Gas Valve

Gas Valve
Controls the Gas volume permitted through Pipes.
Valves control the amount of gas that moves through pipes, preventing waste.
Research	Pressure Management
Dimensions	1×2 tiles
Rotation	Turnable
Category	Ventilation
Decor	-5 (Radius: 1 tile)
Ventilation	Input: Gas Intake Output: Gas Output
Requires	Duplicant operation
Materials
Metal Ore	50 kg

Gas Valve control the amount of gas flowing through a Gas Pipe. Best usage after branching, or stopping gas without losing contents before deconstructing. Because it allows gas flow only one way, it can also be used to give the game a hint what flow direction the gas pipe is having, when the pipe grid is getting more complicated.

Flow

Gas Valve has a flow setting, ranging from 0 g/s to 1000 g/s. This setting is the upper limit of the output gas flow. For example, if the setting is set to 500 g/s and input flow is 1000 g/s, the output flow is limited to 500 g/s and excess gas is blocked. If the setting is set to 500 g/s and input flow is 300 g/s, the output flow is 300 g/s.

A valid flow setting is rounded the first decimal place and has the following limits:

• the minimum flow is 0 g/s;
• the maximum flow is 1000 g/s;
• the minimum, nonzero flow is 0.1 g/s (100 mg/s).

Switching the flow setting of Gas Valve requires Duplicant operation, and takes some time.

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