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* It is useful to build Fractionators in a conveyor loop, with one entry point for Hydrogen. This allows cycling of Hydrogen already on the belt for further conversion to Deuterium, requiring only the replacement of Hydrogen that was converted. | * It is useful to build Fractionators in a conveyor loop, with one entry point for Hydrogen. This allows cycling of Hydrogen already on the belt for further conversion to Deuterium, requiring only the replacement of Hydrogen that was converted. | ||
** Any conveyor loop that is fully saturated with Hydrogen, for any type of Conveyor Belt, can serve up to 100 Fractionators at a time. | ** Any conveyor loop that is fully saturated with Hydrogen, for any type of Conveyor Belt, can serve up to 100 Fractionators at a time. | ||
** Note, however, that Fractionators necessarily desaturate the loop, albeit at a low rate, so with a single entry point of Hydrogen, there is approximately a 1% loss per fractionator, which cascades to further Fractionators along the loop. | |||
*** e.g. if there are 10 Fractionators on a Conveyor Belt Mk.III loop, the first will operate at 100% efficiency, processing 0.3 deuterium/s. The second will operate at ~99% efficiency, as the conveyor belt is ~99% saturated, while the third will operate at 98% efficiency due to desaturation by previous fractionators on the loop. | |||
*** As a result, having multiple entry points in the conveyor loop for Hydrogen to replenish saturation, or multiple conveyor loops is recommended. | |||
[[Category:Item]] | [[Category:Item]] | ||
[[Category:Building]] | [[Category:Building]] | ||
[[Category:Fractionation Facility]] | [[Category:Fractionation Facility]] | ||