue, vent, statue, weezewort.......

[MidnightSteam]

I usually put the wheezeworts and hydrogen in another room above the geyser and then build tempshift plates everywhere. Make sure the tile that connects the geyser room to the hydrogen room are made of conductive material(metal tiles).

[Stoof]

6 minutes ago, Kabrute said:

weezewort, statue, vent, statue, weezewort.......

Doesn't work

[Kabrute]

replace mesh with tile, expand to one side, you need water to be at the feet of the statues, in your case I would move statues and weezes down to your water line.

this ties the statue to water acting as a heat sink, as your liquid converts it trades gained cold with the statue, with the steam, converting more.  Once your trigger a conversion sequence it will carry itself.

make those ones tile or something solid

then just dribble a little of the water by the pump on the the left weezewort, this should trigger everything else for you.

[Gravityx]

2 hours ago, Stoof said:

Doesn't work

What other gas is in that room? Thats your issue. Most gases probably work ok, but hydrogen is best.

[Neotuck]

I always place the wheezewarts outside and have the heat pass though the tiles.  No gas inside so when the steam condenses there is a vacuum

[KittenIsAGeek]

WHeezwarts have an upper limit, so Neotuck has the right idea.  Build a separate room, fill it with hydrogen, put the wheezewarts in there.  Then use tempshift plates or a liquid radiator system to pipe the cold from the wheezewarts to the steam room.

[Stoof]

I've had some luck using some hydrogen and placing the wheezewarts high in the room, but no idea how many cycles that will be good for. Was hoping not to have to go to the trouble of externaly cooling it but maybe that's the only way while completely containing the heat.

[DyingCrow]

You can mix the piping and pump the hot water straight into the electrolyzers. Some pump them into showers, toilets and sinks with abyssalite pipes, but that causes them to heat up. You may be able to do some spot cooling with worts in those locations. Or, if you dont need it for now, just let it sit.

[KittenIsAGeek]

I made a post earlier about the difficulties of using steam generators.  I found two things that may be beneficial here: One is that steam vents may put out really really hot steam, but the actual hot mass is relatively low.  Second: A liquid pipe radiator works really good at keeping temperatures down.

[Neotuck]

4 hours ago, KittenIsAGeek said:

WHeezwarts have an upper limit, so Neotuck has the right idea.  Build a separate room, fill it with hydrogen, put the wheezewarts in there.  Then use tempshift plates or a liquid radiator system to pipe the cold from the wheezewarts to the steam room.

I prefer solid radiator for the high thermal conductivity.  Here's a pic of what I like to build and only the pump uses power.  I know water is in the upper 90s but most of it gets used for electrolyzers and carbon skimmer/water sieves so it's not a problem

[KittenIsAGeek]

Yep, your wheezewarts are in a separate room filled with hydrogen and not within the geyser chamber, so you shouldn't ever have a problem.