Heat exchange – With timer – programmer – time delay – or condition responsive... – Having heating and cooling capability
Patent
1997-09-16
2000-08-15
Lazarus, Ira S.
Heat exchange
With timer, programmer, time delay, or condition responsive...
Having heating and cooling capability
165264, 165290, 16510433, 62126, 361385, F24F 300
Patent
active
06102113&
ABSTRACT:
A temperature control unit for independent control of a number of independent channels, as can exist with a cluster tool used for semiconductor fabrication, has high efficiency, long term life and reliability, and requires only a small floor area. To these ends, the unit employs a single high capacity refrigeration system and disposes a number of separate temperature control channels for the individual tools, with only some channels receiving refrigerant. Low temperature channels use high pressure, sub-cooled refrigerant for chilling the heat transfer fluid to selected levels controlled by proportional valves adjusting refrigerant flow through evaporator heat exchanger units which cool heat transfer fluid. Moderate temperature channels cool the heat transfer fluid for associated tools to an ambient temperature level. The tools may, as needed, be heated by elements in the separate control channels, the control levels for both cooling and heating being determined by servo circuits programmed to measure actual and establish desired temperature levels.
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B E Aerospace
Bogucki Raymond A.
Lazarus Ira S.
McKinnon Terrell
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