Aerosol Transport and Deposition in Sequentially Bifurcating Airways
Author:
Comer J. K.1, Kleinstreuer C.1, Hyun S.1, Kim C. S.2
Affiliation:
1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7910 2. Human Studies Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Abstract
Deposition patterns and efficiencies of a dilute suspension of inhaled particles in three-dimensional double bifurcating airway models for both in-plane and 90 deg out-of-plane configurations have been numerically simulated assuming steady, laminar, constant-property air flow with symmetry about the first bifurcation. Particle diameters of 3, 5, and 7 μm were used in the simulation, while the inlet Stokes and Reynolds numbers varied from 0.037 to 0.23 and 500 to 2000, respectively. Comparisons between these results and experimental data based on the same geometric configuration showed good agreement. The overall trend of the particle deposition efficiency, i.e., an exponential increase with Stokes number, was somewhat similar for all bifurcations. However, the deposition efficiency of the first bifurcation was always larger than that of the second bifurcation, while in general the particle efficiency of the out-of-plane configuration was larger than that of the in-plane configuration. The local deposition patterns consistently showed that the majority of the deposition occurred in the carinal region. The distribution pattern in the first bifurcation for both configurations were symmetric about the carina, which was a direct result of the uniaxial flow at the inlet. The deposition patterns about the second carina showed increased asymmetry due to highly nonuniform flow generated by the first bifurcation and were extremely sensitive to bifurcation orientation. Based on the deposition variations between bifurcation levels and orientations, the use of single bifurcation models was determined to be inadequate to resolve the complex fluid–particle interactions that occur in multigenerational airways. [S0148-0731(00)01102-X]
Publisher
ASME International
Subject
Physiology (medical),Biomedical Engineering
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