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Mask capacity ratio<br />

Human nose in-<br />

mask space<br />

occupancy factor<br />

1 Nasal mask<br />

1.5 Full-face mask<br />

0 No nose occupancy (with lung simulator)<br />

1<br />

There is nose occupancy (Test on human<br />

274<br />

breath)<br />

The outputs are Scope or Display blocks which are foreground-colored in blue. They are<br />

listed below:<br />

Table XXII. 2 Fluid dynamic and re-breathing model output blocks<br />

Output Unit Scope/Display<br />

Breath load (gram/breath cycle) Scope<br />

Pressures at ADU outlet, the<br />

chamber and the mask<br />

Flow velocity in the connecting<br />

duct<br />

Pa Scope<br />

m/s Scope<br />

Flow velocity in HADT m/s Scope<br />

Backflow (reverse flow) m Scope<br />

Backflow (reverse flow) distance m Display<br />

Exhaled air level in lumps Normalized ( 0~1 ) 30 scopes for each lump<br />

Exhaled air level in the mask Normalized ( 0~1 ) Scope<br />

Percentage of exhaled air in next<br />

inhalation<br />

Percentage of CO2 in next<br />

inhalation<br />

XXII.2 The thermodynamic model<br />

Percentage Display<br />

Percentage Display<br />

The input blocks in this model are shadowed. The patient’s breath load and the shape<br />

can be adjusted or replaced when necessary except change of breath cycle time for this<br />

thermodynamic model.

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