Barracuda Virtual Reactor was used to simulate fluidization in an electrically heated fluidized-bed cement calciner, with results agreeing well with cold-flow experiments and confirming that the high fraction of fine Geldart C particles makes the raw meal difficult to fluidize.
Hydrocarbon Processing, the downstream sector’s leading technical publication, has announced CPFD Software’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor as the 2020 winner of its Best Software Technology Award. The awards program honors the…
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CPFD’s October training class has reached capacity, so we are scheduling two additional web-based classes in 2020, targeting the European and North American time zones. For the first part of…
Update – October 1, 2020. Hydrocarbon Processing has announced CPFD Software’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor as the 2020 winner of its Best Software Technology Award.
CPFD Software announces the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 20.1. This release includes updates and enhancements that improve usability, physics, and post-processing capabilities. Some of the features include: Updated New Project Dialog, New runtime.log File, Radiation Models Moved to Global Settings Window, P-1 Radiation Model, etc.
CPFD Software and DAL Teknik Makina entered into a multi-year software licensing contract for CPFD’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor® Software. DAL Teknik uses Virtual Reactor™ to design, scale and trouble-shoot cement technology equipment and processes resulting in multiple benefits to their customers.
TechnipFMC and Suncor Energy‘s recent article, “Modelling ensures a successful revamp”. This article describes how CPFD Software’s proprietary software, Barracuda Virtual Reactor, is used to confirm the adequacy of the proposed hardware changes, fine-tune the design, and evaluate the performance to minimize risks on start-up.
CPFD Software iss highly commended for a second consecutive year by IChemE Global Awards. CPFD’s joint entry, together with ThermoChem Recovery International, USA (TRI), is entitled Digital Technology Enables Novel Waste-to-Fuels Process, and highlights TRI’s digitalization journey with Barracuda Virtual Reactor culminating in the conversion of municipal solid waste (MSW) to jet fuel.
CPFD schedules its next web-based training class for Barracuda Virtual Reactor. The class will be held in November 9th-12th to get you up-to-speed quickly using Barracuda version 20 and our new bundled post-processor, Tecplot for Barracuda.