Aerosol-generating system with plurality of aerosol-generating segments

Abstract

An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device for an aerosol-generating article, the device including: a heating chamber configured to receive the article, and a heater assembly arranged along a portion of the heating chamber defining a heating zone; and the article to be received in the heating chamber, the article including: a first aerosol-generating segment including a first aerosol-generating substrate, and a second aerosol-generating segment including a second aerosol-generating substrate, the first substrate including between 5 and 30% by weight of glycerol on a dry weight basis, the system being configured such that when the article is fully received within the heating chamber: at least 90 percent of a length of the second segment is within the heating zone, the first segment being located upstream of the second segment, and a length of the first segment being less than the length of the second segment.

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         13 . An aerosol-generating system, comprising:
 an aerosol-generating device for an aerosol-generating article, the aerosol-generating device comprising:
 a heating chamber configured to receive an aerosol-generating article, and 
 a heater assembly arranged along a portion of the heating chamber defining a heating zone; and 
   an aerosol-generating article configured to be received in the heating chamber of the aerosol-generating device, the aerosol-generating article comprising:
 a first aerosol-generating segment comprising a first aerosol-generating substrate, and a second aerosol-generating segment comprising a second aerosol-generating substrate, the first aerosol-generating substrate comprising between 5 percent and 30 percent by weight of glycerol on a dry weight basis, 
   the aerosol-generating system being configured such that when the aerosol-generating article is fully received within the heating chamber of the aerosol-generating device:
 at least 90 percent of a length of the second aerosol-generating segment is within the heating zone, 
 wherein the first aerosol-generating segment is located upstream of the second aerosol-generating segment, and 
 wherein a length of the first aerosol-generating segment is less than the length of the second aerosol-generating segment. 
   
     
     
         14 . The aerosol-generating system according to  claim 13 , wherein the first aerosol-generating segment has an upstream end, the upstream end of the first aerosol-generating segment defining the upstream end of the aerosol-generating article. 
     
     
         15 . The aerosol-generating system according to  claim 13 , wherein the upstream end of the second aerosol-generating segment is in direct contact with the downstream end of the first aerosol-generating segment. 
     
     
         16 . The aerosol-generating system according to  claim 13 , wherein the first aerosol-generating segment has a length of at least 2 millimetres. 
     
     
         17 . The aerosol-generating system according to  claim 13 , wherein the first aerosol-generating segment has a length of no more than 8 millimetres. 
     
     
         18 . The aerosol-generating system according to  claim 13 , wherein the second aerosol-generating segment has a length of at least 8 millimetres. 
     
     
         19 . The aerosol-generating system according to  claim 13 , wherein the second aerosol-generating segment has a length of no more than 16 millimetres. 
     
     
         20 . The aerosol-generating system according to  claim 13 , wherein the heater assembly comprises at least one of a resistive heating element and an inductive heating assembly. 
     
     
         21 . The aerosol-generating system according to  claim 13 , wherein the first aerosol-generating substrate has a first density and the second aerosol-generating substrate has a second density, the second density being greater than the first density. 
     
     
         22 . The aerosol-generating system according to  claim 13 , wherein the first aerosol-generating substrate and the second aerosol-generating substrate comprise at least one aerosol former, an aerosol former content of the second aerosol-generating substrate being greater than an aerosol former content of the first aerosol-generating substrate. 
     
     
         23 . The aerosol-generating system according to  claim 13 ,
 wherein the second aerosol-generating substrate further comprises at least one aerosol former, and   wherein the aerosol former content of the second aerosol-generating substrate is at least 40 percent by weight on a dry weight basis.