A method for dehydration and critical point drying of a sample in a single chamber is introduced, comprising the steps of (a) dehydrating the sample by replacing water by an intermediate fluid, (b) replacing the intermediate fluid by a transitional fluid, (c) pressurising the transitional fluid to or beyond its critical pressure and/or heating the transitional fluid (4 to or beyond its critical temperature, and (d) in response to gradually releasing the pressure, letting the transitional fluid gasify and escape from the sample. In step (a) and/or step (b), a ratio of the fluid to-be-replaced to the replacing fluid is measured and used to control a supply of the replacing fluid. The method reduces consumption of intermediate fluid and/or transitional fluid, making the process more efficient in terms of duration and user interaction while ensuring a high degree of dryness and the integrity of the sample.

A glove dryer may include a vehicle mounting arrangement (e.g., a cup holder insert or a docking station) such that the glove dryer may be maintained in an upright orientation while the vehicle is accelerating, turning, traveling over bumps, decelerating, etc. A glove dryer may include an automatic controller.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method to perform drying and testing of organometallic and organosilane precursor source ampoules that have been cleaned for re-use. The drying and quality control testing is performed in a single location with a single apparatus requiring only one manual connection/disconnection step of the ampoule to the apparatus. The testing includes analyses for residual moisture, entrained particulate matter, differential pressure, and helium leak checking.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method to perform drying and testing of organometallic and organosilane precursor source ampoules that have been cleaned for re-use. The drying and quality control testing is performed in a single location with a single apparatus requiring only one manual connection/disconnection step of the ampoule to the apparatus. The testing includes analyses for residual moisture, entrained particulate matter, differential pressure, and helium leak checking.

A substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate holding device, a rotation mechanism, a drying liquid supply nozzle, a movement mechanism, a flow rate control mechanism, and a control device including circuitry which controls one or more of the rotation mechanism, movement mechanism and flow rate control mechanism such that the drying liquid forms a drying liquid flow line having distance (L) equal to or less than preset upper limit distance (M), where when a liquid contact point is position at which the drying liquid discharged from the nozzle reaches the substrate, the flow line is formed when the liquid contact point is moved from a center portion of the substrate toward a peripheral edge portion of the substrate, and the distance (L) of the flow line is measured from center of the liquid contact point to an edge of the flow line on a rotation center side of the substrate.

The present invention provides a device (100,200) to improve the drying performance of a tumble dryer, comprising a substantially curved and three-dimensional body portion (102,202) and a heat reflective layer (104,204) disposed on an outwardly facing surface of the body portion. A method of manufacturing a device to improve the drying performance of a textile drying apparatus is also provided.

The present invention provides a device (100,200) to improve the drying performance of a tumble dryer, comprising a substantially curved and three-dimensional body portion (102,202) and a heat reflective layer (104,204) disposed on an outwardly facing surface of the body portion. A method of manufacturing a device to improve the drying performance of a textile drying apparatus is also provided.

A high efficiency vented dryer having a heat pump system comprises an outer drum, an air-intake drying air duct and an air-exhaust drying air duct for allowing the outer drum communicating with outside. The dryer is provided with a heat pump system comprising a first evaporator and a second evaporator arranged in parallel or in series. The first evaporator is arranged in the air-exhaust drying air duct and the second evaporator is arranged in an external atmosphere to absorb heat from the exhaust air and outside, respectively. By arranging the evaporators in the drying air duct and the external atmosphere respectively, the heat pump system can simultaneously or independently absorb heat from the air exhausted by the dryer and from the ambient air of the dryer to heat the intake air by using heat in the exhaust air and heat in the environment to improve drying rate of the dryer.

A fluidized bed system is a single unitary modular system that packages a circulation fan, a fluidized bed, and a dust collection system within a same structure. The structure is formed to include internal ducts to provide fluid communication between the circulation fan, the fluidized bed, and the dust collection system. The fan provides a flow of air via a pressure duct to the fluidized bed. Particulate is separated from particles included on the fluidized bed by the flow of air being uniformly distributed to the fluidized bed. Particulate separated in a disengagement area and suspended in the flow of air is conducted through a particulate clearance space surrounding the dust collection system. The particulate is captured by the dust collection system and conveyed to a location external to the system.

A method of manufacturing ceramic tape includes a step of directing a tape of partially-sintered ceramic into a furnace. The tape is partially-sintered such that grains of the ceramic are fused to one another yet the tape still includes at least 10% porosity by volume, where the porosity refers to volume of the tape unoccupied by the ceramic. The method further includes steps of conveying the tape through the furnace and further sintering the tape as the tape is conveyed through the furnace. The porosity of the tape decreases during the further sintering step.