Product: HyperWorks CFD
Product Version: HyperWorks CFD 2020.0 or above
Hyperworks CFD heat exchanger set up is so much easier. One of the complications users run into while setting up heat exchanger component for AcuSolve is during the selection of inlet surface to the heat exchanger. As in most of the cases, this surface is a shared surface between the heat exchanger volume and the upstream fluid volume, It is easy to make the mistake of selecting the wrong side of the surface and add heat to the upstream fluid volume as opposed to the heat exchanger volume.
In Hyperworks CFD, the guide bar helps the user select the heat exchanger volume first and then filters out only the surfaces connected to this volume from which one can select the inlet to the heat exchanger.
