TY - JOUR
T1 - Suitability of Hood Geometry for Design of a PCM Neonate Incubator for Resource-Limited Clinical Applications
AU - Ige, Ebenezer Olubunmi
AU - Dare, Ademola Adebukola
AU - Adeniyi, Kayode Anthony
AU - Coker, Akinwale Oladotun
AU - Murphy, Robert L.
AU - Glucksberg, Matthew
AU - Gatchell, David
N1 - Funding Information:
The project described in this article was supported by Fogarty International Centre with award number 1D43TW009374 (Northwestern University Framework Programs for Global Health Innovation) from the Fogarty International Centre. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Fogarty International Centre or the National Institutes of Health.
Funding Information:
The project described in this article was supported by Fogarty International Centre with award number 1D43TW009374 (Northwestern University Framework Programs for Global Health Innovation) from the Fogarty International Centre. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Fogarty International Centre or the National Institutes of Health.
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PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - To reduce dependence on electric-powered incubators, a number of alternate heat sources have been proposed. Phase change materials (PCM) are one of such because of their availability and cost effectiveness in rural areas. This study intends to explore the use of phase change material (PCM) such as paraffin wax as an alternative heat source over a variety of incubator hood geometries. This study presents three incubator hood geometries and their respective effects on maximum hood temperatures and time to reach these temperatures for a mainstream incubator. The three designs, cubic, pyramidal, and oval, were created using CAD software; mathematical computations for heat transfer analysis were undertaken using COMSOL Multiphysics software. Results show the maximum temperatures reached in the hoods were 308, 314.5, and 315 K for the cubic, pyramidal, and oval-shaped geometries respectively. This offers a promising application of PCM-based as a choice material for incubator design for rural applications.
AB - To reduce dependence on electric-powered incubators, a number of alternate heat sources have been proposed. Phase change materials (PCM) are one of such because of their availability and cost effectiveness in rural areas. This study intends to explore the use of phase change material (PCM) such as paraffin wax as an alternative heat source over a variety of incubator hood geometries. This study presents three incubator hood geometries and their respective effects on maximum hood temperatures and time to reach these temperatures for a mainstream incubator. The three designs, cubic, pyramidal, and oval, were created using CAD software; mathematical computations for heat transfer analysis were undertaken using COMSOL Multiphysics software. Results show the maximum temperatures reached in the hoods were 308, 314.5, and 315 K for the cubic, pyramidal, and oval-shaped geometries respectively. This offers a promising application of PCM-based as a choice material for incubator design for rural applications.
KW - Heat transfer
KW - Hood-geometry
KW - Incubator
KW - Modelling
KW - Neonate
KW - Phase change material
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U2 - 10.1007/s10916-021-01716-9
DO - 10.1007/s10916-021-01716-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 33534025
AN - SCOPUS:85100421051
SN - 0148-5598
VL - 45
JO - Journal of Medical Systems
JF - Journal of Medical Systems
IS - 3
M1 - 32
ER -