Abstract
Current intensive care ventilator-humidifier systems neither monitor nor adequately control inspired gas humidity. Problems of low delivered humidity and condensation within ventilator circuitry are commonly encountered. To help to address these problems, a numerical model of a complete ventilator-humidifier-patient intensive care system has been developed. The model, based on a finite difference technique, can predict pressures, flow-rates, temperatures and relative humidities at discrete points throughout the system. A comparison of numerical predictions and measurements in a real system is reported. A strong qualitative agreement is demonstrated in all cases studied, and a good quantitative agreement is obtained in most cases. It is concluded that such models could be used to assess methods of controlling ventilator-humidifier systems to prevent the occurrence of condensation. Similar models could be developed for other medical gas delivery systems.
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