Three-Section Aerosol Heater Control for Faster Stable Generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tobacco-burning products release harmful smoke, and existing heating devices for non-tobacco products lack efficient control over heating profiles to optimize aerosol generation.
Innovation Solution
An aerosol generation device with a heater featuring multiple sequentially arranged heating sections, controlled by a circuit to vary power distribution and heating profiles across these sections, allowing for sequential or simultaneous heating to optimize aerosol production.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple tubular heaters are spaced apart and independently started to heat different sections, then heating control flexibility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The heater is divided into multiple heating sections (first, second, and third heating sections) that are sequentially arranged along the longitudinal direction. Each heating section can be independently controlled through separate control circuits, allowing flexible heating profiles for different sections of the aerosol generation product without requiring multiple separate heater assemblies.
Solution Approach 2:
The control circuit dynamically adjusts the power distribution to different heating sections based on real-time temperature feedback from temperature sensors. The system can switch between different heating modes (sequential heating, simultaneous heating, variable power heating) to optimize aerosol generation while maintaining simplified hardware architecture.
2Productivity
If heating power is increased to generate aerosol faster, then productivity is improved, but temperature control precision deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The control circuit implements periodic heating cycles with multiple stages: initial high-power heating to rapidly raise temperature and generate aerosol, followed by reduced-power maintenance heating to sustain aerosol generation. The system can switch between different heating sections in sequence, providing periodic thermal action that maintains productivity while preventing overheating and ensuring precise temperature control.
Solution Approach 2:
Temperature sensors are positioned to detect temperatures at different heating sections, and the control circuit uses this feedback information to dynamically adjust power distribution. When a section reaches the target temperature, the control circuit reduces or stops power to that section while maintaining or increasing power to other sections, ensuring precise temperature control throughout the aerosol generation process.
3Loss of energy
If sequential heating of different sections is implemented, then energy efficiency is improved, but heating time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control circuit pre-heats sections that are closer to the aerosol generation zone first, while simultaneously or subsequently activating other sections. This preliminary action ensures that when the aerosol generation product is inserted, the critical heating sections are already at optimal temperature, reducing overall heating time while maintaining energy efficiency by avoiding unnecessary heating of non-critical sections.
Solution Approach 2:
The system maintains continuous useful heating action by switching between different heating sections without interruption. While one section is being heated or maintaining temperature, another section is being activated or is already contributing to aerosol generation. This continuous operation eliminates idle time and ensures that energy is constantly being used productively across different sections.
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 device efficiently generates aerosols by controlling heating profiles, ensuring faster heating of specific sections at different times or simultaneously, enhancing the quality and consistency of aerosol production.
Implementation Method 1
a heater, which is used for heating the aerosol generation product received in a chamber
Implementation Method 2
heat the first heating section faster or at a higher power than heating the second heating section and/or the third heating section
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AI summary
An aerosol generation device, a heater for the aerosol generation device, and a control method are provided. The aerosol generation device includes: a heater for heating an aerosol generation product, a first heating section, a second heating section and a third heating section, sequentially arranged, being at least defined on the heater; a battery cell for providing power to the heater; and a circuit for controlling the power provided to the heater by the battery cell, to: heat, within a first time period, the first heating section faster than heating the second heating section and/or the third heating section, heat within a second time period, the second heating section faster than heating the first heating section and/or the third heating section, and heat, within a third time period, the third heating section faster than heating the first heating section and/or the second heating section.