Abstract: Provided is a method of producing an ultrafine bubble-containing liquid containing ultrafine bubbles generated by causing film boiling in a liquid with a heat generation member, including: detaching a solid present at a liquid contact surface of the heat generation member in a form of a microscopic substance by using the film boiling; and generating ultrafine bubbles with the detached microscopic substance as a core.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head that can prevent occurrence of cracks generated by a connection between an electrode pad and a wiring while reducing a manufacturing cost is provided. A bonding portion and a non-bonding portion are disposed at positions where the bonding portion and the non-bonding portion overlap an electrode and a coating film but do not overlap a through hole in a planar view of a liquid discharge head substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a UFB generating apparatus capable of manufacturing an ozone UFB-contained liquid with high purity and quality. To this end, in the UFB generating apparatus capable of generating UFBs containing ozone by causing film boiling in ozone water, a liquid contact portion to come into contact with the ozone water is made of a material with corrosion resistance to ozone water.

Abstract: Provided is a UFB-containing liquid production apparatus that can efficiently produce a UFB-containing liquid with a UFB generation unit. The UFB-containing liquid production apparatus includes: a gas dissolution unit that produces a gas-dissolved liquid by dissolving a gas into a liquid supplied from a liquid supply unit; a UFB generation unit that generates UFBs in the flowing-in gas-dissolved liquid; and a circulation path that supplies the gas-dissolved liquid to the UFB generation unit and supplies a UFB-containing liquid produced by the UFB generation unit to the liquid supply unit. In the circulation path, there is provided a micro-bubble reduction unit that reduces an amount of micro-bubbles contained in the gas-dissolved liquid to flow into the UFB generation unit.

Abstract: Provided is a UFB generating apparatus that can achieve compactness, power saving, and low cost. To this end, a liquid containing unit for supplying a liquid to a UFB generating head is fluidly linked to the UFB generating head at a position higher than the UFB generating head in a direction of gravitational force.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to improve the generation efficiency of a UFB-contained liquid in a generation apparatus having a circulation mechanism. One embodiment of the present invention is an ultra fine bubble generation apparatus including: a first tank that stores a liquid; a generation unit configured to generate an ultra fine bubble in the liquid output from the first tank; a second tank that stores the liquid output from the generation unit; and a liquid passage that inputs again the liquid stored in the second tank to the first tank, and the ultra fine bubble generation apparatus includes a blocking configuration that blocks an ultra fine bubble included in the stored liquid from being input again to the first tank.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrafine bubble generating method and an ultrafine bubble generating apparatus capable of efficiently generating a UFB-containing liquid with high purity. To this end, a flow passage inner volume is varied by using a flow passage inner volume varying element, the liquid is pressurized such that the liquid passes through a narrow portion at high speed and flows into a depressurizing area.

Abstract: In order to efficiently produce a liquid containing ultrafine bubbles of a desired gas, an ultrafine bubble-containing liquid producing apparatus includes a gas dissolving unit that dissolves a predetermined gas into a liquid, and a UFB generating unit that generates ultrafine bubbles in the liquid in which the predetermined gas is dissolved. A CPU performs control under a first condition in a case of causing the gas dissolving unit to operate in a circulation route passing through the dissolving unit. The CPU performs control under a second condition different from the first condition in a case of causing the UFB generating unit to operate in a circulation route passing through the UFB generating unit.

Abstract: The apparatus includes: a producing unit that generates ultrafine bubbles in a liquid supplied from a liquid introducing unit to produce an ultrafine bubble-containing liquid containing the ultrafine bubbles, and delivers the ultrafine bubble-containing liquid; a liquid delivering unit that delivers the ultrafine bubble-containing liquid to an outside; a buffer tank that receives the liquid delivered from the producing unit and delivers the liquid to the liquid delivering unit; and a controller that controls the delivery of the ultrafine bubble-containing liquid from the buffer tank to the liquid delivering unit such that, if the producing unit stops operating, an ultrafine bubble-containing liquid accumulated in the buffer tank is delivered to the liquid delivering unit to enable the liquid delivering unit to deliver the ultrafine bubble-containing liquid to the outside.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ultrafine bubble-containing liquid producing apparatus capable of reducing the possibility of intermitting supply of a UFB-containing liquid. An ultrafine bubble-containing liquid producing apparatus includes producing units that produce an ultrafine bubble-containing liquid containing ultrafine bubbles by using a liquid supplied from a liquid introducing unit and deliver the produced ultrafine bubble-containing liquid to a liquid delivering unit. The producing units include a plurality of ultrafine bubble generating units capable of operating independently. Each of the plurality of ultrafine bubble generating units is provided to be capable of independently switching between communicating with and being disconnected from the liquid introducing unit and the liquid delivering unit.

Abstract: The abstract of the disclosure is a thermal-ultrafine bubble generation unit which is configured to generate thermal-ultrafine bubbles by bringing a liquid into film boiling. More specifically, the thermal-ultrafine bubble generation unit in the disclosure includes a temperature detection element that is configured to detect generation of the film boiling.

Abstract: An ultrafine bubble generating apparatus generates thermal-ultrafine bubbles by bringing a liquid into film boiling while using a heater provided to a substrate. The ultrafine bubble generating apparatus includes a control unit which inputs energy to the heater such that a value of a ratio of energy to be inputted to the heater relative to energy with which the heater generates film boiling falls below 1.17 under a condition that the energy to be inputted to the heater is larger than the energy with which the heater generates film boiling.

Abstract: A substrate with an electrical connection section or a substrate for liquid ejection head comprises a wiring layer, a diffusion prevention layer laid on the wiring layer and a connection member laid on the diffusion prevention layer for establishing an electrical connection to an outside. An insulation layer having a wiring-layer-exposing opening is arranged on the wiring layer and the diffusion prevention layer is arranged in the opening, while the connection member is arranged on the diffusion prevention layer so as to cover an outer peripheral edge of the diffusion prevention layer.

Abstract: Provided is an UFB generating apparatus and an UFB generating method capable of efficiently generating an UFB-containing liquid with high purity. The ultrafine bubble generating apparatus includes a generating unit that generates ultrafine bubbles in a liquid and a post-processing unit that performs predetermined post-processing on the ultrafine bubble-containing liquid generated by the generating unit. The generating unit generates the ultrafine bubbles by causing a heating element, which is provided in the liquid on which the pre-processing is performed, to generate heat to generate film boiling on an interface between the liquid and the heating element.

Abstract: An ultrafine bubble generating apparatus and an ultrafine bubble generating method capable of efficiently generating an ultrafine bubble-containing liquid with high purity are provided. In order to this, a heating element provided in a liquid is caused to generate heat, and film boiling is made on an interface between the liquid and the heating element. A film boiling bubble is generated by the film boiling, and ultrafine bubbles are thus generated near the film boiling bubble.

Abstract: In the present invention, a UFB generating apparatus includes: a target concentration setting unit that sets a target concentration of ultrafine bubbles to be contained in a liquid; a driving unit that drives the heating element to cause film boiling in the liquid to generate the ultrafine bubbles; a generation time setting unit that sets a target generation time required for generating a predetermined amount of the liquid having the target concentration; and a controlling unit that controls the driving unit to adjust a generation speed of the ultrafine bubbles in accordance with the target concentration and the target generation time.

Abstract: Provided is an UFB generating apparatus and an UFB generating method capable of efficiently generating an UFB-containing liquid with high purity. To this end, the ultrafine bubble generating apparatus includes a pre-processing unit that performs predetermined pre-processing on a liquid W and a generating unit that generates ultrafine bubbles in the liquid on which the pre-processing is performed. The generating unit generates the ultrafine bubbles by causing a heating element, which is provided in the liquid on which the pre-processing is performed, to generate heat to generate film boiling on an interface between the liquid and the heating element.

Abstract: Provided are an ultrafine bubble generating apparatus and an ultrafine bubble generating method that can efficiently generate a UFB-containing liquid with high purity and can extend lifetime of the apparatus additionally. To this end, a shape of a bubble during generation thereof is partially restricted by forming walls around a heating element, and a position in which the bubble disappears is displaced from a position of the heating element.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrafine bubble generating apparatus and an ultrafine bubble generating method capable of efficiently generating UFBs with high purity. To this end, a chamber is formed by providing a wall, a lid substrate, and an electrode pad on an element substrate in a form of a wafer.

Abstract: An ultrafine bubble generating apparatus that generates ultrafine bubbles by causing a heating element to generate film boiling in a liquid, includes: an element substrate including a heating part provided with multiple heating elements, in which, in the case where an energy for generating the film boiling by each of the multiple heating elements is set to a first value, the element substrate being configured so that the energy inputted to the heating element driven in the heating part is equal to or more than a value obtained by multiplying the first value by a second value and falls within a range from the value to a value obtained by multiplying the first value by a sum of the second value and 0.3, the second value being 1 or more.