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J Appl Physiol 61: 2252-2259, 1986;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 61, Issue 6 2252-2259, Copyright © 1986 by American Physiological Society

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Finite difference analysis of respiratory heat transfer

E. P. Ingenito, J. Solway, E. R. McFadden Jr, B. M. Pichurko, E. G. Cravalho and J. M. Drazen

A numerical computer model of heat and water transfer within the tracheobronchial tree of humans was developed based on an integral formulation of the first law of thermodynamics. Simulation results were compared with directly measured intraluminal airway temperature profiles previously obtained in normal human subjects, and a good correlation was demonstrated. The model was used to study aspects of regional pulmonary heat transfer and to predict the outcomes of experiments not yet performed. The results of these simulations show that a decrease in inspired air temperature and water content at fixed minute ventilation produces a proportionately larger increase in heat loss from extrathoracic airways relative to intrathoracic, whereas an increase in minute ventilation at fixed inspired air conditions produces the opposite pattern, with cold dry air penetrating further into the lung, and that changes in breathing pattern (tidal volume and frequency) at fixed minute ventilation and fixed inspiratory-to-expiratory (I/E) ratio do not affect local air temperature profiles and heat loss, whereas changes in I/E ratio at fixed minute ventilation do cause a significant change.


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