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Clean Technologies for Controlled Environment Tengfang (Tim) Xu, Ph.D., PE Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Issues and Trends in Clean Technologies. From Traditional Cleanrooms to Minienvironments and Nano-technology Facilities Tengfang (Tim) Xu, Ph.D., PE
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Clean Technologies for Controlled Environment Tengfang (Tim) Xu, Ph.D., PE Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Issues and Trends in Clean Technologies From Traditional Cleanrooms to Minienvironments and Nano-technology Facilities Tengfang (Tim) Xu, Ph.D., PE Environmental Energy Technologies Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory May 17, 2005
Outline • Introduction to clean technologies • Cleanrooms and minienvironments • Energy saving opportunities • Case studies • Issues and trends • What’s coming?
Introduction: Cleanroom • Definition • A Cleanroom is "a room in which the concentration of airborne particles is controlled, and which is constructed and used in a manner to minimize the introduction, generation, and retention of particles inside the room and in which other relevant parameters, e.g., temperature, humidity, and pressure, are controlled as necessary." • ISO Standard 14644-1
Introduction: Cleanroom • Design • The design of cleanroom HVAC systems requires the unique understanding of cleanliness requirements, guidelines, airflow, filtration, room pressurization, code requirements, specialty equipment, precise control, and many more details. • IEST CC RP12.2 Considerations in Cleanroom Design • Subgroup 1: Cleanroom Design Considerations • Subgroup 2: Installation of Cleanroom Production Equipment • Subgroup 3: Cleanroom Electrical Systems
Introduction: Minienvironment • Definition • A minienvironment is a localized environment created by an enclosure to isolate a product or process from the surrounding environment • Guidelines • Separative Devices, ISO Standard 14644-7 (IEST) • IEST CC RP28.1: Minienvironments
Minienvironment Applications • A variety of names • “Separative devices,” “separative enclosures,” “isolators,” or “barriers” in the microelectronics, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries • “Safety cabinets” in biomedical and healthcare • “Gloveboxes” in research and defense industry
Clean Technologies for Controlled Environment • Process-driven • contamination • Planning • Design • Qualifications • Operation
Cleanroom Electric Power Cleanroom Measured Power
Energy Savings Opportunities • Efficient Air Systems • initial costs • optimized sizing • utility costs and productivity • non-energy benefits • Energy efficient planning and design – • strategy to achieve cost savings and to improve bottom lines in the industry
Results • Total fan power • Power factor • Pressure control • EPI (W/cfm) • Comparison with Cleanrooms
Issues and Trends… • Issues - Contamination control • Source: particle, molecular, bio, mechanical, electronic • Preciseness, costs, safety, regulation • Trends • Multi-level particle retention and/or bio containment • Minienvironments/Bio-safety cabinet • Nano-tech facilities
Issues and Trends…Standards The Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology (IEST) • ISO Standard 14644 (1 through 8): Cleanrooms and Controlled Environments • ISO Standard 14698 (1 through 3): Bio-contamination
Issues and Trends… Solutions • Resources for clean technologies • IEST RPs addressing a variety of cleanroom technologies http://www.iest.org/technical/ccwgs.html • Design, construction, operation, compliance, qualifications, procedure, control, etc. • WG12 > WG28 > New WGs on Nano-tech facilities • LBNL • Energy related technologies and strategies
What’s Coming… Stay Tuned • Cleanrooms • Minienvironments - upcoming workshop to • Share knowledge and improve performance of minienvironments • Understand energy implications of minienvironment vs. cleanroom • Develop and identify strategies in energy efficiency for effective environmental control
Questions TTXU@LBL.GOV Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory