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.…
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.
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
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.
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This evaporation model is now considered out-of-date.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…