Homogenous_AirBlood_Exch

Model number
0156

  

Periodic airway transport and alveolus-capillary gas exchange.

Description

 A homogeneous model for respiratory gas exchange is presented. It contains an alveolar sac (compartment) 
 connected to a 1D airway (cylinder). The alveolar sac exchanges species with a capillary 
 (cylinder) through a single layer. The model can predict time dependent airway concentration 
 profiles in the presence of bidirectional air flow over a single or multiple breath time 
 span. Source of species can be set either in air or in blood. 	

 

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Equations

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References
 Hlastala MP, A Model of Fluctuating Alveolar Gas Exchange During the Respiratory Cycle. 
 Respir. Physiol. 15: 214-232, 1972 	
Key terms
gas exchange
alveolar exchange
pulmonary circulation
bronchial circulation
pulmonary capillaries
airway
alveolar sac
PDE
Acknowledgements

Please cite https://www.imagwiki.nibib.nih.gov/physiome in any publication for which this software is used and send one reprint to the address given below:
The National Simulation Resource, Director J. B. Bassingthwaighte, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195-5061.

Model development and archiving support at https://www.imagwiki.nibib.nih.gov/physiome provided by the following grants: NIH U01HL122199 Analyzing the Cardiac Power Grid, 09/15/2015 - 05/31/2020, NIH/NIBIB BE08407 Software Integration, JSim and SBW 6/1/09-5/31/13; NIH/NHLBI T15 HL88516-01 Modeling for Heart, Lung and Blood: From Cell to Organ, 4/1/07-3/31/11; NSF BES-0506477 Adaptive Multi-Scale Model Simulation, 8/15/05-7/31/08; NIH/NHLBI R01 HL073598 Core 3: 3D Imaging and Computer Modeling of the Respiratory Tract, 9/1/04-8/31/09; as well as prior support from NIH/NCRR P41 RR01243 Simulation Resource in Circulatory Mass Transport and Exchange, 12/1/1980-11/30/01 and NIH/NIBIB R01 EB001973 JSim: A Simulation Analysis Platform, 3/1/02-2/28/07.