Pre-1.0 I had aluminum factories that took the waste water from aluminum scrap and fed it back to the alumina solution refineries. However, in my new 1.0 world I can’t seem to get it to flow correctly.
I’ve tried several solutions, including:
- putting the waste water lower in the junction than the fresh water
- adding a valve to the waste water to prevent backflow
- adding a valve to the waste water to only supply the amount not provided by the fresh water
The only think I have not done yet is decrease the water extractor rates, mostly because I don’t recall having to do that before when I used a valve.
Any tips? Anyone else had success in 1.0
I use a valve on waste water to prevent back flow, but not limit the output. Then I put a valve on fresh water to limit its input to the amount needed minus waste water output. It does take a little to get up to 100%, but I haven’t had any issues lately.
But I have done both of those things and am still encountering the issue. I swear it worked before
I’m sure you’ve done this, but you’ll want to make sure you’re using all of the water being input based on calculations.
For instance, if you’re making 100 m3/min and you need 400 m3/min for 100%. Then you’ll need to limit fresh intake to 300 m3/min. However, if your refineries aren’t running at 100% and maybe only using 300 m3/min then your waste won’t be used to full capacity.
To counter this I tend to starve the system of water by limiting fresh and then bumping it up until max is reached.
It’s a bit finicky, but seems to work for me.