Heat insulating pipe system and processing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10787950-B2
Application number	US-201916267487-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2019
Priority date	Feb 7, 2018
Publication date	Sep 29, 2020
Grant date	Sep 29, 2020

Abstract

A processing system 100 includes a heat insulating pipe 12, a temperature measuring device 19, and a control device 20. The heat insulating pipe 12 has an inner pipe and an outer pipe. An airtight space is formed between the inner pipe and the outer pipe. A fluid having a temperature lower than that of an indoor space in which the heat insulating pipe 12 is placed is flown within the inner pipe. The temperature measuring device 19 measures a temperature of a surface of the heat insulating pipe 12. The control device 20 is controls a pressure within the airtight space by controlling an exhaust device 16 configured to exhaust a gas within the airtight space based on the temperature of the surface of the heat insulating pipe 12 and a dew-point temperature calculated from a humidity and the temperature of the indoor space.

First claim

We claim:

1. A heat insulating pipe system, comprising:
a heat insulating pipe, having an inner pipe and an outer pipe, in which an airtight space is formed between the inner pipe and the outer pipe, a fluid having a temperature lower than a temperature of an indoor space in which the heat insulating pipe is placed being flown within the inner pipe;
a first measuring unit configured to measure a temperature of a surface of the heat insulating pipe; and
a control unit configured to control a pressure within the airtight space by controlling an exhaust device configured to exhaust a gas within the airtight space based on the temperature measured by the first measuring unit and a dew-point temperature calculated from a humidity and the temperature of the indoor space in which the heat insulating pipe is placed.

2. The heat insulating pipe system of claim 1 ,
wherein the heat insulating pipe has a curved portion, and
the first measuring unit measures the temperature of the surface of the heat insulating pipe in the vicinity of the curved portion.

3. The heat insulating pipe system of claim 2 , further comprising:
a second measuring unit configured to measure the temperature of the indoor space in which the heat insulating pipe is placed; and
a third measuring unit configured to measure the humidity of the indoor space in which the heat insulating pipe is placed,
wherein the control unit controls the pressure within the airtight space based on the temperature measured by the first measuring unit and a temperature which is obtained by adding, to the dew-point temperature, an error of the dew-point temperature caused by a measurement error of the temperature measured by the second measuring unit and a measurement error of the humidity measured by the third measuring unit.

4. The heat insulating pipe system of claim 3 , further comprising:
an exhaust line configured to connect the airtight space with the exhaust device; and
a valve provided at the exhaust line,
wherein the exhaust device exhausts a gas within a chamber accommodating therein a heat exchanging member configured to perform a heat exchange between the fluid supplied through the heat insulating pipe and a processing target substrate, and
the control unit controls the pressure within the airtight space by controlling the exhaust device while controlling the valve to be in an open state.

5. The heat insulating pipe system of claim 2 , further comprising:
an exhaust line configured to connect the airtight space with the exhaust device; and
a valve provided at the exhaust line,
wherein the exhaust device exhausts a gas within a chamber accommodating therein a heat exchanging member configured to perform a heat exchange between the fluid supplied through the heat insulating pipe and a processing target substrate, and
the control unit controls the pressure within the airtight space by controlling the exhaust device while controlling the valve to be in an open state.

6. The heat insulating pipe system of claim 1 ,
wherein the heat insulating pipe has a curved portion,
the first measuring unit measures the temperature of the surface of the heat insulating pipe at a preset position, and
the control unit controls the pressure within the airtight space based on the temperature measured by the first measuring unit and a temperature which is obtained by adding, to the dew-point temperature, a temperature difference between the surface of the heat insulating pipe at the preset position where the temperature is measured by the first measuring unit and the surface of the heat insulating pipe at the curved portion.

7. The heat insulating pipe system of claim 6 , further comprising:
a storage unit configured to store therein data of the temperature difference between the surface of the heat insulating pipe at the preset position where the temperature is measured by the first measuring unit and the surface of the heat insulating pipe at the curved portion,
wherein the control unit controls the pressure within the airtight space by using the data of the temperature difference acquired from the storage unit.

8. The heat insulating pipe system of claim 7 , further comprising:
a second measuring unit configured to measure the temperature of the indoor space in which the heat insulating pipe is placed; and
a third measuring unit configured to measure the humidity of the indoor space in which the heat insulating pipe is placed,
wherein the control unit controls the pressure within the airtight space based on the temperature measured by the first measuring unit and a temperature which is obtained by adding, to the dew-point temperature, an error of the dew-point temperature caused by a measurement error of the temperature measured by the second measuring unit and a measurement error of the humidity measured by the third measuring unit.

9. The heat insulating pipe system of claim 8 , further comprising:
an exhaust line configured to connect the airtight space with the exhaust device; and
a valve provided at the exhaust line,
wherein the exhaust device exhausts a gas within a chamber accommodating therein a heat exchanging member configured to perform a heat exchange between the fluid supplied through the heat insulating pipe and a processing target substrate, and
the control unit controls the pressure within the airtight space by controlling the exhaust device while controlling the valve to be in an open state.

10. The heat insulating pipe system of claim 7 , further comprising:
an exhaust line configured to connect the airtight space with the exhaust device; and
a valve provided at the exhaust line,
wherein the exhaust device exhausts a gas within a chamber accommodating therein a heat exchanging member configured to perform a heat exchange between the fluid supplied through the heat insulating pipe and a processing target substrate, and
the control unit controls the pressure within the airtight space by controlling the exhaust device while controlling the valve to be in an open state.

11. The heat insulating pipe system of claim 6 , further comprising:
a second measuring unit configured to measure the temperature of the indoor space in which the heat insulating pipe is placed; and
a third measuring unit configured to measure the humidity of the indoor space in which the heat insulating pipe is placed,
wherein the control unit controls the pressure within the airtight space based on the temperature measured by the first measuring unit and a temperature which is obtained by adding, to the dew-point temperature, an error of the dew-point temperature caused by a measurement error of the temperature measured by the second measuring unit and a measurement error of the humidity measured by the third measuring unit.

12. The heat insulating pipe system of claim 11 , further comprising:
an exhaust line configured to connect the airtight space with the exhaust device; and
a valve provided at the exhaust line,
wherein the exhaust device exhausts a gas within a chamber accommodating therein a heat exchanging member configured to perform a heat exchange between the fluid supplied through the heat insulating pipe and a processing target substrate, and
the control unit controls the pressure within the airtight space by controlling the exhaust device while controlling the valve to be in an open state.

13. The heat insulating pipe system of claim 6 , further comprising:
an exhaust line configured to connect the airtight space with the exhaust device; and
a valve provided at the exhaust line,
wherein the exhaust device exhausts a gas within a chamber accommodating therein a heat exch

Assignees

• Tokyo Electron Ltd

Inventors

• Otsuki Kohei
• Mitsumori Akiyoshi

Classifications

• F16L59/06 Primary

  Arrangements using an air layer or vacuum · CPC title

• G05D23/1902

  characterised by the use of a variable reference value · CPC title

• G05D23/1928

  sensing the temperature of one space · CPC title

• F16L9/06

  Corrugated pipes · CPC title

• F16L58/00

  Protection of pipes or pipe fittings against corrosion or incrustation (compound tubes F16L9/14) · CPC title