simulation and validation of liquid pressure drop in a cylindrical capillary membrane oxygenator CMO

In medical and surgical operations, any drop in the patient’s blood pressure can cause a significant risk to the operation and the life of patient. Therefore, any parameter affecting the pressure of blood should be carefully and accurately calculated and its effect nullified to reduce the morbidity of patients. Consequently, pressure drop becomes one of the most important factors in the design and performance of a CMO. In this study, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was used, based on a comprehensive theoretical model previously provided by the authors, to calculate the liquid pressure drop in a CMO. Various Experimental studies on native porcine blood were then carried out to compare and validate the results acquired by simulation

کلیدواژه ها:

oxygenators ، capillary membrane ، pressure drop ، simulation ، validation