Mass transfer in blood oxygenators using blood analogue fluids

Biotechnol Prog. 2002 Jul-Aug;18(4):867-73. doi: 10.1021/bp010192h.

Abstract

Mass transfer correlations for hollow fiber blood oxygenators have been determined experimentally using Newtonian and non-Newtonian blood analogue fluids. The Newtonian fluids consisted of deionized water and glycerol/water mixtures. The non-Newtonian fluids were prepared by adding small amounts of xanthan gum to the Newtonian blood analogue fluids. The rheological behavior of the non-Newtonian blood analogue fluids was modeled using the power law. The diffusion of oxygen into and out of the Newtonian and non-Newtonian blood analogue fluids has been studied. The liquid stream flowed outside and across bundles of woven hollow fibers, while the gas stream flowed inside the fibers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Blood Substitutes / chemistry*
  • Diffusion
  • Equipment Design
  • Glycerol / chemistry
  • Models, Biological
  • Models, Chemical
  • Oxygen / chemistry*
  • Oxygenators*
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial
  • Rheology
  • Viscosity
  • Water / chemistry

Substances

  • Blood Substitutes
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial
  • Water
  • Glycerol
  • Oxygen
  • xanthan gum