73results about "Dielectric heating" patented technology

To obtain a stirring and heating device capable of increasing a housing efficiency in a container and suppressing an operation cost by simplifying a structure in the container, and obtain a synthesizing method of a metal-organic structure using the stirring and heating device.SOLUTION: A stirring and heating device 10 includes: a container 12 formed of an electromagnetic wave transmitting material; and an electromagnetic wave generating part 30 that is disposed so as to face the inside of the container, and heats an irradiated substance accommodated in an accommodation space 13 by irradiating the accommodation space 13 provided in the container with an electromagnetic wave. The electromagnetic wave generating part 30 generates convection in the container by varying an irradiation level of the electromagnetic wave in a depth direction H of the container 12, and agitates the irradiated substance.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

There is provided an aerosol-generating device for dielectrically heating an aerosol-forming substrate of an aerosol-forming article to generate an aerosol therefrom. The device comprising: an electromagnetic field generator configured to generate radio-frequency (RF) electromagnetic radiation, a peripheral layer defining a resonant cavity, the peripheral layer being made of an electrically conductive material to confine the RF electromagnetic radiation within the resonant cavity, and a dielectric filling arranged within an interior of the resonant cavity, the dielectric filling defining a substrate cavity for receiving the aerosol-forming substrate. The peripheral layer has a peripheral layer thickness from 1 to 1000 micrometers, preferably from 2 to 500 micrometers, more preferably from 5 to 250 micrometers.

To provide a power supply device and a magnetic field generation system that can apply an alternating magnetic field properly.SOLUTION: A cancer treatment device includes a control unit for applying an alternating magnetic field including a plurality of different frequency spectra to a cancer cell, where a frequency component of the alternating magnetic field has a plurality of frequency spectra having different strengths.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

This pulsed electric field processing apparatus comprises: a pulsed power supply which generates pulsed voltage; a pair of electrodes which, upon application of the pulsed voltage thereto, generates a pulsed electric field; a processing chamber which is disposed between said electrodes and in which the pulsed electric field is generated in a space where a liquid processing object flows; a temperature calculation unit (42) which calculates a processing temperature which is the temperature of the processing object within the processing chamber, on the basis of a preset calibration value and a resistance value acquired from the pulsed voltage and pulsed current that flows through the processing object within the processing chamber when the pulsed voltage is applied; and a power supply control unit (41) which controls the pulsed power supply on the basis of the processing temperature and a preset target temperature.

A domestic appliance (1) has a chamber (2), which can be closed by means of a door (4), and also at least one door monitoring device (6, 7, 9-11) having at least one contact pair (6, 7) comprising two contact parts (6, 7), of which one of the contact parts (6) is arranged on the door (4) and the other contact part (7) is arranged on a stationary part (8) of the domestic appliance (1). The invention can be applied particularly advantageously to PER (pulsed electric field) cooking appliances and microwave appliances.

The invention relates to a warming drawer assembly (1) for cooking a cooking product (5), having a housing (2) and a drawer (3) which is movably arranged in the housing (2) by means of guide means. The housing (2) together with the drawer (3) form a cooking chamber (6). According to one aspect of the invention, a first generating means (8.1) for generating an electromagnetic alternating field that passes through the cooking chamber (6) is arranged on at least one first face of the cooking chamber (6), and the first generating means (8.1) is designed in the form of a plate or a flat coil. The invention additionally relates to a drawer (3) for such a warming drawer assembly (1).

Dielectric heating aerosol-generating device with heat sink structure for heat management of switching unit The present invention relates to an aerosol-generating device, and specifically to an aerosol-generating device configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate by dielectric heating. The present disclosure further relates to an aerosol-generating system comprising an aerosol-generating device and to a method to manufacture an aerosol-generating device. An aerosol-generating device comprises a heating chamber which is arranged to at least partly receive an aerosol-forming substrate, wherein the heating chamber comprises a dielectric heating element, which in operation heats the aerosol-forming substrate by dipole rotation when subjected to an alternating electric field inside the heating chamber, an oscillation circuit comprising a switching unit, wherein the dielectric heating element is fed by the oscillation circuit, a shell forming an inner volume that at least partly encompasses the heating chamber, the shell configured to insulate heat within the inner volume, wherein the switching unit is arranged within the inner volume and in thermal contact with the heating chamber, so that in operation heat losses of the switching unit are for at least a substantial part dissipated into the heating chamber.

The invention provides an apparatus (1000) for heat treating a flowable food product (1), wherein the apparatus (1000) comprises a channel system (200), a radiofrequency treatment system (500), and a temperature holding system (600), wherein: the channel system (200) comprises a system channel (210); wherein the system channel (210) comprises RF heating channel parts (530), one or more cooling channel parts (540), and a temperature holding channel part (630); the radiofrequency treatment system (500) comprises an arrangement wherein at least a first RF heating channel part (531) is configured upstream of a first cooling channel part (541), and wherein the first cooling channel part (541) is configured upstream of a second RF heating channel part (532); wherein the radiofrequency treatment system (500) is configured to (a) provide radiofrequency waves to the flowable food product (1) in the RF heating channel parts (530) and (b) cool the flowable food product (1) in the one or more cooling channel parts (540), according to a temperature distribution wherein a temperature of the flowable food product (1) in a cooling channel part (540) downstream of a RF heating channel part (530) is lower than the temperature of the flowable food product (1) in the RF heating channel part (530) configured upstream of that cooling channel part (540), and wherein a temperature of the flowable food product (1) in a RF heating channel part (530) configured downstream of a set of a RF heating channel part (530) and a cooling channel part (540) is higher than of the flowable food product (1) in the RF heating channel part (530) of that set; the temperature holding system (600) is configured downstream of the radiofrequency treatment system (500) and is configured to maintain the flowable food product (1) in the temperature holding channel part (630) at a holding temperature Th6.

A dielectric heating module according to the present disclosure generates an electric field to heat the inside of a cooling space in which a load can be cooled. The dielectric heating module comprises: a heating module having an electrode in a cooling space; a heating control module for performing adjustment so that a load impedance and an output impedance match each other; and a high-frequency control module for outputting a high-frequency voltage. In the dielectric heating module, the heating module and the heating control module are assembled in the cooling space so as to be laterally adjacent to each other. The high-frequency control module is disposed outside the cooling space.

The invention relates to a device (100), a system, and a method for heating and / or drying a material layer, in particular an electrically conductive one, using microwaves. The device (100) comprises: - at least two waveguides (10a, 10b) which are arranged parallel to each other; - at least one microwave source for coupling microwaves into the at least two waveguides (10a, 10b); and - a filter element (20) which forms a guide channel (30) with the at least two waveguides (10a, 10b), wherein the guide channel (30) enables the material layer to be guided through the at least two waveguides (10a, 10b) and the filter element (20) in a guide plane (E), and wherein the filter element (20) has at least one waveguide decoupling filter (25) which is arranged between each pair of adjacent waveguides (10a, 10b) of the at least two waveguides (10a, 10b) and is designed to electromagnetically decouple the adjacent waveguides (10a, 10b). Furthermore, the present invention relates to a filter element (20) and a use of the device (100) according to the invention.

To provide a mobile hearth furnace that can heat a larger quantity of material to be heated. [Solution] The mobile hearth furnace 1 comprises a mobile hearth 10 on which an object to be heated 3 is placed and moves, a furnace body 20 arranged along the mobile hearth 10 and having a heating space 5 on which the object to be heated 3 placed on the mobile hearth 10 is heated, and a microwave introduction space 6 which is a space along the heating space 5 into which microwaves generated by a microwave generator 40 are introduced, and a partition member 30 that separates the heating space 5 and the microwave introduction space 6 and has microwave transparency.

There is provided an aerosol generating device (1) comprising: a consumable article (100) adapted to be inserted in the aerosol generating device by a user, the consumable article comprising a capacitor (160), the capacitor comprising an electrolyte which when heated generates an aerosol for inhalation by the user; a sensor (40) configured to detect pressure change in the aerosol generating device, and a control unit (10) configured to set a voltage for charging and / or discharging the capacitor to thereby control the heating of the electrolyte, wherein in response to the sensor detecting that the pressure change exceeds a first threshold, the control unit is configured to set the voltage at a first value, and in response to the sensor detecting that the pressure change exceeds a second threshold, the second threshold being higher than the first threshold, the control unit is configured to set the voltage at a second value.

Disclosed is an aerosol-generating device, the aerosol-generating device comprising a body; and a radiation part provided in the main body and formed to provide an insertion space in which an aerosol-generating article is accommodated. The radiation part comprises a sheet-shaped member which extends in the length direction; an antenna surrounding the insertion space, the antenna configured to emit microwaves for dielectrically heating the aerosol-generating article; and a shielding portion surrounding the antenna, the shielding portion being configured to prevent the microwaves from being emitted to the outside of the radiating portion. The radiation portion is configured such that the antenna and the shielding portion are disposed on the sheet so as to be spaced apart from each other in a length direction of the sheet, and the sheet is wound in the length direction.

To suppress the leakage of an alternating electric field from the heating space of a refrigerator for dielectrically heating a food product to outside.SOLUTION: A refrigerator 10 has: a shield case 44 in which an opening is provided to the front side and which is fabricated from a metal material; a first electrode 48 disposed inside the shield case 44; a second electrode 50 provided inside the shield case 44 so as to face the first electrode 48 with spacing therebetween, the second electrode 50 forming a heating space for dielectrically heating a food product located between the first and second electrodes 48 and 50; an oscillation part 52 for generating an AC voltage to be applied between the first and second electrodes 48 and 50; a door 12h that connects or separates the heating space and the exterior of the shield case 44; and a first sensor 32B for detecting the door 12h in a closed state. When the first sensor 32B detects the door 12h in the closed state, the oscillation part 52 generates the AC voltage. If the first sensor 32B becomes unable to detect the door 12h in the closed state while the AC voltage is being generated by the oscillation part 52, the generation of the AC voltage by the oscillation part 52 is stopped.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

To provide a heater assembly and an aerosol generation device including the heater assembly.SOLUTION: A heater assembly includes an oscillation part for generating a microwave of a designated frequency band, a resonance part for resonating the microwave to generate an electric field, and a coupler for transmitting the generated microwave to the resonance part. The resonance part includes: a case including a storage space for storing an aerosol product and a first opening into which the aerosol product is inserted; a plurality of plates disposed so as to be separated from each other along a peripheral direction of the aerosol product stored in the storage space; and a connection part for connecting the plurality of plates and the case, which includes a second opening corresponding to the first opening at a position opposed to the first opening.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

An aerosol generating device according to one embodiment includes a housing, an oscillator housed within the housing and generating microwaves of a predetermined frequency, a resonator housed within the housing and generating an amplified electromagnetic field by resonating the microwaves, and a cartridge containing an aerosol-generating substance and insertable into the housing, wherein at least a portion of the electromagnetic field heats the aerosol-generating substance to generate an aerosol, and the housing is provided with a cartridge insertion port into which the cartridge is inserted, and the cartridge insertion port and the mouthpiece do not overlap.

A radio frequency (RF) heating system and process for rapidly and uniformly heating a plurality of articles on a convey line.

Provided is a heating device and a refrigerator. The heating device includes a cylinder body provided with a pick-and-place opening, a door body configured to open and close the pick-and-place opening, an electromagnetic generating module configured to generate an electromagnetic wave signal, and a radiating antenna. The radiating antenna is configured to be electrically connected with the electromagnetic generating module to generate electromagnetic waves of a corresponding frequency according to the electromagnetic wave signal. The heating device further includes a signal processing and measurement and control circuit for measurement and control processing of the electromagnetic wave signal. The signal processing and measurement and control circuit is configured to be electrically connected with the electromagnetic generating module and is disposed at a rear lower part in the cylinder body.

A stirring and heating device (10) is provided with: a container (12) formed from an electromagnetic wave-transmitting material; and an electromagnetic wave generation unit (30) that is disposed so as to face the interior of the container (12), and that irradiates an accommodation space (13) provided in the container with electromagnetic waves to heat a substance to be irradiated accommodated in the accommodation space (13). The electromagnetic wave generation unit (30) varies the level of electromagnetic wave irradiation in the depth direction (H) of the container (12), thereby causing convection in the container and stirring the substance to be irradiated.

A heater assembly includes an oscillator configured to generate microwaves in a specific frequency band, a resonator configured to generate an electric field by resonating the microwaves, and a coupler configured to transmit the generated microwaves to the resonator. The resonator includes a case including an accommodating space accommodating an aerosol generating article and a first opening into which the aerosol generating article is insertable, a plurality of plates spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction of the aerosol generating article accommodated in the accommodating space, and a connector connecting the plurality of plates and the case and including a second opening corresponding to the first opening, at a location facing the first opening.

A cooking appliance includes a cooktop including an energy transmission unit for transmitting energy in order to heat a place-on appliance placed on the cooktop, and a PEF (“Pulsed Electric Fields”) cooking apparatus including a receptacle accessible from a top side of the cooktop and designed for insertion of a PEF container. The receptacle includes a connection contact for electrically connecting to the PEF container inserted in the receptacle.

A radiofrequency treatment system includes a first RF heating channel part upstream of a first cooling channel part, that is upstream of a second RF heating channel part. The radiofrequency treatment system provides radiofrequency waves to the flowable food product in the RF heating channel parts and cools the flowable food product in the cooling channel part, according to a temperature distribution. A temperature of the flowable food product in a cooling channel part downstream of a RF heating channel part is lower than the temperature of the flowable food product in the RF heating channel part upstream of that cooling channel part. Also, a temperature of the flowable food product in a RF heating channel part downstream of a set of a RF heating channel part and a cooling channel part is higher than of the flowable food product in the RF heating channel part of that set.

To provide a mobile hearth furnace that can heat a larger quantity of material to be heated. [Solution] The mobile hearth furnace 1 comprises a mobile hearth 10 on which an object to be heated 3 is placed and moves, a furnace body 20 arranged along the mobile hearth 10 and having a heating space 5 on which the object to be heated 3 placed on the mobile hearth 10 is heated, and a microwave introduction space 6 which is a space along the heating space 5 into which microwaves generated by a microwave generator 40 are introduced, and a partition member 30 that separates the heating space 5 and the microwave introduction space 6 and has microwave transparency.

The present invention pertains to the fields of industry (refrigeration installations, dairy plants, paper factories and asphalt smelting plants), commerce (hotels, warehouses and swimming pools), agriculture (aviaries, pigsties and silos) and / or residences (condominiums and houses) and relates to directly and / or indirectly heating liquid masses, more specifically water, using an electrical process in the production of heat. The electrical induction resistor (1) is formed by four electrodes arranged at 120° on a circumference and a neutral central electrode. The electrodes are surrounded by a metal bushing with a reducer (6), a stainless steel tube (7) and inner layers of insulation (8A), (8B) and (8C), with connections (9) arranged at the exposed ends of the electrodes. Results demonstrate that the heating performance of the electrical induction resistor (1), mainly for water, is greater, more efficient, safer and more effective when compared with conventional systems.

Disclosed is a microwave heater and a method of heating. The microwave heater includes a non-modal interplate microwave applicator and may include a nonresonant enclosure. The non-modal interplate microwave applicator is configured to receive therein a load to be heated by microwaves radiated from the non-modal interplate microwave applicator.

This aerosol-generating device and method for controlling the aerosol-generating device set a power profile in order to perform dielectric heating using microwaves on an aerosol-generating article when a smoking session is initiated, monitor power feedback data for power provided to a source unit for generating a microwave signal while dielectric heating is performed with the power profile during the smoking session, determine, on the basis of the monitored power feedback data when the smoking session is terminated, whether calibration of the power profile is required, and update the power profile on the basis of the monitored power feedback data when it is determined that calibration of the power profile is required.

A humidity protection shield assembly for a carbon nanotube (CNT) fabric composite heater assembly. The humidity protection shield assembly includes a first portion and a second portion. The CNT assembly is disposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion includes at least one of one or more first di-electric layers or one or more first thermoplastic / thermoplastic composite di-electric layers; at least one of a first carbon fiber layer or a first composite carbon fiber layer; and at least one of a first metal humidity layer or a first metalized film humidity layer. The second portion includes at least one of one or more second di-electric layers or one or more second thermoplastic / thermoplastic composite di-electric layers; at least one of a second carbon fiber layer or a second composite carbon fiber layer; and at least one of a second metal humidity layer or a second metalized film humidity layer.

To provide a plasma processing device which forms an electrode of a multizone heater layer (heater wire) safely, at low cost and easily.SOLUTION: A plasma processing device comprises: a processing chamber; a cylindrical sample table where a wafer is mounted on a top face thereof; a first heater layer disposed inside of a dielectric film, which covers the top face of a substrate having a disc shape of the sample table, and including a plurality of film-like heaters 801 disposed in a plurality of regions CH1-CH4 each having a rectangular shape; and a plurality of temperature sensors disposed inside of the substrate at a lower side of the regions. The plurality of regions are disposed corresponding to a semiconductor circuit pattern and includes four regions disposed while making one side of the rectangular shape oppose the adjacent region. The plasma processing device comprises: four feeding paths 601 which are electrically connected to one location and supply power from a DC power source while defining the film-like heaters as one aggregate; and one returning path 701 which is electrically connected to the other location of each film-like heater and in which power is fed back to the DC power source.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7