Research Article

Numerical Study on Heat Transfer and Release Characteristics of Key Components in Electrically Heated Tobacco Products

Table 4

Geometric parameters of the scale-up experimental device and prototype EHTP stick.

SectionParameter (mm)Scale-up devicePrototype

Tobacco sectionLength54.0013.50
Diameter31.207.80

HeaterTotal length70.0019.00
Heater length50.0012.00
Diameter6.002.15
Insertion depth50.0013.80

Hollow sectionaLength48.0012.00
Diameter14.003.50

Hollow sectionbLength80.0010.00
Diameter40.005.20

Filter sectionLength8.00
Diameter7.80

Note. (1) “a” denotes the hollow section of 3.50 mm diameter in Figure 1, “b” denotes the hollow section of 5.20 mm diameter in Figure 1. (2) The scale-up experiment is only conducted on the tobacco section of the prototype tobacco product under equivalent criteria conditions (scaled-up by a factor of 4).