2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Computational evaluation of dialysis fluid flow in variously-designed dialyzers
| Project/Area Number |
19700388
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Biomedical engineering/Biological material science
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAMOTO Kenichiro Waseda University, 高等研究所, 助教 (00434316)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 中空糸型透析器 / 透析液流動 / ハウジング形状 |
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| Research Abstract |
The objective of the present study is to evaluate by computational analysis the effects of dialyzer jacket baffle structure, taper angle, and taper length on dialysis fluid flow. The baffle fully surrounding hollow-fiber bundle and taper structure are effective for uniformizing dialysis fluid flow. Optimum design of dialysis jacket structure is essential to optimizing dialysis fluid flow and to increasing dialyzer performance.
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