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.
Barracuda Virtual Reactor: Product, Training, and Support Updates
This presentation by Sam Clark of CPFD Software discusses updates within the Barracuda Simulation software such as Tecplot, RLMCloud, Multi-GPU Acceleration, and other features.
The Benefits of NVIDIA for Barracuda Virtual Reactor
This presentation by Rey Gomez discusses the applications of GPUs and how NVIDIA hardware is powering workloads from CFD to physics-informed neural networks (PINNs).
Realistic Models Require Realistic Boundary Conditions
This presentation by Ray Cocco focuses on the challenges of defining boundary conditions that are either as accurate as possible, or located in a region that has the least impact with uniform flow and concentration assumption.