Ceramic Hater Cryofuel Condenser | Oxygen Not Included | Page 1

sleek citrus Mar 28, 2024, 11:04 PM

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Presenting Ceramic Hater Cryofuel Condenser
Designed to maximize production of cryofuel while requiring absolutely no ceramic, not even for the fuel lines to the rockets, the Ceramic Hater Cryofuel Condenser is capable of processing a full 1 kg/s of 95°C oxygen and hydrogen into cryofuel.

Features:

Designed and tested in SO but should be base game compatible
Absolutely zero ceramic required
Processes 1 kg/s each of up to 95°C oxygen and hydrogen
Only takes about 8 cycles to start producing usable fuel
Precision temperature control and smart pumping system eliminate need for pre-chilling fuel lines while pumping up to 10 kg/s from storage to the rockets
Can safely use igneous or sedimentary insulated liquid pipe fuel lines of up to 200 tiles in length (measurement includes return pipe) with only minimal repairs needed
If ceramic insulated liquid pipes are used they can safely be up to 600 tiles in length
Smaller fuel storage allows for precision temperature control while still being able to quickly refuel rockets when they return
Almost completely flaking and freezing free

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Individual images for easier viewing on smaller screens:

vestal pulsar Apr 9, 2024, 12:28 PM

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This looks great. Of course my aluminium volcano went dormant just after I set up the tamer. Looks like it will need 4300kg aluminium and max 2000kg super coolant.

mild lintel Apr 16, 2024, 2:45 PM

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Love this design. Thanks for posting.

sturdy dove Apr 24, 2024, 5:27 PM

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Finally got a chance to build this. No SC yet, so I'm using the LOX chamber for condensing chlorine to use as a 3x oxidizer with Rocketry Expanded mod... mostly just for one mining trip with a small petrol rocket so I can get fullerene

eager epoch Jun 26, 2024, 12:22 PM

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Such efficiency

sturdy dove Jul 17, 2024, 1:28 PM

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Still loving this thing. This month I swapped the fuels because it's east of my rockets, and I always put oxidizer tanks below fuel. This way will reduce a bit of pipe spaghetti.

icy epoch Jul 23, 2024, 3:02 AM

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I’m sorry why the freak do you have the double bridge packet combiner thingie underneath your aqua tuners? What’s the point

sleek citrus Jul 23, 2024, 6:08 AM

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icy epoch I’m sorry why the freak do you have the double bridge packet combiner thingie un...

That's not a packet combiner it's a double bridge bypass.

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It provides an extra pipe segment of storage so that you don't have to worry about if the aquatuner is running when you fill the loop.

patent nacelle Aug 6, 2024, 11:04 PM

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I don't hate ceramic but I'm still gonna use this design. Very elegant.

mint escarp Nov 6, 2024, 5:14 AM

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I have a question. The cell of the gas shutoff is supposed to be in vacuum? If yes, what is the point of having the door above the gas shutoff? It is to control the gas temperature and thus preventing the pipes to burst?

sleek citrus Nov 6, 2024, 5:15 AM

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yep, you don't want to cool the gas too much before it leaves the pipes

mint escarp Nov 6, 2024, 5:15 AM

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Oh i see. Thanks

sleek citrus Nov 6, 2024, 5:16 AM

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That section just above the shutoffs is the pre-cooler. It cools the gas most of the way so when it gets to the vent it only needs just a bit more cooling.

mint escarp Nov 6, 2024, 5:16 AM

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Just build this one and i was wondering what is the reason of the door. Guess the temp sensor there isnt enough

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Nice design

sleek citrus Nov 6, 2024, 5:16 AM

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When the door is open it isn't pulling cold from the cooling loop.

mint escarp Nov 6, 2024, 5:17 AM

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Oh

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Was only looking at the gas overlay. My bad

sleek citrus Nov 6, 2024, 5:18 AM

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There are a couple of radiant liquid pipes in the doors.

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Anyway the pre-cooler is what lets the build run at the full 1 kg/s assuming you can supply that much hydrogen.

mint escarp Nov 6, 2024, 5:19 AM

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Also the transformer and aquatuner is supposed to be steel or thermium?

sleek citrus Nov 6, 2024, 5:19 AM

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Steel. The only space material required for the build is super coolant.

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(Thermium works too though if you prefer)

mint escarp Nov 6, 2024, 5:20 AM

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When i started the design i got a bit worried when i saw the steam reaching 230c

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Then it worked out nicely

sleek citrus Nov 6, 2024, 5:21 AM

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Yeah it has to work a little extra hard when starting up.

mint escarp Nov 6, 2024, 5:22 AM

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And i swapped the liquid of the steam turbine for the conduction panels. Guess it saved me some super coolant

sleek citrus Nov 6, 2024, 5:23 AM

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Well the turbines would only need a tiny bit of super coolant for transfering the heat but conduction panels should work too.

mint escarp Nov 6, 2024, 5:25 AM

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Thanks for the design. It was my first time attempting the cryofuel thing without sandbox

sleek citrus Nov 6, 2024, 5:25 AM

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Hopefully it will perform well for you.

patent nacelle Dec 1, 2024, 11:43 PM

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Why do you hate ceramic?

sleek citrus Dec 2, 2024, 5:36 AM

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I just don't find it to be as essential as most people do. There are very few instances where it actually makes a meaningful impact compared to other materials.

worthy terrace Dec 5, 2024, 2:39 AM

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ceramics biggest bonus' is its overheat and melt temps. malfic is pretty close to the TC of ceramic when used for insulated tiles

hazy sparrow Jan 31, 2025, 1:43 AM

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Seems to work great, except...the LOxy input chamber keeps breaking here? Any visible reason you can see for this?

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I did accidentally make the Storage Chamber 1 tile taller but I don't think that affects the area of failure

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sleek citrus Jan 31, 2025, 1:44 AM

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what liquid do you have over that thermo sensor?

hazy sparrow Jan 31, 2025, 1:45 AM

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supercoolant, all of them

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in the image it was LOxy but that's because the pipe broke and the innards leaked into it

sleek citrus Jan 31, 2025, 1:46 AM

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is the bit with the shutoff in a vacuum?

hazy sparrow Jan 31, 2025, 1:46 AM

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originally yes, until the Oxygen leaked

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(as seen by the Hydrogen side)

sleek citrus Jan 31, 2025, 1:47 AM

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well I don't know why it leaked originally but I can tell you why it is continuing to leak

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my guess for the original leak is it was allowed to over cool

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also could you show me the liquid pipe overlay?

hazy sparrow Jan 31, 2025, 1:49 AM

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loaded a previous save, sure

sleek citrus Jan 31, 2025, 1:49 AM

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ahh, there's the problem, the liquid pipes there are wrong

hazy sparrow Jan 31, 2025, 1:49 AM

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?!

sleek citrus Jan 31, 2025, 1:49 AM

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the radiant pipes are one tile too far right

hazy sparrow Jan 31, 2025, 1:49 AM

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oh

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OH

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should be easy enough to fix thankfully, whew

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the few pipe segments without Supercoolant arent too huge an issue, right?

sleek citrus Jan 31, 2025, 1:50 AM

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oh and you should move the top hydro sensors up a tile since you made the storage a tile taller

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a couple gaps in the super coolant should be fine

hazy sparrow Jan 31, 2025, 1:54 AM

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Tysm! I double checked first to not bother you for useless stuff but. Looks like I managed to do that anyways 😭
I'll see how it goes now!

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