In Memory of Dale Snider
As 2023 draws to a close, we pause to remember and honor the life and legacy of Dale M. Snider, our co-founder, who passed away earlier this year.
Known Issues 21.0.1
Known Issues main page Barracuda Virtual Reactor 21.0.1 Issues fixed in this version: KI-162: Projects with a high grid resolution and baffles enabled may fail to run KI-163: Gas species…
Multiphase particle-in-cell simulation study of sorption enhanced steam methane reforming process in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor
The advantages of the MP-PIC method can be seen in this paper, where researchers use it to analyze the full hydrodynamics and thermochemistry of a fluidized bed reactor for a sorption enhanced steam methane reforming process.
Barracuda Virtual Reactor 21.0 Release
CPFD Software is pleased to announce the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 21.0. This release is the first to support multi-GPU calculations, enabling users to run larger simulations than ever…
Development of Enabling Technologies for a Pressurized Dry Feed Oxy-Coal Reactor
Researchers at Brigham Young University completed this 5-year research program with the main objective to build and test a 100 kWth pressurized dry-feed oxy-coal combustor
Known Issues 21.0
Known Issues main page Barracuda Virtual Reactor 21.0.0 Issues fixed in this version: KI-161: Solver will not run if all baffles are disabled Issues affecting this version: KI-116: Particles may…
Ken Williams
Ken Williams recounts Dale Snider’s artistic side, and shares a painting Dale created for him.
Tecplot for Barracuda – Using Data Alter to Specify Equations and Smooth Data in xy Plots
This video is part of the Tecplot for Barracuda Training Videos collection. This video shows how to use Data–>Alter–>Specify Equations and Data–>Alter–>Smooth when plotting xy data in Tecplot for Barracuda.…
Study on effect of gas distributor in fluidized bed reactors by hydrodynamics-reaction-coupled simulations
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.
MP-PIC simulation of circulating fluidized beds using an EMMS based drag model for Geldart B particles
In this study the multiphase particle-in-cell (MP-PIC) method is used for the simulation of two pilot-scale circulating fluidized beds (CFBs) with quartz sand belonging to Geldart’s group B as bed material