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Extending the Pressure Limit for Turbomolecular Pump up to 133 Pa by using Conductance-Reducer and Measuring the Pressure Differences in Vacuum Chamber

확장한 진공용기 내부의 압력구배 측정

  • Published : 2010.01.30
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Abstract

A dynamic flow system has been developed which can be used for vacuum gauge calibration by comparison method - a calibration method in which the reading of the gauge under calibration is compared to another calibrated vacuum gauge called the "secondary standard" - and other vacuum-related experiments. The chamber of the calibration system is pumped by a turbomolecular pump (TMP), backed by a scroll pump. As maximum acceptable pressure at the inlet of a TMP is 0.1 Pa, above which the TMP decelerates, the pumping speed decreases and it becomes more difficult to adjust pressure under such circumstances. In the present work, high pressures of up to 133 Pa have been generated in the chamber of the newly developed dynamic flow control system by installing a well-designed conductance-reducer in the by-pass line and, at the same time, operating the TMP in safe mode. In addition, the gas flow and pressure distribution within the chamber have been investigated for the entire pressure range (0.1 Pa ~ 133 Pa) while generating pressure dynamically. Maximum deviations in pressure (1.6 %) were observed at point C on the chamber, which is close to the gas inlet port on the top of the chamber.

진공게이지의 비교교정 방법으로 교정이 가능하고-비교교정은, 2차표준기라고 부르는 교정되어진 게이지와 교정할 다른 게이지의 지시값을 읽어 비교는 방법- 다른 진공관련 실험을 할 수 있는 기체 유량 시스템을 개발하였다. 교정시스템에의 진공용기는 터보분자펌프(TMP)에 의해서 배기하고, 후면에 스크롤펌프를 배치하여 배기시스템을 꾸몄다. 터보분자펌프의 최대허용가능 압력은 펌프의 주입구에서 0.1 Pa까지이며, 이보다 압력이 높아지면 배기속도가 감소하며 압력대 이하의 환경을 조절하기가 매우 어렵게 된다. 현재 133 Pa까지의 높은 압력을 발생시킬 수 있는 새롭게 개발된 기체유량조절시스템은 바이패스 라인에 맞도록 설계된 컨덕턴스-리듀서를 설치하여 터보분자펌프를 안전하게 운용할 수 있도록 하였다. 추가로 진공용기안에 전체압력 범위(0.1 Pa ~ 133 Pa)의 압력을 생성하며 기체 주입과 압력구배를 연구하였다. 압력의 최대 편차는 용기의 위쪽 방향에 위치한 가스 주입구에서 가까운 위치 C에서 1.6%로 나타났다.

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