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Rapid & Precise Temperature Control for Polymer Chemical Vapor Deposition

4 TEC’s on cooling stage + aluminum plate + 1 TEC on top (Insulated)

Team Members

Sara Apanavicius
Fatou Diop
Koushul Ramjattum
Hongzhi Zeng

Supervisors

Clair Cunningham, F. Doug Kelley, Chemical Engineering

Customers

Wyatt Tenhaeff, Professor, Chemical Engineering

Description

The goal of the project was to cool down the polymerization surface of an iCVD chamber and develop a control system to achieve the temperature requirements for the duration of the polymerization process. A cascade of thermoelectric coolers with a liquid stage as heat sink was designed to achieve a temperature difference of 80℃ with the ambient.

4 TEC’s on cooling stage + aluminum plate + 1 TEC on top (Insulated)
4 TEC’s on cooling stage + aluminum plate + 1 TEC on top (Insulated)
Model of cascaded TEC design using Shapr3D
Model of cascaded TEC design using Shapr3D.
Team logo & name
Team logo & name.