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Dynamically fluctuating air<br />

temperature in the mask<br />

Dynamically fluctuating<br />

condensation/evaporation rate in the<br />

mask<br />

Net condensation/evaporation rate<br />

in the mask over a breath cycle<br />

Averaged specific humidity in<br />

inhaled air<br />

277<br />

°C Scope<br />

kg/s Scope<br />

kg/s Display<br />

kg/s Display<br />

Averaged temperature of inhaled air °C Display<br />

XXII.3 The steady state thermal model<br />

Due to the complexity and size of the thermodynamic model which make the simulation<br />

slow, a steady state thermal model is also provided. The input blocks in this model are<br />

shadowed.<br />

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

Table XXII. 5 Thermodynamic model input blocks and their values<br />

Input block Value condition<br />

Mask capacity ratio<br />

1 Nasal mask<br />

1.5 Full-face mask<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%)

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