Volatile Material Dispenser Heater Design for 30% Power Reduction
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional volatile material dispensers consume excessive power and lack efficiency in volatilizing and dispensing volatile materials, leading to higher energy costs and reduced performance.
Innovation Solution
The development of an energy-efficient heater arrangement for volatile material dispensers, which includes a heater configuration that reduces power consumption by at least 30% and maintains an efficiency factor of greater than or equal to 13, utilizing a heater with a nominal resistance of 14-16 Kohms and operating at a power of less than or equal to 1.5 watts to achieve an average weight loss of 0.01 grams per hour.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If conventional heaters are used in volatile material dispensers, then the dispenser can effectively volatilize and disperse volatile material, but the power consumption is excessive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical and chemical parameters of the heating element by using a ceramic heater with resistive metal oxide coating instead of conventional heating elements. This parameter change enables the heater to achieve the same or better volatilization efficiency at significantly reduced power consumption levels of 1.0 to 1.5 watts
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a composite heating structure consisting of a ceramic heater body with a resistive metal oxide coating. This composite material combination provides superior thermal efficiency and electrical resistance properties, allowing the heater to convert electrical energy to thermal energy more efficiently than conventional single-material heaters
2Power
If the heater operates at reduced power consumption, then energy efficiency improves, but the ability to maintain sufficient heat for volatilization may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent modifies the thermal and electrical parameters of the heating system by implementing a ceramic heater with optimized resistive metal oxide coating. This enables the system to maintain effective volatilization temperature at dramatically reduced power input levels of 1.0 to 1.5 watts through improved thermal conversion efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality enhancement by concentrating heating efficiency at the interface between the heater and the volatile material. The resistive metal oxide coating on the ceramic heater provides localized high-temperature generation exactly where needed, ensuring effective volatilization despite low overall power consumption
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 energy-efficient heater arrangement significantly reduces power consumption while maintaining or exceeding the weight loss/release rate/output rate of similar devices, achieving energy savings and improved efficiency in volatile material dispensing.
Implementation Method 1
a heater arrangement disposed within the cavity and surrounding the wick when the refill is inserted into the dispenser
Implementation Method 2
utilizing a ceramic heater with a resistive metal oxide coating
Implementation Method 3
volatilization of a volatile material
Implementation Method 4
a heater arrangement provides a reduced power consumption... maintaining an average weight loss of 0.01 grams per hour
Data Source
AI summary
A volatile material dispenser includes a housing having at least one wall and a cavity disposed within the housing and a refill having a volatile material therein and a wick in contact with the volatile material and extending out of the refill. The dispenser further includes a heater arrangement disposed within the cavity and surrounding the wick when the refill is inserted into the dispenser. The heater arrangement provides a reduced power consumption of at least about 30% as compared to other similar volatile material dispensers that have an average rate of weight loss that is similar to or less than the volatile material dispenser.