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Nu Cp<br />

Nu dir<br />

Nu Ti<br />

Nu To<br />

Nuwsn<br />

Nuwsf<br />

Nuwsm<br />

Nusselt number for chamber water surface parallel flow<br />

Nusselt number for direct impact on chamber water surface<br />

Forced convectional Nusselt number at HADT inner surface<br />

Nusselt number of natural convection on HADT outer<br />

surface<br />

P Pressure<br />

P o<br />

P Ao<br />

P C<br />

P M<br />

P set<br />

Chamber water surface natural convection Nusselt number<br />

Total water surface forced convection Nusselt number<br />

Water surface mixed convection Nusselt number<br />

Standard atmospheric air pressure (101325 Pascals) Pascal<br />

Pressure at air delivery unit outlet Pascal<br />

Pressure in chamber Pascal<br />

Pressure in the mask Pascal<br />

CPAP pressure setting cmH2O<br />

P Pressure drop or pressure gap Pascal<br />

Pmn<br />

Ptotal<br />

minor pressure drop Pascal<br />

Total pressure drop along the whole tubing system with<br />

frictional and minor losses included<br />

Pr Prandtl number<br />

Pr a<br />

Pr w<br />

q<br />

q C<br />

q P<br />

Prandtl number of air<br />

Prandtl number of water<br />

xxvii<br />

Pascal<br />

Volumetric flow rate m 3 /s<br />

Volumetric chamber air flow rate m 3 /s<br />

Patient’s respiratory volumetric flow rate m 3 /s

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