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Swirling flow and capillary diameter effect on the performance of an active dry powder inhalers.
Med. Nov. Techn. Dev. 18:100240 (2023)
For patients with lung disease, dry powder inhalers (DPI) are profoundly beneficial. The current study introduces and develops a series of dry powder inhalers (DPIs). A capsule-based (size 0) active DPI was considered. The study aims to investigate whether swirling flow and outlet capillary diameter (dc_out) affect the percentage of emitted doses (ED) released from the capsule. Spiral vanes were added to the capillary inlet to produce a swirling flow. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was applied to simulate the problem. The results were compared with previous in vitro and numerical studies to validate the results. Based on the derived results, the small swirl parameter (SP) enhances the secondary flow and recirculation zone. It increases the central jet flow, which increases the ED value by about 5–20% compared to no-swirl flow. However, as the airflow rate increases, the recirculation zone enlarges, vorticities become dominant, and asymmetrical flow patterns emerge. Consequently, ED % drops significantly (more than 50%). As dc_out decreases, the vorticities around the outlet capillary become more potent, which is undesirable. Indeed, the emptying of the capsule does not happen ideally. The research provides a perspective on the device's design and DPI performance.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Computational Fluid Dynamics ; Dry Powder Inhalers ; Swirling Flow
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2023
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2023
ISSN (print) / ISBN
2590-0935
e-ISSN
2590-0935
Zeitschrift
Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices
Quellenangaben
Band: 18,
Artikelnummer: 100240
Verlag
Elsevier
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Computational Biology (ICB)
POF Topic(s)
30205 - Bioengineering and Digital Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Enabling and Novel Technologies
PSP-Element(e)
G-554700-001
Scopus ID
85160296925
Erfassungsdatum
2023-12-08