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http://dx.doi.org/10.7842/kigas.2017.21.6.52

A Case Study on the TEMAZ Explosion Accident in Semiconductor Process  

Yang, Won-Baek (Dept. of Safety Engineering, KNUT)
Rhim, Jong-Kuk (Dept. of Safety Engineering, KNUT)
Hong, Seong-Min (Dept. of Environment Technology and Safety Technology Convergence, Inha University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas / v.21, no.6, 2017 , pp. 52-60 More about this Journal
Abstract
In diffusion process exhaust line during semiconductor manufacturing process, In order to improve the transportation efficiency in the piping by removing "The reaction by-product, $ZrO_2$ and The unreacted material, TEMAZ, TMA, $O_3$, etc" and "Powder being deposited", the piping temperature was raised to $80^{\circ}C$ or more by using the heater jacket, and the bellows at the rear end of the vacuum pump ruptured. So conducted a case study and try to prevent the similar accidents from occurring through case studies. The causes of the accident were analyzed as follows: the inflow of outside air due to the generation of a gap on the suction side of the vacuum pump and heating the pipe with the heater jacket resulted in the overpressure in the pipe due to the volumetric expansion of the gas generated by decomposition of the unreacted TEMAZ, It can be assumed that the most vulnerable bellows of the piping has been ruptured. In order to prevent such accidents, This study is aimed to identify the cause of pipeline rupture accident and to establish safety measures for the prevention of similar accidents by evaluating physical hazards of TEMAZ, which is assumed to be the cause of pipe rupture accident.
Keywords
TEMAZ; heater jacket; diffusion; ARC;
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