Research Article

A New Cardiovascular Mock Loop Driven by Novel Active Capacitance in Normal and Abnormal Conditions

Table 1

Symbols table.

ParameterNameValueUnit

Total pressure for “i” tankmm Hg
Gas pressure for “i” tankmm Hg
Inlet pressure differencemm Hg
Outlet pressure differencemm Hg
Compressor pressuremm Hg
Atmospheric pressuremm Hg
Gas volume for “i” tankml
Liquid volume for “i” tankml
Total tank volumeml
Tank mass storage for “i” indexkg
Transferred mass between “i”and “i + 1”tankkg
Gas mass for “i”tankkg
Gas density for “i”tankkg/ml
Liquid density for bloodkg/ml
Gas compliance parameter for “i”tankkg/mm Hg
Control collective compliance parameterkg/mm Hg
Elastance for “i”tankkg/mm Hg
Valve conductance between “i” and “i + 1” tankkg/mm Hg s
Control coefficient for left ventricular volume
Control coefficient for Tank 1 pressure
Ideal gas constantmm Hg ml/kg K
Temperature273 + 23K
Pipeline diameter0.014m
Pipeline length0.35m
Liquid viscosity1.0016 10−3
Tank area0.002m2
Gravity9.81m/s2
Pipeline conductance rate0.00027ms
Physical mitral conductance rate0.00027ms
Physical aortic conductance rate0.00027ms
Physical systemic conductance rate0.00027ms
Physical aortic valve conductance rate0.1504 10−4ms
Physical aortic valve conductance rate0.2506 10−4ms
Time-varying mitral opening rate
Time-varying aortic opening rate
Initial physical tank compliance2.0387 10−3ms