Thermal Evaporation Plant
The Thermal Evaporation Plant (TEP) is a multiblock structure that converts water to Brine or Brine to Lithium.
Construction
The TEP is built on a 4x4 base of Thermal Evaporation Blocks and has a height of at least 3 blocks. All layers above the base are hollow. To increase the internal storage and rate of evaporation, the structure can be raised up to 18 blocks high. A Thermal Evaporation Controller is required and is used to open the user interface. Thermal Evaporation Valves are used for input/output of fluids and for supplying heat via Resistive Heaters. The top layer doesn't require blocks in the corners.
Important: Allowed placement of Thermal Evaporation Controllers and Thermal Evaporation Valves is anywhere in an inside wall(not a corner) OR on the corners of the top layer only, which can be useful if you lower the TEP into the ground.
A minimal setup requires 34 Thermal Evaporation Blocks, 1 Thermal Evaporation Controller, 1 Thermal Evaporation Valve and 1 Resistive Heater.
Alternatively, up to 4 Advanced Solar Generators can be added to the top layer in order to provide heat for the TEP.
The largest TEP is built using 213 Thermal Evaporation Blocks, 1 Controller, 2 Valves and 4 Advanced Solar Generators.
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Resistive Heater setup -
Solar Generator setup -
18 block high tower
Usage
Normally, the TEP starts out idle due to lack of heat. Additional heat can be provided from Advanced Solar Panels on the top layer and/or by placing a powered Resistive Heater next to a Valve. Production rate scales with height and temperature (up to 3000K). The formula used (temp in K) is:
Production = 0.4 * (Height / 18) * min((Temp - 300), 3000)
Notes
- Connected pipes don't automatically pull outputs out of the machine. Set the connection on the pipe to Pull using a Configurator.
- The smallest setup produces 180 mB/t at maximum heat, which is increased to 1080 mB/t at maximum height.
- More valves can be added as needed.
- The inside of the TEP's walls and base can also be built with Structural Glass. This adds up to 129 blocks.
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