Evaporation Model for Droplets (2013)
This evaporation model is now considered out-of-date. Original title of this post: Can I model water evaporation from particles in the Barracuda VR 15/16-series 2014 update: Evaporation Model for Droplets…
Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of the Co-Combustion of Oil Shale Retorting Solid Waste with Cornstalk Particles in a Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactor
This paper presents a CPFD model for solid waste and biomass particle combustion in a circulating fluidized bed.
User manual now available
A full Barracuda VR user guide is now available. The User Manual is complete for Barracuda VR Series 15 and can be accessed from the help menu in Barracuda 15.2.3…
CPFD Software Clients Named as Finalists for HPCWire Readers’ Choice Awards
CPFD Software was nominated for “Best Modeling Technology” for “Barracuda Virtual Reactor Simulation Technology for Vapor-Liquid-Solid Processes” at the Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards
Testing chemistry in a single cell model
CPFD Software generally recommends testing chemical reactions and rates in a single-cell model before implementing in a full scale model. What do we mean by a single-cell chemistry test? There…
Numerical Simulation of Gas-Solid Flows in Fluidized Bed with TFM Model
This paper compares the results of a two-fluid model (TFM) of a fluidized bed to other CFD methods, including Barracuda Virtual Reactor.
How does Barracuda VR handle distributor plates or spargers?
This open-ended question comes up a lot. There are multiple approaches that could be used, depending on the purpose of the simulation. This post explores several options for modeling fluidization…
Validation and Application of CPFD Models in Simulating Hydrodynamics and Reactions in Riser Reactor with Geldart A Particles
In this paper, a model developed using Barracuda Virtual Reactor is used to quantify the relationship between the flow hydrodynamics and the chemical reactions in multiphase flow-reaction systems.
Turnaround Risk Reduction Through FCCU Simulation
This presentation by Peter Blaser, Roque Lopez, and Sam Clark discusses enhancements that allow the Barracuda Virtual Reactor to be used on high performance computing systems.
Analyzing data with Python and NumPy
Barracuda can export a large amount of data to text files that can be further analyzed to gain additional insight into the performance of a model. For example, particle snap…