Study on Packing Amount of Original Distillation Column

First, the conclusion: run the efficiency to the highest 0.5x recipe time, while sharing structures as much as possible. For every two distillation towers at the bottom, share one heating chamber. The heating chamber needs two electric heaters set to level 9 to reach about 780 temperature. Adjacent distillation towers at the top can share coolers. When stacked, each distillation tower is approximately equivalent to one cooler, and the top temperature is around 300. The top can use alchemical boilers for heat dissipation. Each distillation tower is equipped with two alchemical boilers for heat dissipation, and the top temperature is around 340. However, alchemical boilers cannot be shared, and the transient time is significantly extended.

The image shows a cooling solution using a Cooler and an Alchemy Table. The demonstration uses an Infinite Water Cover and a Fluid Desalination Cover. Other water supply solutions can be designed separately.

Mechanics

Primitive Distillation Tower recipe time depends on bottom temperature, temperature difference.

Bottom temperature determines the minimum runtime of a recipe. Temperature difference provides a reduction to the minimum recipe duration. The recipe time variation involves a transition process from a transient state to a steady state. The transient state is the process where the bottom temperature and temperature difference stabilize. The steady state is when the bottom temperature and temperature difference have minimal impact on the recipe runtime. Heating the bottom as quickly as possible and cooling the top as quickly as possible (increasing the temperature difference) can significantly reduce the time spent in the transient state.

The distillation tower reads the instantaneous temperature when executing a recipe. The recipe duration will fluctuate until the temperature difference reaches a point where it can run at the minimum recipe duration at all times.

The Alchemical Vat's cooling is based on its own high heat dissipation coefficient. Its cooling efficiency is inferior to that of a cooler. Even if it can run at the minimum recipe duration, the temporary steady state time can last for several minutes or even tens of minutes.

This heating configuration allows the output bus to be shared by two distillation towers, with the input bins being independent for each distillation tower, avoiding recipe cross-contamination.

The image uses overlay plates for power, employees can design their own power solutions.

This post is for reference only and does not guarantee continued validity in future versions.

The thermal system may undergo changes in future updates, such as fine-tuning heating efficiency to cause insufficient heating at the bottom, adjusting cooler efficiency to cause insufficient cooling at the top, or reducing the heat dissipation efficiency of the alchemy cauldron to cause insufficient cooling at the top. Adjustments will be made accordingly at that time.

Sorry for the poor writing.