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J Appl Physiol 38: 719-723, 1975;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 38, Issue 4 719-723, Copyright © 1975 by American Physiological Society

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Measurement of axial diffusivities in a model of the bronchial airways

P. W. Scherer, L. H. Shendalman, N. M. Greene and A. Bouhuys

Values for the effective axial diffusivity D for laminar flow of a gas species in the bronchial airways have been obtained as a function of the mean axial gas velocity u by experiment measurements of benzene vapor dispersion in a five generation glass tube model of the bronchial tree. For both inspiration and expiration D is seen to be approximately a linear function of u over the range of Reynolds' numbers 30-2,000 corresponding to peak flows in bronchial generations 0-13 under resting breathing conditions. The diffusivity for expiration is seen to be approximately one-third that for inspiration due presumably to increased radial mixing at bifurcations during expiration. The effective diffusivities relative to the molecular diffusivity can be expressed by the formulas D/Dmol = 1 + 1.08 NPe for inspiration and D/Dmol = 1 + .37 N-Pe for expiration. These velocity dependent diffusivities help to explain the short transit times of gas boluses from mouth to alveoli and will aid in the analysis of airway gas mixing by mathematical transport equations.


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