Oxygen supply/demand calculator
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Oxygen supply/demand calculator
Figures entered here are for GSH but feel free to copy and use
Assumptions
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1 kg of oxygen is0.8767litersliquid O2
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Supplytherefore 1 ton876.7litersliquid O2
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VIE total supply 47
tons (excludes 1 ton mimimum remaining volume)
expansion ratio861timesat STP
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35 477 419liters (at ambient) 1 013Ambient (mBar)therefore 1 ton is 754 839
liters O2 gas at STP
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Bank supply 0cylinders wilth volume 0liters at full pressure134atm
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0liters (at ambient)
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Current use 3.50tons/day1835liters/min average
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Current average flow rate 1 835
on data from MedEng on tons/day as per above calc
50% or less of max capacity
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Max VIE/bank flow rate 3 000(report from Med Eng)
(liters per min)
50-75% of max capacity
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Duration (min)35 477 419at current ave rate; 11 826at max rate.
75-100% of max capacity
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Duration (hours) 322at current ave rate; 197at max rate.
Exceeds maximum capacity
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Duration (days) 13at current ave rate; 8at max rate.
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Demand prediction
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PatientsCriterionFlow reqUse per category
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Leakage/loss
minimal/0.5%
liters/min (estimated):9
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Ventilated patients 30liters/min per vent:401200
Created by Ross Hofmeyr
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CPAP systems 10liters/min per CPAP:30300
ross.hofmeyr@uct.ac.za
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HFNC systems 6liters/min per HFNC:60360
Please give feedback/corrections
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Face-mask Oxygen 50liters/min per mask:10500
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"Double-barrel" NPO2: 5liters/min per pt:1575
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Patients on NPO2 20liters/min per pt:5100
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Patients under anaesthesia 10liters/min average:220
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Total use/min2555l/min
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153300l/hr
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3679200l/day
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4.874153909
tons/day