Hydrogen Through Methane Pyrolysis
This article illustrates that methane pyrolysis is an important emerging technology that presents an economically attractive hydrogen production process with zero CO2 emissions.
Known Issues 22.1.1
Known Issues main page Barracuda Virtual Reactor 22.1.1 Issues fixed in this version: KI-182: Incorrect evaluation of minus sign in exponent using UDE parser KI-183: Injection BC tracers do not…
Regulating the crude oil–to–chemical process in a multizone fluidized bed reactor using unconventional catalyst formulations
This paper investigates adding silicon carbide and adjusting the crude oil–to–chemicals process in a multizone fluidized bed reactor to improve the performance in terms of morphology of hydrodynamics and thermal conductivity
Known Issues 22.1.0
Known Issues main page Barracuda Virtual Reactor 22.1.0 Issues fixed in this version: KI-177: GUI may have problems loading small STL files KI-178: Simulations may run slower in test drive…
Known Issues 22.0.0
Known Issues main page Barracuda Virtual Reactor 22.0.0 Issues fixed in this version: KI-171: Boundary condition flux planes may report incorrect values for gas species mass fractions KI-175: Particles may…
Correlating measurement qualities of cross-correlation based solids velocimetry with solids convection-mixing competing mechanism in different gas fluidization regimes
This paper presents a method used to analyze local solids residence time distribution (RTD) and explore impact of gas-solids fluidization regime on RTD.
Known Issues 21.1.1
Known Issues main page Barracuda Virtual Reactor 21.1.1 Issues fixed in this version: KI-172: Solver may crash on simulation start-up due to memory allocation error KI-173: Some binary baffle STL…
Using Jupyter Notebooks to Analyze Virtual Reactor Results
Jupyter notebooks (previously called iPython Notebooks) provide a useful environment for using Python to analyze results from Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulations. In order to conveniently use Jupyter notebooks, please follow…
Understanding drag part 1: Well-established drag limits and homogeneous drag laws
This publication summarizes studies available in the open literature on fluidized bed strippers as applied to the FCC and fluid coker unit operations.
Tecplot for Barracuda – PyTecplot Examples and Snippets
This support site post contains useful PyTecplot examples and snippets for post-processing Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation results. A pattern that is often useful to follow in PyTecplot scripts is to…