Mechanism of Oxygen Concentrator Used in Hospital and Home
Oxygen concentrators are used to produce oxygen which is concentrated up to 95 %. Nitrogen and water vapours present in air are removed during this process .
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| Mechanism of Oxygen Concentrator Used in Hospital and Home |
USES
- They are commonly used to supply oxygen to patients in Hospitals and Home
- They are also used as a backup option of oxygen supply in remote hospitals where delivery of oxygen is un reliable .
Mechanism
We have two cylinders like structure in which zeolite is used to form lattice like structure which act as a sieve or mesh and filter out o2 and argon molecules from compressed air .
water and nitrogen molecules get trapped in sieve
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| Mechanism of Oxygen Concentrator |
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| Mechanism of Oxygen Concentrator |
At a time only one cylinder is used to make concentrated oxygen and another one is heated up so that nitrogen and water molecules are released .
Maximum 95 % concentration of oxygen and 5 % argon is produced by it .
Personal oxygen concentrators may supply up to 10 litres/ min oxygen .
Advantages
- They are a cheap and reliable
- reduce the dependency on oxygen delivery
Disadvantages
- hypoxic mixture is produced when used in low flow in closed breathing circuit .
- need uninterrupted power supply .
Safety
- CAN CAUSE FIRE so fire safety measure are compulsory
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