WO2006008949A1 - 水分発生用反応炉とこれを用いた水分発生供給装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a moisture generation reactor mainly used in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and a moisture generation and supply apparatus using the same, and includes generation and supply of moisture for silicon oxide film deposition. It is used for removing hydrogen discharged from the process chamber.
- a moisture generating reactor having a structure as shown in FIG. 15 has been widely used.
- A is a reactor main body
- B is a temperature control device
- H is hydrogen gas
- O is
- G is a mixed gas
- W is a moisture gas
- L is a gap
- V is an internal space
- ⁇ is the inclination angle of the outer periphery of the reflector
- 1 is the furnace body member on the inlet side
- la is the gas supply port
- 2a is a moisture gas outlet
- 3a and 3b are reflectors
- 4 is a reflector fixing bolt
- 5 is a spacer
- 6 is a nora film 7 and a platinum film 8 provided on its outer surface.
- Platinum coating catalyst layer 9, 9 is a barrier coating provided on the inner surface of the furnace body member of the inlet side, 10 is a barrier coating provided on the outer surface of the reflector, 11 is a welding location, 12 is a sheath type thermometer mounting hole, 13 is a heater, 14 is a heater holder, 15 is a cooler, 15a is a cooling fin, and 15b is a substrate.
- the mixed gas G of hydrogen gas H and oxygen gas O is supplied from the gas supply port la to the internal space V.
- the reactivity of hydrogen and oxygen is activated by the catalytic action.
- the activated hydrogen and oxygen react at an appropriate rate without causing an explosive combustion reaction in an atmosphere below the combustion temperature of hydrogen, and the generated high-purity moisture gas W becomes moisture gas. It flows out from the outlet 2a.
- the temperature of the internal space V of the reactor main body A is increased to at least 200 ° C or higher.
- a planar heater 13 is provided on the outer surface of the outlet-side furnace main body member 2, and the reactor When the main body A is activated, the reactor main body A is heated by the planar surface heater 13.
- Fig. 16 shows the relationship between the temperature of reactor body A and the hydrogen and oxygen reaction rates.
- the reaction rate of hydrogen 'oxygen is The value is about 98% or more regardless of the mixing ratio.
- the temperature of the internal space V of the reactor main body A is set to the lowest limit ignition temperature of hydrogen gas H (or hydrogen-containing gas) (about 560 ° C).
- the limit ignition temperature will rise above 560 ° C) (eg
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-48501
- Patent Document 2 International Publication WO—01Z94254A
- the present invention has the above-described problems in this type of water generation reactor, that is, the restriction on the volume capacity of the water generation apparatus. It is intended to solve the problem that a significant increase cannot be achieved and as a result it cannot cope with an increase in the amount of water generation.
- the configuration of the cooler 15 and its attachment structure to the reactor main body A In addition to the improvement, heat release from the reactor main body A is promoted without causing a significant increase in the volume capacity of the cooler 15, and the amount of water generation is doubled with the reactor main body A having approximately the same volume capacity. It is intended to provide a moisture generation reactor that enables this.
- the inventors of the present application first used the reactor main body (outer diameter 228 mm, thickness 37 mm, radiating fin height 25 mm) having the structure shown in FIG. 15 to improve the cooling performance of the reactor main body A itself.
- the idea was to meet the demand for a doubling of the amount of water generated by making improvements. That is, without increasing the size of the cooling fan 18, the temperature of the reactor main body A when the cooling fan 18 is stopped is reduced to about 450 by only a slight structural change to the allowable radiation fin 15 a.
- Various modifications and tests were repeated with regard to the structure of the cooler 15 of the reactor body A and its cooling performance, with the main goal of keeping the temperature below ° C.
- Reactor body A was manufactured, and the cooling performance of cooler 15 when the height of radiating fin 15a was changed was adjusted. I was ashamed.
- the reactor body A has an outer diameter of 228 mm ⁇ and a thickness of 37 mm.
- the total volume of the heat dissipating fins 15a in the case of FIG. 17 is 268 cm 3 , the total surface area is 0.01984 m 2 , and the heat dissipating fins in the case of FIG.
- the total volume of 15a was 548 cm 3 and the total surface area was 0.4430 m 2 .
- the height of the heat dissipating fin 15a of 60mm is also a value that determines the limiting capacity of the volume capacity of the reactor main body A. As the volume capacity of the furnace body A exceeds the limit value, the required wattage of the heater required at the start of moisture generation will increase.
- the cooling fan 18 with a capacity of more than 6. Om 3 / min is difficult to use due to the restriction of the box displacement. Use a fan with a capacity of 6. Om 3 Zmin or less. Yes.
- FIGS. 21 and 22 show an outline of an example of a moisture generator equipped with the reactor main body A of FIGS. 19 and 20, and the external dimensions (volume capacity) are 380 mm in width X 380 mm in depth. The height is set to 533mm!
- A is a reactor main body
- 15a is a heat radiation fin
- 18 is a cooling fan
- 17 is an H sensor.
- the mounting position of the cooling fan 18 depends on the box structure.
- FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the relationship between the amount of moisture generated in the reactor main body A shown in FIGS. 17 to 20 and the reactor temperature.
- 7SLM Water generation amount is 430 ° C (when fin height is 25mm) and 8SLM is 420 ° C (when fin height is 60mm), and the height of radiation fin 15a is set to the allowable limit height (about 60mm).
- the present invention was created based on the above-described knowledge. Only the central portion of the outlet-side furnace main body member 2 is inserted by inserting the sheet heater 13 through the radiator board 15b of the cooler 15. It is possible to dissipate higher heat from the reactor body A by directly fixing the cooler 15 with heat radiation fins only to the outer peripheral edge of the reactor body A.
- the invention of claim 1 of the present application is a reactor having an internal space formed by combining an inlet-side furnace main body member having a gas supply port and an outlet-side furnace main body member having a moisture gas outlet facing each other.
- the invention of claim 2 includes a reactor main body having an internal space formed by combining an inlet-side furnace main body member having a gas supply port and an outlet-side furnace main body member having a moisture gas outlet.
- a reflector disposed in the internal space of the reactor main body so as to face the gas supply port and the moisture gas outlet, and a platinum core formed on the inner wall surface of the outlet side furnace main body member.
- the hydrogen and oxygen are brought into contact with the platinum coating catalyst layer to activate the reactivity thereof, whereby the hydrogen and oxygen are reacted under non-combustion conditions.
- the invention of claim 3 of the present invention is the invention of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the inlet-side furnace main body member is provided with a heater.
- the invention of claim 4 of the present invention is the invention of claim 2, wherein the height of the heat sink of the inlet side cooler and the height of the heat sink of the outlet side cooler are the same or the heat sink of the outlet side cooler It is intended to be higher.
- the invention of claim 5 is the invention of claim 2, wherein a planar heater is interposed between the radiator board of the inlet side cooler and the outer surface of the inlet side furnace body member. It is a thing.
- the invention of claim 6 is the invention of claim 2, wherein the radiator substrate of the inlet side cooler is directly fixed to the outer surface of the inner side of the inlet side furnace body member, and the inlet side furnace body member A saddle-shaped heater is directly fixed to the outer surface of the outer part of the slab.
- the heater is fixed between the outer surface of the outer side portion of the inlet side main body member and the heater presser.
- the invention of claim 8 is the invention of claims 1 to 7, in which the radiator substrate of the outlet side cooler is directly fixed to the outer surface of the outer portion of the outlet side furnace body member, and the outlet side Insert the heater into the heater insertion hole drilled in the cooler and directly connect it to the outlet side furnace body member. It is intended to be fixed.
- the invention of claim 9 is the invention of claim 1 to claim 8, wherein the radiator is a thin plate-shaped heat radiation fin or a rod-shaped heat radiation pin.
- the invention of claim 10 is the invention of claims 1 to 8, wherein the outer surface of the inlet-side furnace main body member and the outlet-side furnace main body member has a circular shape, and the radiator substrates of both coolers are provided.
- the heater insertion holes provided in the circular or quadrangular shape and the radiator board of the outlet side cooler are circular.
- the invention of claim 11 of the present invention is the invention of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein a heater for heating the reaction furnace body is provided on the cylindrical surface of the reaction furnace body.
- the invention of claim 12 of the present invention is the invention of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the heater has a bowl shape.
- the invention of claim 13 of the present invention uses the moisture generation reactor according to claim 1 as a basic component of the invention.
- the plate-like heater is directly fixed to the outer surface of the outlet-side furnace body member through the heater through hole provided in the radiator board of the outlet-side cooler, and the outlet-side furnace body member Except for the heater insertion hole of the radiator board of the outlet side cooler that cools the heat sink, the heat radiation fins are provided only in the portions.
- the heat from the outlet-side furnace body member is directly transferred to the radiator board without passing through the sheet heater, and the sheet heater is transferred between the radiator board and the outlet-side furnace body member.
- the heat dissipation characteristics (cooling characteristics) will be greatly improved compared to the case where it is interposed between the two.
- the sheet heater on the outlet side furnace body member side has less heat dissipation during heating because the radiator board of the outlet side cooler is not in contact with the outer surface side of the sheet heater.
- the reactor main body can be efficiently raised to the reaction start temperature, and the startup performance of the moisture generator and the rate of increase in the reaction rate are improved.
- FIG. 1 is a front view of a water generating reactor according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a side view of the raw material gas inlet side of FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a side view of the moisture gas outlet side of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG.
- FIG. 5 shows another example of the moisture gas outlet side cooler of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 6 shows the temperature distribution (in the radial direction) in the vicinity of the inner wall of the outlet-side furnace main body member 2 of the water generating reactor according to Example 1 in FIGS. 1 to 4.
- FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of a moisture generation reactor according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a plan view of FIG.
- FIG. 9 is a right side view of FIG.
- FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view showing still another embodiment of the moisture generation reactor.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a temperature distribution (in the radial direction) in the vicinity of the inner wall surface of the outlet-side furnace body member 2 in the moisture generating furnace of Example 2 shown in FIGS. 7 to 9.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a temperature distribution (radial direction) at the same position as in FIG. 11 in the moisture generating furnace of Example 3.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the temperature distribution (in the radial direction) at the same position as in FIG. 5 under the condition that the cooling fan is operated in the moisture generating furnace of Example 3.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the relationship between the amount of water generated and the temperature of the reactor main body when the height of the radiating fin of the cooler is changed.
- FIG. 15 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional water generation reactor.
- FIG. 16 is a diagram showing the relationship between the temperature of the reactor main body and the reaction rate of hydrogen'oxygen.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic view of a test reactor main body.
- FIG. 18 is a side view of the outlet side of FIG.
- FIG. 19 is a schematic view of another test reactor main body.
- FIG. 20 is a side view of the outlet side of FIG.
- FIG. 21 is a schematic vertical cross-sectional view of a moisture generator incorporating a reactor main body.
- FIG. 22 is a plan view of FIG. 21.
- FIG. 23 The amount of moisture generated using the reactor main body of FIGS. 17 to 20 and the temperature of the reactor main body. It is a diagram which shows a relationship.
- FIG. 24 is a flow diagram of a moisture generation and supply apparatus using the moisture generation reactor of the present invention.
- FIG. 25 is a schematic plan view of the moisture generation and supply device.
- FIG. 26 is a schematic vertical sectional view of a moisture generation and supply device.
- A is a reactor main body
- B is a temperature control device
- H is hydrogen gas
- O oxygen gas
- G is a mixing gas
- W is a moisture gas
- L is a gap
- V is an internal space
- ⁇ is an inclination angle of the outer periphery of the reflector
- 1 is an inlet side furnace body member
- la is a gas supply port
- 2 is an outlet side furnace body member
- 2a Is a moisture gas outlet
- 3 is a reflector
- 4 is a reflector fixing bolt
- 5 is a spacer
- 6 is a platinum coating catalyst layer
- 7 is a barrier film
- 8 is a platinum film
- 9 is a barrier for an inlet side furnace body member.
- 15b is the heat sink substrate (fin substrate)
- 16 is the heater insertion hole
- 17 is the H sensor
- 18 is the cold
- Rejection fan 19 is a bolt (heater holding bolt), 20 is a bolt (cooler mounting bolt), 21 is a heater control thermometer mounting hole, 22 is a reactor temperature monitoring thermometer mounting hole, and 23 is a heater insertion Hole, 24, Mixer, 25, Gas filter, 26, Caloheater, 27, Filter, 28, Moisture gas outlet, 29, Heater lead wire, 30, Case body.
- FIG. 1 is a front view of a moisture generating reactor
- FIG. 2 is a side view of a raw material gas inlet side
- FIG. 3 is a moisture gas outlet side
- Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the water generation reactor.
- the reactor A for moisture generation is an airtight combination of an inlet-side furnace body member 1 and an outlet-side furnace body member 2 made of stainless steel (SUS316L) facing each other. It is formed into a circular hollow desk shape by welding to the shape.
- SUS316L stainless steel
- the inlet-side furnace body member 1 is provided with a circular recess having a flat bottom surface inside.
- the gas supply port la communicates with the recess.
- the outlet-side furnace main body member 2 is provided with a circular concave portion having a flat bottom surface inside, and the moisture gas outlet 2a communicates with the concave portion.
- flange bodies are formed inwardly on the outer peripheral ends of both body members 1 and 2, respectively, and both flange bodies are opposed to each other and welded in an airtight manner 11
- Reflector 3a '3b is a circular disk-shaped body, and the main body of both the furnaces with its center point facing gas supply port la and moisture gas outlet 2a of both furnace main members 1 and 2 It is fixed to both furnace body members 1 and 2 with fixing bolts 4 with a gap L between the bottom surfaces of members 1 and 2.
- the reflectors 3a and 3b are made of stainless steel (SUS 316L), and the diameter thereof is set to be slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the circular recess.
- the outer peripheral edge of the reflector 3a '3b on the side facing both the furnace body members 1 and 2 is finished to have a tapered surface with an inclination angle ⁇ as shown in FIG.
- the mixed gas G flowing in from the gas supply port la smoothly flows into the internal space V, and flows into the gap between the reflector 3b and the outlet-side furnace body member 2, thereby reflecting the reflector 3b. This is because localized concentrated heat generation of the platinum coating catalyst layer 6 in the portion facing the outer peripheral edge of the metal can be prevented.
- the platinum-coated catalyst layer 6 is formed over the entire inner surface of the outlet-side furnace body member 2 made of SUS316L, and has a TiN barrier film 7 formed on the inner surface of the furnace body portion 2 and its A platinum coating catalyst layer 6 is formed from the platinum coating film 8 formed on the upper surface.
- a NorN film 9 and a barrier film 10 made of TiN are formed on the inner surface of the inlet-side furnace body member 1 and the outer surface of each of the reflectors 3a '3b.
- the barrier coatings 9 and 10 are for preventing the surface of the entrance furnace body member 1 and the reflectors 3a and 3b from acting as a metal catalyst and generating local heat.
- the temperature control device B of the reactor main body A includes the temperature control device B on the outlet side and the temperature control device on the inlet side.
- outlet side temperature control device B is an outlet side furnace main body part.
- the temperature controller B on the inlet side turns on the bowl-shaped heater 13a and the bowl-shaped heater 13a.
- the saddle-shaped heaters 13a ′ 13b are so-called thin plate-like planar heaters, and are fixed in contact with the furnace main body members 1 and 2 by means of disc-like heater pressers 14a and 14b. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the bowl-shaped heater 13b on the outlet side is formed in a bowl shape having an outer diameter (180mm ⁇ in this embodiment) smaller than the outer diameter (228mm ⁇ ) of the outlet-side furnace body member 2. Then, it is directly fixed to the outlet side furnace main body member 2 by the bolt 19 through a circular heater presser 14b having the same diameter.
- the bowl-shaped heater 13b on the outlet side is provided only in the intermediate portion of the outlet-side furnace main body member 2, and is different from the conventional example of FIG.
- the bowl-shaped heater 13a on the inlet side is formed in a bowl shape having substantially the same outer diameter as the inlet-side furnace main body member 1, and the inlet-side furnace is clamped by a bolt 19 via a disk-shaped heater presser 14a. Fixed to body member 1.
- the cooler 15 includes an inlet-side cooler 15 fixed to the outer surface of the inlet-side furnace body member 1 and
- the inlet side cooler 15 has a thickness of 25 mm high radiating fin 15a shown in Fig. 15
- a radiator board 15b having a heater insertion hole 23 with an inner diameter of 190 mm in the center of a square radiator board, and a height of 60 mm standing in a comb-like shape on the radiator board 15b
- the heat sink board 15b thickness: about 10mm
- the heat radiation fin 15a thickness: about 2mm, height: 60mm
- the cooler 15 is formed by integrally molding the above.
- the shape of the 1S radiator that uses the thin-plate-like radiator fin 15a as a radiator is arbitrary.
- a rod-shaped radiator pin is used. It's okay.
- the radiator board 15b of the outlet side cooler 15 and the inlet side cooler 15 is square
- the shape may be circular or the like.
- the outlet side cooler 15 has a heat radiating fan of the heat radiating board 15b as shown in FIG.
- 19 is a mounting bolt for the heater retainer 14, and 20 is a mounting bolt for the cooler 15.
- the height of the radiation fin 15a of the inlet side cooler 15 is 25 mm.
- this may have a height of 60 mm.
- the bowl-shaped heater 13a is provided on the inlet-side furnace body member 1 side.
- the bowl-shaped heater 13a on the inlet-side furnace body member 1 side is not provided. ,.
- N gas is usually supplied into the reactor main body A and the reactor main body A
- the purge process is performed. At this time, since the outer peripheral edge of the reactor main body A is cooled by the purge gas, if the temperature of the outer peripheral edge of the reactor main body A is not increased by heating, the reaction rate at the start of moisture generation decreases and is not increased. The reaction gas will increase.
- the bowl-shaped heater 13a is used, and is operated as necessary mainly to heat up the temperature of the outer peripheral edge of the reactor main body A. .
- the bowl-shaped heater 13a is provided on the inlet-side furnace body member 1 side.
- the planar heater 13 is provided on the cylindrical surface of the reactor body A (cylindrical outer peripheral surface side). Good.
- the outer diameter of the reactor body A is 228mm ⁇ , the thickness is 37mm, the thickness of the inner space V is 17mm, the inner diameter of the inner space V is 216mm ⁇ , and the thickness of the reflector 3 & '31).
- the external dimensions of the radiator board 15b of the cooler 15 are 235 X 235 mm, the thickness is 10 mm, the outlet The inner diameter of the heater insertion hole 23 of the side cooler 15 is 190mm ⁇ , the height of the radiation fin 15a is 60mm,
- the cooling fin 15a of the inlet side cooler 15 is 25mm high and the fin thickness is 1.8mm.
- the outer diameter of the bowl-shaped heater 13b was 180 mm ⁇ (thin plate surface heater, thickness lmm).
- Fig. 6 shows the measurement results at that time.
- the temperature of the downstream furnace body member 2 at the position near the outer periphery of the reflector 3b under the condition that the moisture generation amount is 10 SLM (maximum temperature part) Has been confirmed to be able to hold down to about 440 ° C.
- FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of a moisture generation reactor according to the second embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 8 is a plan view thereof
- FIG. 9 is a right side view thereof.
- the reactor A for moisture generation is an airtight combination of an inlet side furnace body member 1 and an outlet side furnace body member 2 made of stainless steel (SUS316L) facing each other. It is formed into a circular hollow desk shape by welding to the shape.
- the inlet-side furnace main body member 1 is provided with a circular concave portion having a flat bottom surface inside, and the gas supply port la communicates with the concave portion.
- the outlet-side furnace main body member 2 is provided with a circular concave portion having a flat bottom surface inside, and the moisture gas outlet 2a communicates with the concave portion.
- flange bodies are formed inwardly on the outer peripheral ends of both body members 1 and 2, respectively, and both flange bodies are opposed to each other and welded in an airtight manner 11.
- the reflectors 3a '3b are circular disk-shaped bodies, and the main bodies of the two furnaces are arranged with their center points facing the gas supply ports la and the moisture gas outlets 2a of both the furnace main outer members 1, 2.
- a clearance L is provided between the bottom surfaces of the members 1 and 2 by a spacer 5 and the fixing bolts 4 are fixed to both furnace body members 1 and 2. It is.
- the reflector 3a '3b is made of stainless steel (SUS316L), and its diameter is set to be slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the circular recess.
- the outer peripheral edge of the reflector 3a'3b on the side facing both the furnace body members 1 and 2 is finished to have a tapered surface with an inclination angle ⁇ as shown in FIG.
- the mixed gas G flowing in from the gas supply port la smoothly flows into the internal space V, and flows into the gap between the reflector 3b and the outlet-side furnace body member 2, thereby reflecting the reflector 3b. This is because localized concentrated heat generation of the platinum coating catalyst layer 6 in the portion facing the outer peripheral edge of the metal can be prevented.
- the platinum coating catalyst layer 6 is formed on the entire inner surface of the outlet side furnace main body member 2 made of SUS316L (however, the vicinity of the portion where the spacer 5 contacts is omitted)
- a platinum coating catalyst layer 6 is formed from a TiN barrier film 7 formed on the inner surface of the main body 2 and a platinum coating film 8 formed on the upper surface thereof.
- a TiN-made nora film 9 and a barrier film 10 are formed on the inner side surface of the inlet-side furnace body member 1 and the outer surface of each of the reflectors 3a '3b.
- the barrier coatings 9 and 10 are for preventing the surface of the entrance furnace body member 1 and the reflectors 3a and 3b from acting as a metal catalyst and generating local heat.
- the temperature control device B of the reactor main body A includes a planar heater 13 that heats the outer surface side of the outlet-side furnace main body member 2, a control device (not shown) that controls the planar heater 13 on and off, And a cooler 15 for cooling the reactor main body A.
- the sheet heater 13 is a so-called thin plate sheet heater, and in this example, is formed in a bowl shape.
- the planar heater 13 is fixed in contact with the outlet-side furnace body member 2 by means of a disc-shaped heater presser 14. That is, the planar heater 13 as shown in FIG. 9 is formed in a circular shape having an outer diameter (180 mm ⁇ in this embodiment) smaller than the outer diameter (228 mm ⁇ ) of the outlet-side furnace body member 2. It is directly fixed to the outlet-side furnace body member 2 by a bolt 19 through a circular heater presser 14 of the same diameter, and then turned 1 turn.
- the planar heater 13 is provided only in the central portion of the outlet-side furnace body member 2 and is different from the conventional example of FIG.
- the cooler 15 includes an inlet-side cooler 15 fixed to the outer surface of the inlet-side furnace body member 1, and
- the inlet side cooler 15 has a thickness of 25 mm high radiating fin 15a shown in Fig. 15
- the rectangular cooler is formed by integrally forming a fin substrate 15b of about 5 mm.
- outlet side cooler 15 provided on the outlet side furnace main body member 2 side is configured as shown in FIGS.
- the radiator board 15b drilled in the heater insertion hole 23 with an inner diameter of 190mm at the center of the square radiator board, and the part of the radiator board 15b standing in a comb-like shape excluding the circular hole
- the heat sink substrate 15b thinness: about 10mm
- the heat radiation fin 15a thinness: about 2mm, high height
- a cooler 15 is used which is integrally molded.
- the shape of the force heat dissipating member using the thin heat dissipating fins 15a as the heat dissipating member may be used.
- a rod-shaped heat dissipating pin may be used.
- the radiator board of the second cooler 15 and the inlet-side cooler 15 has a rectangular shape.
- the shape may be circular or the like.
- 20 is a mounting bolt for the cooler 15
- 21 is a heater control thermometer mounting hole
- 22 is a reactor temperature monitoring thermometer mounting hole.
- the height of the radiating fin of the inlet side cooler 15 is 25 mm.
- this may be 60 mm high.
- a heater is not provided on the inlet-side furnace body member 1 side.
- a heater may be provided on the inlet-side furnace body member 1 side.
- the area of 15b is substantially equal to the area of the outer surface of the inlet-side furnace body member 1, the area of the radiator board 15b of the inlet-side cooler 15 is reduced as in the first embodiment.
- the radiator substrate 15b is fixed to the inner part (i.e., the central part) of the side furnace main body member 1, thereby cooling the inner side of the inlet side furnace main body member 1 mainly.
- a configuration may be adopted in which a bowl-shaped heater is directly fixed to the outer portion of the outer surface, and only the outer peripheral edge portion of the inlet-side furnace body member 1 is heated by the bowl-shaped heater.
- FIGS. 7 to 9 two reflectors 3a ′ 3b are provided in the reactor main body A, but as shown in FIG. 10, one reflector is provided. 3 may be provided so as to face the gas supply port la and the moisture gas outlet 2a. Note that in FIG. The configuration of the outer part is the same as in FIG.
- the outer diameter of the reactor body A is 228 mm ⁇
- the thickness is 37 mm
- the thickness of the inner space V is 17 mm
- the inner diameter of the inner space V is 216 mm ⁇
- the thickness of the reflector 3 & '31 the thickness of the reflector 3 & '31
- the external dimensions 235 of the radiator board 15b of the inlet side cooler 15 and the outlet side cooler 15 are as follows.
- the in thickness was 1.8 mm.
- the outer diameter of the planar heater 13 is 180 mm ⁇ (thin plate-shaped planar heater, thickness lmm), and the mounting hole 22 of the reactor temperature monitoring thermometer is 1. 5mm inward position.
- the temperature distribution in the radial direction of the furnace body member 2 at a position 1.5 mm inward from the catalyst layer 6 was measured using the amount of generated water (that is, the supply amount of the mixed gas G) as a parameter.
- Fig. 11 shows the measurement results at that time.
- Line A shows 9SLM, and curve A shows the case where only N gas is supplied.
- the cooling fan 18 of the temperature control device B was stopped and the temperature of the planar heater 13 was set to 350 ° C.
- the temperature (maximum temperature part) of the downstream furnace body member 2 at the position near the outer peripheral edge of the reflector 3b in the state where the amount of water generation is 10 SLM is about It can be seen that it can be held at 450 ° C.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the water generation reactor shown in FIGS.
- a moisture generating furnace having a configuration in which a circular planar heater 13 and a cooler 15 having an outer diameter of 228 mm ⁇ shown in FIG.
- the outlet side furnace is set under the condition that the temperature of the double-sided heater 13 on the upstream side and the downstream side is set to 350 ° C. and the cooling fan 18 is stopped.
- 2 shows the result of measuring the temperature distribution in the radial direction near the inner surface of the main body member 2 using the amount of water generation as a parameter.
- the maximum temperature when the water generation amount is 10 SLM is about 470 ° C., which is slightly higher than that in Example 2.
- FIG. 13 shows the temperature distribution in the radial direction in the vicinity of the inner surface of the outlet-side furnace main body member 2 when the cooling fan 18 is operated using the same moisture generation furnace as in the third embodiment. Is.
- the cooling fan 18 has the same cooling capacity as that of the conventional 5SLM moisture generation furnace shown in FIG.
- FIG. 14 shows the inlet side cooler 15 and the outlet side cooler 15 shown in FIGS. 7 to 9.
- the relationship between the amount of moisture generated and the maximum temperature when the height of the radiating fin 15a is changed is shown.
- the curve EE shows the radiating fin 15a of the inlet side cooler 15 and the outlet side cooler 15.
- E the amount of water generation and the temperature of the furnace body member 2 when the height is 25 mm and the cooling fan 18 is stopped (E is the value measured by the thermometer for monitoring the reactor temperature, E is the heater controller)
- Curves F and F increase the capacity of the cooling fan 18, and the moisture generation reactor component box
- the heater 13 is a disk-shaped planar heater. However, the heater may have a quadrangular shape. Cooler 15 side
- a square heater mounting hole 23 is formed in the center of the second radiator board 15b. Further, in the present embodiment, the planar heater 13 is configured to contact an external force to the outer surface of the outlet-side furnace body member 2 (or the outer surface of both furnace body members 1 and 2). It may be embedded (or fitted) into the surface layer portion of the discharge-side furnace body member 2 (or the surface layer portions of both furnace body members 1 and 2).
- the heat sink substrate 15b of the inlet side cooler 15 is reduced in size so that the inlet side furnace main body member 1
- FIG. 24 is a flow diagram of a moisture generation and supply apparatus using the reactor main body A according to the present invention
- FIG. 25 is a schematic plan view of the moisture generation and supply apparatus
- FIG. 26 is a diagram of the moisture generation and supply apparatus. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional schematic diagram.
- A is a reactor for moisture generation
- 15 is an inlet side cooler
- 17 is H
- the outer dimensions of the case body 30 are set to a width of 380mm, a depth of 380mm, and a height of 465mm. It is the same as the case of the moisture generation and supply device shown in Fig. 22, but the height is about 6 Omm.
- the reactor main body A can generate a 10SLM water amount under the maximum temperature of 450 ° C or less as described above, and can supply about 10 times as much water as before.
- the present invention is mainly used as a moisture supply device of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, an apparatus for removing hydrogen gas from a hydrogen-containing gas, or a moisture supply apparatus such as a chemical manufacturing apparatus.
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