Abstract
Based on the evaluation of oxygen transfer performance of oxygenation in terms of nondimensional valiables, the conditions achieving the performance of physiological artificial lung (high performance oxygenator) is discassed. The non-dimensional length at the rated condition, in which the oxygen saturation at the outlet becomes 95%, was determined in the diagram exhibiting the relation between the fractional saturation and non-dimensinal length. Simultaneously the oxygen transfer performance expressed by oxygen Sherwood number has been evaluated in relation to the variation of non-dimensional length. Finally the design parameter such as internal radius and length of tubing, priming volume and residence time are determined based on the rated condition.
