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http://dx.doi.org/10.9718/JBER.2007.28.6.768

Implementation of The Fluid Circulation Blood Pressure Simulator  

Kim, C.H. (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Dong-a University)
Lee, K.W. (Dept. of mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
Nam, K.G. (Dep. of Electronics Engineering, Pusan National University)
Jeon, G.R. (Dep. of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, Pusan National University)
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Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research / v.28, no.6, 2007 , pp. 768-776 More about this Journal
Abstract
A new type of the fluid circulation blood pressure simulator was proposed to enhance the blood pressure simulator used for the development and evaluation of automatic sphygmomanometers. Various pressure waveform of fluid flowing in the pipe was reproduced by operating the proportional control valve after applying a pressure on the fluid in pressurized oil tank. After that, appropriate fluid was supplied by operating the proportional control valve, which enabled to reproduce various pressure wave of the fluid flowing in the tube. To accomplish this work, the mathematical model was carefully reviewed in cooperating with the proposed simulator. After modeling the driving signal as input signal and the pressure in internal tube as output signal, the simulation on system parameters such as internal volume, cross-section of orifice and supply pressure, which are sensitive to dynamic characteristic of system, was accomplished. System parameters affecting the dynamic characteristic were analyzed in the frequency bandwidth and also reflected to the design of the plant. The performance evaluator of fluid dynamic characteristic using proportional control signal was fabricated on the basis of obtained simulation result. An experimental apparatus was set-up and measurements on the dynamic characteristic, nonlinearity, and rising and falling response was carried out to verify the characteristic of the fluid dynamic model. Controller was designed and thereafter, simulation was performed to control the output signal with respect to the reference input in the fluid dynamic model using the proposed proportional control valve. Hybrid controller combined with an proportional controller and feed-forward controller was fabricated after applying a disturbance observer to the control plant. Comparison of the simulations between the conventional proportional controller and the proposed hybrid simulator indicated that even though the former showed good control performance.
Keywords
blood pressure simulator; fluid circulation; hybrid controller; proportional controller; feed-forward controller;
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