Carbon Skimmer

Uses Water to filter Carbon Dioxide from the air.

Skimmers remove large amounts of carbon dioxide, but produce no breathable air.

Automation & transport

Signal controls

Green permits operation; red prevents it. Other operating requirements still apply.

Unconnected state:Green

Transport & storage

Storage capacity: 30,000kg

Storage capacity and transport capacity are separate limits.

Liquid

Nominal packet mass: 10kg
Transport limit: 10kg/s
Phase-damage mass: > 1 kg

Freezing or boiling damages the pipe only above this packet mass.

Browse controls

Construction

Build time: 30 s
Melting point: 526.9 ºC

Construction materials

Metal Ore

100 kg

Specific heat: 0.91 (DTU/g)/ºC
Thermal conductivity: 20.5 (DTU/(m·s))/ºC
Heating transition: 1,083.9 ºC

Connections

Footprint2 × 2 Tiles

Inputs & outputs

Rates while running

Consumes

Carbon Dioxide300 g/s

Water1 kg/s

Produces

Polluted Water1 kg/s

Stats

Power use: 120 W
Self heat: 1 kDTU/s

Forbidden in rooms

Unlocked by

Decontamination