Advanced Best Practices: Effective Modeling with Barracuda VR
James Parker, Ph.D. CPFD Software, LLC Dr. Parker presents ideas, strategies, and tips for using Barracuda VR to model fluidized systems more effectively.
CFD Models and Validation
This presentation by Ray Cocco discusses validation with relevant experimental data as an important and necessary process with any modeling effort for applications with scale up.
Advanced Post-Processing Workshop
Sam Clark CPFD Software, LLC Review advanced post-processing techniques such as using 2D plot data, using Particle Select in GMV, and working with BATCHMOVIE.sh in this presentation.
The Multi-Phase Particle-in-Cell Method (MP-PIC): History and Recent Developments
This presentation by Peter J. O’Rourke discusses the history of the MP-PIC method which is traced from its origins in spray modeling to recent modifications that include sub-models for important particle-particle effects. MP-PIC is compared with other methodologies for simulating dense particulate two-phase flows.
Validation of Hydrodynamics and Reaction Chemistry in Pilot-Scale Fluidized Bed Combustors and Gasifiers
This presentation by Andrew Fry discusses pilot-scale facilities at the University of Utah and the integration of Barracuda simulations with ongoing experiments.
KiOR Update: Incorporating Barracuda in our BFCC Development Process
This presentation by Bruce Adkins, Neeti Kapur, James Parker, Peter Blaser, and John Pendergrass reports KiOR’s progress and learnings in developing a Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis (CFP) process for producing transportation fuels from biomass and shares some pointers about quality of lab experiments and future plans.
Improving Drag Correlations for Modeling of Real Particle Fluidization
This presentation by James M. Parker highlights ongoing work to develop and improve drag force correlations used to model the fluidization of real particle systems.
Eliminating FCC Regenerator Afterburn
This presentation by Ray Fletcher is part one of a two-part presentation that explores how to extract key data from Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation results.