a carbon dioxide driven model for the alveolar lung
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Dr. Thomas Hillen:Please sit on your hands for the next
thirty minutes.
We’ll take you out for coffee later if you
listen
A Carbon Dioxide Driven Model for the Alveolar Lung
PIMS Summer SchoolMay 14, 2004
James BaileyAppalachian State University
Sean LavertyMillersville University
Problem Statement
Build a simple model of the breathing process, describing the concentration of oxygen within the lung during regular breathing.
Consider the following:
- Different breathing mechanisms
- Environmental conditions
- Presence of toxic chemicals
Biological Background
Discussion of:
Respiration and Circulation
Constraints on Systems
Ventilation
Respiration and Circulation
• Respiration –
Function: To provide oxygen [O2] to the blood and remove excess carbon dioxide [CO2] from the blood
• Circulation –
Function: A system responsible for transporting materials throughout the body via blood and respiratory pigments
Constraints of diffusion
• Diffusion is extremely slow!While it works for unicellular organisms, it does not provide sufficient O2 to larger organisms
• A breath-taking example:
A one centimeter organism with a 100ml O2/kg/hr demand [less than half that of a resting human] would need an atmospheric pressure of 25 atms to rely on diffusion
Ventilation
• The process beginning with the movement of atmospheric air into the alveoli, where gas exchange occurs, and the expulsion of the air from the body
• To depend on gas exchange by diffusion, the human lung contains roughly 300 million individual alveoli with a total surface area of nearly seventy square meters
Capillary-Alveolar Transport
The flow of gas by diffusion depends on:- the diffusion coefficient – which itself
depends on the size and solubility of the gas molecules
- the alveolar surface area through which diffusion occurs
- the length of the path to the alveoli- the partial pressure gradient across the
membrane.
Properties of Capillary Diffusion
ePP
vv
vAgcga
L
L
L
LPDvAQ
dxtxqptLAutAudxtxuAt
s
1)((
),(),(),0(),(000
Where:- A is the capillary cross-sectional area- L is the capillary length- v is the blood velocity- u is the gas concentration- p is the capillary surface area- q(x,t) is the flux per unit area across the capillary wall- Q is the total flux across the capillary wall- σ is the solubility of the gas in blood- Pgi is the partial pressure of the gas in its respective location- Ds is the diffusion coefficient of the gas
The Gas Exchange Model:[The Mackey-Glass Equation]
'Vαxλdt
dx
Where:- x is the partial pressure of blood CO2
- λ is the rate of production of CO2
- α assumes that change in x varies linearly with the concentration-V’ is the ventilation rate described by the Hill equation
The Hill Equation
xx
nn
n
mVV
'
Where:- Vm is the maximum tidal volume per breath- θ influences the rate of breathing- n influences the maximum CO2 level
The Oxygen Concentration Equation:
[The Bailey-Laverty Equation]
R
αxVλiOdt
bO PdP '
2
2
Where:- PbO2
is the partial pressure of blood O2
-PiO2 is the partial pressure of inspired O2
Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio:For Hypo- and Hyperventilation
R relates the volume of CO2 eliminated from the blood to the oxygen uptake through the lungs, and is equal to V’/Q as defined above
Hold your breath, we’re almost there...
Figures to Follow
Rapid Breathing-Blood Level Carbon Dioxide-Blood Level Oxygen
Blood Level Gases with Increasing Metabolic Rate-Carbon Dioxide-Oxygen
Blood Level Oxygen with Increasing Altitude-With No Exertion-With Exertion
Presence of Environmental Toxins
Suggestions for Further Study
Incorporate complexities which arise from the branching structure of the lung
- Our model assumes that the flow of the gas through the lung, and the flow of blood through capillary mesh surrounding the alveoli are both constant
- The model should incorporate pulmonary branch diameters, branching angles, and gravitational angles and the corresponding effects on the flow and distribution of gas
Suggestions for Further Study
Incorporate complexities which arise from environmental variations
- This model ignores variations in partial pressures of inspired inert gases
- The model ignores changes in humidity of inspired air
-The model ignores molecular mass and atomic structure of inspired gases and the effects on deposition
Acknowledgements
Project Advisor - Dr. Thomas Hillen
PIMS Participant ProfessorsLaboratory Assistants
Keener and Sneyd
PIMS Participant Students
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