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Flow characteristics of red cell containing fluids through pores. The effect of filter plugging, a mathematical model
R G Crawford1, R D Moss, H D Gruemer
1Department of Pathology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond 23298.
Biorheology
|January 1, 1987
Abstract:
A mathematical model was developed that describes the effects of filter plugging on flow through 3 micron pore polycarbonate filters as a function of time, pressure, and cell concentration, both under stirring and nonstirring conditions. The mathematical constants for the model were derived from experimental data generated with a filtration apparatus, and were tested by using various concentrations of cells that are able to plug filter pores. A computer simulation program was written to test the model over a wide range of nonfilterable cell concentrations.