Liquid Valve

Liquid Valve
Controls the Liquid volume permitted through Pipes.
Valves control the amount of liquid that moves through pipes, preventing waste.
Research	Pressure Management
Dimensions	1×2 tiles
Rotation	Turnable
Category	Plumbing
Overheat at	75 °C
Decor	-5 (Radius: 1 tile)
Piping	Input: Liquid Intake Output: Liquid Output
Requires	Duplicant operation
Materials
Metal Ore	200 kg

Liquid Valve allows the player to control or stop the contents of a Liquid Pipe. Best to use after branching. Maintains pressure in an empty pipe before deconstructing it. Because it allows liquid flow only one way, it can also be used to give the game a hint what flow direction the liquid has when the pipe grid gets more complicated.

Flow

The Liquid Valve has a flow setting, ranging from 0 g/s to 10,000 g/s. This setting is the upper limit of the output liquid flow. For example, if the setting is set to 5 kg/s and input flow is 10 kg/s, the output flow is limited to 5 kg/s and excess liquid is blocked. If the setting is set to 5 kg/s and input flow is 3 kg/s, the output flow is 3 kg/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 10,000 g/s;
• the minimum, nonzero flow is 0.1 g/s (100 mg/s).

Switching the volume setting of Liquid Valve requires Duplicant operation, and takes some time.

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