Sparge Tower

The Sparge Tower is an LuV tier multiblock for extracting rare fluids from depleted molten salts. The Sparge Tower is basically a fixed size Distillation Tower with inputs at the bottom layer and a single output hatch per layer above that. The only source of depleted molten salts is the Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) and there are only three types. U-Salt is sparged with helium and yields all the noble gases as byproducts. T-Salt is sparged with fluorine and yields various fluorides as byproducts. TB-Salt is also sparged with fluorine and yields the same fluorides as byproducts. All three sparged salts are then recycled in the Nuclear Salt Processing Plant for more fuel.

The Sparge Tower is basically a fixed size Distillation Tower with inputs at the bottom layer and a single output hatch per layer above that. Multi-amp and laser energy hatches are not supported, but there can be multiple regular energy hatches for overclocking. Use the Multiblock Structure Hologram Projector to visualize/build the structure.

Structure

• Controller: Front bottom center
• 45-56 Sparge Tower Exterior Casing
• 1+ Energy Hatch: Any casing
• 1 Maintenance Hatch: Any casing
• 1+ Input Hatch: Any bottom casing
• 7 Output Hatch: One per layer, except the bottom layer
• Mandatory Air: Interior of the structure

Wallsharing

Sparge Towers may wallshare each of their sides to save on casings and buses/hatches. That includes the many output hatches and maintenance hatch. No recipe uses more than 1A of power so it is possible to share one energy hatch between two machines.

The Sparge Tower even functions in a very similar manner as the Distillation Tower. The inputs enter the machine on the bottom layer and ONE fluid/gas is outputted at each layer above that. The order of outputs is the same as shown in NEI, but the amounts are randomized as seen in the following tables. The remainder value is simply the amount of missed fluid. Sparging U-Salt, for example, has the potential to output 1,000L between the five randomized noble gases. The difference between 1,000L and what was actually produced becomes the amount of helium produced.