Heat exchanger - Which simplifications form CAD-model to the CFD Model

Hello everyone,

I have a model of a heat exchanger to simulate in Flow. Of course, the geometry of this model is big to be done by Flow or any CFD I think,

and some simplifications are required. What kind of the simplifications can I make? How can I simplified the tube bundle of the exchanger and not lost accuracy

on my results?

I see the tutorial of Flow Simulation regarding this kind of simulation but not mention how to get to that CFD model.

Regards

Jose

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