Intermittent injection of prepolymer in a pressurized fluidized bed
Inclined, intermittent jets can be used to feed solids into fluidized beds. In this report the injection system was successfully modeled.
Getting Started with Virtual Reactor 22.0
This presentation by Rosemary Clark of CPFD Software discusses recent developments regarding the Barracuda Virtual Reactor’s multiphase simulation capabilities specifically for VLS systems.
L Valve Equations
Non-mechanical valves, especially the L-valves, have been used extensively in fluidized beds and circulating fluidized beds for solids recycling or to serve as a pressure seal. This paper presents a set of L-valve equations which relate the solids flow rate to the L-valve design, aeration rate, and pressure drop across the L-valve.
A procedure to determine particle agglomeration in a fluidized bed and its effect on entrainment
Accurate predictions of both the flux and size distribution of the solids entrained above the transport disengaging height of a fluidized bed are necessary. A new correlation was developed to calculate size distribution and flux of entrained particles.
Combining Barracuda Modelling and Cutting-Edge Positron Imaging of Gas-Fluidised Beds: Toward the Design Optimization of Novel Plastic Recycling Technologies
This presentation by Dr. Kit Windows-Yule at the 2022 Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference discusses data validation methods for waste plastic pyrolysis, a system that efficiently converts plastic waste into petrochemical fuels.
Eulerian Simulation of Gas–Solid Flows with Particles of Geldart Groups A, B and D Using EMMS-Based Meso-Scale Model
In this paper, to investigate the effects of particle properties on these meso-scale structures, for all particle types, two-fluid modeling with and without consideration of meso-scale structures were performed and compared.
Simulation of particles and gas flow behavior in the riser section of a circulating fluidized bed using the kinetic theory approach for the particulate phase
Gas/particle flow behavior in the riser section of a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) was simulated using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) package by Fluent. Gas and particle flow profiles were obtained for velocity, volume fraction, pressure, and turbulence parameters for each phase.
Advanced Analysis with Tecplot 360
This presentation by Scott Fowler demonstrates the use of Tecplot 360, PyTecplot and Tecplot’s Add-on Developer Kit to perform advanced analysis of results from Barracuda.
Drag on Non-Spherical Particles: An Evaluation of Available Methods
In this work, a selection of widely used correlations have been critically evaluated for estimating the drag coefficient of non-spherical particles in incompressible viscous fluids.
Dynamics of gas-particle flow in circulating fluidized beds
The flow of gas—particle mixtures in a circulating fluidized bed has been studied, probing the flow behavior under both stable and unstable operating conditions.