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Air Separator

Performs a cryogenic distillation process at temperatures reaching -200 ºC to separate atmospheric air into its primary components - Oxygen and Nitrogen.

Construction	100
Workers	6
Electricity	80 KW
Maintenance	6.0 / 60
Footprint	6x9
Required Research	Biofuel
Designation	General Machines

The Air Separator is a machine for creating both Oxygen and Nitrogen. The Oxygen generation capability makes this machine a requirement to operating Oxygen Furnaces to make Molten Steel and making Diesel from Fuel Gas in Cracking Units. The Nitrogen creation ability allows for the creation of Ammonia outside of petrochemical chains and is used directly in the creation of both Ammonia and Fertilizer.

The Electrolyzer is the only other machine which can make these gases, however in comparison, it needs to consume Water or Ammonia to make them, respectively.

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Machines
General Machines	Brickworks Concrete Mixer [II, III] Mixer [II] Assembly (Manual) [Electric, Electric II, Robotic, Robotic II] Air Separator Microchip Machine [II] Mainframe Computer Data Center Fermentation Tank Settling Tank
Water Extraction & Processing	Rainwater Harvester Groundwater Pump Seawater Pump [Tall] Boiler (Coal) [Gas, Electric] Evaporation Pond [Heated] Thermal Desalinator Water Chiller Electrolyzer [II] Cooling Tower [Large] Thermal Storage
Food Production	Greenhouse [II] Farm [Irrigated] Chicken Farm Mill Food Processor Baking Unit
Metallurgy & Smelting	Coal Maker Crusher [Large] Rotary Kiln [Gas] Arc Furnace [II] Blast Furnace [II] Cooled Caster [II] Metal Caster [II] Copper Electrolysis Oxygen Furnace [II] Glass Maker [II] Silicon Crystallizer Silicon Reactor Gold Furnace
Power Production	Diesel Generator [II] Power Generator [Large] Flywheel Super-Pressure Turbine High-Pressure Turbine [II] Low-Pressure Turbine [II] Nuclear Reactor [II, FBR] Enrichment Plant Nuclear Reprocessing Plant Solar Panel [Mono]
Crude Oil Refining	Basic Distiller Oil Pump Chemical Plant [II] Distillation (Stage I) [Stage II, Stage III] Rubber Maker Cracking Unit Hydrogen Reformer Sour Water Stripper Polymerization Plant
Waste Management	Smoke Stack [Large] Liquid Dump Flare Exhaust Scrubber Wastewater Treatment Anaerobic Digester Burner (Solid) Waste Sorting Plant Gas Injection Pump Compactor Shredder Incineration Plant
Transports	Flat Conveyor [II, III] U-shape Conveyor [II, III] Pipe [II, III] Molten Channel Flat Balancer Flat Sorter U-shape Balancer U-shape Sorter Molten Balancer Pipe Balancer Stacker
Storage	Unit Storage [II, III, IV] Loose Storage [II, III, IV] Fluid Storage [II, III, IV] Radioactive Waste Storage
Buildings	Research Lab [II, III, IV, V] Beacon Captain's Office I [II] Maintenance Depot [Basic, II, III] Rocket Assembly Depot Rocket Launch Pad
Buildings (For Vehicles)	Vehicles Depot [II, III] Mine Control Tower Forestry Control Tower Fuel Station [II, III] Vehicle Ramp (Small) [Medium, Large] Retaining Wall Barrier
Housing & Services	Housing [II, III] Food Market [II] Household Goods Module Household Appliances Module Consumer Electronics Module Water Facility Transformer Waste Collection Recyclables Collection Biomass Collection Clinic Square
Cargo Docks	Unit Module (S) [M, L] Loose Module (S) [M, L] Fluid Module (S) [M, L] Cargo Depot (2) [4, 6, 8] Trading Dock Shipyard
Landmarks	The Statue of Maintenance [Golden] Tomb of Captains
Planned or Proposed	Cargo Rocket T1 [T2] Crew Capsule Crew Quarters Module Housing V Maintenance Module Reverse Osmosis Solar Power Module Stardust Test Module Stargate Stardust Return Module Space Modules Depot
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