126 results about "Vapor bubble" patented technology

An aerosol generator includes a fluid supply which supplies fluid to a fluid passage, a main heater which heats the fluid into a gaseous state and a preheater which delivers a volume of fluid to the main heater. The preheater can be located in or adjacent a metering chamber which receives a predetermined volume of fluid, the preheater heating a portion of the fluid so as to form a vapor bubble which ejects the remaining fluid from the chamber. An outlet of the aerosol generator is arranged to receive the volatilized fluid formed by the main heater and direct the volatilized fluid out of the fluid passage. The aerosol generator can be used to generate aerosols containing medicated materials.

A pump-free water-cooling system is provided wherein external power supply is not involved; heat can be transported in any direction; and high reliability and low thermal resistance are ensured.The pump-free water-cooling system includes: a heat-exchange circulating solution container in which a heat-exchange circulating solution and vapor of the circulating solution are contained; a heat radiator provided on the outer wall of the container; a solution outlet for discharging from the container the heat-exchange circulating solution in the container; a gas-liquid two-phase fluid inlet for charging into the container gas-liquid two-phase fluid composed of the heat-exchange circulating solution at high temperature and vapor bubbles of the circulating solution; a first transportation route along which a sensible-heat-emitting heat exchanger is provided, the first transportation route linking with the solution outlet; a second transportation route along which heat exchange is carried out between heat-exchange circulating solution therein and the heat-exchange circulating solution in the container and the vapor of the heat-exchange circulating solution in the container; a third transportation route along which a heating heat exchanger is provided, the third transportation route linking with the gas-liquid two-phase fluid inlet; and a circulating-solution transporting route in which the first transportation route, the second transportation route, and the third transportation route are linked in that order.

There is disclosed an ink jet printhead which comprises a plurality of nozzles and one or more heater elements 10 corresponding to each nozzle. Each heater element 10 is configured to heat a bubble forming liquid 11 in the printhead to a temperature above its boiling point to form a gas bubble 12 therein. The generation of the bubble 12 causes the ejection of a drop of an ejectable liquid (such as ink) through an ejection aperture 5 in each nozzle, to effect printing. In each nozzle, the heater element 10 requires an electrical pulse with a voltage less than 8 volts and a duration less than 1.5 microseconds, to form the vapor bubble that causes the ejection of the drop. With the realization that drive pulse voltages above, say, 12 volts are not a fixed parameter of printhead design, the benefits of low voltage printhead operation can be incorporated into a design that yields efficiencies that negate the circumstances that created the initial demand for high voltage operation.