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eventually beneficial to the users by reducing condensation and carbon dioxide<br />

inhalation. The model should be able to cope with changes within a certain range of<br />

variations of ambient conditions, settings and coefficients.<br />

The main objectives of this research are to<br />

Quantify the reverse flow under combinations of pressure setting and breathe<br />

load<br />

The influence of the reverse flow on carbon dioxide re-breathing, delivered<br />

humidity to the patient and condensation in the HADT.<br />

To accomplish this, the following tasks will be undertaken:<br />

1. Understand the CPAP system, its working principles and working conditions.<br />

2. Use laws of physics to mathematically model the relevant components of the<br />

CPAP system.<br />

3. Based on the mathematical model, build a software model of the CPAP system<br />

on Simulink in the Matlab environment.<br />

4. Validate the Simulink model simulation through experiments.<br />

5. Use the validated model(s) to study the factors which influence the fluid<br />

dynamics and thermodynamics of the CPAP system, the reverse flow and the<br />

consequential influences on exhaled air inhalation, delivered humidity and<br />

condensation.<br />

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