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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
May. 30, 2003
James P. Deyoung, Durham, NC (US);
James B. Mcclain, Raleigh, NC (US);
Stephen M. Gross, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Mark I. Wagner, Raleigh, NC (US);
James P. DeYoung, Durham, NC (US);
James B. McClain, Raleigh, NC (US);
Stephen M. Gross, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Mark I. Wagner, Raleigh, NC (US);
MiCell Technologies, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A method of displacing a supercritical fluid from a pressure vessel (e.g., in a microelectronic manufacturing process), with the steps of: providing an enclosed pressure vessel containing a first supercritical fluid (said supercritical fluid preferably comprising carbon dioxide); adding a second fluid (typically also a supercritical fluid) to said vessel, with said second fluid being added at a pressure greater than the pressure of the first supercritical fluid, and with said second fluid having a density less than that of the first supercritical fluid; forming an interface between the first supercritical fluid and the second fluid; and displacing at least a portion of the first supercritical fluid from the vessel with the pressure of the second, preferably fluid while maintaining the interface therebetween.