Computer Optimization of the Working Tool For a Thermoelectric Cryodestruction Device
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https://doi.org/10.63527/1607-8829-2025-1-81-100Keywords:
thermoelectricity, thermoelectric device, working tool, computer optimization, computer simulation, cryodestruction, temperature impact, cooling mode, temperature distribution, biological tissue, oncological neoplasmAbstract
The paper presents the results of computer simulation of the temperature impact on biological tissue with an oncological neoplasm in the cooling mode. A physical, mathematical and computer model of biological tissue with an oncological neoplasm was constructed taking into account thermophysical processes, blood circulation, heat exchange, metabolic processes and phase transition. Computer optimization of the working tool and calculation of the heat removal system of thermoelectric modules for a thermoelectric cryodestruction device were carried out. Temperature distributions in biological tissue and the cooling working tool were determined. The results obtained make it possible to determine the freezing depth of biological tissue, in particular of oncological neoplasms, at a given temperature impact. A method of computer calculation of the temperature impact on biological tissues has been developed, which allows obtaining temperature distributions inside biological tissue and predicting the freezing depth during cryodestruction
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