Improving oxygenator performance using computational simulation and flow field-based parameters

Artificial Organs

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 930-936

  Graefe, Roland ^a   Borchardt, Ralf ^a   Arens, Jutta ^a   Schlanstein, Peter ^a   Schmitz Rode, Thomas ^a   Steinseifer, Ulrich ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Inlet outlet port design; Oxygenator; Parameterization

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BLOOD; FLOW PATTERNS; OXYGENATION; RESIDENCE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

'CURRENT; COMPUTATIONAL FLOWS; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; CONTACT AREAS; FIBRE BUNDLE; INLET/OUTLET PORT DESIGN; OUTLET PORT; OXYGENATOR; PERFORMANCE; SURFACE CONTACT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGENATION; OXYGENATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOGENESIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 78649584627     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2010.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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