Restarting a Barracuda Simulation
This post shows how to restart simulations in Barracuda Virtual Reactor. When running Virtual Reactor simulations, there are several situations when a simulation may need to be restarted: The simulation…
Speakers Announced for Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2024
Speakers have been announced for the Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2024 which will be held at the W Chicago – Lakeshore hotel, immediately following the PSRI Annual Meeting.
Using the Direction Vector Option for Flow BCs
There are times when a Flow BC will not be perfectly aligned with the three major axes. In order to place the Flow BC correctly, direction vectors can be used…
CPFD Releases Barracuda Virtual Reactor 24.0
CPFD announces the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 24.0 that includes new physics capabilities, usability enhancements, and automated plotting for monitoring running simulations.
Sponsors Announced for Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2024
Sponsors have been announced for the Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2024 which will be held at the W Chicago – Lakeshore hotel, immediately following the PSRI Annual Meeting.
Hi-Key, CPFD’s Distributor in China, Announces 2024 Trainings
Beijing Hi-key Technology Co. Ltd., CPFD Software’s distributor for Barracuda Virtual Reactor in the People’s Republic of China, has announced a series of online and in-person training courses for 2024
Fluidization for Sustainability and Decarbonization Applications: The Parallel Evolving Roles of Processes and Computational Tools
This article examines the current trends in fluidization that have come about due to the newfound focus on sustainable applications, and how the role of computation tools used by those pursuing the applications is changing as well.
A CPFD Simulation on Hydrodynamics of Carbon Nanotube Aggregates in a Fluidized Bed
This paper uses Barracuda Virtual Reactor to create a model of a fluidized bed reactor with carbon nanotube particles, which describes hydrodynamic behaviors such as bed expansion and solid holdup distribution.
Solar-driven biomass steam gasification by new concept of solar particles heat carrier with CPFD simulation
This paper, which uses Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation results, demonstrates that solar-driven biomass gasification, using solar-heated particles as a heat carrier and a fluidized bed reactor, enhances green H2-enriched syngas production by improving heat transfer and gasification kinetics, thereby enabling continuous and stable operation despite fluctuating solar flux.
Coupling catalytic bed fluidization with impeller rotation for improved hydrodynamic characterization of Berty reactors
Despite more than 100 years of commercialization of wide-ranging fluidized bed reactors, scale-up tools and methods have remained quite similar. To exploit the benefits of fluidized beds for the time-critical sustainability challenges, scale-up has to be implemented quicker and better.