We present semianalytical solutions for cocurrent displacements with some degree of countercurrent flow. The solution assumes a one-dimensional horizontal displacement of two immiscible incompressible fluids with arbitrary viscosities and saturation-dependent relative permeability and capillary pressures. We address the impact of the system length on the degree of countercurrent flow when there...

Due to the dependence of boiling heat transfer rate on heat flux, saturation pressure, mass flux and refrigerant quality, efforts made to increase heat transfer rate often cause further drop in refrigerant saturation pressure. In this study, entropy generation mechanisms associated with two-phase flow in smooth evaporator tube subject to constant surface heat flux are investigated. Refrigerant ...

Coronary sinus oxygen saturation was measured continuously during incremental atrial pacing in 34 patients undergoing cardiac catheterisation. In eleven patients with normal coronary arteriograms, negative exercise tests, and no ST segment depression on the electrocardiogram, an increase in the rate of atrial pacing transiently decreased coronary sinus oxygen saturation but within 20 s oxygen s...

Minitracheostomy for effective pulmonary toilet was performed on day 5. However, he maintained a saturation of 94%, PaO2 of 64 mmHg and respiratory rate of 35–40 on ventimask. He was advised HFNC oxygenation with a peak inspiratory flow of 50 L/min and FiO2 of 60% initially by device (AIRVO 2 ® Fisher Packel, Auckland, New Zealand). Initially, the patient showed improved saturation to 100% with...

Aims: This study examined the effects of exposure to mild hyperbaric oxygen on blood flow and resting energy expenditure. Study Design: Clinical study. Methods: Fourteen healthy women were exposed to mild hyperbaric conditions at 1.25 atmospheres absolute with 36.0% oxygen for 50 min. Their heart rate, peripheral oxygen saturation, blood flow, resting energy expenditure, derived-reactive oxygen...

INTRODUCTION The need to reduce pollution emissions in the operating room and to reduce treatment costs motivates more frequent use of general anaesthesia with a small or minimal fresh gas flow rate. Nevertheless, the reduction of the delivery of fresh gases should not influence the quality and safety of the anaesthesia. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 105 elective laparoscopic cholecystectom...

We observed the response of vascular resistance and venous oxygen (O2) saturation to sinusoidally modulated continuous exercise of the isolated dog calf. Stimulus frequency was varied sinusoidally between 0.5 Hz and 1 Hz with modulation frequencies ranging from 0.005 Hz to 0.05 Hz. Venous O2 responses were corrected for dispersion due to vascular and catheter transit. As modulation frequency wa...

to evaluate the hydrogeochemical characteristics of karst water resources of oshtorankooh, chemistry details of springs has been considered as the most important evacuator of karst resources. this research has been performed to study hydrogeochemical nature of karst springs and their origin with an emphasis on the type of formation.  accordingly, five samples of the water of permanent springs o...