Analyzing Heat Transfer through Thermal Wall BCs
Thermal Wall BCs in Barracuda allow heat transfer to and from the system, depending on the relative temperatures of the walls and fluid in computational cells. This post discusses how…
TRI Scales Up Novel Waste-to-Fuels Technology
TRI’s technology was deployed at Fulcrum BioEnergy’s Sierra BioFuels Plant, which converts ~175,000 tons of landfill waste into renewable, transportation fuels with 80% lower carbon emissions.
MULTIFRAME.tcl
Combining multiple views of simulation results into a single animation is a commonly used technique during post-processing of Barracuda results. The MULTIFRAME.tcl script was written to make this task easier,…
Improving Circulating Fluidized Bed Dehydrogenation Technology through Optimization of Fluidization
This publication by SABIC provides insights into improving fluidization behavior by way of a systematic approach to determine the underlying root causes of issues in a commercial dehydrogenation reactor.
Installing Extra Packages for Cygwin
The default Cygwin installation included with Barracuda VR includes a minimal set of packages to support the operation of GMV on Windows. For some tasks, it is necessary to install…
Avoid Nasty Surprises
Surprises are not always a good thing, especially during plant turnarounds. This article, from the September 2019 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering, discusses how simulations can be a critical turnaround risk reduction tool.
Known Issues 17.0.3
Known Issues main page Barracuda Virtual Reactor 17.0.3 Issues fixed in this version: KI-24: Liquid Collision Mass Transfer defaulted “on” KI-46: Project keyword “maxPresIter0” incorrectly defaulted to 0 KI-47: Volume-average…
Upcoming Webinar: Getting Started with Virtual Reactor 23.1
This webinar on Barracuda Virtual Reactor 23.1, to be hosted by CPFD on November 8, 2023, provides overview of new features and enhancements like bubble coalescence and breakup, per-species close pack volume fraction, and new data output options.
Known Issues 17.0.2
Known Issues main page Barracuda Virtual Reactor 17.0.2 Issues fixed in this version: KI-11: Discrete Chemistry will not turn On when using ramp KI-12: Chemistry cannot be toggled “On” at…
Simulation of air-biomass gasification in a bubbling fluidized bed using CPFD model
Experiment on the air gasification of biomass in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor was performed in a pilot-scale reactor located at the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN).