Internal Compaction and Flux Analysis in Jacket Core
This Arena-flow simulation provides an internal view of sand compaction and particle movement for a Jacket Core using the Shell Module.
Sorption Enhanced Reforming (SER) Hydrogen Production Simulation via Barracuda Virtual Reactor
ZEG Power use Barracuda Virtual Recator to model the complex fluid-particle interactions, heat transfer, and chemical reactions within the Sorption Enhanced Reforming (SER) hydrogen production process
Application Model: Erosion in a 90-Degree Elbow
This application model uses Barracuda Virtual Reactor to simulate solid particle erosion in a 90-degree elbow, capturing particle-wall impacts and wear patterns under varying mass loadings. The simulation demonstrates how particle collisions influence erosion severity and distribution, enabling evaluation of component durability in particulate-laden flows.
Application Model: Cement Calciner Decomposition Furnace
This application model uses Barracuda Virtual Reactor to simulate the direct reduction of iron ore in a MIDREX-style shaft furnace. The simulation tracks moving bed hydrodynamics and reduction reactions between iron oxide particles and a hydrogen–carbon monoxide gas mixture, enabling evaluation of solids conversion, gas species evolution, and furnace temperature profiles.
Application Model: Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) Shaft Furnace for Steel Production
This application model uses Barracuda Virtual Reactor to simulate the direct reduction of iron ore in a MIDREX-style shaft furnace. The simulation tracks moving bed hydrodynamics and reduction reactions between iron oxide particles and a hydrogen–carbon monoxide gas mixture, enabling evaluation of solids conversion, gas species evolution, and furnace temperature profiles.
Application Model: Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor
This application model uses Barracuda Virtual Reactor to simulate combustion inside the riser of a lab-scale CFB combustor. The simulation tracks fluid-particle interactions and chemical reactions between air and volatile species released from coal particles. This enables users to evaluate combustion performance, temperature profiles, and gas species distributions such as O₂, CO₂, NO, and SO₂ across the riser.
Rescale Machine Log In Process
This post is for people using a Rescale machine during a Barracuda Virtual Reactor New User Training class. You will have received an email with an Email, Password, list of…
Using Baffles to Model Structured Packing
This post shows how to use Baffles to model structured packing in a Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation. Due to its thin-walled geometry and intricate patterns, structured packing is rarely included…
Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor Gas Composition
This video is part of set of simulations for a novel, fluidised-bed-based plastic recycling system. In this simulation, particle flow through an L valve is studied.
Coal Particle Flow in a Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor
This video, from the CFBC Application Model, shows the initial fluidization of particles in the riser as well as the distribution of coal particles in the system.