Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition) ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (1): 63-72 .doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-009-0107-x

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Exact analytical solution to three-dimensional phase change heat transfer
problems in biological tissues subject to freezing

Fang-fang LI 1;Jing LIU1;Kai YUE2   

  1. 1. Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100080, P. R. China; 2. Thermal Engineering Department, University of Science and Technology Beijing,Beijing 100080, P. R. China
  • Received:2008-02-20 Revised:2008-09-25 Online:2009-01-01 Published:2009-01-01
  • Contact: Jing LIU

Abstract: Analytically solving a three-dimensional (3-D) bioheat transfer problem with phase change during a freezing process is extremely difficult but theoretically important. The moving heat source model and the Green function method are introduced to deal with the cryopreservation process of in vitro biomaterials. Exact solutions for the 3-D temperature transients of tissues under various boundary conditions, such as totally convective cooling, totally fixed temperature cooling and a hybrid between them on tissue surfaces, are obtained. Furthermore, the cryosurgical process in living tissues subject to freezing by a single or multiple cryoprobes is also analytically solved. A closed-form analytical solution to the bioheat phase change process is derived by considering contributions from blood perfusion heat transfer, metabolic heat generation, and heat sink of a cryoprobe. The present method is expected to have significant value for analytically solving complex bioheat transfer problems with phase change.

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