Patent ID: 7975759

Claim:
A temperature processing system that controls a temperature of a target object by circulating one type of cooling liquid into and out of a processing unit to perform a heat exchange between the one type of cooling liquid and the target object when the processing unit performs a specific process on the target object in a high temperature or in a low temperature range, the system comprising: a cooling device provided separately from and in fluid communication with the processing unit, the cooling device cools the cooling liquid, and circulates the one type of cooling liquid into and out of the processing unit; and a cooling liquid processing device provided separately from and in fluid communication with the processing unit, the cooling liquid processing device increases a boiling point of the cooling liquid by pressurizing the cooling liquid, heats the cooling liquid whose temperature has been increased to become higher than a boiling point of the cooling liquid observed at the atmospheric pressure and lower than the increased boiling point such that the cooling liquid remains in a liquid state, and circulates the one type of cooling liquid whose temperature has been increased to become higher than the boiling point of the cooling liquid observed at the atmospheric pressure and lower than the increased boiling point into and out of the processing unit, the one type of cooling liquid remaining in the liquid state, wherein only the cooling liquid processing device circulates the one type of cooling liquid into and out of the processing unit while the specific process is being performed on the target object in the high temperature range, wherein the cooling device is provided separately from the cooling liquid processing device, and only the cooling device circulates the one type of cooling liquid into and out of the processing unit while the specific process is being performed on the target object in the low temperature range, and wherein the cooling liquid that is circulated by the cooling device through the processing unit is the same cooling liquid that is circulated by the cooling liquid processing device through the processing unit.