Venue
The Users’ Conference will be held at the W Chicago – Lakeshore hotel, immediately following the PSRI Annual Meeting.
Take advantage of PSRI’s corporate discount rate by using the promo code C0570 when reserving your room.
Speakers
CPFD Software is honored to announce a preliminary list of speakers from diverse organizations including Chevron, Cemex, Shell Global Solutions, Technip Energies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, aixprocess, Altair, Ally Power, Aerotak, ENEA, KAUST, Rescale, PSRI, and Tecplot.
Presentations will span a wide range of topics such as refining, cement, hydrogen, carbon capture, biofuels, plastic recycling, fluidization fundamentals, process scale-up, cloud computing, and more.
To see a list of speakers by day, please see the schedule of speakers below. For inquiries, please contact your account manager, local distributor, or via our Contact Page.
Partners & Sponsors
Schedule
Tuesday, June 18
| All Day | Barracuda Virtual Reactor International Distributor Meeting (distributors only) |
Wednesday, June 19
| 3:15 – 5:15 pm | Registration, Welcome and Conference Kick-Off (Altitude Conference Room, 33rd Floor) |
| 5:30 – 7 pm | Rooftop Reception and Fireworks (6th Floor) |
Thursday, June 20
| 8 am – 5 pm | Presentations by Virtual Reactor User Community (Altitude Conference Room, 33rd Floor) |
| 7 – 10 pm | Dinner Cruise |
Friday, June 21
All breakout sessions are 9 am – noon.
| Breakout A | Introductory Training Workshop (Focus 2 Meeting Room, 7th Floor) |
| Breakout B | Advanced Training Workshop (Altitude Conference Room, 33rd Floor) |
| Breakout C | Meetings with CPFD by Appointment |
Events
Make sure to join us for these events during the Users’ Conference!
- Wednesday evening rooftop reception, overlooking Lake Michigan, followed by Fireworks on Navy Pier
- Thursday evening dinner cruise via City Cruises
Schedule of Speakers
Wednesday, June 19
| Sam Clark, CPFD | Welcome | |||
| Rob Montgomery, Chevron and Peter Blaser, CPFD | Chevron Pascagoula FCC Regenerator Optimization via Modeling | |||
| Federico Monterosso, ENEA and OMIQ | Computational Particle Fluid Dynamics 3D Simulation of the Sorption-Enhanced Steam Methane Reforming Process in a Dual Fluidized Bed | Watch playback |
Thursday, June 20
| John Ding, Shell Global Solutions | Enhancing Fluidization Design using Computational Methods | Watch playback | ||
| Raj Singh and Scott Golczynski, Technip Energies | Modeling FCCU: Success and Challenges | Watch playback | ||
| Isa Aslani, KAUST | Improving the Hydrodynamics and Heat Transfer in Crude Oil Catalytic Cracking via a Novel Catalyst Formulation | Watch playback | ||
| Martin Weng, aixprocess | Successful Process Decarbonization in Cement Industry with Barracuda Virtual Reactor Computational Engineering | Watch playback | ||
| Jorge Pablo Garcia, CEMEX | CEMEX Rudniki Digital Design Twins Modeler (RDDT) | |||
| Jerrin Job Sibychan, Altair | Altair’s Complementary Solutions for Modeling Particle-Fluid Systems | Watch playback | ||
| Madhu Vellakal, Rescale | Accelerating Advanced CFD Simulation through High-Performance Computing on Rescale | Watch playback | ||
| Frederik Zafiryadis, Aerotak | CFD Analysis of Sand and Gravel Filling in Seabed Socket for Wind Turbine Tower | Watch playback | ||
| S. B. Reddy Karri, PSRI | Fluidization’s Role in the Scale-Up and Commercialization of Sustainability and Decarbonization Technologies | Watch playback | ||
| Bruce Adkins, ORNL | Modeling CFP Catalyst Regeneration in BFCC Units | Watch playback | ||
| Ahmed Mahmoud, Ally Power and Shashank Karra, CPFD | Simulation of a Novel Clean Hydrogen Process Using Virtual Reactor’s New Vapor-Liquid-Solid Capabilities | Watch playback | ||
| Sam Clark, Andrew Larson, and James Parker, CPFD | CPFD Software Update: Product, Support, R&D and Q&A | Watch playback |
Friday, June 21
| Breakout A | Introductory Training Workshop | ||
| Breakout B | Advanced Training Workshop | Example Project Files | |
| Breakout C | Private Meetings with CPFD by Appointment |