Sublimation Station
The Sublimation Station is a building that speeds up the conversion of 
Polluted Dirt 
into 
Polluted Oxygen 
. It becomes idle when area reaches maximum pressure capacity.
Usage
The Sublimation Station converts the solid mass of polluted dirt into breathable gas. However, because it creates Polluted Oxygen, it will need to be deodorized to prevent Yucky Lungs. Unfiltered, one Sublimation Station can support 5 Duplicants; as there is a 30% increase to Oxygen Consumption due to Yucky Lungs. While less than cleaning it, this does have the advantage of saving on Filtration Medium. Be careful as a Polluted Oxygen atmosphere brings the risk of rampant spreading of Slimelung and cannot be piped to buildings such as the Atmo Suit Dock.
Converting the Polluted Oxygen to 
clean Oxygen requires 6.6 Deodorizers per Sublimation Station, an additional power cost of 33 W, plus 880g/s (528kg/c) of Filtration Medium. The deodorized output of one Sublimation Station, running constantly, can support 6 Duplicants. This is an excellent source of Clay for Ceramics.
An alternative would be to allow 8 Pufts to convert the 396kg of Polluted Oxygen into 376kg of Slime, then use an Algae Distiller to convert it into 124kg of Algae and 248kg of Polluted Water. The Algae can convert into 113kg of Oxygen using Oxygen Diffuser while the Polluted Water can be Water Sieve using 50kg of Filtration Medium to create 220kg of Oxygen using an Electrolyzer as well as 28kg of Hydrogen. For a total of 333kg of Oxygen (84% efficiency). While you lose 6% Oxygen efficiency compared to using Deodorizers, and it involves several processes, it only cost 10% of the Filtration Medium per cycle.
- This is partly due to Water Filtration being more efficient, 5kg of Water for 1kg of Medium vs 5kg of Oxygen for 6.66kg of Medium.
Synergy with Ethanol Power
The sublimation of the Sublimation Station has good synergy with Ethanol Power generation as the process of converting Arbor Trees into Ethanol in the Ethanol Distiller creates an abundant amount of Polluted Dirt. While burning Ethanol into a Petroleum Generator produces most of the Polluted water needed for irrigation of new domestic Arbor Trees, the process is technically Water Negative. Utilizing a Sublimation Station instead of a Electrolyzer can save the colony hundreds of kilos of water per cycle.
Synergy with Puft Ranching
The sublimation of the Sublimation Station also creates a good synergy with Puft Ranching. As Pufts consume large quantities of Polluted Oxygen, and produce Slime in return. Useful for farming certain plants, ranching certain critters, generating Oxygen, or even Water creation.
History
- EX1-464434: Emission cell moved one space down to make it consistent with the Oxygen Diffuser and to prevent emissions from destroying solid cells above.
