A heating system includes at least one electric heater disposed within a fluid flow system and a control device that is configured to determine a temperature of the at least one electric heater based on a model, at least one fluid flow system input, and at least one heater input. The at least one heater input includes at least one physical characteristic of the heating system, the at least one physical characteristic includes at least one of a resistance wire diameter, a heater insulation thickness, a heater sheath thickness, a conductivity, a specific heat and density of the material of the heater, an emissivity of the heater and the fluid flow pathway, and combinations thereof. The control device is configured to provide power to the at least one electric heater based on the temperature of the at least one electric heater.

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 heater includes a base body; an infrared electric heating film, formed on a surface of the base body, the infrared electric heating film including doped tin oxide and doping elements of the doped tin oxide including non-metal elements; and the infrared electric heating film being configured to generate infrared ray and heat the aerosol-forming substrate at least in a radiation manner; and a conductive portion, including a first electrode and a second electrode arranged on the base body, and both the first electrode and the second electrode being electrically connected to the infrared electric heating film to feed electric power of a power supply to the infrared electric heating film. An infrared electric heating film including doped tin oxide is formed on a base body, and doping elements of the doped tin oxide facilitate to improve conductive performance and infrared radiation efficiency of the infrared electric heating film.

A metal heater system. More specifically, a plurality of metal heaters is coupled to the surface of the lower end of a pipeline at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the pipeline, and PTC heating elements inside the metal heaters conduct heat to local portions of the pipeline. Convection is generated in a fluid inside the pipeline because of the heat conducted to the local portions, and thus the overall pipeline is maintained at a constant temperature, efficiently preventing the freezing and bursting of the pipeline in winter.

A heater 1a includes: a substrate 10 made of a resin; a conductive film 20 being a heating element; and a power supply electrode 30. The power supply electrode 30 is electrically connected to the conductive film 20 and is arranged along a surface of the conductive film 20. The power supply electrode 30 includes a conductive filler 30p and a binder 30m. The binder 30m binds the conductive filler 30p. The power supply electrode 30 has a specific resistance of 100 .Math.Ω•cm or less. The heater 1a satisfies a relation |Rd ― Ri|/Ri ≤ 0.2. Rd is an electrical resistance [Ω] of the heater 1a, the electrical resistance being obtained after an environment of the heater 1a is maintained at a temperature of 85° C. and a relative humidity of 85% for 1000 hours. Ri is an initial electrical resistance Ri of the heater 1a.

An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a pressure sensitive heating element including a front electrode and a foam including a conductive material attached to one or both surfaces of the front electrode, and a method for manufacturing the same.

An electric gas heater (2) comprises a housing (4), a number of thin tubes (16) arranged in a bundle (18) inside the housing (4), an insulation member (20) configured for supporting the number of thin tubes (16) separated from each other and electrically insulated from each other. Individual tubes (16) of the number of thin tubes (16) are of an electric resistance material, and the insulation member (20) comprises a fibrous material.

An electrically heating converter includes: a pillar shaped honeycomb structure made of conductive ceramics, including: an outer peripheral wall; and a partition wall disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells penetrating from one end face to other end face to form a flow path; metal electrodes; a pressing member configured to press each of the metal electrodes against the pillar shaped honeycomb structure, so that the pillar shaped honeycomb structure is electrically connected to each of the metal electrodes; and an antioxidant material of (i) or (ii) below: (i) an antioxidant material provided between the pillar shaped honeycomb structure and each of the metal electrodes, or (ii) an antioxidant material provided from a surface of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure over an outer surface of each of the metal electrodes.

A honeycomb structure made of ceramics, wherein the honeycomb structure includes: a borosilicate; and silicon particles doped with at least one dopant, the dopant is a Group 13 element or a Group 15 element, the silicon particles have a dopant amount (A) of 1×10.sup.16 to 5×10.sup.20/cm.sup.3, and the honeycomb structure has a silicon particle content (B) of 30 to 80% by mass.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a heating rod comprises: a first thermal diffusion plate; a ceramic substrate arranged on the first thermal diffusion plate and having a heating element arranged therein; and a second thermal diffusion plate arranged on the ceramic substrate, wherein the first thermal diffusion plate and the second thermal diffusion plate are respectively stacked in a plurality of layers. Since the first thermal diffusion plate and the second thermal diffusion plate are stacked in the plurality of layers, a heating rod having a high thermal efficiency and being capable of fast heating and a vehicular heating device including the same can be obtained.