Response of a heat and moisture exchanger containing CaCl2 to the periodic change of flow direction

The characteristics of a medical heat and moisture exchanger with filter (HMEF) that contained polyurethane sponges and CaCl2 were investigated experimentally and model analysis was performed. Variations in the temperature and humidity were measured. Saturated air at 37 °C simulating exhalation and...

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Autores principales: Yoshihito OKINAGA, Makoto MURATA, Toshihisa UEDA, Takeshi YOKOMORI
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Publicado: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2020
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Sumario:The characteristics of a medical heat and moisture exchanger with filter (HMEF) that contained polyurethane sponges and CaCl2 were investigated experimentally and model analysis was performed. Variations in the temperature and humidity were measured. Saturated air at 37 °C simulating exhalation and dry air at 26 °C simulating inhalation were fed alternatively through the HMEF in opposite directions. The period was set as 256 s, 64 s, 16 s and 4 s. When the period was long (256 and 64 s), the polyurethane sponges and CaCl2 played an important role in condensation and evaporation of water and the amplitudes of the temperature variation was so large that it overshot the input condition. When the period was shortened (4 s), the amplitudes of the temperature and humidity variations decreased and the relative humidity of the patient side of the HMEF gradually reached that of the exhalation conditions. This suggests that the characteristic times of condensation and evaporation were longer than that of the respiration (τb = 4 s). In other words, the unsteady effect is important for the condensation and vaporization mechanism of HMEF. The mechanism was supported by the model analysis. In addition, comparing the results of the experiments and model analysis elucidated the effect of the connecting pipe, which corresponds to the dead space effect in clinical use.