The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides devices configured for vaporization of an aerosol precursor composition through radiant heating. The radiant heat source may be a laser diode or further element suitable for providing electromagnetic radiation, and heating may be carried out within an optional chamber, which can be a radiation-trapping chamber. In some embodiments, an interior of such chamber may be configured as a black body or as a white body.

A control system for use in a fluid flow application includes a heater and a control device. The heater includes at least one resistive heating element having a relationship between resistance and temperature defining a non-monotonic curve. The heater is to heat fluid flow. The control device is to determine a flow characteristic of the fluid flow and a temperature of the at least one resistive heating element along the non-monotonic curve between resistance and temperature based on a change in resistance of the at least one resistive heating element.

A thin film heater is provided containing conductive nanofiller particles and a base material, wherein the conductive nanofiller particles are uniformly distributed within the base material and is soluble in water. When introduced to electric current, the thin film heater raises in temperature and lowers in resistance. A method of manufacturing a thin film heater is also provided, including the steps of mixing the conductive nanofiller particles with water to form a precursor, mixing the precursor with a base material, and applying the mixture to a substrate. Once the thin film heater cures on the substrate, the thin film heater will resistively heat the substrate when introduced to electric current.

A tailored thermal body includes a substrate and a plurality of material regions extending throughout the substrate, the plurality of material regions having a variable thermal conductivity. At least one heating element is secured to the substrate. The substrate and the plurality of material regions are formed using at least one additive manufacturing process, and materials of the substrate and the plurality of material regions are chemically fused together.

A method of forming a substrate support in a substrate processing system includes forming at least one ceramic layer and arranging a plurality of thermal elements adjacent to the ceramic layer in one or more thermal zones. Each of the thermal zones includes at least one of the thermal elements and each of the thermal elements includes a first resistive material having a positive thermal coefficient of resistance (TCR) and a second resistive material having a negative TCR. The second resistive material is electrically connected to the first resistive material. At least one of the first resistive material and the second resistive material of each of the thermal elements is electrically connected to a power supply to receive power and each of the thermal elements heats a respective one of the thermal zones based on the received power.

The present disclosure provides an aerosol delivery device and a cartridge for an aerosol delivery device. In various implementations, the aerosol delivery device comprises a control device that includes an outer housing defining a cartridge receiving chamber, and further includes a power source and a control component, and a cartridge that includes a mouthpiece, a tank, a heating assembly, and a bottom cap. The mouthpiece defines an exit portal in an end thereof, and the tank is configured to contain a liquid composition therein. The cartridge is configured to be removably coupled with the receiving chamber of the control device, and the heating assembly defines a vaporization chamber and is configured to heat the liquid composition to generate an aerosol. The heating assembly comprises a substantially planar heating member and a liquid transport element, wherein the heating member is installed in a bowed orientation.

A method and device are described to transfer a viscous functional material onto a receiving substrate. A plate is provided having a cavity surface that includes a cavity. A plurality of individually addressable resistive heater elements are provided that are in thermal contact with respective zones of the cavity. Viscous functional material is provided in the cavity with a material composition that, when sufficiently heated, generates a gas at an interface between the cavity surface in the cavity and the functional material, to transfer the functional material from the cavity by the gas generation onto the receiving substrate. Respective portions of the viscous functional material in respective zones of the cavity are heated by supplying respective ones of the plurality of individually addressable heater elements with an electric power having a respective time dependent magnitude.

An immersion circulator cooking device comprising: a motor for drawing fluid used for cooking past a heating element; a heating element for heating the fluid; a first switching device used in a first power mode for controlling the heating element; a second switching device used in a second power mode for controlling the heating element; a temperature sensor for sensing a sensed device temperature of the first switching device; and a controller for selecting which of the first power mode and second power mode is selected based on the sensed device temperature of the first switching device.

A monolithic heated 3D body includes a thin-walled substrate defining a complex curved exterior surface, and a layered heater applied to the complex curved exterior surface of the thin-walled substrate. The layered heater includes at least one resistive heating layer, a set of termination pads in electrical contact with the at least one resistive heating layer, and a dielectric layer disposed over the at least one resistive heating layer.

This radiant heating device for an aircraft comprises a heating layer provided with at least one anode and at least one cathode a front protective layer and a rear protective layer disposed on either side of the heating layer, a shell secured to the front protective layer, and at least one temperature sensor configured to provide temperature information on the heating device to an external control unit, the temperature sensor comprising a thermistor of the negative temperature coefficient type disposed on the rear protective layer opposite the front protective layer.