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May 8 - 9, 2008 ESI GmbH, Eschborn, Germany

Agenda for Day 1 of Training

9:00 – 10:30        Introduction to CFD-ACE+ Plasma

  • Overview of Plasma Applications and Modeling
  • Plasma types and applications
  • Introduction to Plasma Modeling
    •  Hierarchy of Models
    •  Drift-Diffusion Approximation
  • Basic Equations of the Plasma Fluid Model
  • Simplification for Inductively Coupled Plasma
  • Plasma Gas-Phase Chemistry
  • Plasma Surface Chemistry
  • Diffusivity and Mobility
  • Neutral Gas Heating by Plasma
  • Ion Surface Heating

 

----------------------------------20 Min Break------------------------------------------

 

10:50 – 11:45      CFD-ACE+ Database

  • How to create  gas, surface and bulk species
  • How to create mixture definitions
  • How to create surface sites
  • How to create volume reaction mechanisms
  • How to create surface reaction mechanisms

------------------------------ Lunch (11.45 – 13:15) ----------------------------------

13:15 – 15:30      Tutorial 1: CFD-ACE+ 2D CCP Reactor

 

         Problem Type (PT)

    Flow, Chemistry, Plasma, Electric

         Model Options (MO)  

    Shared: Axi-symmetric geometry, Transient solution

    Flow: Ref. Pressure

    Chem: Gas Phase Reaction with Species Mass Fraction

    Plasma: CCP; 1-Capacitor external circuit; CCP time step size

         Volume Conditions (VC)  

    Properties: density, visc, diffusivity, mobility, Electron Coll.

         Boundary Conditions (BC)

    Wall: surface recombination; electron flux; sinusoidal voltage

    Inlet: inlet flow rate/velocity; composition

    Outlet: fixed pressure; zero-gradient for out flowing variables

         Initial Conditions (IC)  

    Chem: initial ions density

    Plasma: Te = const, Ne from Quasi-Neutrality

         Solver Control (SC)  

    Iter, Spatial, Matrix Solvers, Relax, Limits, Adv

         Output (Out)

    Output, Print, Graphic, Monitor

         Run and Monitor (Run)  

    Job submit

     How to determine the solution convergence

         DTF update through Model.in

    Additional commands

         View and Analyze results using CFD-VIEW

 

15:30 – 16:30      Discussions and Further Exercises for CCP

 

  • Ion Momentum Equation
  • Cross-Section Based Electron Collision
  • Fixed CCP power

 

 

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Agenda for Day 2 of Training

 

9:00 – 9:30                   

Introduction to Kinetic Modeling

9:40 – 11:40        Tutorial 2: 2-D Axisymmetric SiO2 Deposition Process in SiH4/O2/Ar ICP Raector

 

         Problem Type (PT)

    Flow, Chemistry, Heat, Plasma, Magnet

         Model Options (MO)  

    Shared: Axi-symmetric geometry, Steady-State solution

    Flow: Ref. Pressure

    Chem: Gas Phase Reaction with Species Mass Fraction

    Plasma: ICP, Induction Power Control

    Magnet: AC Single Frequency Solution; AC Freq

          Volume Conditions (VC)  

    Properties: density, visc, diffusivity, mobility, Electron Coll.

    Magnet: magnetic sources, fixed AC coil current

         Boundary Conditions (BC)

    Wall: surface recombination, electron energy flux

    Inlet: Sonic inlet velocity, composition

    Outlet: fixed pressure

          Initial Conditions (IC)  

    Chem: initial ions density

    Plasma: Te = const, Ne from Quasi-Neutrality

          Solver Control (SC)  

    Iter, Spatial, Matrix Solvers, Relax, Limits, Adv

          Output (Out)

    Output, Print, Graphic, Monitor

          Run and Monitor (Run)  

    Job submit; Residual and Monitors on solution convergence

         View and Analyze Results using CFD-VIEW

 

11:45 – 12:15      Discussions and Further Exercises for ICP

 

  • Thermal Flux Balance BC for Te 
  • Fixed ICP Power
  • Ion Kinetic Energy + Joule Heating for Gas

 

---------------------------------LUNCH (12:15 – 13:45) ------------------------------

 

 

13:45 – 14:30      Introduction to Feature Scale Modeling and its coupling with Reactor Scale

 

 

14:30 – 17:00      Discussions, Q&A Session and working on the problems designed by trainees (you are highly encouraged to bring your own problems)

 

17:00 – 17:30      Wish lists from trainees for future development

 

 

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