Barracuda Simulation of a CFBC Test Rig: Comparison with Experimental Results
The study presents profile measurements and Barracuda simulations of gas emissions, temperature and pressure in a CFBC test rig firing two different bituminous coals.
Multiphase Fluid Dynamics Coupled Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass in a Rectangular Bubbling Fluidized Bed Reactor: Process Intensification
Researchers in Korea use the MP-PIC method to analyze the effect of various operating parameters on the yield distribution of fast pyrolysis in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor.
Understanding nvidia-smi GPU usage information
When running Virtual Reactor with GPU parallel acceleration, the nvidia-smi command-line tool is useful for monitoring the memory usage, temperature, and number of processes using the GPU card(s) on your system.…
CPFD Software Supports 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting
CPFD is continuing its longstanding support of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual meeting by chairing a session, presenting a paper, and sponsoring the Particle Technology Forum (PTF) Student Poster Awards.
Effect of Primary Air Maldistribution Due to Nozzle Wear on CFBC Performance
In this study by Barracuda Virtual Reactor distributor Adlan Omer alongside Martin Weng, the effect of air distribution from a nozzle grid on the combustion of a CFBC riser is assessed.
Is there an installation guide for Barracuda?
Note: This Knowledge Base post is now outdated. For current installation instructions, see the Installation chapter of the Barracuda Virtual Reactor User Manual. The attached document contains basic hardware recommendations…
Stepwise Analysis Of Gasification Reactions With Aspen Plus And Cpfd
In this paper, Barracuda Virtual Reactor is used alongside a chemical process optimization software to analyze a biomass gasification process
Aurora Hydrogen Selects Barracuda Virtual Reactor
CPFD Software announced that it has entered into a software licensing agreement with Aurora Hydrogen, who are developing a clean hydrogen production technology that utilizes efficient microwave energy without generating any CO2 emissions or consuming water.
Creating high quality movies
The default animation utility in Linux (xanim) is very convenient for viewing animations. In particular, it lets you step forward and backward through the animation, frame-by-frame, which can be very…
Numerical Simulations of PSRI Cold-Flow FCC Stripper Experiment with Subway Grating Baffles
CPFD and PSRI co-authored this presentation from the 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting, which highlights Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation results of a large cold-flow FCC stripper experiment.