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Human kidneys tend to be affected adversely and fail to function more often than any other organ in the body because of diet, heredity, and lifestyle of a person. Dialysis is the technique presently in use for replacing the failed kidney function but it is packed with painfulness, bulkiness, and is costly also. There is a growing need for development of an artificial kidney that eradicates the problems associated with dialysis. This article proposes a structure that mimics the most important aspect of the human kidney: the size-dependent reabsorption of endothelial cells in the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT). The proposed structure consists of transporting channels connecting blood tubules surrounded on both sides of a main tubule. Geometries of the channels are analyzed for optimum flow by varying angles with respect to the main tubule. The analytical formulae have been developed by considering proper boundary conditions governing the flow in the structure, which makes the model as robust, concise, and realistic as the actual PCT. The mathematical model is validated against the benchmark FEM tool COMSOL Multiphysics and the results seem to be satisfactory. This article concludes, that slant channels possess a considerably higher average flow velocity of 5.39 x 10(-5) m/s (approximate to 52% reabsorption rate) than straight channels with 4.77 x 10(-5) m/s (approximate to 46% reabsorption rate) which is closer to the actual PCT reabsorption rate of 60%. The proposed model is first of its kind in nature among the reported works which creates and exhibits simulation environment of PCT reabsorption function supported by mathematical formulation and also can be useful to study and develop artificial kidney in near future.

Uncertainties for predictions of thermal hydraulic problem are caused by the complex physical origin. Uncertainty qualification methods are designed to meet the requirement of regulation to ensure acceptable safety margins with enough confidence. Various methods are proposed for the industrial applications to achieve the proposed level of probability and confidence. However, it is not enough to obtain more statistics information with limited calculation by the full evaluation model. The present paper is based on a simplified model of large break loss of coolant accident for peak clad temperature (PCT) estimation (Catton et al. (1990)). The simplified model is based on physical foundation with sufficient uncertainty parameters and trend indication. The higher PCT during blow down phase and reflooding phase was set to be the target output parameter. The numerous parameters and distribution in the simplified model were set to the source of input uncertainty. The effects of PIRT, sample number, uncertainty distribution were studied. The results provided qualitative and quantitative results for uncertainty methods and would be beneficial for the determination of uncertainty qualification methods in engineering design.