Heating Chamber Base Platform for Uniform Aerosol Vaporization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing aerosol generation devices face challenges in efficiently heating aerosol substrates to release aerosols while minimizing energy consumption and ensuring effective airflow, often resulting in incomplete vaporization and potential damage to the substrate.
Innovation Solution
A heating chamber design with a platform extending from the base, a thin side wall, and a heater arrangement that elongates the heat flow path, combined with a substrate carrier system that compresses the aerosol substrate to ensure uniform heating and prevent damage, allowing for efficient aerosol generation with controlled airflow.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the heating chamber uses a conventional base design without a platform, then the structure is simpler, but the heating efficiency is reduced and energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The base is segmented into a platform portion and a non-platform portion, creating distinct functional zones. The platform provides elevated support for the substrate carrier while the non-platform portion allows airflow passage, thereby improving heating efficiency without requiring a completely complex base structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The platform extends upward from the base, adding a vertical dimension to the base structure. This elevation creates space for improved airflow dynamics and heat distribution around the substrate carrier, enhancing heating efficiency while maintaining structural simplicity.
2Manufacturing precision
If the heater is positioned closer to the base, then the heat flow path is shorter, but the heating uniformity is reduced and substrate damage may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The heater is positioned on the side wall of the heating chamber rather than directly on the base, utilizing the vertical dimension to create an elongated heat flow path. This positioning allows heat to distribute more uniformly through the substrate carrier while preventing direct concentrated heating that could cause substrate damage.
3Strength
If the side wall is made thicker, then the structural strength is increased, but the heat transfer efficiency is reduced and energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The side wall is designed as a thin-walled structure that provides sufficient structural strength while maintaining excellent thermal conductivity. This thin wall design allows efficient heat transfer from the heater to the substrate carrier, reducing energy consumption while preserving adequate mechanical strength for device operation.
4Ease of operation
If the platform is made higher, then the airflow passage is improved, but the substrate carrier may become unstable
Solution Approach 1:
The platform height is optimized to provide sufficient elevation for improved airflow passage underneath the substrate carrier, while the top surface area is reduced to provide stable support. This dimensional optimization balances airflow efficiency with substrate carrier stability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables rapid and efficient heating of aerosol substrates, reducing energy consumption and ensuring complete vaporization while preventing substrate damage, thereby improving the aerosol generation process.
Implementation Method 1
heat, rather than burn, tobacco or other suitable materials by conduction, convection, and/or radiation
Implementation Method 2
heat, rather than burn, tobacco or other suitable materials by conduction, convection, and/or radiation
Implementation Method 3
heat, rather than burn, tobacco or other suitable materials by conduction, convection, and/or radiation
Implementation Method 4
a substrate carrier system that compresses the aerosol substrate to ensure uniform heating and prevent damage
Data Source
AI summary
An aerosol generation device has a heating chamber for receiving a substrate carrier containing an aerosol substrate. The heating chamber includes an open first end, a chamber side wall, and a base at a second end of the chamber side wall opposite the open first end, wherein the base includes a platform extending from a portion of the base towards the open end from an interior surface of the base.