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The input blocks and their values are listed in table below:<br />

Table XXII. 3 Thermodynamic model input blocks and their values<br />

Input block Value condition<br />

Breath magnitude<br />

ratio<br />

Mask capacity ratio<br />

Human nose in-<br />

mask space<br />

occupancy factor<br />

0 Steady state (no breathing)<br />

0.663 500 ml breath load<br />

1 Normal breathing<br />

2 Deep breathing<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 />

275<br />

breath)<br />

Pressure setting 4 ~ 20 cmH2O Same as CPAP machine pressure settings<br />

Heat element<br />

temperature setting<br />

45 ~ 65 °C<br />

Same as the machine heat element<br />

temperature settings<br />

HADT tube heating 0 ~ 30 W Same as the machine tube heating settings<br />

Ambient<br />

temperature<br />

Ambient relative<br />

humidity<br />

14 ~ 33 °C Validated range<br />

0 ~ 1<br />

0 ~ 1 represents 0 ~ 100% of relative<br />

humidity (e.g. input 0.5 for RH=50%)<br />

The outputs are Scope or Display blocks can be categorized as steady state and<br />

dynamic. The steady state ones are red coloured and the dynamic ones are dark-green<br />

coloured. They are listed below:<br />

Table XXII. 4 Thermodynamic model output blocks<br />

Output Unit Scope/Display<br />

Steady state<br />

Chamber water temperature °C Display<br />

Steady state chamber air<br />

temperature<br />

°C Display<br />

Steady state evaporation rate kg/s Display<br />

Steady state chamber air specific<br />

humidity<br />

Decimal Display

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