Thankyou. your tips are very helpful. I am thinking of using ANSYS fluent and attempt to model the header. rmv, do you have any tips in designing the header to minimize or equalize the pressure drops.
My team is designing an unfinned, staggered-tube, cross-flow heat exchanger. With water and air as the two working fluids. It is my job to design the water manifolds in and out of the heat exchanger. All research I have done have shown that manifolds usually consist of a pipe with several...