An experimental and numerical study of the flow and mass transfer in a model of the wearable artificial kidney dialyzer

Table 2 Summary of the mean operating conditions of the experimental cases (P(mmHg), Q(ml/min), UF(ml/min), KUF(ml/hr/mmHg))

Case	P _b,in	P _b,out	P _d,in	P _d,out	Q _b,in	Q _b,out	Q _d,in	Q _d,ou	*TMP*	UF	K _UF
Roller pump for blood, centrifugal pump for dialysate, with afterload
1	108	100	166	172	83	100	45	28	-65	-17	16.0
2	71	63	158	162	49	76	54	26	-93	-28	18.0
3	58	50	112	116	46	65	38	18	-60	-20	20.0
4	40	33	88	89	28	49	33	14	-52	-20	23.0
5	136.	127	167	173	100	118	45	26	-39.	-18	28.0
6	162.	152	171	177	121	132	38	27	-17	-10	36.0
7	188	180	177	183	142	144	31	28	4	-3	-40.0
Roller pump for blood, centrifugal pump for dialysate, without afterload
15	62	57	17	9	82	71	42	53	47	11	14.0
16	27	23	8	2	40	39	43	44	20	2	4.5
17	17	14	-1	-9	28	26	31	33	21	2	4.9
18	13	10	-4	-12	20	19	24	26	20	2	5.3
21	62	55	22	20	82	72	50	59	38	10	15.0
22	44	37	9	9	65	58	40	47	32	7	13.0
23	32	27	3	2	52	45	34	40	27	6	14.0
24	22	19	-6	-8	42	36	20	26	28	6	14.0
25	11	8	-13	-14	23	19	9	13	23	4	10.0
WAK pump for both blood and dialysate, with afterload
31	39	33	-25	-32	77	51	42	65	64	24	23
32	24	21	-24	-31	50	34	38	56	50	17	20
33	19	16	-21	-29	37	25	33	44	42	12	16
34	6	5	-19	-25	10	4	30	35	27	5.5	12
35	22	18	-22	-30	43	29	36	50	46	14	18
WAK pump for both blood and dialysate, without afterload, porcine blood
41	31	30	13	10	37	39	40	38	19	-2	-6
44	33	34	10	5	46	48	60	58	26	-2	-5
47	43	43	12	7	57	56	56	57	34	1	2
50	51	45	7	-1	81	81	112	112	45	0	0
Roller pump for blood, centrifugal pump for dialysate, without afterload, porcine blood
53	34	32	24	20	44	46	51	49	11	-2	-13
56	36	35	26	24	51	54	67	64	11	-3	-15
59	39	36	27	25	60	62	79	77	12	-2	-12
62	55	48	34	27	82	84	112	110	21	-2	-7

ISSN: 1475-925X