Blood is flowing through a bundle of hollow fiber tubes that are each 50 ?m in d
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Question
Blood is flowing through a bundle of hollow fiber tubes that are each 50 ?m in diameter. There are 10,000 tubes in the bundle. The hollow fiber tube length is 12 cm and the pressure drop across each tube is found to be 250 mmHg. The hematocrit of the blood is 0.40. The blood flow rate for these conditions is 80 uL h
Blood is flowing through a bundle of hollow fiber tubes that are each 50 ?m in diameter. There are 10,000 tubes in the bundle. The hollow fiber tube length is 12 cm and the pressure drop across each tube is found to be 250 mmHg. The hematocrit of the blood is 0.40. The blood flow rate for these conditions is 80 uL h??1 in each tube. Estimate the tube hematocrit.Explanation / Answer
calculations using following formula
Ht/Hd= Hd + (1-Hd) (1 + 1.7exp (-0.415D)-0.6exp(-0.011D)
Ht (hematocrit of tube)
Hd=discharge amount
D is diameter of tube.