Recordings from 2024 Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference Now Available
The recordings from our recent Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference, held in Chicago this past June, are now available for viewing
CPFD Software Expands and Refurbishes Houston Headquarters
We’re excited to announce that CPFD Software has expanded and refurbished our headquarters at Republic Square in Houston, Texas.
CPFD Software Sponsors SPE-GCS CFD Group’s 2024 Annual Symposium
CPFD Software is excited to be a Silver Sponsor for the Society of Petroleum Engineers – Gulf Coast Section, CFD Group’s Annual Symposium. This year’s session is subtitled “AI Accelerated Physics Based Modelling and its Role in Energy Industry”.
Application Model: Cement Plant Conditioning Tower
Introduction Figure 1: Cement Manufacturing Process (Courtesy of Aixprocess, Barracuda Users Conference 2019) Figure 2: Preheater Tower Flow Diagram (Courtesy of Aixprocess, Barracuda Users Conference 2019) Dating…
CPFD Releases Arena-flow 11.0
CPFD announces the release of Arena-flow® 11.0 that includes usability enhancements and automated plotting for monitoring running simulations.
Molten Industries Leads Strategic Partnership with U. S. Steel and CPFD Software to Pioneer Carbon-Neutral Steel Production
CPFD Software supports a collaborative effort with Molten Industries and US Steel to eliminate carbon emissions from iron reduction. This innovative approach uses renewable energy to produce hydrogen and solid graphite, offering a 75% reduction in energy intensity compared to alternative technologies.
CPFD Software Supports 2024 AIChE Annual Meeting
CPFD is continuing its longstanding support of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual meeting by chairing a session, presenting a paper, and sponsoring the Particle Technology Forum (PTF) Student Poster Awards.
Using Initial Conditions from File to Start a Simulation
This post shows how to start a Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation from an Initial Condition (IC_*) file. It is possible to do many interesting and useful things that are not…
CPFD Software to give Guest Lecture at PSRI’s Fluidization Seminar in Chicago, September 10-13
CPFD Software’s Peter Blaser will be giving a lecture on “Simulation of Industrial-Scale Fluidized Beds and Fluid-Particle Systems” on September 12th, 2024 at PSRI’s Fluidization Seminar in Chicago
CPFD Software Welcomes Summer Intern for 2024
CPFD Software is excited to announce that Keshav Ramchandran of Texas A&M will be joining the team as a summer intern for 2024.