Desalinator

Desalinator

Removes Salt from Brine or Salt Water, producing Water.

Salt can be refined into table salt for a mealtime morale boost.

Automation & transport

Transport & storage

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.

Construction

Build time
10 s
Melting point
1,326.9 ºC

Construction materials

Metal Ore

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

Connections

Desalinator: Connections12
Footprint4 × 3 Tiles

Inputs & outputs

Rates while running

Consumes

Brine5 kg/s

Produces

Salt1.5 kg/s
Water3.5 kg/s

Stats

Power use
480 W
Exhaust heat
0 kDTU/s
Self heat
8 kDTU/s

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