Yearly Archives: 2021

Design of a Medium-Scale Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor for Chlorination of Processed Aluminum Oxide

This paper demonstrates how Barracuda Virtual Reactor can be used to research yet unexplored applications of fluidization technology, such as industrial scale chlorination of aluminum oxide via a fluidized bed reactor,

Numerical simulation of a 3-D gas-solid fluidized bed: Comparison of TFM and CPFD numerical approaches and experimental validation

This paper by researchers at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid demonstrates Barracuda Virtual Reactor’s ability to accurately model bubbling behavior in fluidized beds by comparing simulations to experimental data

Computational particle fluid dynamics simulation of biomass gasification in an entrained flow gasifier

This paper shows how Barracuda Virtual reactor can be used to effectively model, validate, and optimize Entrained Flow (EF) gasification Reactors

Modelling bed dimension for fluidized bed chemical vapour deposition

In this paper, Barracuda Virtual Reactor is used to verify the results of a continuous FBCVD (fluidized bed chemical vapour deposition) process

Numerical Simulation of Calciner in the Suspension System for Kaolin Calcining

This paper shows how Barracuda Virtual Reactor can be used to facilitate the design of a kaolin calciner

Virtual error quantification of cross-correlation algorithm for solids velocity measurement in different gas fluidization regimes

In order to analyze the effects that maldistribution of gas can have on FCC regenerator performance, researchers from China University of Petroleum conducted simulations using Barracuda Virtual Reactor.

Influence of immersed surface shape on the heat transfer process and flow pattern in a fluidized bed using numerical simulation

This paper illustrates the advantages of using Barracuda Virtual Reactor, which is based on an MP-PIC method, over two-fluid models in simulating heat transfer mechanics

Quantitative comparison of measurement quality of cross-correlation based particle velocity instruments in different gas fluidization regimes

In order to analyze the effects that maldistribution of gas can have on FCC regenerator performance, researchers from China University of Petroleum conducted simulations using Barracuda Virtual Reactor.

Study on the Dynamic Characteristic of the Circulating Fluidized Bed Whole Loop at Variable Load

In this paper, researchers use Barracuda Virtual Reactor to study the gas-solid flow of Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) Units at variable load

Root Cause Analysis of Afterburn in RFCC Regenerator using Computational Fluid Dynamics

In this paper, CFD modeling using Barracuda Virtual Reactor is employed to diagnose the causes of afterburn in an RFCC unit.