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…
Modeling and Process Features of Plug Flow Reactor with Internal Recirculation for Biomass Pyrolysis
Virtual Reactor simulation of a biomass pyrolysis reactor, by Kokourine and Adham at Hatch, verifies that plug-flow with internal-recirculation (PFIR) can be achieved under reasonable operating conditions.
Numerical Simulation of a Commercial FCC Regenerator Using Multiphase Particle-in-Cell Methodology (MP-PIC)
The simulation results in this paper show the numerous modeling capabilities of the MP-PIC approach to identify possible performance and reliability issues of an industrial Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) regenerator..
Increase Performance & Accelerate Barracuda Virtual Reactor Simulations in the Cloud
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.
How to use Interact features from a script or the command line
If you’re interested in automatically controlling BCs based on user-specified parameters, please see the newer post: Using a PID Controller Script to Control Boundary Conditions Example Scenario Your model has a thermal…