Consider the problem of oxygen transfer from the nterior lung cavity, across the lung tissue, to the net- vork of blood vessels on the opposite side. The lung issue (species B) may be approximated as a plane wall of thickness L. The inhalation process may be assumed to maintain a constant molar concentration CA(0) of oxygen (species A) in the tissue at its inner
Consider the problem of oxygen transfer from the nterior lung cavity, across the lung tissue, to the net- vork of blood vessels on the opposite side. The lung issue (species B) may be approximated as a plane wall of thickness L. The inhalation process may be assumed to maintain a constant molar concentration CA(0) of oxygen (species A) in the tissue at its inner
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Transcribed Image Text:14.39 Consider the problem of oxygen transfer from the
interior lung cavity, across the lung tissue, to the net-
work of blood vessels on the opposite side. The lung
tissue (species B) may be approximated as a plane
wall of thickness L. The inhalation process may be
assumed to maintain a constant molar concentration
CA(0) of oxygen (species A) in the tissue at its inner
surface (x =
0), and assimilation of oxygen by the
blood may be assumed to maintain a constant molar
concentration C,(L) of oxygen in the tissue at its
outer surface (x= L). There is oxygen consumption in
the tissue due to metabolic processes, and the reaction
is zero order, with NA = -ko- Obtain expressions for
the distribution of the oxygen concentration in the tis-
sue and for the rate of assimilation of oxygen by the
blood per unit tissue surface area.
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