Algae Distiller

Algae Distiller
Refines Slime into Algae.
Algae distillers convert disease-causing slime into algae for oxygen production.
Research	Distillation
Dimensions	3×4 tiles
Category	Refinement
Power	-120 W
Heat	+1.5 kDTU/s
Decor	-10 (Radius: 2 tiles)
Piping	Output: Polluted Water Output
Requires	Slime: -600 g/s
Effects	Algae: +200 g/s @ 30+ °C Polluted Water: +400 g/s @ 30+ °C
Auto In	Green: Enable Red: Disable
Other Properties	Susceptible to flooding
Materials
Metal Ore	200 kg

Algae Distiller converts Slime into Algae and Polluted Water. It will output the Polluted Water to its output pipe, and drop the created Algae on the ground from its bottom right tile once 30 kg have accumulated.

The Slime stocked in it won't emit Polluted Oxygen.

Usage

Algae Distillers are quite slow, so you may need more than one if you have large quantities of Slime available. Because they emit Polluted Water, heat up quickly, and have a low decor value, they are best placed far away from living quarters or in a sealed room. Still, they are able to create two of the most important resources in the game (Algae and Water if you use Water Sieve), and therefore are a good option for mid-game once you start exploring the Swamp Biome.

Both outputs will likely be contaminated with Slimelung. It is not particularly important even if Algae is immediately used for Oxygen production, since Slimelung is only contagious when inhaled and dies off quickly in most mediums other than polluted oxygen. However, to minimize infection chances a room filled with Chlorine or an Ore Scrubber can be used to sterilize the Algae before use. Since Slimelung cannot survive for long in a liquid, using the Polluted Water is generally safe.

Alternatively, a Buddy Bud can be planted next to each Oxygen Diffuser. Since only one type of germ can occupy any given tile, saturating the air with the Buddy Bud's Floral Scents will completely prevent Slimelung from infecting the air even if the Algae used is infested with it. Care should be taken to ensure no dupes with Allergies trait will come in contact with the Floral Scents "germ", however.

The sublimation of the Sublimation Station in the Spaced Out! creates a good synergy between Puft ranching domestic Arbor Trees. Burning Ethanol into a Petroleum generator already produces most of the Polluted water needed for irrigation. An Algae Distiller can be used to provide the rest. This set up can be optimized to produce large quantities of Carbon Dioxide, Polluted Dirt, Slime and Meat.

Heat economy

The Algae Distiller is an inherently heat multiplying machine: The total heat capacity of its output is about 14.26 times higher than the total heat capacity of its inputs, if the input Slime is 30 °C or warmer. If it is cooler than 30 °C, then this ratio will increase slightly with each degree below 30 °C. For example, at 15 °C Slime temperature, heat will be multiplied by 15, and at 0 °C, it will be multiplied by 15.83.

Puft Ranching

A single Algae Distiller processes 360kg of Slime per Cycle, enough to take care of the products of 7.5 Pufts. Producing 120kg of Algae and 240kg of Polluted Water respectively. 8 Pufts require 400kg of Polluted Oxygen per Cycle, but the calculations below assume 379kg of Polluted Oxygen consumed per Cycle, the amount of required for 100% uptime of a Single Distiller.

• If the Algae is used for the Oxygen Diffuser, it will produce 110kg of Oxygen. So, you're essentially converting 269kg of Polluted Oxygen into 240kg of Polluted Water (0.892 ratio). Note, a single Diffuser can handle the Algae of nearly 3 Algae Distillers.
  • As well as convert 110kg of Polluted Oxygen into 110kg of Clean Oxygen, but this is of dubious use. Since, while Deodorizers convert Polluted Oxygen into Clean Oxygen at a 90% ratio. Deodorizers essentially convert that 'lost' 10% ratio into Clay, which is an incredibly useful material.
• If the Algae is used for Algae Terrarium, it will produce 160kg of Oxygen. Essentially converting 219kg of Polluted Oxygen into 240kg of Polluted Water(1.096 ratio). Note, you will need 7 Algae Terrarium per Algae Distiller, Dupe Labor to drain the Polluted Water, as well as 1,200kg of Clean Water per Cycle that will converted into Polluted Water, at a 5kg Water loss per Cycle.
  • This setup also technically removes 2.2kg of Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere per Cycle. Which is still only 1.2% the amount that a single Carbon Skimmer removes.
  • If using a Water Sieve, you will need 287kg of Filtration Medium to process the 1,435kg of Polluted Water per Cycle. So, it's recommended that you use the Polluted Water instead of cleaning it, potentially for growing Crops such as Thimble Reed, Arbor Trees, or Pincha Peppers.

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