An Investigation of the Feasibility of Artificial Gill Systems for Divers

Analytical and Empirical approximately assumed beef blood boundary layer formation breathing chamber Capped Porphyrin cm³/sec CO₂ CO₂ retention Collapsible Gill constant depth Disadvantages discussed dissolved oxygen extraction diver's lungs diving effective transport area electrolysis empirical results experimental Figure flow geometry Fo₂ Governing Equations H. W. Harvey hemolysis implies increase inert gas inhalant investigation liquid Liquid Breathing mass transfer coefficient mass transport coefficient membrane support ml/min mmHg Mo₂ Mo₂)i modified flexible gill N₂ nitrogen leakage nitrogen solubility Nuloc Nusselt o₂ oxygen supply system oxygen transport partial pressure partial pressure gradient Po₂ gradient pore diameter potassium superoxide predicted pressure drop pressurized oxygen problem ratio respiratory gases reverse fuel cell Reynolds number Rigid Gill saturation curve SCUBA Semipermeable Membrane sensor silicone oil sodium chlorate supply a diver surface area system fluid system fluid flow test unit tion transfer unit underwater Water and System water flow rate watts