• 제목/요약/키워드: Flow sensors

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Reproducibility of Regional Pulse Wave Velocity in Healthy Subjects

  • Im Jae-Joong;Lee, Nak-Bum;Rhee Moo-Yong;Na Sang-Hun;Kim, Young-Kwon;Lee, Myoung-Mook;Cockcroft John R.
    • International Journal of Vascular Biomedical Engineering
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    • 제4권2호
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    • pp.19-24
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    • 2006
  • Background: Pulse wave velocity (PWV), which is inversely related to the distensibility of an arterial wall, offers a simple and potentially useful approach for an evaluation of cardiovascular diseases. In spite of the clinical importance and widespread use of PWV, there exist no standard either for pulse sensors or for system requirements for accurate pulse wave measurement. Objective of this study was to assess the reproducibility of PWV values using a newly developed PWV measurement system in healthy subjects prior to a large-scale clinical study. Methods: System used for the study was the PP-1000 (Hanbyul Meditech Co., Korea), which provides regional PWV values based on the measurements of electrocardiography (ECG), phonocardiography (PCG), and pulse waves from four different sites of arteries (carotid, femoral, radial, and dorsalis pedis) simultaneously. Seventeen healthy male subjects with a mean age of 33 years (ranges 22 to 52 years) without any cardiovascular disease were participated for the experiment. Two observers (observer A and B) performed two consecutive measurements from the same subject in a random order. For an evaluation of system reproducibility, two analyses (within-observer and between-observer) were performed, and expressed in terms of mean difference ${\pm}2SD$, as described by Bland and Altman plots. Results: Mean and SD of PWVs for aorta, arm, and leg were $7.07{\pm}1.48m/sec,\;8.43{\pm}1.14m/sec,\;and\;8.09{\pm}0.98m/sec$ measured from observer A and $6.76{\pm}1.00m/sec,\;7.97{\pm}0.80m/sec,\;and\;\7.97{\pm}0.72m/sec$ from observer B, respectively. Between-observer differences ($mean{\pm}2SD$) for aorta, arm, and leg were $0.14{\pm\}0.62m/sec,\;0.18{\pm\}0.84m/sec,\;and\;0.07{\pm}0.86m/sec$, and the correlation coefficients were high especially 0.93 for aortic PWV. Within-observer differences ($mean{\pm}2SD$) for aorta, arm, and leg were $0.01{\pm}0.26m/sec,\;0.02{\pm}0.26m/sec,\;and\;0.08{\pm}0.32m/sec$ from observer A and $0.01{\pm}0.24m/sec,\;0.04{\pm}0.28m/sec,\;and\;0.01{\pm}0.20m/sec$ from observer B, respectively. All the measurements showed significantly high correlation coefficients ranges from 0.94 to 0.99. Conclusion: PWV measurement system used for the study offers comfortable and simple operation and provides accurate analysis results with high reproducibility. Since the reproducibility of the measurement is critical for the diagnosis in clinical use, it is necessary to provide an accurate algorithm for the detection of additional features such as flow wave, reflection wave, and dicrotic notch from a pulse waveform. This study will be extended for the comparison of PWV values from patients with various vascular risks for clinical application. Data acquired from the study could be used for the determination of the appropriate sample size for further studies relating various types of arteriosclerosis-related vascular disease.

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난방 온실의 지중열 교환 특성에 관한 실험적 연구 (Experimental Study on the Characteristics of Ground Heat Exchange in Heating Greenhouses)

  • 신현호;남상운
    • 생물환경조절학회지
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    • 제25권3호
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    • pp.218-223
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    • 2016
  • 온실의 난방부하 중 지중전열부하는 산정방법이나 적용여부가 제각각이고, 온실의 규모에 따라 각각의 방법에는 큰 차이가 있으므로 보다 정확히 국내에 적용할 수 있는 방법을 정립할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 원예시설의 난방부하 산정방법 정립에 필요한 기초자료를 제공하기 위하여 위치와 규모가 다른 3개의 연동 플라스틱 온실에서 난방기간 동안 지온분포와 토양열류를 실측하였으며, 온실의 지중전열부하 산정방법을 검토하고 난방설계에 필요한 기준자료를 도출하였다. 난방중인 온실의 지온분포를 실측하여 실내기온과 비교한 결과 온실의 중앙 부분에서는 지온이 실내기온 보다 높고, 온실의 끝부분과 모서리 부분에서는 지온이 실내기온 보다 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로 온실의 중앙 부분에서는 지중열이 공급되고, 온실의 측면 부분에서는 외주부를 통해서 열손실이 발생하며, 온실의 규모에 따라 차이가 있는 것으로 판단된다. 건물의 외주부를 통한 열손실 개념을 도입하고, 온실의 규모를 반영하여 수정한 온실의 지중전열부하 산정방법은 타당성이 있는 것으로 평가된다. 토양열류센서를 이용하여 실측한 지중전열량은 실내외 기온차에 비례하여 직선적으로 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 지중전열량 분석 결과로부터 지중전열의 방향이 바뀌는 기준온도차를 도출하였으며, 국내 온실의 난방설계에서 대규모 온실은 $10^{\circ}C$ 내외, 소규모 온실은 $12.5{\sim}15^{\circ}C$를 적용할 것을 제안하였다. 또한 지중열류 실측 결과로부터 온실의 외주부 단위길이당 열손실계수를 도출하였으며, 대규모 온실은 $7.5{\sim}10W{\cdot}m^{-1}{\cdot}K^{-1}$, 소규모 온실은 $2.5{\sim}5.0W{\cdot}m^{-1}{\cdot}K^{-1}$를 설계기준 자료로 제안하였다.