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{{JobEngineering}}[[Atmospherics]]. To the ignorant, a mystical art indistinguishable from actual magic. To the (hopefully) educated [[Atmospheric Technician]]s of the station, a glorified network of conveyors for moving gases about. Either way, Atmospherics holds great and terrifying power in the hands of the initiated.


{{toc_right}}==Summary==
==Pipes and Gases, the Basics of Atmos==
If you aren't working with pipes and gases, you aren't doing atmospherics.


[[Atmospherics]] (or Atmosia) is the land of pipes and air, a peaceful place often left to its automatic work. To the untrained eye, it might appear to be entirely impenetrable and useless, just a mess of pipes that should be left alone to do their own work while the [[Atmospheric Technician]]s goof off in the break room. But this is far from the truth. In the hands of a competent technician, Atmosia can just as easily save the station as it can horribly destroy it.
===Where to Get Pipes===


==The Basics==
Meet your two new friends. One never returns the money they borrow, you aren't really sure why you hang out with them. The other one is kind of awesome.


The first thing you need to understand is how atmospheric works. Paradise uses the method of the '''Ideal Gas Law''' in which pressure and volume remains proportional to each other as long as temperature does not change.
[[File:rapid_pipe_dispenser.png|64px]] Rapid Pipe Dispenser - A handheld tool that can print, place and recycle pipes for you. Fits in your backpack and doesn't need ammo.


Here are a few things to get you started to become a great Atmospheric Technician:


===[[Air_Alarm|Air Alarm]]===


An Air Alarm is the main method of control over the Atmospheric System. They enable you to control the vents and scrubbers in rooms, as well as any other Atmospherics Equipment, in addition to accessing a multitude of options regarding Atmospherics duty. There are an Air Alarms located in each individual room on the station, in addition to larger, open areas. Where exactly the Air Alarm is in the room does not matter; so long as it is within the confines of the room, and the room itself is powered, it will allow you to control the room's atmospherics.
Beneath are all the things your dispenser can make. Learn them well, for they are the fabric from which atmos is woven.


'''To learn more about Air Alarms and how to use them, click here: [[Air_Alarm|Air Alarm]]'''
<tabs>
 
<tab name="Atmospheric Pipes">
===The Computers===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:80%"
 
* '''Atmospheric Alert Computer:''' This computer console will tell you where your attention is needed. A green indicator signals everything is alright, a yellow indicator signals something went wrong, and a red indicator means an alarm has been triggered by someone or something (Panic Syphon normally causes a red indicator to appear).
* '''Central Atmospherics Computer:''' From this computer, you to remotely access air alarms allowing the same access as you would with a normal one. By default, every air alarm has their remote access enabled.
* '''The Distribution Computers:''' These computers allow you to see how much of a certain gas you have in storage, in addition to letting you change the rate at which they output.
 
===The Pipe System===
 
For the following section, it would be best to think of air as a fluid since, technically, it behaves like one. Imagine it as being a current of water flowing through the pipes. Atmospherics is pretty simple, but the pipe layout makes it slightly confusing for the untrained eye. It consists of four pipe "loops", which are color-coded for easy checking:
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:80%;"
!style="width:10%"|Pipe Colors
!style="text-align:center;"|Description
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:supply_pipe.png|32px]]
|The dark blue loop is the '''Distribution Loop''', or '''Distro Loop'''. It sends breathable air (roughly 80% nitrogen and 20% oxygen) to all the vents on the station, and is fed by the cyan loop lower down in Atmospherics
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:cyan_pipe.png|32px]]
|The cyan loop is responsible for creating '''Mixed Air''' to feed into the distribution loop
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:purple_pipe.png|32px]]
|The purple loop is the '''Waste Loop''', which retrieves waste air from the various scrubbers on the station and feeds it to the '''Filtering Loop'''
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:green_pipe.png|32px]]
|The green loop is the '''Filtering Loop''', which filters out the various gases in the waste air provided by the '''Waste Loop''' at various filters placed along it
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:yellow_pipe.png|32px]]
|The yellow loop is the '''Mix Loop''', which is internal to Atmospherics and is used for '''custom air mixes'''. It is rarely used for anything not highly illegal
|}
 
===The Gases===
 
{|class="wikitable" style="width:80%;"
!style="width:10%;"|Gases
!Description
|-
|'''Nitrogen (N2)'''
|One of the components of the air mix. N2 soaks up heat in the air, and lowers the temperature of a fire. By association, it can very quickly lower the temperature of a fiery rupture to the point where the flames self-extinguish.
|-
|'''Oxygen (O2)'''
|You breathe this. Running out of O2 will cause your slow death by suffocation damage. It is also required for a fire to even start, and hold, ending the fire when the O2 or plasma is depleted. Having less than 16 kPa of O2 flowing into your lungs chokes you.
|-
|'''Air'''
|The gas mix that is distributed in the station. It is composed of 70% N2 and 30% O2.
|-
|'''CO2'''
|An invisible, heavy gas, CO2 is one of the first and fastest gases the scrubbers suck out of the air. It chokes people effectively and quickly, and if you can be bothered to set the alarms up, will result in a invisible room that kills those in it. Takes some setup and can be very, very annoying. The emote for this at below incapacitating levels is gasping and choking.
|-
|'''Nitrous Oxide (N2O)'''
|A white-flecked gas. Makes you laugh at low doses and at higher ones puts you to sleep. Scrubbers don't deal with it too well and portable scrubbers just choke on it. If using this as a sleep gas mix do *not* forget the O2 at at least 16 kPa, or you will kill someone.
|-
|'''Plasma'''
|The one truly flammable gas on the station, plasma is purple, and highly toxic. Of note is the fact that in the presence of any oxygen at high pressures, plasma pumped into air can and will spontaneously ignite on turf at high pressures.
|}
 
==Portable/Rapid Pipe Dispenser==
 
[[File:PipeDispenser.png|64px]][[File:rapid_pipe_dispenser.png|64px]]
 
There are a few different pipes and devices that you can get from the portable or rapid part dispenser.
 
===Types of Pipes===
 
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:80%"
|style="width:32px"|'''Items'''
|style="width:32px"|'''Items'''
|style="width:15%"|'''Name'''
|style="width:15%"|'''Name'''
|style="text-align:center;"|'''Description'''
|style="width:15%"|'''Description'''
|style="text-align:center;"|'''Details'''
|-
|-
|[[File:Atmospheric_Pipe.png|32px]]
|[[File:Atmospheric_Pipe.png|64px]]
|Atmospheric Pipes
|Normal Pipes
|These are simple pipes that is normally found all around atmospheric.
|Generic pipes that can be used for most tasks.
|These are airtight pipes that can carry any gas you pump into them.
|-
|-
|[[File:supply_pipe.png|32px]]
|[[File:supply_pipe.png|64px]]
|Air Supply Pipe
|Air Supply Pipe
|Used to distribute air all across the station.
|Used to distribute air all across the station.
|Special pipes that are mostly used for the air distribution network. Can be laid in parallel to normal pipes and scrubber pipes.
|-
|-
|[[File:scrubber_pipe.png|32px]]
|[[File:scrubber_pipe.png|64px]]
|Scrubber Pipe
|Scrubbers Pipe
|used to move waste or harmful gases.
|Used to move waste or harmful gases.
|Special pipes that are mostly used for the waste network. Can be laid in parallel to normal pipes and air supply pipes.
|-
|-
|[[File:heat_exchanger_pipe.png|32px]]
|[[File:heat_exchanger_pipe.png|64px]]
|Heat Exchange Pipe
|Heat Exchange Pipe
|Allow you to cool / heat gases based on the ambient temperature of the tile they're on. Think space loop (for cooling) or the [[Toxins]] burn chamber (for heating).
|Shares heat between the pipe and the environment.
|Exchanges heat between any gas in the pipe and any gas in the tile. Think space loop(for cooling) or the [[Toxins]] burn chamber(for heating). Connects to normal pipes via junctions.
|-
|-
|[[File:universal_pipe.png|32px]]
|[[File:universal_pipe.png|64px]]
|Universal Pipe Adapter
|Universal Pipe Adapter
|Used to convert Atmospheric Pipe with Scrubber/Air Supply Pipe or vise versa.
|Can be fitted to any pipe type.
|Used to interface between normal, air supply, and scrubbers pipes. They cannot connect to each other without this.
|}
|}
 
</tab>
===Types of Devices===
<tab name="Atmospheric Devices">
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:80%"
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:80%"
|style="width:32px"|'''Items'''
|style="width:32px"|'''Items'''
|style="width:15%"|'''Name'''
|style="width:15%"|'''Name'''
|style="text-align:center;"|'''Description'''
|style="width:15%"|'''Description'''
|style="text-align:center;"|'''Details'''
|-
|-
|[[File:Vent_Port.png|32px]]
|[[File:Vent_Port.png|64px]]
|Unary Vent
|Unary Vent
|Once placed down it will have to be turned on by activating it at the room's air alarm
|The standard vent used to distribute air.
|Needs to be inside a blueprinted room with a functional air alarm to operate. Typically used to pump breathable air into a room.
|-
|[[File:Scrubber_Port.png|64px]]
|Air Scrubber
|Scrubs the air clean.
|Needs to be inside a blueprinted room with a functional air alarm to operate. Can remove specific gases from the room it is in, or rapidly siphon out all gas. Typically used to remove harmful gases like CO2 from the station's air.
|-
|-
|[[File:Vent_Port.png|32px]]
|[[File:Vent_Port.png|64px]]
|Passive Vent
|Passive Vent
|An air vent that releases pressure if connected to a atmospheric pipe.
|An unpowered vent that relies on pipe pressure to operate.
|Freely exchanges gas and heat between the tile and the connected pipe network, based on pressure and temperature gradients. Does not require power, or even a blueprinted room.
|-
|-
|[[File:dual_vent.png|32px]]
|[[File:dual_vent.png|64px]]
|Dual-Port Air Vent
|Dual-Port Air Vent
|Has a valve and pump attached to it. There are two ports
|
|-
|Has a valve and pump attached to it. There are two ports.
|[[File:Scrubber_Port.png|32px]]
|Air Scrubber
|Self explanatory, scrubs the nasty out of things, or acts like a vacuum. Like vents, needs to be turned on by an air alarm after being put in place
|-
|-
|[[File:Connector_Port.png|32px]]
|[[File:Connector_Port.png|64px]]
|Connector Port
|Connector Port
|Used to attach canisters, pumps or scrubbers to a pipe network. If you can't get a pipe network easily to the filter loop, an empty canister can be a good substitute
|A connector port for canisters of gas.
|Connects canisters to pipe networks. When used in conjunction with pumps, allows you to fill canisters or to empty them into a pipe network.
|-
|-
|[[File:Pump.png|32px]]
|[[File:Pump.png|64px]]
|Gas Pump
|Gas Pump
|The basic pumps you'll find all over Atmospherics. Good for precise pressure levels. Goes up to 4500 kPa
|A generic pressure pump.
|This pump is configured to measure how much gas it pumps by pressure. Can be set to only pump a certain amount of pressure through. The maximum pressure this pump can be set to move is 4500 kPa
|-
|-
|[[File:Volumetric_Pump.png|32px]]
|[[File:Volumetric_Pump.png|64px]]
|Volume Pump
|Volume Pump
|A bit like the pressure pump, but pumps via volume rather than going for pressure. 200 is its max output, but this is fairly significant. Faster than a pressure pump (You can even fill canisters up past the standard 4500 kPa pressure!), so best used in systems where a specific maximum pressure isn't needed, such as the waste loop
|The gas pump's cool sibling.
|This pump is configured to measure how much gas it pumps by volume instead of pressure. Can be set to pump only a specific volume of gas through. The maximum volume this pump can be set to move is 200L/s.
|-
|-
|[[File:Passive_Gate.png|32px]]
|[[File:Passive_Gate.png|64px]]
|Passive Gate
|Passive Gate
|Think of it as a one-way manual valve, but electronic. Doesn't pump gas, but lets a certain amount of pressure through. Can be set up to 4500 kPa. It should be noted that its power status light can be easy to miss, being just a small red / green light
|A passive one-way valve.
|A valve that only lets gas pass through if the input pressure and the target setting are both higher than the output pressure and the input pressure is above the target setting. Can be set between 0 and 4500 kPa and does not require power.
|-
|-
|[[File:Gas_Filter.png|32px]]
|[[File:Gas_Filter.png|64px]]
|Gas Filter
|Gas Filter
|Checks for whatever gas you set it to, then filters it out into another pipe
|Separates out gases.
|A scrubber in pipe form. Checks for whatever gas you set it to, then filters it out into another pipe.
|-
|-
|[[File:Gas_Mixer.png|32px]]
|[[File:Gas_Mixer.png|64px]]
|Gas Mixer
|Gas Mixer
|Like a filter, but mixes gasses instead of filters. There is one in Atmospherics that mixes nitrogen and oxygen
|Mixes gases together.
|The opposite of a filter. Takes the contents of its two inputs and combines them together at whatever ratio you tell it to, then pumps them through the output. Importantly, ratios are measured by pressure, not volume. Maximum output pressure is 4500 kPa
|-
|[[File:Heat_exchanger.png|64px]]
|Heat Exchanger
|Equalize heat between two pipe networks.
|When two heat exchangers are placed next to each other, facing each other, they will try to equalize the heat between the two pipe networks they are connected to. They connect to normal pipes and thus are not part of the heat exchanger pipe system.
|-
|-
|[[File:Air_Injector.png|32px]]
|[[File:Air_Injector.png|64px]]
|Air Injector
|Air Injector
|Used to inject air at a typical value of 50 liters a second. Mostly seen in combustion chambers.
|Used to force gases into high pressure areas.
|A gas injector that will continue to pump its contents out regardless of how high the pressure around it is. Measures how much it pumps by volume. Will not operate without being linked to a console. Will display a green light when on.
|-
|-
|[[File:Manual_Valve.png|32px]]
|[[File:Manual_Valve.png|64px]]
|Manual Valve
|Manual Valve
|A manually-controlled valve, it requires no power and also no ID authorisation to use. Is arguably better over the digital valve in pipe-networks with possibilities of massive destruction due to the need of ID access on the digital valve. Displays a small green light when open.
|A simple hand-turned gas valve.
|A manually-controlled valve, it requires no power and also no ID authorization to use. Doesn't require power(or a blueprinted room), doesn't require ID access, and cannot be operated by the AI, borgs, or drones. Displays a small green light when open.
|-
|-
|[[File:Digital_Valve.png|32px]]
|[[File:Digital_Valve.png|64px]]
|Digital Valve
|Digital Valve
|An electronically-controlled gas valve. It uses the station-grid's power to be operated but requires sufficient ID access to be allowed use. Displays a small green light when open.
|An electronic valve.
|An electronically-controlled gas valve. Requires power, requires ID access, and can be operated by the AI, borgs, and drones. Displays a small green light when open.
|-
|-
|[[File:meter.gif|32px]]
|[[File:meter.gif|64px]]
|Meter
|Meter
|Want to know how much gas is in a pipe? Use these
|Measures temperature and pressure inside the pipe it's on.
|Simply place over any flat stretch of pipe and wrench it on. Upon examination, it should now be yielding measurements on what is going on inside the pipe. Does not provide as much information as an analyser/gas scanner, but good for being able to tell what is going on at a glance.
|-
|-
|[[File:Gas_Sensor.png|32px]]
|[[File:Gas_Sensor.png|64px]]
|Gas Sensor
|Gas Sensor
|Used to sense the pressure and temperature of the gas surrounding the sensor itself, rather than a pipe.
|Senses gas. No, really.
|Used to sense the pressure and temperature of the gas surrounding the sensor itself, rather than a pipe. Must be connected to one of several kinds of computer to be used.
|}
|}
 
</tab>
==Disposals==
<tab name="Disposal Pipes">
 
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:80%"
[[File:PipeDispenser.png|64px]]
 
In addition to handling the station's Atmosphere, a secondary job you share with the Engineers is making sure the Disposals network is functioning properly.
 
===Types of Disposal Pipe===
 
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:80%"
|style="width:32px"|'''Items'''
|style="width:32px"|'''Items'''
|style="width:15%"|'''Name'''
|style="width:15%"|'''Name'''
|style="text-align:center;"|'''Description'''
|style="text-align:center;"|'''Description'''
|-
|-
|[[File:Disposal_pipe.png|32px]]
|[[File:Disposal_pipe.png|64px]]
|Disposal Pipe
|Disposal Pipe
|Those pipes are made through the disposal pipe dispenser, use them to fix or expand to the disposal system of the Exodus.
|Large pneumatic pipes that are used to carry trash, mail, and occasionally people around the station.  
|-
|-
|[[File:Disposal_bin.png|32px]]
|[[File:Disposal_bin.png|64px]]
|Disposal Bin
|Disposal Bin
|Where people put their trash which are then sent to the disposal area via the disposal pipe system.
|The preferred method for delivering garbage into disposal pipes. Holds onto contents until they are flushed, whether manually or automatically.
|-
|-
|[[File:Disposal_outlet.png|32px]]
|[[File:Disposal_outlet.png|64px]]
|Disposal Outlet
|Disposal Outlet
|Whenever someone or something has reached this from a disposal pipe, they are thrown out at quite a fair speed and typically end up hitting a wall before stopping.
|Whenever something or someone has reached this from a disposal pipe, they are ejected after a buzzer sounds.
|-
|-
|[[File:Disposal_intake.png|32px]]
|[[File:Disposal_intake.png|64px]]
|Disposal Intake
|Disposal Intake
|If something's been thrown into the intake, it will take it and put it into the attached disposal pipe, sending it off on it's merry way.
|An open chute into disposal pipes. Objects or people that enter will be sent into connected disposal pipes. Objects or people who reach one of these at the end of a disposal pipe are ejected at high speed in a random direction.
|}
|}
</tab>
<tab name="Transit Tubes">
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:80%"
|style="width:32px"|'''Items'''
|style="width:15%"|'''Name'''
|style="text-align:center;"|'''Description'''
|-
|[[File:Transit_Tube.png|64px]]
|Transit Tube
|A glass tube used for transportation with the use of transit pods.
|-
|[[File:Diagonal_Transit_Tube.png|64px]]
|Diagonal Transit Tube
|A glass tube used for transportation with the use of transit pods. This one is diagonal.
|-
||[[File:Curved_Transit_Tube.png|64px]]
|Curved Transit Tube
|A glass tube used for transportation with the use of transit pods. This one is curved
|-
|[[File:Junction_Transit_Tube.png|64px]]
|Junction Transit Tube
|A glass tube used for transportation with the use of transit pods. This one has three sides. You can hold down a directional key to choose which side to go to.
|-
|[[File:Transit_Tube_Station.png|64px]]
|Transit Tube Station
|A station for transit pods to park in midway through the ride, letting the person leave by pressing the directional key the exit is facing in or going through the station faster by pressing a directional key where the next transit tube is. You can board it by walking in through it's entrance. It's density prevents people or bullets from passing through it.
|-
|[[File:Terminus_Dispenser_Tube_Station.png|64px]]
|Terminus Dispenser Tube Station
|A terminus used to signify the end or beginning of a transit tube network. It can be boarded it by walking in through it's entrance. This one creates and recycles transit pods.
|-
|[[File:Dispenser_Tube_Station.png|64px]]
|Dispenser Tube Station
|A station for transit pods to park in midway through the ride, letting the person leave by pressing the directional key the exit is facing in or going through the station faster by pressing a directional key where the next transit tube is. It can be boarded it by walking in through it's entrance. This one creates and recycles transit pods. It's density prevents people or bullets from passing through it.
|-
</tab></tabs>
===The Gases===
The main goal of atmospherics is to manipulate these in a way that benefits the station. Each type of gas has different properties that can help or hinder. Your skill in manipulating these will determine the success of your atmospheric machinations.
{|class="wikitable" style="width:80%;"
|'''Nitrogen (N2)'''
|Nitrogen is an inert gas that makes up 80% of the air on the station. Vox breathe this, but in the station atmosphere, it mostly just takes up space.
|-
|'''Oxygen (O2)'''
|The other 20% of the air. Most of the crew will be needing at least 16kPa of this stuff in the atmosphere in order to live. Poisonous to Vox and Plasmamen. Necessary for burning plasma.
|-
|'''Air'''
|You know what this is. The gas mix that is distributed around the station. It is composed of 80% N2 and 20% O2.
|-
|'''CO2'''
|An invisible gas that is slightly heavier than air. This is what crewmembers who breathe will be exhaling. Also produced by plasma fires. In high concentrations, will make you pass out, which can quickly lead to suffocation.
|-
|'''Nitrous Oxide (N2O)'''
|A white-flecked gas that is slightly heavier than CO2. At low concentrations, will cause sporadic laughing. At high concentrations, will put you to sleep.
|-
|'''Plasma (Toxins)'''
|The oil of the new world. Purple, highly flammable, and highly toxic(unless you are a Plasmaman). Burns with oxygen and will spontaneously ignite with it at a high enough temperature. Much heavier than all the previous gases.
|-
|'''???'''
|Hmmmm...
|}
==Station Systems==
While pipes themselves will always work if undamaged, atmospheric devices all have certain prerequisites that must be met for them to operate.
Remember, almost all atmos devices require a powered APC to work.


==Formulas==
In addition, there are other pieces of infrastructure that can/must be used when working with specific atmospheric devices.


===Celsius to Kelvin===


One of the important things you need to know as an Atmospheric Technician is to quickly make conversion from Kelvin to Celsius and vise versa. This would make things a bit easier when you have to make conversions using the Ideal Gas Law formula as well. Some of the numbers you should remember is that 0 Kelvin is absolute zero and 273.15 Kelvin is 20 degrees Celsius, which is the standard temperature found throughout the station.
===[[Air Alarm]]===
[[File:AirAlarm.png|64px]]


Formula: K = C + 273.15
Mandatory for the use of non-passive vents and scrubbers. Allows a wide range of control over a blueprinted rooms current gas contents. Where exactly the Air Alarm is in the room does not matter. As long as the room is blueprinted and powered it will function. Cannot be placed in areas that are not blueprinted.


'''C''' - Celsius
'''To learn more about Air Alarms and how to use them, click here: [[Air Alarm]]'''
'''K''' - Kelvin
 
===Computers Consoles===
 
* '''Atmospheric Alert Computer:''' This computer console will tell you where your attention is needed. Green means everything is alright, yellow signals something is wrong, and red means things have gone wrong enough for an alarm to be triggered (Usually caused when a room's air stops being breathable).
 
* '''Central Atmospherics Computer:''' Allows remote control of any air alarm on the station that has remote access enabled.
 
* '''The Distribution Computers:''' A console to monitor gas storage contents, control air injectors/extraction vents, etc. If you understand how to use these properly, you probably know what you are doing. Air Injectors REQUIRE these to work.
 
===Thermomachine===
 
Used to change the temperature of gases in pipes, thermomachines are essential to any successful TEG.
 
==Atmosia Proper - The Beating Heart of the Station==
 
[[File:Atmosia_and_Air_Loop_Diagram.jpg|1300px|thumb|center|Left - Atmosia with non-air systems faded out; Right - Simplified diagram of the Air Processing System in Atmosia]]
 
 
 
 
In Atmosia, you will see many different colored pipes. These colors are labels, marking out different systems within atmosia.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:80%;"
!style="width:10%"|Name
!style="text-align:center;"|Description
|-
!Air Supply <br> [[File:supply_pipe.png|32px]]
|The dark blue pipe is the '''Main Air Supply'''. It sends breathable air (roughly 80% nitrogen and 20% oxygen) to all the vents on the station, and is fed by the cyan pipe in Atmospherics.
|-
!Scrubber <br> [[File:Scrubber_pipe.png|32px]]
|The red pipe is the '''Scrubber Pipe'''. This is where all the toxic waste normally ends up by the scrubber system found all around the station. It may contain breathable air, however it is unfiltered and possibly contaminated.
|-
!Air Mix <br> [[File:cyan_pipe.png|32px]]
|The cyan pipe is the breathable air or the '''Air Mix'''. This pipe feeds into the main air supply.
|-
!Waste <br> [[File:purple_pipe.png|32px]]
|The purple pipe is the '''Waste Pipe''', which retrieves waste air from the scrubber pipe which then leads to the filter.
|-
!Filter <br> [[File:green_pipe.png|32px]]
|The green pipe is the '''Filter Pipe''', which filters out the various gases in the waste air provided by the water at various filters placed along it. Each filter puts the respect gases back into the gas containers.
|-
!Pure <br> [[File:yellow_pipe.png|32px]]
|The yellow pipe is the '''Mix Pipe''', which is internal to Atmospherics and is used for custom air mixes.
|}
 
==The Basic Mathematical Details==


===Ideal Gas Law===
===Ideal Gas Law===


This is something you should get familiar with because it does apply in the game. You won't be applying this very often, but if you wish to learn more about how gas works, this will help you to extend your knowledge more deeply.
The magical formula for improving your burn mixes.... and explaining why your coolant pipes have such a low pressure.


Formula: '''PV=nRT'''
Formula: '''PV=nRT'''
Line 227: Line 295:
'''T''' - Temperature in Kelvin<br>
'''T''' - Temperature in Kelvin<br>


==Advance Guide to Atmospherics==
Cooling a gas will make it take up less space (volume) for each unit (mole) of said gas.
This effect also results in a gas at a lower temperature having a lower pressure.
Heating a gas will have the opposite effect, resulting in a larger volume and higher pressure per mole.


The more you spend your time experimenting with gases and pipe, the more you understand how to become more efficient as an Atmospheric Technician. Do not ever be afraid to deconstruct all of atmospherics just so you can learn (The rounds are only 2 hours long. You'll only get yelled at a few times). '''One very important thing. Always be willing to learn. Even if you think you know just about everything!'''
===Conversion to and from Kelvin===


Some things you should experiment on:
While most things will yield temperature in both Kelvin and Celsius, here is the conversion formula just in case.


*'''Pressure Pumps and Volume Pumps''' - See what is different about them. Race them side by side. See how they react with different temperature. You'll be surprised with the results.
Formula: '''K = C + 273.15'''


*'''High pressure and Low pressure''' - What makes high pressure high? What makes low pressure low? Mess with the temperature or examine the temperatures to find out.
'''C''' - Celsius<br>
'''K''' - Kelvin


*'''Hot Gas and Cold Gas''' - Find out ways to get the temperature you want. Try upgrading the freezers or mess with the heat exchanger that are out in space. Just remember that space is not always the coldest method.
(Temperature in Kelvin minus 273.15 is that same temperature, but in Celsius)


*'''Air Compression''' - Find out why it takes forever to fill up a canister all the way with cold pressure. Hint: Ideal Gas Law (mol).
*'''Plasma Fire''' - What is the best way to put out a plasma fire? Does CO2 really work?


==Additional Guides==
==Additional Guides==


*[[File:Gasturbine.png|32px|link=Gas_Turbine]] [[Gas_Turbine|Guide to Gas Turbine]]
*[[File:Gasturbine.png|32px|link=Gas Turbine]] [[Gas Turbine|Guide to Gas Turbine]]
*[[File:Supermatter.png|32px|link=Supermatter]] [[Supermatter|Guide to Supermatter Engine '''WIP''']]
*[[File:Thermoelectric_Generator.gif|link=Thermoelectric Generator|32px]] [[Thermoelectric Generator|Guide to Thermoelectric Generator]]
*[[File:Supermatter.png|link=Supermatter Engine|32px]] [[Supermatter Engine|Guide to Supermatter Engine]]
*[[File:AirAlarm.png|link=Air Alarm|32px]] [[Air Alarm|Guide to Air Alarms]]


==Related Links==
==Related Links==
*[[Atmospheric_Technician|Atmospheric Technician]]
*[[Atmospheric Technician]]
*[[Air_Alarm|Air Alarm]]
 
*[[Gas_Turbine|Gas Turbine]]




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[[Category:Guides]]

Latest revision as of 08:45, 27 March 2024

This page needs to be rewritten
REASON: This is due for a rewrite, it's rather short for explaining easily one of the most complex department/collection of mechanics we have available. Content is pretty much there but it could be laid out for new players a bit better and distinguish atmospherics between stations other than the NSS Cyberiad.
Engineering Department

Atmospherics. To the ignorant, a mystical art indistinguishable from actual magic. To the (hopefully) educated Atmospheric Technicians of the station, a glorified network of conveyors for moving gases about. Either way, Atmospherics holds great and terrifying power in the hands of the initiated.

Pipes and Gases, the Basics of Atmos

If you aren't working with pipes and gases, you aren't doing atmospherics.

Where to Get Pipes

Meet your two new friends. One never returns the money they borrow, you aren't really sure why you hang out with them. The other one is kind of awesome.

Rapid pipe dispenser.png Rapid Pipe Dispenser - A handheld tool that can print, place and recycle pipes for you. Fits in your backpack and doesn't need ammo.


Beneath are all the things your dispenser can make. Learn them well, for they are the fabric from which atmos is woven.

Items Name Description Details
Atmospheric Pipe.png Normal Pipes Generic pipes that can be used for most tasks. These are airtight pipes that can carry any gas you pump into them.
Supply pipe.png Air Supply Pipe Used to distribute air all across the station. Special pipes that are mostly used for the air distribution network. Can be laid in parallel to normal pipes and scrubber pipes.
Scrubber pipe.png Scrubbers Pipe Used to move waste or harmful gases. Special pipes that are mostly used for the waste network. Can be laid in parallel to normal pipes and air supply pipes.
Heat exchanger pipe.png Heat Exchange Pipe Shares heat between the pipe and the environment. Exchanges heat between any gas in the pipe and any gas in the tile. Think space loop(for cooling) or the Toxins burn chamber(for heating). Connects to normal pipes via junctions.
Universal pipe.png Universal Pipe Adapter Can be fitted to any pipe type. Used to interface between normal, air supply, and scrubbers pipes. They cannot connect to each other without this.
Items Name Description Details
Vent Port.png Unary Vent The standard vent used to distribute air. Needs to be inside a blueprinted room with a functional air alarm to operate. Typically used to pump breathable air into a room.
Scrubber Port.png Air Scrubber Scrubs the air clean. Needs to be inside a blueprinted room with a functional air alarm to operate. Can remove specific gases from the room it is in, or rapidly siphon out all gas. Typically used to remove harmful gases like CO2 from the station's air.
Vent Port.png Passive Vent An unpowered vent that relies on pipe pressure to operate. Freely exchanges gas and heat between the tile and the connected pipe network, based on pressure and temperature gradients. Does not require power, or even a blueprinted room.
Dual vent.png Dual-Port Air Vent Has a valve and pump attached to it. There are two ports.
Connector Port.png Connector Port A connector port for canisters of gas. Connects canisters to pipe networks. When used in conjunction with pumps, allows you to fill canisters or to empty them into a pipe network.
Pump.png Gas Pump A generic pressure pump. This pump is configured to measure how much gas it pumps by pressure. Can be set to only pump a certain amount of pressure through. The maximum pressure this pump can be set to move is 4500 kPa
Volumetric Pump.png Volume Pump The gas pump's cool sibling. This pump is configured to measure how much gas it pumps by volume instead of pressure. Can be set to pump only a specific volume of gas through. The maximum volume this pump can be set to move is 200L/s.
Passive Gate.png Passive Gate A passive one-way valve. A valve that only lets gas pass through if the input pressure and the target setting are both higher than the output pressure and the input pressure is above the target setting. Can be set between 0 and 4500 kPa and does not require power.
Gas Filter.png Gas Filter Separates out gases. A scrubber in pipe form. Checks for whatever gas you set it to, then filters it out into another pipe.
Gas Mixer.png Gas Mixer Mixes gases together. The opposite of a filter. Takes the contents of its two inputs and combines them together at whatever ratio you tell it to, then pumps them through the output. Importantly, ratios are measured by pressure, not volume. Maximum output pressure is 4500 kPa
Heat exchanger.png Heat Exchanger Equalize heat between two pipe networks. When two heat exchangers are placed next to each other, facing each other, they will try to equalize the heat between the two pipe networks they are connected to. They connect to normal pipes and thus are not part of the heat exchanger pipe system.
Air Injector.png Air Injector Used to force gases into high pressure areas. A gas injector that will continue to pump its contents out regardless of how high the pressure around it is. Measures how much it pumps by volume. Will not operate without being linked to a console. Will display a green light when on.
Manual Valve.png Manual Valve A simple hand-turned gas valve. A manually-controlled valve, it requires no power and also no ID authorization to use. Doesn't require power(or a blueprinted room), doesn't require ID access, and cannot be operated by the AI, borgs, or drones. Displays a small green light when open.
Digital Valve.png Digital Valve An electronic valve. An electronically-controlled gas valve. Requires power, requires ID access, and can be operated by the AI, borgs, and drones. Displays a small green light when open.
Meter.gif Meter Measures temperature and pressure inside the pipe it's on. Simply place over any flat stretch of pipe and wrench it on. Upon examination, it should now be yielding measurements on what is going on inside the pipe. Does not provide as much information as an analyser/gas scanner, but good for being able to tell what is going on at a glance.
Gas Sensor.png Gas Sensor Senses gas. No, really. Used to sense the pressure and temperature of the gas surrounding the sensor itself, rather than a pipe. Must be connected to one of several kinds of computer to be used.
Items Name Description
Disposal pipe.png Disposal Pipe Large pneumatic pipes that are used to carry trash, mail, and occasionally people around the station.
Disposal bin.png Disposal Bin The preferred method for delivering garbage into disposal pipes. Holds onto contents until they are flushed, whether manually or automatically.
Disposal outlet.png Disposal Outlet Whenever something or someone has reached this from a disposal pipe, they are ejected after a buzzer sounds.
Disposal intake.png Disposal Intake An open chute into disposal pipes. Objects or people that enter will be sent into connected disposal pipes. Objects or people who reach one of these at the end of a disposal pipe are ejected at high speed in a random direction.
Items Name Description
Transit Tube.png Transit Tube A glass tube used for transportation with the use of transit pods.
Diagonal Transit Tube.png Diagonal Transit Tube A glass tube used for transportation with the use of transit pods. This one is diagonal.
Curved Transit Tube.png Curved Transit Tube A glass tube used for transportation with the use of transit pods. This one is curved
Junction Transit Tube.png Junction Transit Tube A glass tube used for transportation with the use of transit pods. This one has three sides. You can hold down a directional key to choose which side to go to.
Transit Tube Station.png Transit Tube Station A station for transit pods to park in midway through the ride, letting the person leave by pressing the directional key the exit is facing in or going through the station faster by pressing a directional key where the next transit tube is. You can board it by walking in through it's entrance. It's density prevents people or bullets from passing through it.
Terminus Dispenser Tube Station.png Terminus Dispenser Tube Station A terminus used to signify the end or beginning of a transit tube network. It can be boarded it by walking in through it's entrance. This one creates and recycles transit pods.
Dispenser Tube Station.png Dispenser Tube Station A station for transit pods to park in midway through the ride, letting the person leave by pressing the directional key the exit is facing in or going through the station faster by pressing a directional key where the next transit tube is. It can be boarded it by walking in through it's entrance. This one creates and recycles transit pods. It's density prevents people or bullets from passing through it.

The Gases

The main goal of atmospherics is to manipulate these in a way that benefits the station. Each type of gas has different properties that can help or hinder. Your skill in manipulating these will determine the success of your atmospheric machinations.

Nitrogen (N2) Nitrogen is an inert gas that makes up 80% of the air on the station. Vox breathe this, but in the station atmosphere, it mostly just takes up space.
Oxygen (O2) The other 20% of the air. Most of the crew will be needing at least 16kPa of this stuff in the atmosphere in order to live. Poisonous to Vox and Plasmamen. Necessary for burning plasma.
Air You know what this is. The gas mix that is distributed around the station. It is composed of 80% N2 and 20% O2.
CO2 An invisible gas that is slightly heavier than air. This is what crewmembers who breathe will be exhaling. Also produced by plasma fires. In high concentrations, will make you pass out, which can quickly lead to suffocation.
Nitrous Oxide (N2O) A white-flecked gas that is slightly heavier than CO2. At low concentrations, will cause sporadic laughing. At high concentrations, will put you to sleep.
Plasma (Toxins) The oil of the new world. Purple, highly flammable, and highly toxic(unless you are a Plasmaman). Burns with oxygen and will spontaneously ignite with it at a high enough temperature. Much heavier than all the previous gases.
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Station Systems

While pipes themselves will always work if undamaged, atmospheric devices all have certain prerequisites that must be met for them to operate.

Remember, almost all atmos devices require a powered APC to work.

In addition, there are other pieces of infrastructure that can/must be used when working with specific atmospheric devices.


Air Alarm

AirAlarm.png

Mandatory for the use of non-passive vents and scrubbers. Allows a wide range of control over a blueprinted rooms current gas contents. Where exactly the Air Alarm is in the room does not matter. As long as the room is blueprinted and powered it will function. Cannot be placed in areas that are not blueprinted.

To learn more about Air Alarms and how to use them, click here: Air Alarm

Computers Consoles

  • Atmospheric Alert Computer: This computer console will tell you where your attention is needed. Green means everything is alright, yellow signals something is wrong, and red means things have gone wrong enough for an alarm to be triggered (Usually caused when a room's air stops being breathable).
  • Central Atmospherics Computer: Allows remote control of any air alarm on the station that has remote access enabled.
  • The Distribution Computers: A console to monitor gas storage contents, control air injectors/extraction vents, etc. If you understand how to use these properly, you probably know what you are doing. Air Injectors REQUIRE these to work.

Thermomachine

Used to change the temperature of gases in pipes, thermomachines are essential to any successful TEG.

Atmosia Proper - The Beating Heart of the Station

Left - Atmosia with non-air systems faded out; Right - Simplified diagram of the Air Processing System in Atmosia



In Atmosia, you will see many different colored pipes. These colors are labels, marking out different systems within atmosia.

Name Description
Air Supply
Supply pipe.png 		The dark blue pipe is the Main Air Supply. It sends breathable air (roughly 80% nitrogen and 20% oxygen) to all the vents on the station, and is fed by the cyan pipe in Atmospherics.
Scrubber
Scrubber pipe.png 		The red pipe is the Scrubber Pipe. This is where all the toxic waste normally ends up by the scrubber system found all around the station. It may contain breathable air, however it is unfiltered and possibly contaminated.
Air Mix
Cyan pipe.png 		The cyan pipe is the breathable air or the Air Mix. This pipe feeds into the main air supply.
Waste
Purple pipe.png 		The purple pipe is the Waste Pipe, which retrieves waste air from the scrubber pipe which then leads to the filter.
Filter
Green pipe.png 		The green pipe is the Filter Pipe, which filters out the various gases in the waste air provided by the water at various filters placed along it. Each filter puts the respect gases back into the gas containers.
Pure
Yellow pipe.png 		The yellow pipe is the Mix Pipe, which is internal to Atmospherics and is used for custom air mixes.

The Basic Mathematical Details

Ideal Gas Law

The magical formula for improving your burn mixes.... and explaining why your coolant pipes have such a low pressure.

Formula: PV=nRT

P - Pressure in kilopascals or kPa
V - Volume in liters
n - is the amount of substance of gas (also known as number of moles)
R - is a constant or 8.31
T - Temperature in Kelvin

Cooling a gas will make it take up less space (volume) for each unit (mole) of said gas. This effect also results in a gas at a lower temperature having a lower pressure. Heating a gas will have the opposite effect, resulting in a larger volume and higher pressure per mole.

Conversion to and from Kelvin

While most things will yield temperature in both Kelvin and Celsius, here is the conversion formula just in case.

Formula: K = C + 273.15

C - Celsius
K - Kelvin

(Temperature in Kelvin minus 273.15 is that same temperature, but in Celsius)


Additional Guides

Related Links

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