Barracuda Hardware Timing Problem
A standard hardware timing problem has been created and made available to all Barracuda Virtual Reactor customers. It is intended to provide useful information about the fastest available hardware (both…
MP-PIC Simulation of the Effects of Spent Catalyst Distribution and Horizontal Baffle in an Industrial FCC Regenerator. Part I: Effects on Hydrodynamics
This joint paper by the China University of Petroleum, SINOPEC, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is part one in a two part series on the effects of internals on FCC regenerator performance.
Novel Fluidized Bed Particle Classifier for Application in Calcium Looping With Indirect Heat Transfer – Experiments and Simulations
In this paper, Barracuda is used to analyze how different particle species behave in a fully integrated regenerative calcium looping (FICaL) system
Getting Started with Virtual Reactor 23.1
Also available on Youtube. About This Webinar Presented by: Sam Clark, Product Manager – CPFD Software CPFD hosted a webinar on Wednesday, November 8, 2023: Getting Started with Virtual Reactor…
Known Issues 17.2.0
Known Issues main page Barracuda Virtual Reactor 17.2.0 Issues fixed in this version: KI-49: Maximum allowed number of particle species is 50 KI-62: User-defined agglomeration curve must use “radius” in…
NO Emission from Cement Calciners Firing Coal and Petcoke: A CPFD Study
NO emissions from two in–line cement calciners operating with petcoke and coal, respectively, are predicted through CPFD simulation and compared with operational data.
Using a Stride to Select Every Nth Cell, Particle, or Node in GMV
When using GMV's “Select” feature for cells, particles, or nodes, it is possible to specify a range and a stride, so that every Nth item is shown, and all others…
Hybrid Particle Cluster CPFD Simulation in the Acceleration and Stabilized Sections of a Downflow Circulating Fluidized Bed
This study by Cesar Medina-Pedraza and Hugo de Lasa of the University of Western Ontario reports a numerical hybrid cluster CPFD simulation of a downer reactor unit.
CPFD Releases Barracuda Virtual Reactor 23.1
CPFD announces the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 23.1 includes new physics models to more realistically model gas bubbles in liquid domains, as well as systems with multiple particle and bubble species that have distinctly different close pack volume fractions.
Calculating the Volume of Selected Cells
It is often desired to calculate the volume of a spatial region that meets certain criteria. For visualization, GMV’s isovolume feature is very convenient and gives an on-screen view of…