12th China Congress on Particle Technology, Haikou City - November 25-28, 2022
2022-11-24 - 2022-11-28
Hi-Key, distributor for Barracuda Virtual Reactor in China, will be there for the 5th parallel session discussing how fluidization technology and application are used for carbon-peak and carbon-neutral projects.
In order to promote academic exchanges in the fields of particles and powders, promote the development of disciplines and technological innovation, and facilitate the growth of talents, it is guided by the China Association for Science and Technology, sponsored by the Chinese Society of Particles, organized by the Energy Particle Materials Committee of the Chinese Society of Particles, Hainan University, and organized by Guangzhou University. The 12th China Particle Conference , co-organized by , South China University of Technology, Beijing Coast Hongmeng Standard Material Technology Co., Ltd., etc., will be held at Hilton Haikou Luneng Hotel in Haikou City, Hainan Province from November 25-28 , 2022 .
The theme of the 12th China Particle Conference is “Innovation for Dual Carbon, Green Empowerment for Development”. This conference is a national high-level large-scale comprehensive academic conference in the field of particle science that meets the development needs of our society and inherits the previous academic annual meetings of our society. The conference focuses on scientific research progress, industrial development and talent growth in particle science-related fields, and collects scientific papers (abstracts) from the vast number of particle science and powder industries and scientific and technological workers in chemical, energy, materials, medicine and environment related fields. . The 2022 Chinese Particle Society Awards will be organized at the conference. The conference will also select the Youth Report Award and the Excellent Poster Award. Welcome to participate in the conference.
At the same time, the China Particle Conference will hold an exhibition of particle/powder instruments, equipment, products and applications, including particle/powder testing and analysis instruments, preparation equipment, products and their applications in chemical industry, energy, materials, medicine and environment, etc. , Welcome relevant units to actively register for the exhibition.

Webinar: Optimize Virtual Reactor™ Workloads in the Cloud with Rescale - November 30, 2022
2022-11-30 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Chicago)
CPFD Software and Rescale will jointly host a webinar on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 9 am CST: Optimize Virtual Reactor Workloads in the Cloud with Rescale. Join us as we showcase just how easy and secure it can be to get up and running with Barracuda Virtual Reactor in the cloud.
Recent enhancements enable Barracuda Virtual Reactor use on high performance cloud computing systems with speed-up benchmarks up to 1,000x over CPU observed. High performance computing in the cloud provides the global Virtual Reactor user community with instant access to the latest GPU and multi-GPU instances and virtually unlimited capacity without the overhead associated with on premise hardware deployment and maintenance.
To get ‘pay as you go’ cloud access to the latest GPUs and high-performance computing, CPFD has partnered with Rescale to make Barracuda Virtual Reactor workloads available with cloud compute in just a few clicks.
The webinar will be recorded and available for playback after the live presentation.

Barracuda Virtual Reactor Web-based Training December 5-9, 2022
2022-12-04 - 2022-12-09
This training is designed to get you up to speed with Barracuda Virtual Reactor in five days. Each day, attendees work through self-led materials and join a pre-scheduled 1-hour web meeting that emphasizes interaction with instructors and other participants. By the end of the course, you’ll have a working understanding of how to use Virtual Reactor™ software, including project setup, operating the solver, and post-processing using Tecplot for Barracuda. Depending on your organization’s needs, our experienced team of engineers and training staff can provide hands-on assistance as you set up your own project in Virtual Reactor during private break-out sessions.
Contact us for pricing information or to register your interest in the class.

PSRI - Fluidization Seminar in Chicago, Illinois, December 6-9, 2022
2022-12-05 - 2022-12-09
Update – November 2022: CPFD’s Peter Blaser will give an invited guest lecture about “Simulation of Industrial-Scale Fluidized Beds and Fluid-Particle Systems” on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at the PSRI Fluidization Seminar.
PSRI’s Course Description: The purpose of the PSRI Fluidization Seminar is to supply instruction on the theory, design and operation of fluidized beds and solids transfer systems for engineers new to the field, or those who want to improve their understanding of the field. The four-day course covers the basics of fluidized beds and solids transfer, and then discusses how best to design and operate the most critical elements of fluidized beds and solids transfer such as cyclones, standpipes, gas distributors and pneumatic conveying lines.

Basic Fluidization Hydrodynamics
Gas Distributor Design and Operation
Circulating Fluidized Beds and High-Velocity Systems
Cyclone Design and Operation
Dilute and Dense-Phase Conveying
Particle Entrainment
Erosion and Particle Attrition
Standpipes and Solids Flow Systems

Our fluidization seminar and workshop is now digital. During the seminar, we will provide you with a tablet to follow along with. After the seminar, you will have access to the seminar material on the PSRI website (www.psri.org) under your membership login.
PSRI offers a student discount on our seminars.

Tecplot 360 2022 Release 2 Webinar - December 15, 2022
2022-12-14 - 2022-12-15
Please join us for the webinar introducing the improvements and updates in Tecplot 360 2022 R2. In this release, we are very excited to offer “Batch-Pack” licensing for the first time. A Batch-Pack license enables a single user access to multiple concurrent batch instances of our Python API (PyTecplot) while consuming only a single license seat. This option will reduce license contention and allow for faster turnaround times by running jobs in parallel across multiple nodes of an HPC. All at a substantially lower cost than buying additional license seats.
Scott Fowler, 360 Product Manager, and Brandon Markham, 360 Product Owner, will review all the highlights of this release, including:

Faster CGNS loader
Improved ROMS, Ensight & OpenFOAM loaders
CONVERGE *.out loader works with GT-CONVERGE files
Fixed multiple slice extractions
And more!

There will be plenty of time for Q&A. All registrants will be sent a link to the recording. If you are subscribed to Product Updates, we’ll send you a notification when Tecplot 360 2022 R2 is available as a Free Trial and on our Customer Portal. https://www.tecplot.com/subscribe/.

Fluidization XVII Call for Abstracts - December 30, 2022
2022-12-29 - 2022-12-30
Fluidization XVII will aim to bridge fundamental research and emerging applications of fluidization for novel fluidization technologies. The 17th iteration of this conference will bring together world renowned experts in the field.
With a long established tradition, this series of conferences has been held all over the world tackling challenges and successes with the design and operation of fluidized beds and similar fluid-particle systems. This newest session will continue to play this role and stimulate the interplay between the academic and industrial communities to address the challenges for the future of fluidization technology.
Subscribe to the mailing list for Fluidization XVII here.
Call for abstracts opens October 2022.

Barracuda Virtual Reactor Web-based Training January 23-27, 2023
2023-01-22 - 2023-01-27

Plastic Recycling Webinar - January 25, 2023
2023-01-24 - 2023-01-25
Accelerating Plastic Recycling using Virtual Reactor™ Technology
Plastic waste has become a global problem. Hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste are generated annually with less than 10% recycled. Most of the waste stream is mismanaged and ultimately landfilled, incinerated, or left polluting the natural environment.
New advanced recycling technologies are being developed to address the other 90% of contaminated, mixed waste plastics to create circular chemicals and products without the quality degradation that plagues traditional mechanical recycling processes.
This webinar, hosted by NVIDIA, takes place on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 8:00 – 9:00 AM PST and provides an overview of the plastic waste crisis and explores how the novel Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation software leverages the NVIDIA GPU hardware and software stack made broadly accessible via cloud computing resources to accelerate the development and commercialization of advanced recycling technologies.
Register now for this 60-minute webinar to hear from leading researchers, innovators and engineers from the University of Birmingham, Encina Development Group, CPFD Software, Microsoft Azure and NVIDIA in this 60-minute webinar

NARTC - February 6-7, 2023
2023-02-05 - 2023-02-07
The North American Refining Technology Conference (NARTC) is the World Refining Association’s regional refining event with a core focus on connecting US refineries with the cutting-edge technologies that will determine the role of refining in the Energy Transition.
NARTC focuses on the concept of “Sustainable Refining” by analysing strategies on decarbonisation & digitalisation and acting as a forum for North American refiners to set the agenda and collaborate on the sector’s short to mid-term future.
CPFD Software will be attending NARTC this year, and we hope to see you there. Please contact us if you would like to specifically arrange an in-person meeting with our team.

Webinar: Introduction to Barracuda Virtual Reactor - February 15, 2023
2023-02-15 10:00 - 11:00
CPFD will host a webinar on Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 10 am CST: Introduction to Barracuda Virtual Reactor. CPFD’s flagship software product, Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulates the 3D, transient behavior in industrial-scale, fluid-particle systems including the multiphase hydrodynamics, heat balance and chemical reactions.
Register for the webinar to join us and learn about the capabilities of Barracuda Virtual Reactor. We’ll discuss the types of systems and applications that are best suited for simulation with Virtual Reactor, including a live demonstration of the product highlighting the intuitive user interface and powerful, embedded post-processing designed to help engineers work efficiently. There will be plenty of time for Q&A at the end of the webinar.

14th FCC Forum - February 20–23, 2023
2023-02-19 - 2023-02-23
CPFD Software is pleased to sponsor the 14th FCC Forum taking place 20 – 23 February 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.
This by-invitation-only event, hosted by Technip Energies and Axens, is dedicated to their FCC Technology and related topics and will be held at the Shangri-La Bangkok Hotel on the Chao Phraya River.
CPFD invites all attendees to meet with our staff at the event.

Barracuda Virtual Reactor Web-based Training March 6-10, 2023
2023-03-05 - 2023-03-10

PSRI - Fluidization Seminar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 7-10, 2023
2023-03-06 - 2023-03-10
The purpose of the PSRI Fluidization Seminar is to supply instruction on the theory, design and operation of fluidized beds and solids transfer systems for engineers new to the field, or those who want to improve their understanding of the field. The four-day course covers the basics of fluidized beds and solids transfer, and then discusses how best to design and operate the most critical elements of fluidized beds and solids transfer such as cyclones, standpipes, gas distributors and pneumatic conveying lines.

Basic Fluidization Hydrodynamics
Gas Distributor Design and Operation
Circulating Fluidized Beds and High-Velocity Systems
Cyclone Design and Operation
Dilute and Dense-Phase Conveying
Particle Entrainment
Erosion and Particle Attrition
Standpipes and Solids Flow Systems

Our fluidization seminar and workshop is now digital. During the seminar, we will provide you with a tablet to follow along with. After the seminar, you will have access to the seminar material on the PSRI website (www.psri.org) under your membership login.
PSRI offers a student discount on our seminars.

AFPM Annual Meeting - March 19-21, 2023
2023-03-19 - 2023-03-21
The Annual Meeting is the world’s premier refining meeting, assembling key executives, decision-makers, and technical experts from refining businesses, technology providers, contracting and consulting firms, and equipment manufacturers around the world.

NVIDIA GTC, March 20-23, 2023
2023-03-19 - 2023-03-23
NVIDIA GTC is the developer conference for the era of AI. It’s where students, developers, researchers, creators, IT decision-makers, and business leaders gather to learn how to shape our world with the power of AI, computer graphics, data science, and more. Learn more and register here for this no-cost event.

AMI Chemical Recycling - March 20-22, 2023
2023-03-20 - 2023-03-22
CPFD Software will be exhibiting at the event. We hope to see you there to discuss our recent work with chemical recycling technologies. Read more here.
The third edition of the Chemical Recycling event is returning to Houston on March 20-22, 2023 at The Westin Houston Medical Center and explores the landscape of chemical recycling, it’s potential impact, as well as progress made across the value chain to incorporate the technologies into the North American recycling industry.
Chemical Recycling will cover the various technologies collected under the term “chemical or advanced recycling” as well as what is further required to bring them to scale. As sustainability continues to dominate the conversation in the plastics industry, get to know how this emerging sector is assisting the transition to a circular economy with high level presentations, interactive sessions and extensive networking time with representatives from across the supply chain. This event is relevant for anyone looking to understand the current market for advanced recycling and connect with key players in the industry.
Register here.

NVIDIA AI City Forum 2023 - March 21, 2023
2023-03-20 - 2023-03-21
CPFD Software is excited to be speaking at the AI City Forum 2023, March 21, 2023, hosted by our partners Mark III Systems and NVIDIA. Read more here.
Accelerated computing is enabling energy companies to power our lives with more sustainable fuels and resilient grids, empowering healthcare professionals to deliver personalized medical care, and equipping IT teams with powerful tools to protect against cybersecurity threats.
To explore the possibilities, join us at the AI City Forum 2023, a thought leadership conference hosted by Mark III Systems and NVIDIA in Houston, Texas. This one-day event, coordinated with NVIDIA GTC, will feature innovators across the energy, healthcare and life sciences, and IT sectors.
Learn more about AI City Forum 2023 and register here.

2023 International Petrochemical Conference - March 26-28, 2022
2023-03-26 - 2023-03-28
IPC is one of the largest petrochemical events in the world, attracting more than 3,000 participants from 525 companies in 55 different countries. In addition to private meeting spaces and networking events, attendees will hear from industry leaders on key political, economic and environmental issues facing the petrochemical industry.

Tecplot 360 for Beginners Webinar - March 29, 2023
2023-03-29
In this webinar, you’ll get firsthand tips and best practices for loading, analyzing, and communicating your results. Hosted by Tecplot experts Jared and Brandon, you’ll learn how 360 and its suite of tools will help you work more effectively.
Agenda

Touring the Tecplot 360 User Interface
Loading your data
Manipulating your plot view
Exploring your data with zone styles, slices, iso-surfaces, and streamlines
Calculating new quantities using the equation editor and built-in functions
Extracting data over time
Line Plotting for engineering decision making
Exporting your results as images and videos
Your questions

If you can’t attend the live webinar, register anyway to receive a link to the recording. Register here.

SPE GCS Annual Symposium - April 6, 2023
2023-04-06
The energy industry is undergoing a swift transition towards a more sustainable energy balance. The drive towards net-zero emissions is intensifying, propelled by regulations, global citizens’ efforts, and technological advancements in the energy sector. Simulations play a crucial role in aiding industries and communities to transition to a greener future, accelerating the pace of progress towards net-zero emissions. Achieving an accurate digital representation of a sustainable energy system requires a multi-disciplinary approach that encompasses a range of techniques, from simple correlations to highly sophisticated numerical analysis such as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA), to ensure a safe, dependable, and efficient energy transformation.

The purpose of this symposium is to provide comprehensive information and insights regarding the role of modeling and simulations in accomplishing low-carbon goals in the energy industry. With a highly impressive agenda and a prestigious lineup of speakers from various sectors, including the industry, academia, and software vendors, this symposium offers a unique opportunity for experts to share their knowledge and experiences.

The agenda encompasses technical presentations that delve into the applications of CFD/FEA modeling and other computational tools to tackle the challenges associated with energy balance. These presentations will cover a wide range of topics, including but not limited to Energy Storage, Wind Energy, Hydrogen Energy, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Geothermal, Bioenergy, Solar Energy, Emission Measurement and Control, Battery and e-Fluids Thermal Management.

Register now.

Decarbonisation Technology Summit - April 19-20, 2023
2023-04-19 - 2023-04-20
Decarbonisation Technology Summit Europe, organised by Decarbonisation Technology, brings together a cross-market community including experts from downstream oil and gas, renewable energy production, energy intensive industries (EIIs), energy production companies, technology providers, Governments and infrastructure and more.
Make sure you save the date – 19-20 April 2023 – as we power the transition to sustainable fuels and energy by facilitating collaboration between energy producers, their biggest customers and the technology experts developing solutions for all, as well as explore cutting edge global decarbonisation technologies, solutions, and supporting infrastructures. Don’t miss this unparalleled opportunity to gain actionable insights and ready-to-implement solutions for the next steps in energy transition. Register your interest today to be the first to learn about 2023 event news!

The 12th China Congress on Particle Technology, April 21st-24th, 2023
2023-04-21 - 2023-04-24
In order to promote academic exchanges in the fields of particles and powders, promote discipline development and technological innovation, and help talents grow, it is guided by the China Association for Science and Technology, hosted by the Chinese Society for Particles, Hainan Science and Technology Association, China Particles Society Energy Particle Materials Professional Committee, Hainan The 12th China Particle Conference, hosted by the University and co-organized by Guangzhou University, South China University of Technology, and Beijing Coast Hongmeng Standard Material Technology Co., Ltd., will be held on April 21-24, 2023 at the Hilton Haikou Luneng Hotel, Haikou City, Hainan Province held .
The theme of the 12th China Particle Conference is “Innovation Boosts Double Carbon, Green Empowers Development”. This conference is a national high-level large-scale comprehensive academic conference in the field of particle science that meets the development needs of our society and inherits the previous academic annual meetings of our society. The conference focuses on the scientific research progress, industrial development and talent growth in the related fields of granulology, and collects scientific papers (abstracts) for scientific and technological workers in the granulology and powder industries and related fields such as chemical industry, energy, materials, medicine and environment. . The 2022 Chinese Particle Society Awards will be presented at the conference. The conference will also select the Youth Report Award and the Excellent Poster Award. Submissions are welcome.
At the same time as the China Particle Conference, an exhibition of particle/powder instruments, equipment, products and applications will be held, including particle/powder testing and analysis instruments, preparation equipment, products and their applications in chemical industry, energy, materials, medicine and the environment, etc. , Welcome relevant units to actively sign up for the exhibition.

IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference - April, 23-27, 2023
2023-04-23 - 2023-04-27
CPFD Software will be exhibiting at the conference. Read more here.
The best and brightest in the cement industry are coming together at the Dallas Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas, April 23rd – 27th for the 65th annual IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference. Join us at the most prestigious gathering of cement and concrete industry professionals.
Registration is now open.

Technical paper presentations from industry thought leaders
Training sessions
Professional development opportunities
A state of the industry economic forecast
150 preferred supplier exhibits
Cement Plant Tour
Networking opportunities

Barracuda Virtual Reactor Web-based Training April 24-28, 2023
2023-04-24 - 2023-04-28

BASF's FCC Fundamentals & Optimization Seminar 2023
2023-05-02 - 2023-05-04
BASF Refinery Catalysts is excited to announce the return of the FCC Seminar on May 2-4, 2023 in Savannah, GA, USA.
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at BASF’s FCC Fundamentals & Optimization Seminar 2023, May, 2-4, 2023. VP of Engineering Peter Loezos will discuss FCC simulation technology.

The seminar delivers fundamental FCC operation, optimization and troubleshooting knowledge and includes classroom style training, interactive discussions, workshops, a plant tour of our Savannah facility and ample networking opportunities. It will start on May 2 at 7am with a networking breakfast and conclude on May 4 at 12:35pm with lunch.

PSRI - Fluidization Seminar in Chicago, Illinois, May 9-12, 2023
2023-05-09 - 2023-05-12
CPFD’s Peter Blaser will give an invited guest lecture about “Simulation of Industrial-Scale Fluidized Beds and Fluid-Particle Systems” on Thursday, May 11, at the PSRI Fluidization Seminar, taking place May 9-12, 2023 at PSRI’s headquarters in Chicago, IL.
The purpose of the PSRI Fluidization Seminar is to supply instruction on the theory, design and operation of fluidized beds and solids transfer systems for engineers new to the field, or those who want to improve their understanding of the field. The four-day course covers the basics of fluidized beds and solids transfer, and then discusses how best to design and operate the most critical elements of fluidized beds and solids transfer such as cyclones, standpipes, gas distributors and pneumatic conveying lines.

Basic Fluidization Hydrodynamics
Gas Distributor Design and Operation
Circulating Fluidized Beds and High-Velocity Systems
Cyclone Design and Operation
Dilute and Dense-Phase Conveying
Particle Entrainment
Erosion and Particle Attrition
Standpipes and Solids Flow Systems

Learn more about the May fluidization seminar and workshop or register here.

AWS Energy Symposium - May 17, 2023
2023-05-16 - 2023-05-17
CPFD Software will be speaking at the event. Read more here.
The energy industry is evolving at a rapid pace due to many factors; from the acceleration of the energy transition, new sources of energy production being introduced into the energy mix, increasing electrification across industries, changing customer behaviors and expectations, and the need to provide reliable, affordable energy to meet current demand. These drivers are driving a more interconnected, data-rich, more complex energy systems. Join us at the symposium to learn about how the Energy Systems of the Future will enable organizations to optimize their businesses and accelerate innovation through new data-driven solutions based on AWS technologies for advanced analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), internet of things (IoT) and edge computing, high-performance computing (HPC), and autonomous machines supported by next gen connectivity solutions.

Hi-Key Technology Online Training - Series Training I: On the cyclone application using Barracuda, May 18th, 2023
2023-05-18
Beijing Hi-key Technology Co. Ltd., is CPFD Software’s distributor in the People’s Republic of China. If you are located there and are interested in attending a training, please email them here.
In order to help everyone better understand and learn Barracuda software, Hi-Key Technology has planned four courses recently, covering four aspects of cyclone separator, passive scalar, FCC and pulverized coal gasification. The course theme training schedule is as follows:
May 18 Barracuda Software Training Series 1: Cyclone Separator Direction
May 24 Barracuda software training series II: Passive scalar orientation
May 31 Barracuda software training series III: FCC orientation
June 7 Barracuda software training series 4: direction of pulverized coal gasification
Barracuda, developed based on CPFD (Computational Particle Fluid Dynamics) technology, is a commercial software package dedicated to industrial-level fluidization and chemical reaction simulation. With its fast simulation modeling method, efficient and stable multiphase flow coupling solver, The convenient chemical reaction modeling method and the number of industrial-grade particle simulations are well applied in the simulation of flue gas desulfurization and denitrification. Compared with traditional CFD software, Barracuda can realize the simulation analysis of industrial equipment in a shorter time and meet the needs of industrial simulation.

Fluidization XVII - May 21-25, 2023
2023-05-21 - 2023-05-25
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at Fluidization XVII.
CPFD’s staff are authors on two presentations:

Today’s Tools in the Scale up and Optimization of Today’s Fluidized Processes will be presented by James Parker at 3:45 PM on Monday, May 22, 2022 in Modelling Session 2: Systems Modeling. This work is co-authored by Ray Cocco (PSRI) and Peter Blaser (CPFD Software).
The Development of Improved Particle Drag Force Correlations for CFD Simulation will also be presented by James Parker at 4:00 PM on Wednesday, May 24 in Modelling Session 6: Coarse Grained Simulations.

Additional information about each presentation is available here.
Fluidization XVII will aim to bridge fundamental research and emerging applications of fluidization for novel fluidization technologies. The 17th iteration of this conference will bring together world renowned experts in the field.
With a long established tradition, this series of conferences has been held all over the world tackling challenges and successes with the design and operation of fluidized beds and similar fluid-particle systems. This newest session will continue to play this role and stimulate the interplay between the academic and industrial communities to address the challenges for the future of fluidization technology.

Hi-Key Technology Online Training - Series Training 2: On the passive scalar application using Barracuda, May 24th, 2023
2023-05-24
