Testing HVAC SYSTEMS and AIR SCRUBBERS with the Compressed Gases Update

In this video, 454ss looks into HVAC systems and air scrubbers for your closed compartments!

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[lazermaniac]

My tests with the catalytic converters have actually shown it consumes all gas fed through it, not just CO2. My utility shuttle had a very simple 2-port series setup to cycle air through multiple catalytic converters, and I found it trying to draw a vacuum in the cabin.

[Heli]

the main problem with the new fluid system is that as soon as there gets water inside a volume the flowrate degreaces rapidly im on a 2 week run and make submarine balast work again. just pressure isnt gonna cut it. for scrubbing a volume like a sub i simply use the compressed air for blowing the balast. at 60ATM i can change the air 40 times before it starts to build up Co2 and thats hours of playtime. on a ship i would include a microcontroller which keeps the pressure at around 1 ATM.

[csx]

I made a micro build with 33 Catalytic converters, an impeller pump and a small motor. The ONLY downside is the priming time. The Catalytic converters have an internal volume that need to be filled. Exponentially, the first Catalytic converter in a sequence will have a huge pressure 37Atm on my device with 33 of them. So yeah, you can effectively clean air quite nicely.

[kthurmsafran]

Catalytic converters work but you need a lot of them with really fast pumps for large spaces.

[landerverheyden]

All you need is a pressure regulater and a back pressure regulator. They keep cycling the air until the air input is empty. Or a carbon dioxide scrubber instead of the back pressure regulator.

[HATECELL]

You could prevent overpressure by controlling your pump and outlet valves with some logic. After all there's no reason to let that stuff run continuously

[danielk]

tbh i would use an impeller hooked to a pid to blow air in, and relief valves to dump excess air

[AndyPue]

Backseat gaming again:
Well the pump out pipe length is one longer, I guess that already decreases the flow rate.
However, at some pressure, it will increase supply pressure to pump and get equilibrium.

[N-HT]

It’s actually work u can heat a room with one central unit but it’s not as effective

[yzgrdyn-WiseGuardian-]

Can you use the electric radiator to cool air?

[isaacthehuman]

So realistically, your set up for the catalytic converter test was sort of half done, just one cat isn’t going to work and you need multiple of them to actually get the job done, from my testing 5-9 cats are required for it to work, and in cases where multiple players are In the space even more are required. Think of actual ac systems. Just one filter doesn’t de-dust the air, and one cat doesn’t completely make engine exhaust clear.

Edit: takes WAY more than 10 cats for good results so you would have to make an entire filter unit. My original testing was done a few hotfixes ago