Title: STUDY ON THE DESIGNING OF THE INTRAVENOUS OXYGENATOR
Abstract: This study attempted to design a new the intravenous blood-gas exchange device, which estimates the design characteristics of the device with a dimensionless function, by using a substance that can replace the blood. In addition, this study estimated the characteristics of oxygen transfer using the empirical formulas and attempted to ascertain the reliability of the equation by comparing it to an experiment, which is performed using the blood, with the characteristics of oxygen transfer. In this study, we can obtain the results as follows. The dimensionless function was derived using distilled-water and blood to estimate the oxygen transfer rate. Using the derived equations, the calculation results of the oxygen transfer rate in the blood presented a similar result for the Reynolds number in the fluids from 0.7 to 7.0, compared to the results of this experiment. Therefore, it was possible to estimate the oxygen transfer rate in the blood, which is a non-Newtonian fluid, using the distilled-water, which is a Newtonian fluid. Moreover, it was possible to verify the related equations since the oxygen transfer rate can be estimated using the derived equations, according to the varied diameters of the device.