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EP4494489A1 - Système de génération d'aérosol - Google Patents

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EP4494489A1
EP4494489A1 EP23186462.0A EP23186462A EP4494489A1 EP 4494489 A1 EP4494489 A1 EP 4494489A1 EP 23186462 A EP23186462 A EP 23186462A EP 4494489 A1 EP4494489 A1 EP 4494489A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24D—CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
    • A24D1/00—Cigars; Cigarettes
    • A24D1/20—Cigarettes specially adapted for simulated smoking devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
    • A24F40/40—Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts
    • A24F40/46—Shape or structure of electric heating means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
    • A24F40/20—Devices using solid inhalable precursors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24F—SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES
    • A24F40/00—Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
    • A24F40/50—Control or monitoring
    • A24F40/57—Temperature control

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  • a typical aerosol generating apparatus may comprise a power supply, an aerosol generating unit that is driven by the power supply, an aerosol precursor, which in use is aerosolised by the aerosol generating unit to generate an aerosol, and a delivery system for delivery of the aerosol to a user.
  • HT heated tobacco
  • the tobacco may be leaf tobacco or reconstituted tobacco.
  • the vapour may contain nicotine and/or flavourings.
  • the intention is that the tobacco is heated but not burned, i.e. the tobacco does not undergo combustion.
  • a typical HT system may include a heating system and a consumable.
  • the consumable may include the tobacco material.
  • the tobacco material is heated by the heating system, wherein airflow through the tobacco material causes moisture in the tobacco material to be released as vapour.
  • a vapour may also be formed from a carrier in the tobacco material (this carrier may for example include propylene glycol and/or vegetable glycerine) and additionally volatile compounds released from the tobacco. The released vapour may be entrained in the airflow drawn through the tobacco.
  • the present disclosure provides an aerosol generating system comprising:
  • the temperature at which polypropylene glycol and/or glycerine is most effectively vapourised can be higher than a temperature at which tobacco is susceptible to burning. Such burning can be undesirable in systems in which the intention is to heat but not combust the tobacco (i.e. heat-not-burn systems).
  • Arranging the tobacco and carrier in two different sections, and then heating those sections to different temperatures allows optimisation of the heating temperature of each of these components of the consumable.
  • heating the second (carrier) section to a higher temperature than the first (smokeable substrate) section can provide particularly effective vaporisation of the carrier while avoiding (or at least reducing the possibility of) burning of the smokeable substrate.
  • the smokeable substrate may be tobacco.
  • the consumable may comprise an upstream end and a downstream end.
  • the upstream end may represent a mouth end, or a mouthpiece, of the consumable.
  • air may flow through the consumable in a direction from the upstream end to the downstream end.
  • the first and second sections of the consumable may be axial sections of the consumable.
  • the first and second sections may be arranged along an axis extending in a direction of airflow through or along the consumable in use.
  • the axis may extend between the upstream and downstream end.
  • the axis may be a longitudinal axis of the consumable (the consumable may be elongate, and the longitudinal axis may extend in the direction of elongation).
  • the second section may be downstream of the first section. In this way, in use, vapour generated from the first section may be entrained in an airflow through the consumable, and subsequently vapour from the carrier may be entrained in the airflow.
  • the second section may be directly downstream of the first section.
  • the second section may be adjacent to the first section (e.g. may be in contact with the first section).
  • the first section may be at an upstream end of the consumable.
  • the first section may define an upstream end of the consumable.
  • the first section may comprise leaf material (e.g. tobacco leaf material).
  • the first section may include a substrate, e.g. reconstituted tobacco to carry one or more of an active component (e.g. one or more of nicotine; caffeine; a cannabidiol oil; a non-pharmaceutical formulation, e.g. a formulation which is not for treatment of a disease or physiological malfunction of the human body).
  • the substrate may carry e.g. a flavouring (e.g. a component that provides a taste and/or a smell to the user.
  • the flavouring may include one or more of: Ethylvanillin (vanilla); menthol, Isoamyl acetate (banana oil); or other.
  • the second section may have less tobacco (e.g. by weight) than the first section.
  • the second section may, for example, be substantially free of tobacco.
  • the carrier of the second section may be a liquid (i.e. at room temperature).
  • the carrier may be held within a shell (e.g. a rigid shell).
  • the shell may comprise a biopolymer (e.g. a polymer derived from seaweed). Together, the carrier and the shell may define a capsule.
  • the heating system may be configured to heat the second section to a temperature above the melting point of the shell. In this way, in use, the shell may melt to release the carrier when the second section is heated.
  • the second section may comprise a carrier element for supporting the carrier.
  • the carrier element may contain the capsule.
  • the carrier element may be configured to retain a liquid.
  • the carrier element may be porous (e.g. may be a fibrous material).
  • the carrier element may be configured to wick liquid.
  • the heating system may comprise a first heater arranged to heat the first section of the consumable in use and a second heater arranged to heat the second section of the consumable in use.
  • the second heater may be configured to heat to a higher temperature than the first heater in use.
  • Each heater may comprise one or more heating elements.
  • the first and second heaters of the heating system may be arranged axially along the consumable (e.g. along an elongate axis of the consumable and/or an axis extending between upstream and downstream ends).
  • the first heater may be aligned with the first section of the consumable and the second heater may be aligned with the second section of the consumable (i.e. along the axis).
  • the first heater and/or the second heater may be configured to at least partly surround the consumable in use.
  • the first heater and/or second heater may be referred to as an external heater.
  • the first heater and/or second heater may be tubular.
  • the heaters may take other forms.
  • the first heater and/or the second heater may be configured to extend into (i.e. penetrate) the consumable in use (e.g. may be an internal heater).
  • the first heater and/or second heater may be a rod or a blade.
  • the heating system may be configured to heat the first section to a temperature that is less than 290°C, or e.g. less than 280°C, or e.g. less than 250°C, or e.g. about 200°C.
  • the first heater may be configured to heat, in use, to a temperature that is less than 290°C, or e.g. less than 280°C, or e.g. less than 250°C, or e.g. about 200°C.
  • the heating system may be configured to heat the second section to a temperature that is at least 200°C, or 220°C, or 240°C, or 260°C, or 280°C, or e.g. about 290°C.
  • the second heater may be configured to heat, in use, to a temperature that is at least 200°C, or 220°C, or 240°C, or 260°C, or 280°C, or e.g. about 290°C.
  • a temperature difference between the first section and the second section may be at least 20°C and may be up to 60°C.
  • a temperature difference between the first heater and the second heater may be at least 20°C and may be up to 60°C.
  • the heating system may be configured to heat the first and second sections concurrently (the second section being heated to a higher temperature than the first section).
  • the system may comprise a controller operatively connected to the heating system for controlling the heating system.
  • the above-described heating by the heating system (and the heaters of the heating system) may be controlled by the controller.
  • the controller may be configured to control the heating of the first and second sections by the heating system.
  • the controller may be configured to control the first and second heaters to heat concurrently (the second heater being heated to a higher temperature than the first heater).
  • the first heater may be controlled to heat to a first predetermined temperature and the second heater may be controlled to heat to a second predetermined temperature that is higher than the first predetermined temperature.
  • the controller may be configured to control the heating by controlling a power supply to the heating system.
  • the controller may comprise a power supply duty cycle.
  • the controller may be configured to control the power supply to the first heater according to a first duty cycle and control the power supply to the second heater according to a second duty cycle that is different to the first duty cycle.
  • the variation in temperature may be provided by regions of different material and or structure (e.g. regions of a single heating element or of a plurality of heating elements).
  • the consumable may be a heat-not-burn consumable.
  • the aerosol generating system may be a heat-not burn system.
  • the consumable-receiving cavity may have a distal end arranged to be proximate to the upstream end of a consumable when received in the cavity.
  • the first heater may be closer to the distal end of the cavity than the second heater.
  • the first heater may be adjacent to the distal end of the cavity.
  • an aerosol generating apparatus comprising:
  • the heating system may comprise a first heater arranged to heat the first zone in use and a second heater arranged to heat the second zone in use.
  • the second heater may be configured to heat to a higher temperature than the first heater in use.
  • Each heater may comprise one or more heating elements.
  • the first and second heaters of the heating system may be arranged axially along the cavity (e.g. along an elongate axis of the cavity).
  • the first heater and/or the second heater may at least partly surround the cavity.
  • the first heater and/or second heater may be referred to as an external heater.
  • the first heater and/or second heater may be tubular.
  • the heating system may be configured to heat the first zone to a temperature that is less than 290°C, or e.g. less than 250°C, or e.g. about 200°C.
  • the first heater may be configured to heat, in use, to a temperature that is less than 290°C, or e.g. less than 250°C, or e.g. about 200°C.
  • the heating system may be configured to heat the second zone to a temperature that is greater than greater than 200°C, or 220°C, or 240°C, or 260°C, or 280°C, or e.g. about 290°C.
  • the second heater may be configured to heat, in use, to a temperature that is greater than 200°C, or 220°C, or 240°C, or 260°C, or 280°C, or e.g. about 290°C.
  • the heating system may be configured to heat the first and second zones such that there is a temperature difference between the first zone and the second zone.
  • the temperature difference between the first zone and the second zone may be at least 20 degrees and may be up to 60 degrees.
  • the heating system may be configured to heat the first and second zones concurrently (the second zone being heated to a higher temperature than the first zone).
  • the system may comprise a controller operatively connected to the heater system for controlling the heating system.
  • the above-described heating by the heating system (and the heaters of the heating system) may be controlled by the controller.
  • the controller may be configured to control the heating of the first and second sections by the heating system. For example, in at least one operating mode of the apparatus, the controller may control the first and second heaters to heat concurrently (the second heater being heated to a higher temperature than the first heater).
  • the first heater and/or the second heater may be configured to at least partly surround the cavity.
  • the first and/or second heater may be referred to as an external heater.
  • the first and/or second heater may be tubular (e.g. having a hollow interior for receipt of the consumable).
  • the first heater and/or second heater may be configured for penetration into the consumable, and may be referred to as an internal heater (e.g. may be a rod or blade heater).
  • the disclosure provides a method of generating an aerosol, the method comprising heating a consumable comprising first and second sections formed of different materials, the first section comprising tobacco and the second section comprising a carrier formed of propylene glycol and/or glycerine (e.g. vegetable glycerine), wherein the second section is heated to a higher temperature than the first section.
  • a consumable comprising first and second sections formed of different materials, the first section comprising tobacco and the second section comprising a carrier formed of propylene glycol and/or glycerine (e.g. vegetable glycerine), wherein the second section is heated to a higher temperature than the first section.
  • glycerine e.g. vegetable glycerine
  • the consumable may be as otherwise described above with respect to the first aspect.
  • the heating may be performed by a heating system as described above with the respect to the first or second aspect.
  • the present disclosure may provide electrical circuitry and/or a computer program configured to cause an aerosol generating apparatus/system to perform any method or method step disclosed herein.
  • a computer readable medium comprising the computer program is also disclosed.
  • the present disclosure may provide a use of an aerosol generating apparatus for generating an aerosol according to the method of the second aspect.
  • an "aerosol generating apparatus” may be an apparatus configured to deliver an aerosol to a user for inhalation by the user.
  • the apparatus may additionally/alternatively be referred to as a "smoking substitute apparatus", if it is intended to be used instead of a conventional combustible smoking article.
  • a combustible “smoking article” may refer to a cigarette, cigar, pipe or other article, that produces smoke (an aerosol comprising solid particulates and gas) via heating above the thermal decomposition temperature (typically by combustion and/or pyrolysis).
  • An aerosol generated by the apparatus may comprise an aerosol with particle sizes of 0.2 - 7 microns, or less than 10 microns, or less than 7 microns. This particle size may be achieved by control of one or more of: heater temperature; cooling rate as the vapour condenses to an aerosol; flow properties including turbulence and velocity.
  • the generation of aerosol by the aerosol generating apparatus may be controlled by an input device.
  • the input device may be configured to be user-activated, and may for example include or take the form of an actuator (e.g. actuation button) and/or an airflow sensor.
  • Each occurrence of the aerosol generating apparatus being caused to generate aerosol for a period of time may be referred to as an "activation" of the aerosol generating apparatus.
  • the aerosol generating apparatus may be arranged to allow an amount of aerosol delivered to a user to be varied per activation (as opposed to delivering a fixed dose of aerosol), e.g. by activating an aerosol generating unit of the apparatus for a variable amount of time, e.g. based on the strength/duration of a draw of a user through a flow path of the apparatus (to replicate an effect of smoking a conventional combustible smoking article).
  • the aerosol generating apparatus may be portable.
  • the term "portable” may refer to the apparatus being for use when held by a user.
  • an "aerosol generating system” may be a system that includes an aerosol generating apparatus and a consumable.
  • an "aerosol” may include a suspension of precursor, including as one or more of: solid particles; liquid droplets; gas. Said suspension may be in a gas including air.
  • An aerosol herein may generally refer to/include a vapour.
  • An aerosol may include one or more components of the precursor.
  • a "flow path" may refer to a path or enclosed passageway through an aerosol generating apparatus and/or consumable, e.g. for delivery of an aerosol to a user.
  • the flow path may be arranged to receive aerosol from an aerosol generating unit.
  • upstream and downstream may be defined in respect of a direction of flow in the flow path, e.g. with an outlet being downstream of an inlet.
  • a "delivery system” may be a system operative to deliver an aerosol to a user.
  • the delivery system may include a mouthpiece and a flow path.
  • a "flow" may refer to a flow in a flow path.
  • a flow may include aerosol generated from the precursor.
  • the flow may include air, which may be induced into the flow path via a puff by a user.
  • a "puff” (or “inhale” or “draw” ) by a user may refer to expansion of lungs and/or oral cavity of a user to create a pressure reduction that induces flow through the flow path.
  • an "aerosol generating unit” may refer to a device configured to generate an aerosol from a precursor.
  • the aerosol generating unit may include a unit to generate a vapour directly from the precursor (e.g. a heating system or other system) or an aerosol directly from the precursor (e.g. an atomiser including an ultrasonic system, a flow expansion system operative to carry droplets of the precursor in the flow without using electrical energy or other system).
  • a plurality of aerosol generating units to generate a plurality of aerosols may be present in an aerosol generating apparatus.
  • a "heating system” may refer to an arrangement of at least one heating element, which is operable to aerosolise a precursor once heated.
  • the at least one heating element may be electrically resistive to produce heat from the flow of electrical current therethrough.
  • the at least one heating element may be arranged as a susceptor to produce heat when penetrated by an alternating magnetic field.
  • the heating system may be configured to heat a precursor to below 300 or 350 degrees C, including without combustion.
  • a "consumable” may refer to a unit that includes a precursor.
  • the consumable may include a mouthpiece.
  • the consumable may include an information carrying medium.
  • the consumable may be referred to as a "stick” or “package” or “heat-not-burn consumable”.
  • the mouthpiece may be implemented as a filter.
  • heat-not-burn may refer to the heating of a precursor, typically tobacco, without combustion, or without substantial combustion (i.e. localised combustion may be experienced of limited portions of the precursor, including of less than 5% of the total volume).
  • electrical circuitry may refer to one or more electrical components, examples of which may include: an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC); electronic/electrical componentry (which may include combinations of transistors, resistors, capacitors, inductors etc); one or more processors; a non-transitory memory (e.g. implemented by one or more memory devices), that may store one or more software or firmware programs; a combinational logic circuit; interconnection of the aforesaid.
  • the electrical circuitry may be located entirely at the apparatus, or distributed between the apparatus and/or on one or more external devices in communication with the apparatus, e.g. as part of a system
  • a "processing resource” may refer to one or more units for processing data, examples of which may include an ASIC, microcontroller, FPGA, microprocessor, digital signal processor (DSP) capability, state machine or other suitable component.
  • a processing resource may be configured to execute a computer program, e.g. which may take the form of machine readable instructions, which may be stored on a non-transitory memory and/or programmable logic.
  • the processing resource may have various arrangements corresponding to those discussed for the circuitry, e.g. on-board and/or off board the apparatus as part of the system.
  • any machine executable instructions, or computer readable media may be configured to cause a disclosed method to be carried out, e.g. by a aerosol generating apparatus or system as disclosed herein, and may therefore be used synonymously with the term method.
  • an “external device” may include one or more electronic components external to an aerosol generating apparatus. Those components may be arranged at the same location as the aerosol generating apparatus or remote from the apparatus.
  • An external device may comprise electronic computer devices including: a smartphone; a PDA; a video game controller; a tablet; a laptop; or other like device.
  • a "computer readable medium/media” may include any medium capable of storing a computer program, and may take the form of any conventional non-transitory memory, for example one or more of: random access memory (RAM); a CD; a hard drive; a solid state drive; a memory card; a DVD.
  • RAM random access memory
  • the memory may have various arrangements corresponding to those discussed for the circuitry /processor.
  • the present disclosure includes a computer readable medium configured to cause an apparatus or system disclosed herein to perform a method as disclosed herein.
  • an example aerosol generating system 1 includes a power supply 2, for supply of electrical energy.
  • the system 1 includes an aerosol generating unit 4 that is driven by the power supply 2.
  • the power supply 2 may include an electric power supply in the form of a battery and/or an electrical connection to an external power source.
  • the system 1 includes a precursor 6, which in use is aerosolised by the aerosol generating unit 4 to generate an aerosol.
  • the system 1 includes a delivery system 8 for delivery of the aerosol to a user.
  • Electrical circuitry (not shown in figure 1 ) may be implemented to control the interoperability of the power supply 4 and aerosol generating unit 6.
  • Fig. 2 shows an implementation of the system 1 of Fig. 1 , where the aerosol generating system 1 is configured to generate aerosol by a-heat not-burn process.
  • the system 1 includes an aerosol generating apparatus 50 and a consumable 70.
  • the apparatus 50 includes the power supply 4 and a heating system 52.
  • the heating system 52 includes at least one heating element 54.
  • the apparatus 50 may additionally include any one or more of electrical circuitry 56, a memory 58, a wireless interface 60, one or more other components 62.
  • the electrical circuitry 56 may include a processing resource for controlling one or more operations of the apparatus 50, e.g. based on instructions stored in the memory 58.
  • the wireless interface 60 may be configured to communicate wirelessly with an external (e.g. mobile) device, e.g. via Bluetooth.
  • an external (e.g. mobile) device e.g. via Bluetooth.
  • the other component(s) 62 may include an actuator, one or more user interface devices configured to convey information to a user and/or a charging port, for example (see e.g. Fig. 5 ).
  • the apparatus 50 is configured to engage with the consumable 70 such that the at least one heating element 54 of the heating system 52 can heat the precursor 6 of the consumable 70.
  • a user may activate the aerosol generating system 1 to cause the heating system 52 of the apparatus 50 to cause the at least one heating element 54 to heat the precursor 6 of the consumable 70 (without combusting it) by conductive heat transfer, to generate an aerosol which is inhaled by the user.
  • Fig. 3 shows an example implementation of the aerosol generating system 1 of Fig. 2 .
  • the consumable 70 is implemented as a stick, which is engaged with the apparatus 50 by inserting the stick into an aperture at a top end 53 of the apparatus 50, which causes the at least one heating element 54 of the heating system 52 to penetrate into or at least partly surround, the precursor 6.
  • the consumable 70 includes the solid precursor 6 proximal to the apparatus 50, and a filter distal to the body 50.
  • the filter serves as the mouthpiece of the consumable 70 and thus the system 1 as a whole.
  • the solid precursor 6 may be a reconstituted tobacco formulation.
  • the at least one heating element 54 is tube-shaped (e.g. with a hollow transverse profile).
  • Other heating element shapes are possible, e.g. the at least one heating element may be a rod-shaped element with a circular transverse profile, or may be blade-shaped (with a rectangular transverse profile).
  • the apparatus 50 includes a cap 51.
  • the cap 51 In use the cap 51 is engaged at a top end 53 of the body 50.
  • the cap 51 is moveable relative to the apparatus 50.
  • the apparatus 51 is slidable and can slide along a longitudinal axis of the apparatus 50.
  • the apparatus 50 also includes an actuator 55 on an outer surface of the apparatus 50.
  • the actuator 55 has the form of a button.
  • the apparatus 50 also includes a user interface device configured to convey information to a user.
  • the user interface device is implemented as a plurality of lights 57, which may e.g. be configured to illuminate when the apparatus 50 is activated and/or to indicate a charging state of the power supply 4.
  • Other user interface devices are possible, e.g. to convey information haptically or audibly to a user.
  • the apparatus 50 may also include an airflow sensor which detects airflow in the aerosol generating system 1 (e.g. caused by a user inhaling through the consumable 70). This may be used to count puffs, for example.
  • an airflow sensor which detects airflow in the aerosol generating system 1 (e.g. caused by a user inhaling through the consumable 70). This may be used to count puffs, for example.
  • the consumable 70 includes a flow path which transmits aerosol generated by the at least one heating element 54 to the mouthpiece of the consumable 70.
  • the aerosol generating unit 4 is provided by the above-described heating system 52 and the delivery system 8 is provided by the above-described flow path and mouthpiece of the consumable 70.
  • the consumable 70 which may be implemented in any of the preceding examples, is shown.
  • the consumable 70 which is for use with a heat-not-burn apparatus, comprises a first 101 and second 102 sections arranged along an elongate axis of the consumable 70 extending between upstream 103 and downstream 104 ends of the consumable 70.
  • the first section 101 and second section 102 are formed of different materials.
  • the first section 101 comprises tobacco in the form of a reconstituted tobacco substrate 105.
  • the second section 102 of the consumable 70 comprises a carrier 106 formed of propylene glycol and/or glycerine.
  • the reconstituted tobacco 105 and carrier 106 can be considered to provide the precursor 6 of the consumable 70 in that each of these contribute to the aerosol that is ultimately formed when the consumable 70 is heated.
  • the carrier 106 is a liquid (at room temperature) and is held within a spherical shell 107 (which may be formed of a biopolymer, such as a polymer derived from seaweed). Together, the liquid carrier 106 and the shell 107 form a capsule 108.
  • the capsule 108 is supported within a cylindrical porous (e.g. fibrous) carrier element 109, that is positioned directly downstream of the tobacco substrate 105 (so as to be adjacent to the tobacco substrate 105).
  • the carrier 106 is released from the shell 107 before a user inhales from the consumable 70.
  • the shell 107 of the capsule 108 is configured to melt when heated by an aerosol generating apparatus (the shell 107 may, for example, be configured to melt at a temperature that is lower than a temperature at which the carrier 106 is typically vapourised).
  • the carrier 106 is released so as to flow into the pores of the carrier element 109.
  • the porous nature of the carrier element 109 means that it wicks the liquid carrier 106 such that the carrier 106 is distributed throughout the carrier element 109.
  • the consumable 70 comprises a terminal filter element 110.
  • the terminal filter element 110 is formed of cellulose acetate tow with a paper plug wrapper (not shown).
  • the terminal filter element 110 is spaced downstream from the carrier element 109, such that a space 111 (which may promote mixing and/or cooling of vapour) is defined between the carrier element 109 and the terminal filter element 110.
  • the tobacco substrate 105, carrier element 109, space 111 and terminal filter 110 are all circumscribed by a paper wrapping layer 112. This holds the components of the consumable 70 together and provides a protective outer layer.
  • the consumable 70 is shown engaged in a consumable-receiving cavity 113 of an aerosol generating apparatus 50. Together, the consumable 70 and aerosol generating apparatus 50 form an aerosol generating system 1.
  • the consumable-receiving cavity 113 of the apparatus 50 is defined by a housing 114 of the apparatus 50.
  • a heating system 52 that includes first 54a and second 54b heating elements.
  • the heating elements 54a, 54b are both tubular heating elements that circumferentially surround the consumable-receiving cavity 113 (and thus the consumable 70 when received therein).
  • the heating system 52 is configured to heat the first section 101 (and thus the reconstituted tobacco substrate 105) and second section 102 (including the capsule 108) of the consumable 70 to different temperatures. This is facilitated by the provision of the two heating elements 54a, 54b.
  • the second heating element 54b is controlled (by e.g. a controller that is not shown) to heat up to a higher temperature than the first heating element 54a.
  • the controller is configured to heat the first heating element 54a to a first predetermined temperature and heat the second heating element 54b to a second predetermined temperature that is higher than the first predetermined temperature.
  • the carrier element 109 (and thus the carrier 106) is heated to a higher temperature than the tobacco substrate 105.
  • the tobacco substrate 105 is heated to a lower temperature, while the carrier 106 is heated to a higher temperature. This may prevent burning of the tobacco 105, while ensuring efficient vaporisation of the carrier 106.
  • Vaporisation of the carrier 106 may be particularly effective at temperatures of at least 290°C, but sufficient vaporisation may occur already at lower temperatures, such as 200°C.
  • the difference between the lower temperature and the higher temperature may be at least 20°C and may be up to 60°C.
  • the lower temperature may be about 200°C and the higher temperature may be about 290°C.
  • the user may initiate a usage session, or 'session' in which the apparatus 50 operates the heating system to cause aerosol generation.
  • the first heating element 54a to be heated to different temperatures throughout a session.
  • the first heating element 54a may be heated to a higher temperature, e.g. exceeding 300°C, for a first period of the session.
  • the first period may also be referred to as a pre-heating period, and may last no longer 30 seconds.
  • the first heating element 54a may be heated to a lower temperature, for example of around 200°C.
  • the second heating element 54b may be heated in the first period to a higher temperature, e.g. exceeding 300°C, and to a lower temperature in the second period of the session. In the second period of the session, the second heating element 54b may be heated to a temperature which is 20-60°C higher than the temperature of the first heating element 54a in the second period of the session.
  • Figure 6 shows an aerosol generating apparatus 50' that is a variation of the apparatus 50 of Figure 5 .
  • the first heating element 54a is a rod heater rather than a tube heater.
  • the heating element 54a is configured to penetrate the tobacco substrate 105 and heat the tobacco substrate 105 internally.

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