Proppant Transport in Hydraulic Fractures
This application model simulates proppant transport in hydraulic fractures, capturing fluidization, sedimentation, and particle size effects to help optimize fracture coverage and well productivity.
Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor
This application model uses Barracuda Virtual Reactor to simulate combustion inside the riser of a lab-scale CFB combustor. The simulation tracks fluid-particle interactions and chemical reactions between air and volatile species released from coal particles. This enables users to evaluate combustion performance, temperature profiles, and gas species distributions such as O₂, CO₂, NO, and SO₂ across the riser.
Molten Metal Bubble Column Reactor
This application model uses Barracuda Virtual Reactor to simulate argon bubbles rising through molten iron in a laboratory-scale MMBCR. While chemical reactions are excluded in this study, the simulation captures detailed bubble behavior—tracking coalescence, breakup, and diameter evolution—as a foundation for modeling more complex reactive systems.
Cement Plant Conditioning Tower
Application Model Overview In cement production, preheating and cooling steps play a vital role in optimizing energy use and ensuring the longevity of equipment. A key component in this process…
Hydrogen Production with Sorbent Enhanced Steam Methane Reforming (SE-SMR)
Application Model Overview Steam methane reforming (SMR) is a leading method of hydrogen (H2) production, but it typically releases large amounts of CO2. Sorbent-enhanced SMR (SE-SMR) integrates carbon capture directly…
Glycerol Steam Reforming
Application Model Overview As global energy demands grow, finding sustainable alternatives to conventional energy sources is critical. Among these alternatives, bioenergy technologies like biodiesel have gained prominence for their reduced…
Dry Reforming of Methane (DRM) in a Fluidized Bed Reactor
Application Model Overview Dry reforming of methane (DRM) offers a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by converting methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2), two key biogas components, into valuable…
CPFD Simulation of Pilot-Scale CFB Riser for Cracking of Sugar to Glycolaldehyde and Other Oxygenates: Coupling Hydrodynamics and Reaction Kinetics
This presentation by Frederik Zafiryadis at the 2022 Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference discusses a computational particle fluid dynamics (CPFD) model for simulating the sugar cracking reaction in a pilot-scale riser.
Pressurized Gas-Solid Feeder for Biomass Injection into Gas-Solid Fixed and Fluidized Beds
This presentation by Sina Tebianian at the 2022 Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference discusses the utilization of a pressurized gas-solid feeder to inject sawdust powders into a fixed and fluidized bed cold-flow unit.
Scaling Performance of Barracuda Virtual Reactor on Azure
This presentation by Ahmed Taha shares details regarding the Azure GPU computational resources in addition to recent results and the scaling capabilities of the Barracuda Virtual Reactor code on Azure.