EnSight may now be used to post-process Barracuda VR results
Computational Engineering International (CEI) has added the capability for the EnSight® graphical post-processor to read GMV-format files produced by Barracuda VR.
Barracuda VR 15.2.1 Release Announcement
CPFD Software announces release of Barracuda VR 15.2.1. Barracuda VR 15.2.1 is a Linux and Windows release with both versions using the same code base. This is the official release of Barracuda for Windows 7 64-bit.
Barracuda VR 15.2.1 release
Barracuda VR 15.2.1 is the official release supporting both Linux and Windows 7 64-bit operating systems. For more information, refer to the Barracuda VR 15.2.1 release announcement. Update – August…
CPFD Software Announces Technical Advisory Board
Albuquerque, NM, USA CPFD Software LLC, developers of process engineering software for fluidized reactors, today announced the formation of a Technical Advisory Board. The initial three members, Ken Peccatiello, Principal…
WEBINAR: How Regenerator Maldistribution Affects Emissions, Afterburn and Catalyst Losses
On September 15th, CPFD Software will present the third webinar of its FCC series, How Regenerator Maldistribution Affects Emissions, Afterburn and Catalyst Losses. Ray Fletcher, FCC Senior Technologist with CPFD…
CFD Simulation in CPFD Barracuda of a Fluidized Bed Gasifier
A model of a commercial-scale fluidized bed gasifier and includes the coal gasification chemical kinetics.
CFD Simulation of a Full-Scale Commercial FCC Regenerator (Short)
A model of a full-scale fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) regenerator using the Eulerian-Lagrangian CPFD method in Barracuda VR.
WEBINAR: Identifying the Root Cause of Afterburn in FCC Regenerators
Full-scale, physics-based simulation of FCCU processes, including reactors, regenerators and components, is now able to provide valuable new information for use in diagnosis of the root cause of operating problems…
CPFD Software Supports NETL Workshop
Dr. James Parker, CPFD Software’s Chief Technical Officer, will present at the U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) 2016 Workshop on Multiphase Flow Science. This year’s workshop…
Identifying the Root Cause of Afterburn in FCC Regenerators
This presentation by Ray Fletcher provides an overview of both stable and unstable forms of afterburn, and shows how the Barracuda Virtual Reactor is used to troubleshoot afterburn issues in FCC regenerators.