Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Fig. 12.8
Digestivephysiology:Digestionandmetabolism
Emphasizing Bioengineering Aspects to Respiratory
and Digestive Tract
Modeling the Digestive Tract
The chemical reactions of digestion can be understood in terms of mathematical
modelsofchemicalreactors(Table
12.1
).
Itcanbemodeledas:
• Chemicalreactor
• Batchreactor(onlyforclosedsystemsexplanation)
• Idealreactormodels:pluglowandstirredtankreactors
