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along the HADT wall and in the airflow, the actual temperature at the HADT inlet<br />

connecting to the CPAP case can be warmer than that the model calculated.<br />

For steady state flow, the model also provides a condensation prediction by comparing<br />

the HADT lump wall temperature and the dew point of the airflow. Condensation<br />

occurs when HADT lump wall temperature is lower than the dew point. The dew point<br />

prediction is slightly closer to the experiment results than the condensation/evaporation<br />

calculation. This may be due to calculation errors such as in dew point regression.<br />

The objective is to compare condensation between steady flow and breath-added<br />

fluctuating flows. When the ambient conditions and settings are the same, the under-<br />

prediction of condensation applies to both the steady flow and fluctuating flows. For<br />

this reason, the under-prediction may not have effect on the comparison.<br />

Overall the model predicts the thermal performance very well except a slightly lower<br />

HADT condensation rate.<br />

5.3.2 Thermal dynamic model under patient breath added fluctuating flow<br />

For this project, the thermodynamic experiments should be able to get comparisons in<br />

evaporation rate and HADT condensation between steady state flow, normal breathing<br />

and deep breathing with reverse flow. Also due to instrument availability, the<br />

validations have not been fully conducted. The setups for future validation are shown in<br />

Appendix XXI. The already conducted experiments are described and compared with<br />

the model outputs below.<br />

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