Induction Heating Element for Smokable Material Volatilization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing smoking alternatives, such as heat-not-burn products, face challenges in efficiently volatilizing tobacco components without burning, which affects the release of desired compounds like nicotine and aromatic flavors.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus utilizing electromagnetic induction to heat smokable material using an electrically conductive heating material, which induces resistive heating and maintains a stable temperature for extended periods, ensuring the volatilization of tobacco components without combustion, employing a combination of a heating member and a magnetic field generator to create eddy currents in the heating material.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Temperature
If conventional heating methods are used to volatilize tobacco components, then the volatilization process is simple, but the temperature control is difficult and combustion may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces conventional electrical resistance heating with electromagnetic induction heating. The induction heating system uses a magnetic field to induce eddy currents in the heating element, which generates heat more efficiently and with better temperature control. This substitution of heating mechanism allows for precise temperature regulation to volatilize tobacco components without combustion, while the modular design keeps the overall system complexity manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs electromagnetic induction technology to change the heating parameters, specifically achieving rapid heating and precise temperature control. By adjusting the induction heating power and duration, the system can maintain optimal temperatures for volatilizing different tobacco components without exceeding the combustion point, thus resolving the temperature control issue.
2Productivity
If heat-not-burn products are used to release compounds, then combustion is avoided, but the efficiency of volatilizing tobacco components is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces conventional heating methods with electromagnetic induction heating, which provides superior heating efficiency and speed. The induction heating system generates heat directly within the heating element through induced eddy currents, achieving rapid temperature rise and efficient heat transfer to the tobacco material. This enables effective volatilization of tobacco components without combustion, resolving the efficiency issue while maintaining the harm-reduction benefit.
3Productivity
If electromagnetic induction heating is used, then temperature control and volatilization efficiency are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the electromagnetic induction heating system into a multi-functional device that combines heating, volatilization, and inhalation delivery. The induction heating module serves multiple purposes: rapid heating of the chamber, precise temperature maintenance, and controlled volatilization. By making the heating system multi-functional, the patent achieves high volatilization efficiency while minimizing the need for separate components, thus managing device complexity.
4Use of energy by moving object
If the heating material is electrically conductive, then induction heating is effective, but the material selection is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs composite heating materials that combine electrically conductive components with other functional materials. The heating element may consist of a composite structure where conductive particles or layers are integrated into a matrix material, providing both the necessary electrical conductivity for induction heating and additional properties such as heat retention, structural stability, or chemical inertness. This composite approach expands material selection flexibility while maintaining heating efficiency.
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
Effectively volatilizes tobacco components at a controlled temperature, maintaining the desired compounds' release for inhalation over an extended period, mimicking the smoking experience without combustion, ensuring efficient and consistent delivery of nicotine and aromatic compounds.
Implementation Method 1
the heating material 5 itself is resistively heated in an electromagnetic induction heating process
Implementation Method 2
induced eddy currents cause resistive heating of the material 5 when the heating material 5 is placed in a varying magnetic field
Implementation Method 3
The heating material 5 is located in a heating member 6 which is located directly adjacent the smokable material 2. The location of the heating material 5 is such that effective thermal transfer takes place between the heated heating material 5 and the smokable material 2
Implementation Method 4
The heating material 5 is heated by the effects of electromagnetic induction to a temperature which is sufficient to volatilize components of the smokable material 2 in the heating chamber 3
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AI summary
An apparatus (1) configured to volatilize components of smokable material (2) for inhalation, comprising a smokable material heating chamber (3) and a heating material (5) which is configured to be heated by the presence of a varying magnetic field, wherein the heating material is arranged to transfer heat energy to smokable material in the heating chamber to volatilize said components.