The present application provides an aerosol producing article and an aerosol generating system comprising the aerosol producing article. The aerosol producing article comprises: an aerosol-forming matrix and an external wrapping part; the external wrapping part comprises a first portion, and at least a part of the extension length of the first portion along the axial direction of the aerosol producing article coincides with the extension length of the aerosol-forming matrix; the outer surface of the first portion is provided with a plurality of holes penetrating through the external wrapping part. The above aerosol producing article has optimized infrared transmittance, and can promote the utilization efficiency of infrared rays when infrared heating is used.

An aerosol generation device comprises a heating element (4). The heating element (4) comprises a base body (41), an infrared radiation layer (42), and at least one light convergence mechanism (43). The base body (41) has a chamber (411) for accommodating an aerosol substrate material. The infrared radiation layer (42) is disposed on a surface of the base body (41), and is used to generate infrared radiation to heat the aerosol substrate material disposed in the chamber (411). The at least one light convergence mechanism (43) is combined with the base body (41) and disposed thereon, and is configured to converge the infrared radiation into the chamber (411) to heat at least a portion of the aerosol substrate material. The aerosol generation device can increase the speed of aerosol formation.

A superconducting down-hole heating device with a superconducting cable, a cryostat around the superconducting cable, and a heat source coupled to the superconducting cable. The device is configured to use within a well-casing, and to produce heat outside of the cryostat and not inside of the cryostat.

A heating device is designed to heat a liquid while minimizing current that is induced in the liquid. The heating device includes a radiant heat source and a heated member such that the radiant heat source applies radiant energy to the heated member and the heated member is positioned within a vessel. The radiant energy from the radiant heat source is radiated across an empty or gas-filled gap between the radiant heat source and the heated member and the heated member transfers heat to the liquid.

An infrared light radiation device includes a radiation unit and a condenser. The radiation unit includes a heater and a metamaterial structure. The metamaterial structure is able to radiate, when heat energy is input from the heater, infrared light having a peak wavelength of a non-Planck distribution. The condenser includes at least one condensing lens that concentrates and transmits toward outside the infrared light radiated from the radiation unit.

A heater and a cigarette device containing the heater are provided. The heater includes a base. A cavity chamber is formed inside the base and is used to receive solid smoking substances. The base has an opened end and a closed end disposed opposite to each other. The solid smoking substances are received in the cavity chamber or removed from the cavity chamber through the opened end. An infrared heating assembly is used to receive electric powers of an electric power source in order to generate heat, and transmits the generated heat in at least a way of infrared radiation toward the solid smoking substances received in the cavity chamber from the closed end of the base in order to generate aerosols for inhaling. The generated aerosols are brought away by airflows passing the opened end of the base.

A system for heating animals. The heating system uses an elongated curved reflector around an elongated infrared light source to reflect heat off of the elongated curved reflector and onto piglets provided in the piglet creep of a farrowing crate. The system has a reduced thermal gradient to efficiently transfer heat to animals, such as piglets, without overheating other nearby animals, such as sows.

The present application relates to the technical field of smoking sets, and embodiments of the present application are a heating assembly and an electric heating smoking set. The heating assembly comprises: a heating tube comprising a tube body and a conductive part formed on the tube body; at least a base, the base being connected to the tube body; an insulating element provided between the base and the tube body; and a conductive element provided on the base and comprising a first part and a second part which are electrically connected to each other, wherein the first part is located between the insulating element and the tube body and makes contact with the conductive part to form electric connection, the second part deviates in the direction away from the tube body with respect to the first part, and the second part is used for being coupled with a power source.

The invention provides an optical heating device and method of heating treatment capable of adjusting the illuminance distribution on the main surface of a substrate to be treated more precisely. An optical heating device that heats a substrate to be treated by irradiating light, the optical heating device includes; a support member supporting the substrate to be treated; and a light source unit including a plurality of LED substrates each having a first main surface on which a plurality of LED elements are mounted; in which at least one of the plurality of LED substrates is arranged such that the first main surface is inclined to the second main surface of the substrate to be treated when the substrate to be treated is supported by the support member.

Disclosed is a portable radiant heating device that has a base, a radiant heat source mounted in a tiltable reflector, and a safety interlock device located in the base. The safety interlock uses a pressure-sensitive foot that prevents the heater from producing infrared heat when not in contact with a mounting surface. The safety interlock device also prevents the heater from producing infrared heat when the reflector is not tilted so as to prevent excessive amounts of infrared heat from being directed towards the mounting surface.