(2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5)

The nutrition extractor is a must for any emergency kit. It provides a way to get food when no clear food supplies are available. It is able to process any type of biological matter including dirt.

The extractor comes in various sizes from about 2 liters to about 30 liters. The extractor is buildt up by thre main components. The hopper where biological matter is inserted. Processing unit where it is grinded and filtered, and lastly the collector where the final product is collected. It can be run off a generator, and it got a buildt in battery which can run for about 4 hours. If the battery is flatt, it can be recharged with a hand crank or from a generator if it is available.

Biological matter is cut up into sizeable chunks and inserted into the hopper. If the matter is dry water needs to be added. During the processing the biological matter will be made into a paste. Certain active ingredients filter out poisons and other harmful elements. The final produce comes out as a bland paste in the collector. Waste material is ejected out on the side or collected in bags which can be fastened to the wate ejector. The extractor may also be used to filter dubious animal meats or plant matter for posions on planets where animals or plants normally can't be eaten by humans (and most aliens).

As almost anything can be processed to yield nutritients, the value and content may vary a great deal. It is recommended to also include vitamin pills when consuming extracted matter. It is not recommended to use the extractor over several weeks as it will likely lead to malnutrition, but if starvation is the alternative, the choise isn't too hard.

The extractor are introduced at TL 10 and is available at most A to C starports.

 In addition to the extractor there is needed chemicals to disolve, bind up and filter matter. These chemicals comes in suitabe cartridges and cost 10% of the extractor and can last up to the full battery duration of the extractor. However this depends a bit on the material being processed. biological filters which are also needed cost 2% of the extractor price and lasts generally for twice the battery duration.

 TLVolume 

 Mass

Duration 

 Yield/hr

 Price

 Notes
 10

 5

 7Kg

 1hr

 0.25L

 3000

 Matter must contain at least 30% water
 10

 10

 14Kg

 3hrs

 1.5L

 7000

 
 10

 20

 28Kg

 5hrs

 4L

 21000

 
 12

 3

 4Kg

 1hr

 0.25L

 2500

 
 12

 5

 7Kg

 1hr

 0.4L

 3000

 
 12

 10

 13Kg

 4hrs

 1.8L

 7500

 
 12

 25

 30Kg

 8hrs

 4L

 25000

 Can process soil
 15

 2

 3Kg

 1hr

 0.25L

 2500

 
 15

 5

 7Kg

 2hrs

 1L

 4000

 
 15

 10

 15Kg

 5hrs

 2.5L

 8000

 Can process soil
 15

 20

 27Kg

 8hrs

 4L

 25000

 Can process soil
 15

 30

 48Kg

 12hrs

 6L

 40000

 any matterial that can contain nutrients, including rock.
 

Yield/hr is the maximum yield of nutrients during processing. The value may be lower depending on material being processed. I leave that up to the referee to decide.

Comments

avatar Dude59
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I think the extractor would break up long chain starches and plant fiber into simple sugars and starches using complex enzymes in the.cartridges. Soils high in organic matter could also be used.

Unfortunately the nitrogen in proteins make it extremely difficult to guarantee that there are no poisons as they are sometimes very similar. Removal of the nitrogen from the amino acids can yield complex carbon-hydrogen (hydrocarbons or carbohydrates) molecules that can be turned into simple sugars.

This lack of proteins is the issue that will cause malnutrition.
Tuesday 28 July 2009, 23:24
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