In recent years, researchers have put a considerable effort to increase the eff iciency in a centrifugal pump .The current scenariointhe impeller design interest has considerably increased in recent years in various publication, statingthe pump eff iciency, pump performance, impeller design, modif ication the vane angle through CFD analysis has consideration to elaborate the conceptual frame wo...

The third prototype of a continuous flow ventricular assist device (CFVAD3) is being developed and tested for implantation in humans. The blood in the pump flows through a fully shrouded four-bladed impeller (supported by magnetic bearings) and through small clearance regions on either side of the impeller. Measurements of velocities using particle image velocimetry of a fluid with the same vis...

The scale-up of stirred tank bioreactors from 0.02 m3 to a 03 m-’ commercial plant is discussed for hybridoma suspension cultures. Schemes for dissolved oxygen control with sparged air in serum containing media are described, as well as mechanical breakage offoam in small and large bioreactors. Porous metal spargers (180-200 x lo6 m) were found to produce foams which were hard to control. Aerat...

Fluorine-doped hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H:F) film was deposited on a flow-straightener, impeller and diffuser surface (SUS 304) of an enclosed-impeller type flow blood pump using the ionization deposition method with a source gas of C6F5H. The surface characteristics of the a-C:H:F film were examined using atomic force microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and measurements of ...

A site-specific study is carried out to assess the suitability of froth flotation for desulphurization of reactive mine tailings at the Musselwhite Mine, Northern Ontario, Canada, to prevent acid mine drainage (AMD). The results from pilot scale flotation tests on an Outokumpu flotation unit are presented, which confirm that froth flotation is effective to reduce sulphide contents of tailings. ...

BACKGROUND The latest generation of left ventricular assist devices consists of nonpulsatile impeller pumps. In these small pumps, thrombus formation inside the device does not lead to thromboembolic end-organ dysfunction but may dramatically impair pump flow. We report on our experience with thrombus-related pump dysfunctions of the MicroMed DeBakey left ventricular assist device and its treat...

paper studies the cardiovascular response under heart failure condition supported by two types of ventricular assist devices (VADs): the positive displacement pump and the impeller pump. The cardiovascular system is modeled using the concentrated parameter method developed previously, by considering flow resistance, vessel elasticity and inertial effects of blood in individual conduit segments....