Study on the Turbulent Injury Principle of Blood in the High-Speed Spiral Blood Pump

Abstract:

The strongly swirling turbulent flow in the internal flow field of a high-speed spiral blood pump(HSBP), is one of important factors leading to the fragmentation of the red blood cell(RBC) and the hemolysis. The study on the turbulent injure principle of blood in the HSBP is carried out by using the theory of waterpower rotated flow field and the hemorheology. The numerical equation of the strongly swirling turbulent flow field is proposed. The largest stable diameter of red blood cells in the turbulent flow field is analyzed. The determinant gist on the red blood cell turbulent fragmentation is obtained. The results indicate that in the HSMP, when turbulent flow is more powerful, shear stress is weaker, the vortex mass with energy in flow field may cause serious turbulent fragmentation because of the diameter which is smaller than the RBC’s. The RBC’s turbulent breakage will occur when the Weber value is larger than 12.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 393-395)
• Pages: 992-995
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.393-395.992
• Online since: November 2011
• Authors: Zhong Yun, Chuang Xiang, Xiao Yan Tang, Fen Shi
• Keywords: Blood, High-Speed, Spiral Blood Pump, Turbulent Injure

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