My screnshots will cover metastation but it’s the same on all the maps.
Despite the setup running only on co2, it’s super stable (if done right) and has no chance of delaming on it’s own.
So before we start you will need:
meson gogles (or engineering gogles set to meson mode)
an RPD (rapid pipe dispenser)
a wrench (should be in your toolbelt if you start as engineer)
Everything mentioned can be found in engineering round start so you it shouldn’t take too long to find it.
So let's start with preparing our loop:
Unwrench those pipes in front of SM and replace them with straight pipes
Final result:
If you don’t really care about collecting pluoxium from SM replace the filter with straight pipe (alternatively you can make layer adaptors and place layer 1 and 3 pumps on top of the filter).
Final resut:
or if you decide to keep the filter:
remove space loop pumps and replace them with straight pipes too
Result:
Next turn on the all the filters (set first to co2, second to n2, rest to nothing)
and finally replace the rest of the remaining pumps with pipes
The result: Disclaimer: do not turn on the freezers if you didn’t upgrade them, they would actually make the gas hotter since their temperature is higher than space!
next insert the plasma tanks into collectors and turn them on:
Okay, we got all the basic stuff behind us, let's start with the magic.
Yell at the AI or CE to open the secure storage and take the plasma tank from inside.
Go here
and add connector to the loop, just like that
Next visit the space loop segment again
and add a filter right there Turn it on and set it to plasma (very important), don’t let people mess with it, since it’s the most important component of your loop.
Now you need constant co2 input from atmos, you can ask them to pump them to you, but I prefer just doing something like that:
and wrench the plasma can into the connector you added:
wait a bit for it to empty then unwrench it again.
next set the air alarm like you would normally do:
at this point SM can start setting itself on fire, if it happens don’t panic and wrench one n2 can
The most important part
Now we add co2 into our loop using the atmos to loop pump. Remember to not add too much gas in or it will delam.
I would really suggest experimenting with it, turning it on for 3-5 seconds, checking the computer if it's stable (and doesn't have too high pressure). While doing that don't forget to turn on emitters and then set SMES units.
Finale
If you feel cocky enough you can run it on pure co2. To do that change the one filter you set to n2 before to nothing and watch co2 go up.
Remember the more co2 you add the higher power output will be, but the crystal will become less stable and can delam.
If you are really pushing against the limits I suggest having at least one or two n2 tanks ready to be pumped (don’t forget setting the filter back).
Look how stable it is (and a a look at complete setup):
Keep relative EER below 5k, or else it will start spawning anomalies, that can and will release sentient slimes that kill a lot of people and pyroclastic anomalies which will make the SM delam when they explode to flaming plasma.
To calm down Tesla delamming CO2 set up all you need to do is to have a filter set to O2 and a filter set to Pluoxium, in addition to CO2, so that Plux and O2 get filtered back in. Plux shuts down power generation, O2 decays into Plux.
Dump a can of your collected Pluoxium inside to speed up the process.
It is a good idea to have one filter set to O2 in general. It decays into Plux anyway.
N2 is not needed at all, once you let the CO2 in.
One of the connectors to which that first filter directs the gas should be replaced with a freezer so that collected gas gets cooled and more gas fits in the can.
It is better to place three scrubbers inside the chamber, between standard vents and scrubbers, and direct the collected Plux into the can separately.
Your setup doesn’t have a limiter for coolant mass and pressure and said concerns must be manually managed. Everything else seems pretty good, but new people fuck this up all the time with either too few moles of gas for heat exchange because of a complete change/venting of coolant type, more than the cooling loop can efficiently process, or so much they de-laminate into a singularity if they leave the atmos volume pump running.
Straight pipes to the freezers turned off, wrenched cans on those connectors, additional connectors/cans, and a reduced-rate volume gas pump feeding to the chamber with a target chamber pressure of between 60-100kpa are a great way to keep a multi-hour chilled coolant reservoir that needs no additional oversight and only one top-off from atmos.
I’d even go so far as to say straight piping the coolant input is more dangerous than not. Just maxing the gas pump pressure is enough to delam into a singularity if you have the required mass of coolant behind it as the unary vents have a higher throughput than the scrubbers. Any variable-reservoir setup should have a limiter on the coolant before entering the chamber. You never know when you’ll get exploded, spaced, etc, and can’t manually manage the loop. External pressure settings on the air alarm would prevent cooling during a fire and non-zero internal settings would be useless with a variable coolant mass. People looking for a guide probably haven’t taken any of that into consideration.
It’s not, you can run pump for 5 minutes before it starts to delam (keep in mind you can still save it easily).
The point of that pump is to control mev and add coolant when it runs off.
It is better to use pressure pump instead of volume pump for the gas feed from atmos because the speed of gas flow falls as the pressure in the recieving pipenet approaches the pressure setting on the pump.
Or you can have both, using the layer manifold.
