Rechargeable Batteries and Power Cells.
micheal_rosen
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA. Join Date: 2015-09-05 Member: 207744Members
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA. Join Date: 2015-09-05 Member: 207744Members
Hi, im new here so give me a break if any of this is "done wrong".
anyways, i was just playing subnautica and came up with an idea: if the old way to make power cells (2 batteries and silicone) would result in a "Disposable Power Cell" that would act just like power cells do now, where they disappear when they run out. along with the old types of batteries and power cells, there could be lithium batteries and power cells. The chemical configuration of lithium battery that should be considered is li-air battery, a type of rechargeable lithium battery that could yield much larger amounts of energy than currently available through current lithium battery chemical configurations, simply by reacting lithium with air. a lithium-air battery has, theoretically, the highest energy density of any other possible chemical battery.
now, these would be a little OP, becuase in real life they would have 10x the amount of energy density a standard Li-ion battery, WAY more than a Ni-Cad battery, and (even though i haven't found any data on them, if they're even possible) likely a much much larger capacity than the copper acid batteries in the game. so instead of being realistic, just say the lithium power cells hold 4x the amount of energy as a regular cell, and the lithium batteries would hold 2.5x as much as a regular battery (due to size, the way they operate would make a high capacity and small battery difficult).
a lithum-air power cell would require:
a lithium battery would require:
a lithium battery could be recharged in the tool its being used in just like the regular batteries (although this should not really be supported becuase i doubt a copper acid battery could be recharged easily or safely) but it would recharge faster. in tools as such, a lithium battery would result in 250% power.
now, i think that we could go without the lithium battery, but i think the lithium power cell and a simple recharging station would be a very nice thing to have in the game. so what do you all think?
anyways, i was just playing subnautica and came up with an idea: if the old way to make power cells (2 batteries and silicone) would result in a "Disposable Power Cell" that would act just like power cells do now, where they disappear when they run out. along with the old types of batteries and power cells, there could be lithium batteries and power cells. The chemical configuration of lithium battery that should be considered is li-air battery, a type of rechargeable lithium battery that could yield much larger amounts of energy than currently available through current lithium battery chemical configurations, simply by reacting lithium with air. a lithium-air battery has, theoretically, the highest energy density of any other possible chemical battery.
now, these would be a little OP, becuase in real life they would have 10x the amount of energy density a standard Li-ion battery, WAY more than a Ni-Cad battery, and (even though i haven't found any data on them, if they're even possible) likely a much much larger capacity than the copper acid batteries in the game. so instead of being realistic, just say the lithium power cells hold 4x the amount of energy as a regular cell, and the lithium batteries would hold 2.5x as much as a regular battery (due to size, the way they operate would make a high capacity and small battery difficult).
a lithum-air power cell would require:
- Lithium x3 (needs a lot of lithium)
- High Capacity Air Tank x1 (the air source for the battery, heavy becuase it would need quite a bit)
- Advanced Wiring Kit x1 (for the protection against high discharge/recharge that lithium batteries require, and to make it harder to make since its a very useful item)
a lithium battery would require:
- Lithium x1
- Plasteel Tank x1 (to make the battery more lightweight, and compact)
- Quartz x1 (to provide a layer between the Plasteel (which contains lithium) and the functioning part of the battery so that it won't be eroded away)
- Advanced Wiring Kit x1 (same as the lithium power cell)
a lithium battery could be recharged in the tool its being used in just like the regular batteries (although this should not really be supported becuase i doubt a copper acid battery could be recharged easily or safely) but it would recharge faster. in tools as such, a lithium battery would result in 250% power.
now, i think that we could go without the lithium battery, but i think the lithium power cell and a simple recharging station would be a very nice thing to have in the game. so what do you all think?
Comments
the air tanks are for the way the battery operates, its called a "lithium-air" battery because it requires lithium and air to function, therefore the air tanks are needed to supply it with air.
yeah, they aren't feasible right now do to our technology, that's probably why you have never heard of them, but since this game is in the future i assume they would be able to make them.
well that kinda defeats the purpose of the idea. its not a battery upgrade its like a whole new battery. also, i don't know what gold and silicone would have to do with making the power cell. thats what also confuses me about the regular game: why don't power cells have a different recipe instead of suggesting that its just 2 batteries stuck together by silicone. plus i dont think we want to use any more bits of copper on batteries and power cells, its so annoying.
EDIT: just realised were both from minnesota! cool!
That is pretty cool. Plus I agree the battery to power cell recipe is a little weird. I feel like that should be maybe 9 acid mushrooms, 6 copper, and 1 silver. I keep mentioning gold and silver because they conduct electricity better than copper, since we have more powerful power sources we need a better way to conduct the power. Batteries and power cells should be early game and the once you find lithium you can unlock the plasteel ingots, plasteel tanks, lithium batteries, and lithium power cell. Having a power cell that charges when exposed to air would hardly seem fair. Instead a charging station that you could build in your seabase would be much more help. These are just a couple of things.
it wouldn't charge in air, i think that when recharged (with electricity) it would generate the air again so you wouldn't have to keep giving it a fresh supply of air in real life. the charging station idea is exactly what im thinking.