An experimental and numerical study of the flow and mass transfer in a model of the wearable artificial kidney dialyzer

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Published studies of the past decades have established that mass transfer across the dialyzer membrane is governed by diffusion, convection and osmosis. While the former is independent of the pressure in the liquids, the latter two a...

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Main Authors: Rosenfeld Moshe, Beizai Masoud, Rambod Edmond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-05-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Online Access:http://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com/content/9/1/21