Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology (반도체디스플레이기술학회지)

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Analysis of Energy Consumption for Microwave Drying in PC Pellet

PC 펠렛의 마이크로웨이브 건조를 위한 에너지 효율 분석

  • Lee, Hyun Min (SAC Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Kim, Jae Kyung (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Kongju National University) ;
  • Jeon, Euy Sik (Industrial Technology Research Institute, Kongju National University)
  • 이현민 ((주)에스에이씨) ;
  • 김재경 (공주대학교 생산기술연구소) ;
  • 전의식 (공주대학교 생산기술연구소)
  • Received : 2021.10.22
  • Accepted : 2021.11.27
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

Semiconductor inspection equipment makes components using materials with insulating properties for functional inspection including current and voltage of semiconductor parts. A representative insulating material is plastic, and plastic is made of a component through an injection process using plastic pellet. When plastic pellets contain excessive moisture, problems such as performance degradation and product surface defects occur. To prevent this, pre-drying is essential, and the heat convective type is the most applied. However, the heat convective type has a problem of low consumption efficiency and a long drying time. Recently, many studies have been conducted on a drying method using microwaves due to high energy efficiency. In this paper, drying was performed using a microwave for drying PC pellets. Energy consumption and drying efficiency analyzed by set up an experimental apparatus of heat convective, microwave, and hybrid(heat convective + microwave) types. It was confirmed that energy consumption and drying efficiency were high when drying using microwaves, and it was confirmed that the hybrid method improved drying performance compared to the heat convective method. It is expected that the research results of this paper can be used as basic data for drying plastic pellets using microwave.

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본 이 논문은 2019년 중소벤처기업부의 기업연계형 연구개발인력양성 사업(S2755803)의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임.

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