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Artificial Organ Engineering [electronic resource] / by Maria Cristina Annesini, Luigi Marrelli, Vincenzo Piemonte, Luca Turchetti.

By: Annesini, Maria Cristina [author.].
Contributor(s): Marrelli, Luigi [author.] | Piemonte, Vincenzo [author.] | Turchetti, Luca [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2017Edition: 1st ed. 2017.Description: XV, 265 p. 107 illus., 26 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781447164432.Subject(s): Biomedical engineering | Clinical biochemistry | Biotechnology | Biophysics | Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering | Medical Biochemistry | Chemical Bioengineering | BiophysicsAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 610.28 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
1. Diffusion -- 2. Mass transfer coefficient -- 3. Membrane operations -- 4. Adsorption -- 5. Bioreactors.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: Artificial organs may be considered as small-scale process plants, in which heat, mass and momentum transfer operations and, possibly, chemical transformations are carried out. This book proposes a novel analysis of artificial organs based on the typical bottom-up approach used in process engineering. Starting from a description of the fundamental physico-chemical phenomena involved in the process, the whole system is rebuilt as an interconnected ensemble of elemental unit operations. Each artificial organ is presented with a short introduction provided by expert clinicians. Devices commonly used in clinical practice are reviewed and their performance is assessed and compared by using a mathematical model based approach. Whilst mathematical modelling is a fundamental tool for quantitative descriptions of clinical devices, models are kept simple to remain focused on the essential features of each process. Postgraduate students and researchers in the field of chemical and biomedical engineering will find that this book provides a novel and useful tool for the analysis of existing devices and, possibly, the design of new ones. This approach will also be useful for medical researchers who want to get a deeper insight into the basic working principles of artificial organs.
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1. Diffusion -- 2. Mass transfer coefficient -- 3. Membrane operations -- 4. Adsorption -- 5. Bioreactors.

Artificial organs may be considered as small-scale process plants, in which heat, mass and momentum transfer operations and, possibly, chemical transformations are carried out. This book proposes a novel analysis of artificial organs based on the typical bottom-up approach used in process engineering. Starting from a description of the fundamental physico-chemical phenomena involved in the process, the whole system is rebuilt as an interconnected ensemble of elemental unit operations. Each artificial organ is presented with a short introduction provided by expert clinicians. Devices commonly used in clinical practice are reviewed and their performance is assessed and compared by using a mathematical model based approach. Whilst mathematical modelling is a fundamental tool for quantitative descriptions of clinical devices, models are kept simple to remain focused on the essential features of each process. Postgraduate students and researchers in the field of chemical and biomedical engineering will find that this book provides a novel and useful tool for the analysis of existing devices and, possibly, the design of new ones. This approach will also be useful for medical researchers who want to get a deeper insight into the basic working principles of artificial organs.

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