Separated gas stream point of use abatement device
AssigneeHighvac Corp
InventorPhilip J. Catalano
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Abstract
Embodiments of point-of-use (POU) abatement device and methods of abating a plurality of gas streams from a corresponding plurality of processing chambers are provided herein. In some embodiments, a compact POU abatement device includes a plurality of inlets respectively coupled to a plurality of process chambers in which each of the process chambers gas streams is isolated from the other gas streams. In some embodiments, the compact POU abatement device can include a plurality of oxidation devices and a corresponding plurality of wet scrubber columns each directly coupled to ones of the plurality of inlets to receive a gas stream from a corresponding process chamber.
Claims20
A point of use (POU) abatement device, comprising:
- a housing having a plurality of independent flow paths, each independent flow path defined by a corresponding inlet, flow path, and outlet within the housing and configured to facilitate flowing separated gas streams through the respective independent flow paths;
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- a one or more completely separated destruction or removal devices disposed within each flow path within the housing;
- wherein the plurality of independent flow paths are configured to maintain complete separation of respective gas streams flowing through the POU abatement device.
A method of abating a plurality of gas streams from a corresponding plurality of processing chambers, comprising:
- flowing a plurality of independent gas streams from a plurality of processing chambers into a plurality of independent flow paths of a housing of a point of use (POU) abatement device;
- at least partially abating compounds within each independent gas stream by flowing each of the plurality of independent gas streams through respective destruction or removal devices disposed within each flow path while maintaining each of the plurality of independent gas streams completely separated;
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- exhausting each of the abated independent gas streams from the housing of the POU abatement device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.