Suitability of Hood Geometry for Design of a PCM Neonate Incubator for Resource-Limited Clinical Applications

Ebenezer Olubunmi Ige; Ademola Adebukola Dare; Kayode Anthony Adeniyi; Akinwale Oladotun Coker; Robert L. Murphy; Matthew Glucksberg; David Gatchell

doi:10.1007/s10916-021-01716-9

Suitability of Hood Geometry for Design of a PCM Neonate Incubator for Resource-Limited Clinical Applications

Ebenezer Olubunmi Ige^*, Ademola Adebukola Dare, Kayode Anthony Adeniyi, Akinwale Oladotun Coker, Robert L. Murphy, Matthew Glucksberg, David Gatchell

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	32
Journal	Journal of Medical Systems
Volume	45
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-021-01716-9
State	Published - Mar 2021

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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. 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.

Keywords

Heat transfer
Hood-geometry
Incubator
Modelling
Neonate
Phase change material

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Medicine (miscellaneous)
Information Systems
Health Informatics
Health Information Management

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