H2/O2 should generate H2O, yet waste gas from furnaces contains 0% of this. Lets opt for conserving mass rather than destroying it!
#Reclaim of H2O generated from H2/O2 in furnace
severe shore
desert birch
It’s gamified for a reason
vague sierra
Vol ≠ H
severe shore
Gross! Let me make my closed loop combustion! 😂
vague sierra
in the game but not used rn
ionic osprey
I think it was methane?
ionic osprey
Chloromethane also makes water (and pollutants) when combusted with pure O2
placid fern
I agree with OP that for consistency chat combustion of Vol shoud create water
Maybe make so only at ratios close to 2:1 Vol:O2 you would have water, if off only CO2
vague sierra
Vol+O2 makes water if burnt inside the H2 combustor for some reason
Fair enough 🤷
placid fern
Vol is Stationeers take on SS13/14 Plasma, wich produces only CO2 if the ratio of Plasma is too high
ionic osprey
Yeah this suggestion makes sense.
noble cypress
H2/O2 should generate H2O, yet waste gas from furnaces contains 0% of this. Lets...
Even in real life this takes exceptionally hot temperatures to deionize the hydrogen to bond with the oxygen. It's fine getting that production out of the combustor since the gasses come out of there hotter than any normal combustion that happens in furnaces and such anyways
Additionally, forcing people to have to safeguard against water in EVERY combustion would be a nightmare. Especially for rockets.
severe shore
I can see that would be tedious. Not sure what your comment about deionizing hydrogen to bond with oxygen is about....H2 is explosive at just 4% with atmospheric oxygen. The result is a lot of heat and water vapor.
noble cypress
Being explosive doesn't mean it's hot enough for it deionize. But vols aren't hydrogen in game. It's also lower than I thought, only like 535C to cause the reaction to start
severe shore
the explosion is the reaction happening....resulting in water vapor formation and the release of energy. A static discharge is enough to activate it LEL.
noble cypress
Either way. Forcing it into every combustion process adds a lot more complexity and problems than it resolved in an already complicated game.
severe shore
I agree there. Just figured it would be a cool way to power advanced furnaces and actually recover h2o for processing
blazing elm
I think there were plans to split Volatiles into Hydrogen and Volatiles(methane) or something like that. Currently there is a sort of duality where one moment Volatiles act as methane, the other it acts as hydrogen.
Ex: there is no free hydrogen on IRL moon, so volatiles and coal represent various hydrocarbons, they should not make pure water yet we can use Volatiles for pure water.