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Cryopump
10550830 · 2020-02-04 · ·

A cryopump includes a second cryopanel unit which is thermally connected to a second cooling stage of a cryocooler, a radiation shield which includes a shield main opening, a shield side opening, and a shield bottom opening, and a cryopump housing having a housing bottom portion which faces the shield bottom opening. A dimension of the shield bottom opening is larger than a distance from the second cryopanel unit to the housing bottom portion.

OIL SEPARATOR FOR COMPRESSOR AND COMPRESSOR FOR CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR

A compressor oil separator installed in a cryogenic refrigerator compressor includes a first tube that extends in a vertical direction. The first tube includes a first communication portion that connects an inside of the first tube to an outside of the first tube. The compressor oil separator also includes a delivery pipe that extends in the vertical direction and is configured to deliver refrigerant, including oil, to the inside of the first tube. The compressor oil separator also includes a filter located between the first tube and the delivery pipe in a cross section intersecting the vertical direction. The delivery pipe includes a delivery port that delivers the refrigerant to the inside of the first tube, the delivery port being located downward from a middle part of the first tube in the vertical direction.

OIL SEPARATOR FOR COMPRESSOR AND COMPRESSOR FOR CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR

A compressor oil separator installed in a cryogenic refrigerator compressor includes a first tube that extends in a vertical direction. The first tube includes a first communication portion that connects an inside of the first tube to an outside of the first tube. The compressor oil separator also includes a delivery pipe that extends in the vertical direction and is configured to deliver refrigerant, including oil, to the inside of the first tube. The compressor oil separator also includes a filter located between the first tube and the delivery pipe in a cross section intersecting the vertical direction. The delivery pipe includes a delivery port that delivers the refrigerant to the inside of the first tube, the delivery port being located downward from a middle part of the first tube in the vertical direction.

Cryopump, cryopump system, and method for starting operation of cryopump

A cryopump includes a cryopanel disposed in a cryopump housing and including a non-combustible adsorbent, a heater heating the non-combustible adsorbent and the cryopanel, a purge valve connecting the cryopump housing to a purge gas source, a rough valve connecting the cryopump housing to a rough pump, a sensor that generates a measurement signal indicating a temperature of the non-combustible adsorbent or an internal pressure of the cryopump housing, and a controller that controls at least one of the heater, the purge valve, and the rough valve based on the measurement signal so as to execute either a sublimation regeneration sequence for sublimating water from the non-combustible adsorbent by exposing the non-combustible adsorbent to a vacuum atmosphere or a dehydration sequence for dehydrating the non-combustible adsorbent by exposing the non-combustible adsorbent to a dry atmosphere at room temperature or a temperature higher than the room temperature.

Cryopump and method of monitoring cryopump
11920576 · 2024-03-05 · ·

A cryopump includes an accommodation space for a condensed layer of gas, a first-stage cryopanel having an inner surface of the first-stage cryopanel disposed so as to surround the accommodation space, and a second-stage cryopanel disposed so as to be surrounded by the inner surface of the first-stage cryopanel together with the accommodation space. A first-stage heat load is incident on the inner surface of the first-stage cryopanel from outside the cryopump through an intake port, and the gas enters the accommodation space from outside the cryopump. The first-stage cryopanel is cooled to a temperature higher than a condensation temperature of the gas, the second-stage cryopanel is cooled to a temperature of the condensation temperature or less, and the condensed layer is deposited. The cryopump monitors the amount of condensed gas in the accommodation space based on a change in the first-stage heat load.

Cryopump and method of monitoring cryopump
11920576 · 2024-03-05 · ·

A cryopump includes an accommodation space for a condensed layer of gas, a first-stage cryopanel having an inner surface of the first-stage cryopanel disposed so as to surround the accommodation space, and a second-stage cryopanel disposed so as to be surrounded by the inner surface of the first-stage cryopanel together with the accommodation space. A first-stage heat load is incident on the inner surface of the first-stage cryopanel from outside the cryopump through an intake port, and the gas enters the accommodation space from outside the cryopump. The first-stage cryopanel is cooled to a temperature higher than a condensation temperature of the gas, the second-stage cryopanel is cooled to a temperature of the condensation temperature or less, and the condensed layer is deposited. The cryopump monitors the amount of condensed gas in the accommodation space based on a change in the first-stage heat load.

VACUUM PUMP AND CONTROL DEVICE
20240060496 · 2024-02-22 ·

A vacuum pump and a control device, on a pump side, performs heater control of a pipe to suppress precipitation of a deposit from a process gas and cooling control of a deposit trap to remove the deposit, and perform heater control and cooling control the process gas situation. A temperature sensor is disposed on an outer periphery or an inner periphery of an introduction pipe 3H, outputs temperature information a control device. Temperature information from the inside of a deposit trap is also sent to control device. The control device, performs ON/OFF control a heater such that a temperature of the introduction pipe 3H has a predetermined temperature value, based on the input temperature information 31. The control device, performs opening/closing control on a valve such that an internal temperature of the deposit trap has a predetermined cooling temperature value, based on the input temperature information.

Systems and methods for improved sustainment of a high performance FRC with multi-scaled capture type vacuum pumping
11894150 · 2024-02-06 · ·

Systems and methods that facilitate forming and maintaining FRCs with superior stability as well as particle, energy and flux confinement and, more particularly, systems and methods that facilitate forming and maintaining FRCs with elevated system energies and improved sustainment utilizing multi-scaled capture type vacuum pumping.

Systems and methods for improved sustainment of a high performance FRC with multi-scaled capture type vacuum pumping
11894150 · 2024-02-06 · ·

Systems and methods that facilitate forming and maintaining FRCs with superior stability as well as particle, energy and flux confinement and, more particularly, systems and methods that facilitate forming and maintaining FRCs with elevated system energies and improved sustainment utilizing multi-scaled capture type vacuum pumping.

Cryopump hybrid frontal array
10495079 · 2019-12-03 · ·

A cryopump comprises a refrigerator, a condensing array cooled by the refrigerator, a radiation shield surrounding the condensing array and cooled by the refrigerator. The radiation shield has a frontal opening covered by a frontal array that is also cooled by the refrigerator. The frontal array comprises louvers across an otherwise substantially open center region of the frontal opening and an orifice plate across an outer region of the frontal opening. The hybrid frontal array allows for pumping speeds approximating those of a louver frontal array but with flow control comparable to an orifice plate.