[MrAndersDk]

Hello

I'm new to OpenFOAM, or actually I'm looking into if I should learn OpenFOAM. So I have no experience with OpenFOAM, but I will take the time to learn if, it can solve the following problem.

I have a large pipe system with serveral heat exchangers placed at different places in the system. I'm currently not interested in the heat transfer in the system but only the flow in the pipes.

I know the Kv value for the heat exchangers (that is the pressure drop vs velocity). Is it possible to simulate this kind of problem. That is regular flow in the pipes, but when the flow reaches a heat exchanger it should use the known Kv value to calculate the pressure drop and flow through the region of the heat exchanger. I know it cannot tell me much about the flow inside the heat exchanger region, but that is ok, I need to know the flow in the pipe system.

I need this kind of setup to check how the flow is in our systems. As I'm not currently a user of OpenFOAM you donøt have to write a long explanation of how to do it, but if you can confirm such a thing is possible, or maybe show a link to an example where something similar is done it would be much appreciated.