Computational evaluation of dialysis fluid flow in dialyzers with variously designed jackets

Artificial Organs

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 481-486

  Yamamoto, Ken Ichiro ^b   Matsuda, Masato ^a   Hirano, Ayaka ^a   Takizawa, Natsuo ^a   Iwashima, Shigeto ^a   Yakushiji, Taiji ^c   Fukuda, Makoto ^c   Miyasaka, Takehiro ^c   Sakai, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIMEJI DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer analysis; Dialysis fluid flow; Dialyzer; Dialyzer jacket

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY;

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIALYSIS FLUID FLOW; DIALYSIS FLUIDS; DIALYZER; DIALYZER JACKET; FLUID-FLOW; PERFORMANCE; TAPER ANGLES; TAPER LENGTH;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

DIALYSIS FLUID; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 66449096594     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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