CPFD Software will participate in the ASME 2026 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. As part of the technical program, Saurav Mitra, Senior Staff Engineer, will present the paper “Graph Neural Network Reduced-Order Models for Multiphase CFD: Fluidized Bed and Hydraulic Fracturing Applications”.
CPFD Software will be attending Realize LIVE Americas 2026, taking place June 1-4 in Detroit, Michigan. CPFD will participate in the APA partner exhibit, showcasing advanced engineering and simulation technologies available through the Siemens ecosystem, and will present as part of a dedicated APA session in the conference Knowledge Theater
CPFD announces the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 26.0 that includes new capabilities and options to improve accuracy, speed, and extend the software capabilities.
This webinar on Barracuda Virtual Reactor 26.0, to be hosted by CPFD on May 20, 2026, provides overview of new features and enhancements including new collision model, particle resolution distribution, and more.
CPFD is pleased to be a Silver Sponsor at tcbiomass+2026, where we will be staging an exhibit and giving an invited guest lecture at the “Fundamentals of Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass” pre-conference training.
CPFD Software is proud to announce that it has joined the American Foundry Society (AFS).
Beijing Hi-key Technology Co. Ltd., CPFD Software’s distributor for Barracuda Virtual Reactor in the People’s Republic of China, has announced a series of online and in-person training courses for 2026
CPFD Software and Siemens will jointly host an upcoming webinar on April 8, 2026, 8 AM Central, to introduce Arena-flow, now available through the Siemens Advanced Partner Alliance.
CPFD Software is pleased to announce a direct distribution and collaboration agreement with ASK Chemicals Japan Co., Ltd.
CPFD Software is pleased to once again sponsor and participate in the SPE-GCS Annual Symposium. Saurav Mitra of CPFD Software will present “AI-Accelerated Reduced-Order Modeling for Dense Gas/Liquid-Solid Flows Using Barracuda Virtual Reactor (MP-PIC): An Industrial Perspective.”
In this webinar, we will present the Cement Calciner Decomposition Furnace Application Model, which uses Barracuda Virtual Reactor to simulate an industrial-scale calciner. The model captures the coupled gas–solid hydrodynamics, coal combustion, devolatilization, and limestone calcination within a fully compressible, reacting multiphase flow framework.
This installment in the series will focus on the Direct Reduced Iron Shaft Furnace Application Model, which provides a detailed digital twin of a full-scale DRI shaft furnace based on operating data from a commercial plant in Quebec, Canada. The model captures key process zones, including cooling, reducing, and transition regions, using a moving bed framework with compressible flow, volumetric and discrete reaction chemistry, and user-defined reaction kinetics.
CPFD Software (CPFD) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a software licensing agreement with Alléo Energy for use of CPFD’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor fluid-particle simulation software. Alléo…
CPFD Software, together with KWT Solution Inc., are hosting a workshop focused on emerging applications of fluidization technology, taking place on Friday, March 20, 2026 in Daejeon.
CPFD Software has continued its longstanding support of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers‘ Particle Technology Forum by sponsoring the PTF Student Poster Awards and congratulates 2025 winners, Krutarth Pandit and Alejandro Gallegos Tovar.
CPFD Software’s Barracuda Application Model Webinar Series is designed to give engineers and researchers deeper insight into how Barracuda Virtual Reactor is applied to real-world challenges. This installment in the series will focus on the Proppant Transport in Hydraulic Fractures Application Model, which provides a detailed digital twin of lab-scale fracture flow.
CPFD Software would like to announce dates for our Barracuda Virtual Reactor Web-based Training courses in 2026.
Arena-flow is now available through the Altair Partner Alliance (APA).
CPFD announces the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 25.1 that includes new thermal wall specifications, particle filtering by baffles, and more.
This webinar on Barracuda Virtual Reactor 25.1, to be hosted by CPFD on November 12, 2025, provides overview of new features and enhancements including specifying heat transfer rate and flux at Thermal Walls, filtering particles by size through baffles, and more.
CPFD Software is pleased to announce its participation in Metalcasting 2026, taking place April 14-16, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
CPFD Software is proud to announce that, together with partners EvoPhase and the University of Birmingham, our joint project “Autonomous Design of Reactors using AI” has been selected as a finalist in the 2025 IChemE Global Awards under the Oil, Gas and Energy Transition category.
CPFD Software will be giving lectures on “Simulation of Industrial-Scale Fluidized Beds and Fluid-Particle Systems” at PRSI’s Fluidization Seminars in Korea, Houston, and Chicago in 2026
CPFD Software will host a live webinar on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 10 a.m. CDT, “Getting Started with Arena-flow 12.0”.
CPFD announces the release of Arena-flow® 12.0 that allows users to initialize a case using sand information from a previous simulation and other usability enhancements.
CPFD Software’s Sam Clark will be giving a lecture on “Simulation of Industrial-Scale Fluidized Beds and Fluid-Particle Systems” at PRSI’s Fluidization Seminars in Basel and in Chicago
CPFD Software is pleased to announce that the 2026 Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference will be held from June 24 – 26, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois.
CPFD Software is pleased to launch our new Barracuda Application Model Webinar Series, designed to give engineers deeper insight into how Barracuda is applied to real-world challenges. This first webinar in the series will focus on the Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustor (CFBC) Application Model.
Join us at INCHEM TOKYO 2025! Barracuda Virtual Reactor’s distributor in Japan, Terrabyte, will be hosting an exhibit, and Peter Blaser, CPFD’s Vice President of Operations, will present on “Optimizing Fluidized Bed Performance and Reliability with Virtual Reactor Simulation”.
CPFD Software is pleased to announce that it has entered into a software licensing agreement with Lawrence Wang Ltd. and Shaanxi Xinli Nozzle Research and Development Co.
CPFD Software is pleased to announce that Dr. Peter Loezos, Vice President of Engineering, will be speaking at the European Refining Technology Conference (ERTC), taking place November 17–20, 2025, in Cannes, France.
CPFD is continuing its longstanding support of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual meeting by presenting a paper and sponsoring the Particle Technology Forum (PTF) Student Poster Awards.
Fondrémy Inc., in collaboration with LAEMPE REICH, used Arena-flow to improve casting quality and reduce tooling costs for a complex water pump housing.
CPFD Software is pleased to welcome Keshav Ramchandran to the team as a CFD Engineer. Keshav previously interned with CPFD, and we’re excited to have him return in a full-time role.
Playback is now available for CPFD’s webinar on introducing Arena-flow, our advanced simulation tool for sand core and mold blowing/shooting and curing.
CPFD Software is pleased to announce that Matt Black, former support engineer, is working with us once again.
CPFD Software is pleased to announce that Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 25.0 is now available to Altair customers through the Altair Partner Alliance (APA).
CPFD Software is excited to host a live webinar on June 18, 2025 introducing Arena-flow, our advanced simulation tool for sand core and mold blowing/shooting and curing.
CPFD Software is proud to announce that it has entered into a software licensing agreement with LaempeReich for CPFD’s Arena-flow simulation software.
CPFD Software is pleased to announce that Saurav Mitra has joined our team as a Senior Staff Engineer
CPFD announces the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 25.0 that includes new wall impact models, usability enhancements, and more.
This article highlights the collaboration between CPFD Software and UTEP in utilizing Barracuda Virtual Reactor for advanced research on improving the efficiency of co-gasification of biomass and MSW for hydrogen production
This webinar on Barracuda Virtual Reactor 25.0, to be hosted by CPFD on April 30, 2025, provides overview of new features and enhancements including new and improved Wall Impact models, location user-defined expressions, and more.
CPFD Software is pleased to announce the renewal of its software licensing agreement with Aurrenak & Loramendi Group, reaffirming their continued use of the Arena-Flow simulation software.
CPFD Software are excited to exhibit at CastExpo 2025. Join us at the event to learn how Arena-flow can assist OEMs, foundries, and tooling suppliers worldwide in minimizing scrap, cycle times, consumable usage, energy costs, carbon footprint, and new tooling startup costs in their processes.
Through partnership with CPFD Software, ZEG Power is set to integrate the Barracuda Virtual Reactor software into their ZEG ICC technology development workflow to model complex fluid-particle interactions, heat transfer, and chemical reactions within the Sorption Enhanced Reforming (SER) hydrogen production process
CPFD Software is pleased to announce that Thomas Brandt has joined our team as Manager, Foundry Products and Services, to lead the Arena-flow engineering software business
Beijing Hi-key Plus Technology Co. Ltd., CPFD Software’s distributor for Barracuda Virtual Reactor in the People’s Republic of China, has announced a series of online and in-person training courses for 2025
CPFD Software’s Peter Blaser will be giving a lecture on “Simulation of Industrial-Scale Fluidized Beds and Fluid-Particle Systems” on April 24th, 2025 at PSRI’s Fluidization Seminar in Chicago
Barracuda Virtual Reactor, CPFD Software’s advanced CFD tool, achieved up to 2x faster performance on NVIDIA’s GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip compared to previous optimal hardware, setting new benchmarks for industrial-scale fluid-particle simulations. These speedups enable more complex and comprehensive reactor modeling, driving innovation in refining, renewable fuels, and other heavy industries.
This article highlights the collaboration between CPFD Software and the University of Luxembourg in utilizing Barracuda Virtual Reactor for advanced research on improving the efficiency of hydrogen-based iron ore reduction using fluidized bed technologies.
CPFD Software would like to announce dates for our Barracuda Virtual Reactor Web-based Training courses in 2025.
CPFD Software has continued its longstanding support of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers‘ Particle Technology Forum by sponsoring the PTF Student Poster Awards and congratulates 2024 winners, Ishani Karki Kudva and Seyedamin Razavi.
At the recent 2024 Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference, Martin Weng, shared insights on his team’s simulation work in the cement industry and highlighted the efficiency gains made possible through Tecplot’s Python API, PyTecplot, which reduced project man-hours by 20%
CPFD announces the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 24.1 that includes new physics capabilities, usability enhancements, and a new pattern for specifying cloud resolution at the global, species, and IC/BC levels.
This webinar on Barracuda Virtual Reactor 24.1, to be hosted by CPFD on October 30, 2024, provides overview of new features and enhancements including enhanced specification of cloud resolution, thermal wall BC heat transfer resistance, and other updates.
CPFD Software is pleased to announce that we are now the global provider of the Arena-flow Sand Core Engineering CAE software product, including responsibility for software development, licensing, support, training and services.
CPFD Software announces expansion of its development team with the addition of R&D engineer Anshika Agarwal
CPFD Software are excited to participate in Altair’s ATCx Discrete Element Method virtual conference. VP of Operations Peter Blaser will be speaking on “Complementing DEM for Large-Scale, Thermal, Reacting, Multiphase Systems”.
CPFD will be speaking at the 2024 GSTC Annual Conference, October 7-9, 2024. Bryan Tomsula will be giving a joint presentation with Andrew Kramer from Sungas Renewables on “Data-Informed Simulation for Accelerating Biofuels and Alternative Feedstock Utilization”.
This article highlights the collaboration between CPFD Software and the LUT University in utilizing Barracuda Virtual Reactor for pioneering research on calcium looping carbon capture technology development
CPFD will be attending 2024 AFPM Summit, October 15-17. VP of Operations Peter Blaser will be giving a joint presentation with Rob Montgomery of Chevron Pascagoula entitled “Chevron Pascagoula FCC Regenerator Optimization via Modeling”.
Beijing Hi-key Technology Co. Ltd., CPFD Software’s distributor for Barracuda Virtual Reactor in the People’s Republic of China, has announced a series of online and in-person training courses for H2 2024
The recordings from our recent Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference, held in Chicago this past June, are now available for viewing
We’re excited to announce that CPFD Software has expanded and refurbished our headquarters at Republic Square in Houston, Texas.
CPFD Software is excited to be a Silver Sponsor for the Society of Petroleum Engineers – Gulf Coast Section, CFD Group’s Annual Symposium. This year’s session is subtitled “AI Accelerated Physics Based Modelling and its Role in Energy Industry”.
CPFD announces the release of Arena-flow® 11.0 that includes usability enhancements and automated plotting for monitoring running simulations.
CPFD Software supports a collaborative effort with Molten Industries and US Steel to eliminate carbon emissions from iron reduction. This innovative approach uses renewable energy to produce hydrogen and solid graphite, offering a 75% reduction in energy intensity compared to alternative technologies.
CPFD is continuing its longstanding support of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual meeting by chairing a session, presenting a paper, and sponsoring the Particle Technology Forum (PTF) Student Poster Awards.
CPFD Software’s Peter Blaser will be giving a lecture on “Simulation of Industrial-Scale Fluidized Beds and Fluid-Particle Systems” on September 12th, 2024 at PSRI’s Fluidization Seminar in Chicago
CPFD Software is excited to announce that Keshav Ramchandran of Texas A&M will be joining the team as a summer intern for 2024.
Speakers have been announced for the Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2024 which will be held at the W Chicago – Lakeshore hotel, immediately following the PSRI Annual Meeting.
CPFD announces the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 24.0 that includes new physics capabilities, usability enhancements, and automated plotting for monitoring running simulations.
Sponsors have been announced for the Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2024 which will be held at the W Chicago – Lakeshore hotel, immediately following the PSRI Annual Meeting.
Beijing Hi-key Technology Co. Ltd., CPFD Software’s distributor for Barracuda Virtual Reactor in the People’s Republic of China, has announced a series of online and in-person training courses for 2024
This webinar on Barracuda Virtual Reactor 24.0, to be hosted by CPFD on May 8, 2024, provides overview of new features and enhancements including rotating and time-varying gravity, particle-to-particle thermal conduction, and SFF option to disable interpolation between rows.
CPFD will be attending tcbiomass2024, September 10-12. CPFD is pleased to be a Silver Sponsor at the event and will be staging an exhibit.
CPFD Software enters into a 2-year software licensing contract with ENEA of Italy. ENEA uses Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation software for the simulation of a dual fluidized bed (DFB) system aimed at the modelling of several components of the EU research infrastructure ZECOMIX (Zero Emissions of Carbon with Mixed technologies).
This article highlights the collaboration between CPFD Software and the University of Hull in utilizing Barracuda Virtual Reactor for pioneering research on low-carbon hydrogen production through Sorption-enhanced steam reforming, showcasing the software’s efficiency, scalability, and pivotal role in advancing sustainable technologies.
CPFD Software are excited to participate in Altair’s upcoming webinar titled “Exploring Altair’s Solutions for Granular, Fluid, and Coupled Fluid-Particle Applications”. The webinar is scheduled to take place on March 20, 2024, from 10-11 AM EDT.
CPFD Software announced that it has entered into a software licensing and services agreement with ACT-ion Battery Technologies. ACT-ion Battery Technologies are developing a novel continuous supercritical hydrothermal manufacturing process for coated single crystal cathode active materials in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory.
CPFD Software’s Sam Clark will give a lecture about “Simulation of Industrial-Scale Fluidized Beds and Fluid-Particle Systems” on March 7th, 2024 at PSRI’s Fluidization Seminar in Heidelberg, Germany
CPFD Software announced that it has entered into a software licensing agreement with Simonpietri Enterprises LLC to model gasification reactions to generate clean hydrogen fuel out of construction and demolition debris solid wastes.
CPFD Software’s Peter Blaser would gave a lecture about “Simulation of Industrial-Scale Fluidized Beds and Fluid-Particle Systems” on February 8th, 2024 at PSRI’s Fluidization Seminar in Chicago
CPFD Software will exhibit at the 2024 AMI Chemical Recycling Conference in Houston, Texas. Join us to learn Barracuda Virtual Reactor’s potential to reduce development risk while accelerating the scale-up and commercialization of advanced recycling technologies.
As 2023 draws to a close, we pause to remember and honor the life and legacy of Dale M. Snider, our co-founder, who passed away earlier this year.
CPFD opens registration for the Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2024 which will be held at the W Chicago – Lakeshore hotel, immediately following the PSRI Annual Meeting.
CPFD Software has continued its longstanding support of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers‘ Particle Technology Forum by sponsoring the PTF Student Poster Awards and congratulates 2023 winners, Shota Miyake and Ashin Sunny.
CPFD Software’s Niraj Mehta has been invited to speak at Season 3 of Altair’s Tech Brew series.
CPFD announces the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 23.1 includes new physics models to more realistically model gas bubbles in liquid domains, as well as systems with multiple particle and bubble species that have distinctly different close pack volume fractions.
Barracuda Virtual Reactor has been shortlisted in the “Digital Technology of the Year” category as part of the ERTC Industry Awards.
This webinar on Barracuda Virtual Reactor 23.1, to be hosted by CPFD on November 8, 2023, provides overview of new features and enhancements like bubble coalescence and breakup, per-species close pack volume fraction, and new data output options.
Dr. Peter Loezos, VP of Engineering at CPFD Software, has been invited to speak at BASF’s “Turnaround risk reduction through FCCU simulation” webinar
CPFD is continuing its longstanding support of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual meeting by chairing a session, presenting a paper, and sponsoring the Particle Technology Forum (PTF) Student Poster Awards.
CPFD Software announced that it has entered into a software licensing agreement with Aurora Hydrogen, who are developing a clean hydrogen production technology that utilizes efficient microwave energy without generating any CO2 emissions or consuming water.
CPFD Software was nominated for “Best Modeling Technology” for “Barracuda Virtual Reactor Simulation Technology for Vapor-Liquid-Solid Processes” at the Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards
CPFD Software announces expansion of its team of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) experts by adding Pramod Bangalore as a Senior CFD Engineer.
CPFD Software was nominated for “Best Modeling Technology” for “Barracuda Virtual Reactor Simulation Technology for Vapor-Liquid-Solid Processes” at the Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards
Rescale will host a webinar alongside CPFD Software and Aerotak on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 9:30am CDT: Increase Performance & Accelerate Barracuda Virtual Reactor Simulations in the Cloud.
CPFD Software announces expansion of its team by adding Tanner Stelmach to its growing team of experts in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applications.
Dr. Peter Loezos, VP of Engineering at CPFD Software, has been invited to speak at BASF’s “Turnaround risk reduction through FCCU simulation” webinar
Peter Blaser, CPFD Software’s VP of Operations, will be speaking at the 54th Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (SCEJ) Autumn Meeting Luncheon Seminar on September 12th, 2023, in Fukuoaka, Japan, virtually.
CPFD Software is exhibiting at the 2023 ERTC in Italy
CPFD Software and the global Barracuda Virtual Reactor user’s conference was held from June 19 – 21, 2024 at Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.
Terrabyte Co. Ltd. and CPFD Software have entered into an agreement establishing Terrabyte as the newest international Barracuda Virtual Reactor distributor. Customers in Japan can now obtain software licensing, support, and training directly from Terrabyte.
CPFD Software is thrilled to announce that we have joined the Altair Partner Alliance (APA). APA-enabled Altair customers can now enjoy instant-access to Barracuda Virtual Reactor, expanding Altair’s modeling capabilities and directly complementing their EDEM discrete element method software.
CPFD announces the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 23.0 which provides users with more control over drag models and material properties with more enhanced features.
CPFD Software (Houston, TX) and Renix have entered into a software licensing agreement. By leveraging the modelling capabilities of Barracuda Virtual reactor, Renix is able to quickly develop and optimize its systems for a host of customer applications as a result.
This webinar on Barracuda Virtual Reactor 23.0 to be hosted by CPFD on June ’23 provides overview of new features and enhancements like new drag models, temperature dependant material density, secondary feed GUI improvements and pid_controller script.
Mr. Rajat Barua, President & CEO of CPFD Software has been invited to speak at the AWS Energy Symposium on May 17, 2023 as part of the “Leading edge, disruptive innovators across the energy industry” panel in the “High-Performance Computing for Subsurface and Energy” track.
Beijing Hi-key Technology Co. Ltd which is CPFD Software’s distributor in Republic of China is planning and organizing series of training programs to help people learn Barracuda software better, along with In-person training scheduled in Beijing during September 2023.
Dr. Peter Loezos, VP Engineering at CPFD Software has been invited to speak at BASF’s FCC Fundamentals & Optimization Seminar 2023 to discuss FCC simulation technology.
CPFD Software announces expansion of its team by adding Dr. Shashank Karra to its growing team of experts who is skilled in thermal-fluid sciences and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applications.
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at Fluidization XVII on May 21-25, 2023 in Edinburgh Scotland. James Parker would present on ‘Today’s Tools in the Scale up and Optimization of Today’s Fluidized Processes’ and ‘The Development of Improved Particle Drag Force Correlations for CFD Simulation’. The work is co-authored by Ray Cocco (PSRI) and Peter Blaser (CPFD Software).
CPFD Software’s Peter Blaser would gave a lecture about “Simulation of Industrial-Scale Fluidized Beds and Fluid-Particle Systems” on Thursday, May 11, 2023 which is highly recommended for engineers and researchers working with fluidized bed and fluid-particle processes.
CPFD Software will exhibit how its Software Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation is used to troubleshoot and correct undesirable calciner and preheater behavior related to emissions, afterburn etc. while increasing reliability, uptime and alternative fuel flexibility, at 2023 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference in Dallas, Texas, April 23-27.
Niraj Mehta, Solutions Engineer at CPFD Software, will speak on “Accelerating the Energy Transition with Virtual Reactor on NVIDIA GPUs” at NVIDIA AI City Forum in Houston, Texas on March 21′ 23. The forum aims at empowering healthcare professionals to deliver personalized medical care, and equipping IT teams with powerful tools to protect against cybersecurity threats.
CPFD Software will exhibit its Software Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation’s potential to reduce development risk while accelerating the scale-up and commercialization of advanced recycling technologies at the 2023 AMI Chemical Recycling Conference in Houston, Texas in March 20-22.
CPFD Software Partners with Microsoft, Encina, and NVIDIA to Aid Development of Novel Plastic Recycling Technologies and to advance the urgent and vital work of designing next-generation recycling facilities.
This webinar introduces CPFD’s flagship software product, Barracuda Virtual Reactor which simulates the 3D, transient behavior in industrial-scale, fluid-particle systems including the multiphase hydrodynamics, heat balance and chemical reactions.
NVIDIA will be hosting an hour long webinar on how Barracuda Virtual Reactor leverages NVIDIA technology as well as cloud computing to accelerate the development of plastics recycling technologies.
CPFD Software continued its longstanding support of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers‘ (AIChE) Particle Technology Forum (PTF) by sponsoring the PTF Student Poster Awards and congratulated Anuj Joshi, Yael Suárez, and Hailey Loehde-Woolard, winners of the 2022 Student Poster Competition.
CPFD Software announces the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 22.1 which introduces Lagrangian gas/vapor bubbles available in incompressible simulations, GUI BC Dialog Redesign, batch_movie Improvements and updated version of Tecplot for Barracuda: 2022 R1.
This webinar, jointly presented by CPFD Software and Rescale, shows how just how easy and secure it can be to get up and running with Barracuda Virtual Reactor in the cloud with Rescale.
Peter Blaser, Vice President of Operations at CPFD, has been invited to speak virtually on “Powering the Impossible: Addressing our Planet’s Toughest Sustainably Challenges” at Big Compute 22 on November 9th, 2022.
CPFD hosted a webinar on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 9 am CST: Getting Started with Virtual Reactor 22.1. presenting Barracuda Virtual Reactor’s multiphase simulation capabilities for vapor/liquid/solid (VLS) systems, and introduced Lagrangian gas/vapor bubbles for incompressible simulations.
CPFD Software and Anellotech, Inc. (Pearl River, NY) announce their software licensing agreement. Anellotech aims to use CPFD’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor® as part of the design process for a commercial-scale fluidized bed reactor for its cutting-edge Plas-TCat™ process.
CPFD Software’s joint entry with Encina Development Group, entitled “Converting Plastic Waste into Circular Chemicals” is a finalist for the 2022 Process Automation and Digitalisation Award as well as the 2022 Sustainability Award for demonstrating excellence in chemical, biochemical and process engineering.
CPFD is sponsoring the Particle Technology Forum (PTF) Student Poster Awards by continuing its longstanding support of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual meeting. Additionally, Peter Blaser, VP of Operations will be co-chairing the Fluidization: Modeling session on November 14’22 at Phoenix Convention Center.
CPFD Software announces Barracuda Virtual Reactor’s new metered licensing with new features where clients can now run multiple Barracuda cases at once regardless of the number of base licenses available.
At the 2022 AFPM Summit in San Antonio, CPFD Software will be exhibiting how Barracuda Virtual Reactor has become the standard tool for increasing the reliability and performance of FCCUs, and the latest developments for vapor/liquid/solid systems such as ebullated bed in Texas on October 18-20, 2022.
CPFD Software’s joint entry with Encina Development Group, entitled “Plastic Fluid Catalytic Cracking (PFCC) Accelerated by Virtual Reactor Simulation” is a finalist for the 2022 Sustainability Award and received this recognition for a second consecutive year for changing landscapes and providing innovative solution in reducing plastic waste and recycling hard-to-recycle plastics into circular chemicals.
James Parker, CTO at CPFD Software, has been invited to speak at the 9th World Congress on Particle Technology (WCPT9) on September 18-22, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. He would present key highlights on “CFD modeling for Industrial FCC riser feed injection with extension to other vapor/liquid/solid applications”.
CPFD will be hosting a webinar on: Getting Started with Virtual Reactor 22.0 on August 10, 2022 to share recent developments, major features and enhancements in Barracuda Virtual Reactor’s multiphase simulation capabilities for vapor/liquid/solid (VLS) systems.
CPFD Software entered into a long-term software licensing contract with Kumho Petrochemical to support Kumho Petrochemical in their goals though the local distributor, Kyungwon Tech.
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at the 2022 European Refining Technology Conference in November 7-10, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. Peter Loezos, Vice President of Engineering, would present on “New Vapor/Liquid/Solid simulation Capabilities for FCC Risers, Ebullated Beds and Chemical Recycling of Plastics”.
CPFD announces live stream option for the Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2022. The conference livestreaming is provided to those who can not attend the in-person event.
CPFD Software enters into a 2-year software licensing contract with ENEA of Italy. ENEA uses CPFD Software’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation software for the simulation of a dual fluidized bed (DFB) system aimed at the modelling of several components of the EU research infrastructure ZECOMIX (Zero Emissions of Carbon with Mixed technologies).
CPFD Software has a new headquarter at the newly renovated Republic Square in the Energy Corridor, at 13501 Katy Fwy, Suite 3505, Houston, TX, 77079.
Dr. James Parker, CTO at CPFD has been invited to speak at the 2022 NETL Multiphase Flow Science Workshop, presenting on “Application of MP-PIC method to Ebullated Bed Reactors”.
CPFD Software enters into a software licensing and services agreement with Skeleton Technologies (Germany). Barracuda is helping Skeleton increase their in depth knowledge & understanding and streamlining their production, further increase thier confidence level in thier future development goals.
CPFD Software announces the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 22.0. This is a feature release that expands modeling capabilities via new physics models, improves usability, and enhances post-processing.
CPFD Software announces that it has entered into a software licensing contract with Tianjin Cement Industry Design & Research Institute Co., LTD. Tianjin Cement Institute will use CPFD Software’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation software to further its technology, products, and vision.
CPFD Software ran a battery of benchmarks that compared Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulations on NVIDIA A100 GPUs to CPUs. A 50x-400x speedup was observed. The simulations that would take days or weeks can now be done in hours.
Peter Blaser at CPFD Software has been invited to speak at GLS-15, the 15th International Conference on Gas–Liquid and Gas–Liquid–Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS-15) and will present on the topic “Application of MP-PIC method to Ebullated Bed Reactors” at Ottawa, Canada on August 7-10.
Azure and CPFD have joined forces to offer customers a compelling range of options to explore Virtual Reactor on Azure and pick the best VM sizing suited to their use case requirements. Barracuda Virtual Reactor users have instant access to virtually unlimited, on-demand computational capacity through Microsoft Azure.
CPFD was has been invited to speak at the 24th Fluidized Bed Conversion Conference (FBC-24), May 8-11. Ali Akhavan, Senior Process Engineer – Fluidization, presented on “The role of GPU computing in the commercialization and scale-up of fluidized bed conversion processes”.
CPFD Software is pleased to announce addition of Dr. Sathish Sanjeevi to its team of experts as a Research Engineer.
Mr. Rajat Barua, President & CEO of CPFD Software has been invited to speak at CERAWeek 2022. Rajat Barua would present on “Convergence of digital technologies accelerates innovation” examining how these technologies have impacted other industries and are now being deployed in energy and energy-intensive applications to accelerate innovation.
CPFD opens registration for the Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2022 which will be held at the W Chicago – Lakeshore hotel, immediately following the PSRI Annual Meeting.
CPFD has been invited to speak at tcbiomass in April 19-21 CPFD and is pleased to be a Bronze Sponsor at the event and staging an exhibit. Peter Blaser will be presenting on “The role of GPU computing in accelerating commercialization and scale-up of thermochemical conversion processes” at the event.
CPFD has been invited to speak at NVIDIA GTC 2022, March 21-24, 2022. Peter Blaser (VP Operations) will present talk S42630 alongside Andy Lin of Mark III Systems and talk S42300 with Nicola Sessions and Gauhar Junnarkur, of NVIDIA and Microsoft, respectively.
Kaya Oil (Lagos, Nigeria) and CPFD Software (Houston, USA) have entered into an agreement establishing Kaya Oil as the Nigerian agent for Barracuda Virtual Reactor® to provide cutting edge diagnostic tools afforded by their specialized Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) technology to the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry, as well as to the manufacturing industry,”
CPFD Software has become an Industrial partner of CUWP Chemical Upcycling of Waste Plastics. Barracuda Virtual Reactor is enabling, and reducing the time to market for, multiple sustainability technologies that are changing our planet for the better, with a prime example being the advanced recycling / chemical recycling of plastics.
PT Ingenious (Cileungsi, Bogor, Indonesia) and CPFD Software announce that they have entered into an agreement establishing PT Ingenious as the Indonesian agent for Barracuda Virtual Reactor®. Customers in Indonesia and neighboring countries can now obtain software licensing, training, and related services directly from PT Ingenious.
CPFD Software announces that it has entered into a software licensing contract with CBMI Construction Co.Ltd. CBMI Construction will use CPFD Software’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation software to further its technology, products, and vision.
CPFD will host a webinar on 19th January, 2022: Getting Started with Virtual Reactor 21.1. Webinar focuses on major features and enhancements of the Barracuda Virtual Reactor 21.1 Release, including: GPU Acceleration Enhancements, Thermal Baffles and New Baffle Properties Dialog, Dynamic Fluid Distribution at Injection BCs, New Variables in User-Defined Expressions etc.
CPFD Software is scheduling monthly training classes starting from January 24-28, 2022. The course is designed to get you up-to-speed quickly using Virtual Reactor and bundled post-processor, Tecplot for Barracuda. Each session consists work assignments(videos, tutorials, model setup exercises, post-processing practice, etc.)
CPFD Software enteres into a software licensing contract with Wanhua Chemical Group Co. Ltd. Wanhua Chemical will use CPFD Software’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation software to further its technology, products, and vision, through their local distributor; Beijing Hi-key Technology Co. Ltd.
CPFD Software continues its longstanding support for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers‘ (AIChE) Particle Technology Forum (PTF) by sponsoring the PTF Student Poster Awards. CPFD congratulates Camila Garcia Jange and Jessica Hauck, winners of the 2021 Student Poster Competition.
CPFD Software announces the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 21.1. This release enhances the multi-GPU capabilities of Barracuda version 21.0 of the software by increasing the calculation speed of multi-GPU simulations, allowing for faster run-times. This release is bundled with new utility script batch_movie, which will streamline the video creation process.
Due to additional demand CPFD announces an additional web-based Barracuda Virtual Reactor New User Training class from December 6-10, 2021. This online training course is designed to get you up-to-speed quickly using Virtual Reactor and our bundled post-processor, Tecplot for Barracuda.
CPFD to present on the topic of “CFD Modeling and Liquid Vaporization” at AIChE’s Annual Meeting on November 8, 2021 in Boston.
This webinar, jointly presented by CPFD Software, NVIDIA, and Mark III Systems, shows how Barracuda Virtual Reactor users can get the most from their multi-GPU simulations using NVIDIA DGX A100 systems.
Save the date! CPFD Software announces that the next global Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference is scheduled for June 29 – July 1, 2022 in Chicago.
Peter Blaser, Vice President of CPFD Software, will speak online on the topic “Engineering and Design in the Cloud” during the English language Technical Leaders Track on October 13 at AWS’s EMEA Manufacturing and Industrials Symposium.
CPFD Software is pleased to announce the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 21.0.1, which is a maintenance release correcting a few issues and augmenting other features to increase efficiency.
CPFD and Tecplot, Inc. will present a joint webinar on September 22, 2021, “Analyzing Bubble Characteristics in Simulations of Fluidized Beds”. Specific features of Tecplot for Barracuda covered include Extract Blanked Zones, Extract Connected Regions, and Perform Integration.
Hydrocarbon Processing has announced CPFD Software’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor as a finalist for the 2021 Sustainability Award.
CPFD Software announces the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 21.0. This release is the first to support multi-GPU calculations, enabling users to run larger simulations than ever before, and to do so at faster speeds than any previous version of Virtual Reactor™.
CPFD will host a webinar on June 16, 2021, Getting Started with Virtual Reactor 21.0, to share the major features and enhancements of this release such as support for multi-GPU calculations.
Finally, the 13th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Technology is hosted by CFB on May 10-14, 2021 at Vancouver, Canada. The conference proceedings included multiple papers and video presentations involving Barracuda Virtual Reactor.
Hydrocarbon Processing, the downstream sector’s leading technical publication, has announced CPFD Software’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor as the 2020 winner of its Best Software Technology Award. The awards program honors the…
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CPFD Software supported Strauss Lab at McGill University by donating two Graphical Processing Units (GPUs). These donated cards will effectively double the information content in the most challenging projects, and will enable the team to tackle problems of a substantially larger scale.
CPFD’s October training class has reached capacity, so we are scheduling two additional web-based classes in 2020, targeting the European and North American time zones. For the first part of…
CPFD will be speaking at NVIDIA GTC 21, April 12-16, 2021. GTC 21 covers the most transformative technologies of our time, it is packed with breakthroughs in AI, data center, graphics, accelerated computing, intelligent networking etc.
FLSmidth utilizes Barracuda Virtual Reactor® from CPFD Software to design, to optimize and scale their unique cement calcination technology while reducing time and cost.
Update – October 1, 2020. Hydrocarbon Processing has announced CPFD Software’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor as the 2020 winner of its Best Software Technology Award.
CPFD’s Bryan Tomsula has been invited to speak at Albemarle’s FCC Process Technology Course on the topic of utilizing simulation for FCCU troubleshooting in March 2021.
CPFD team of experts Mohammadhadi Nakhaei, Damien Grévain, Lars Skaarup Jensen, Peter Glarborg, Kim Dam–Johansen and Hao Wu shared a detailed work and results with the global cement industry and Virtual Reactor user communities in January 2021.
CPFD Software announces the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 20.1. This release includes updates and enhancements that improve usability, physics, and post-processing capabilities. Some of the features include: Updated New Project Dialog, New runtime.log File, Radiation Models Moved to Global Settings Window, P-1 Radiation Model, etc.
CPFD Software and DAL Teknik Makina entered into a multi-year software licensing contract for CPFD’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor® Software. DAL Teknik uses Virtual Reactor™ to design, scale and trouble-shoot cement technology equipment and processes resulting in multiple benefits to their customers.
TechnipFMC and Suncor Energy‘s recent article, “Modelling ensures a successful revamp”. This article describes how CPFD Software’s proprietary software, Barracuda Virtual Reactor, is used to confirm the adequacy of the proposed hardware changes, fine-tune the design, and evaluate the performance to minimize risks on start-up.
CPFD Software iss highly commended for a second consecutive year by IChemE Global Awards. CPFD’s joint entry, together with ThermoChem Recovery International, USA (TRI), is entitled Digital Technology Enables Novel Waste-to-Fuels Process, and highlights TRI’s digitalization journey with Barracuda Virtual Reactor culminating in the conversion of municipal solid waste (MSW) to jet fuel.
CPFD schedules its next web-based training class for Barracuda Virtual Reactor. The class will be held in November 9th-12th to get you up-to-speed quickly using Barracuda version 20 and our new bundled post-processor, Tecplot for Barracuda.
A3V Consulting, a leading engineering solutions firm, and CPFD Software, announced a partnership to provide Barracuda Virtual Reactor to the Spanish market. Customers in Spain and neighboring countries can now contact A3V Consulting for local sales support activities
The IChemE Global Awards have announced CPFD Software as Highly Commended for a second consecutive year.
CPFD Software’s new headquarters in Houston, Texas has added new team members; Hardik Singh (Principal Engineer), Suraj Chowdhury (IT Infrastructure and Operations Director), and Dr. Sajith Sajeev (Fluidization Engineer) to CPFD’s team of experts.
CPFD has scheduled web-based training class for Barracuda Virtual Reactor from July 20-23, 2020. This online training course is designed to get you up-to-speed quickly using Barracuda version 20 and our new bundled post-processor, Tecplot for Barracuda.
Barracuda Virtual Reactor 20.0 is available for download now. CPFD Software will be hosting a webinar on Thursday, July 9, 2020 to help you get started using the new features in Virtual Reactor 20.
CPFD Software is pleased to announce the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 20.0. This release includes several major features such as Tecplot for Barracuda, the new default post-processing tool for viewing and analyzing 3-dimensional simulation results.
https://player.vimeo.com/382225837 CPFD Software has had an event packed year that would not have been possible without each of you. We’ve made a short video of just some of the memorable…
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CPFD Software is pleased to support the upcoming PSRI Fluidization Seminar and Workshop January 7th -10th, 2020 in Houston, TX. The purpose of the PSRI Fluidization Seminar is to supply instruction on the theory, design…
In TechnipFMC’s recent article, Improved Distribution of Spent Catalyst, the development of TechnipFMC’s spent catalyst distributor design from simple ‘hockey stick’ to ‘compound angle wye bathtub’ distributor is highlighted. This development has…
Tecplot, Inc, along with CPFD Software will host a joint webinar on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 12:00 PM CDT. This Webinar will help you get started using Tecplot for Barracuda while learning best practices for plotting and analyzing Virtual Reactor™ data.
CPFD Software is offering training and remote office updates to its customers and partners in response to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic.
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Following the success of the global Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2019 in Chicago, KyungWon Inc (KW Tech), CPFD Software’s South Korean distributor, is hosting a Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference…
CPFD Software is a Gold Sponsor of CFB-13, May 10-14, 2021.
CPFD Software has awarded four students a travel grant award supporting their attendance to the 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting and to the Particle Technology Forum (PTF) Awards Dinner. This year’s recipients are Gunda Harini, Georgios…
Dr. Peter Loezos has been invited to speak at Albemarle’s FCC Process Technology Course March 3rd-5th in Clear Lake, Texas to tell us about troubleshooting FCCUs.
CPFD Software’s engineering services division is actively looking for top-quality talented engineers with experience in refining, petrochemical, gasification, or other fluidization-related fields, in Houston, TX.
Join the training course “Introduction to Barracuda Virtual Reactor” in Houston, Texas. The course includes the use of Virtual Reactor™ software, including project setup, operating the solver, and post-processing.
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Rajat Barua, President of CPFD Software has been invited to speak at the 9th ARRC – JCCP/Idemitsu International Symposium, to be held on 4-6 February, 2020 in Abu Dhabi. The topic is ‘Simulation’s Role in the Digital Transformation of Refineries’ on 5 February.
aixprocess GmbH (Aachen, Germany) and CPFD Software (Houston, USA) are excited to announce that they have entered into an agreement establishing aixprocess as the German distributor for Barracuda Virtual Reactor®. …
The IChemE Global Awards 2019 has announced CPFD Software as Highly Commended in both the 2019 Industry Project Award and the 2019 Innovative Product Award. CPFD Software’s proprietary technology, Barracuda Virtual Reactor, is now deployed on 6 continents allowing successes in petrochemicals, gasification, power generation, materials processing and clean energy industries, enabling a sustainable future.
In our August 2019 Newsletter, read more about how CPFD Software has been nominated as an HP Awards Finalist, has been invited to speak at BASF FCC 2019, and will support…
The IChemE 2019 Global Awards finalists have been announced and CPFD Software is honored to be nominated as a 2019 Industry Project Award finalist and a 2019 Innovative Product Award finalist.
Peter Blaser, Peter Loezos and Bryan Tomsula at CPFD Software, highlight how simulations can be a critical turnaround risk reduction tool in an article featured in the September 2019 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering.
CPFD Software‘s Chief Technology Officer, James Parker, will be speaking and participating in the Coal, Chemical and Petrochemical Technology Seminar taking place in Beijiing, China on October 15, 2019. This workshop is intended to promote the exchange of technical knowledge of industry professionals and sea-based technology companies.
Update October 25, 2019 As you all know, the HP Awards were cancelled due to severe flooding in the Houston area. We are pleased to announce that the HP Awards have been…
CPFD Software’s new headquarters in Houston, Texas has added exciting people to the CPFD Team: Bryan Tomsula (Technology Manager), Kerri Kavourgias (Customer Service & Operations Manager), and Peter Loezos (Vice President of Operations).
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at the BASF FCC Conference 2019, to be held from 18-20 September, 2019 at the Marriott Hotel in Lisbon, Portugal. Peter Blaser, VP…
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at the 2019 Latin America Refining Technology Conference (LARTC), to be held from 1-4 October, 2019 at the Intercontinental Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena, Colombia.
CPFD Software is pleased to support the upcoming PSRI Fluidization Seminar and Workshop September 16-19, 2019 in Chicago, IL. The purpose of the PSRI Fluidization Seminar is to supply instruction on the theory, design and…
CPFD Software is pleased to announce a new partnership with Tecplot. After July 1, new releases of Barracuda Virtual Reactor will include a complimentary limited Tecplot license called Tecplot for Barracuda, giving users access to Tecplot 360’s powerful CFD visualization and analysis tools.
CPFD Software’s engineering services division is continuing to experience exceptional growth and we are seeking more top-quality talent in Houston, TX. If you know someone who has refining, petrochemical, gasification…
Peter Blaser and Rajat Barua, CPFD Software, discuss the role of simulation in the digital transformation of modern refineries in an article featured in the April 2019 issue of Hydrocarbon…
CPFD Software is pleased to support the Fluidization XVI conference, May 26-31, 2019 at the Guilin Shangri-La Hotel, Guilin, China as a headline sponsor.
CPFD, LLC announced that it has entered into a software licensing agreement with ENEA, the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development. ENEA is a public body…
CPFD is being grateful to all its customers, business partners, and attendees who were able to participate in Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2019. Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2019 had a 3 fold increase over the last users’ conference, and included attendees from 13 different countries from across the globe.
CPFD Software Releases Barracuda Virtual Reactor 17.4 Albuquerque, NM – March 26, 2019 – CPFD Software is pleased to announce the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor 17.4, engineering software for simulation and…
CPFD is proud to sponsor the 2019 Asian Refining Technology Conference (ARTC) held by the World Refining Association at the AVANI Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, March 25 – 27, 2019. We invite you to…
CPFD Software announced that Khalifa University of Science, Technology, and Research (KU) has entered into an agreement whereby CPFD Software will provide its technology and training to KU’s students…
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at the 8th ARRC – JCCP/Idemitsu International Symposium, taking place from 18-19 February and hosted by ADNOC Group in Abu Dhabi. Sam Clark will…
Join us for a CPFD Software workshop on January 9, 2019 at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel. CPFD Software engineers will be teaching a Fluidization Simulation Workshop on Wednesday, January 9th, 2019, from…
CPFD is proud to participate in the 2019 Middle East Refining Technology Conference (MERTC) held by the World Refining Association at the Ritz Carlton in Manama, Bahrain, January 22 – 23, 2019. During…
CPFD Software has awarded four students a travel grant award supporting their attendance to the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting and to the Particle Technology Forum (PTF) Awards Dinner. This year’s recipients are Clara Hartmanshenn,…
Aerotherm, a leading engineering firm providing professional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) consultation, and CPFD Software, experts in fluid-particle simulation, are excited to announce a partnership to provide Barracuda Virtual Reactor® to…
CPFD is proud to sponsor the 2018 European Refining Technology Conference held by the World Refining Association in Cannes, France, November 27 – 30, 2018. At this year’s event, Peter…
Join CPFD at the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting from October 28 – November 2, 2018 in Pittsburgh, PA. CPFD Senior Project Engineer, Sam Clark, will be presenting at the event. Please join us…
CPFD is a proud sponsor of the World Refining Association’s 2018 Latin America Refining Technology Conference (LARTC). This year’s event will be held from October 16 – 18, 2018 in…
CPFD, LLC announced that it has entered into a software licensing contract with China Sinoma International Engineering Corp., Ltd. (“Sinoma International”). Sinoma International is one of the world’s most influential…
The article entitled “Viva Energy’s Geelong refinery reduces FCCU turnaround risk” is a case study on the application of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® at one of the largest refineries in Australia. Simulations…
CPFD has been invited to speak at the BASF FCC Conference 2018 , to be held from the 19th through 21st of September at the Mövenpick Hotel in Amsterdam City Centre. Peter…
Update October 1, 2018 Thank you to all those who attended this year’s Conference on Chemical Looping, and to all those who organized the conference. We appreciate the opportunity to…
CPFD Software engineers will be teaching a half-day Fluidization Simulation Workshop on Friday, September 21, 2018, from 8:00 am until 12:00 pm at the PSRI offices in Chicago, IL. The…
CPFD is proud to be presenting at the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers' 2018 Cat Cracker Seminar, August 21 – 22 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Houston, TX. CPFD staff will be presenting…
Presented by Matthias Schumacher, Senior Consultant, and Martin Weng, Managing Director aixprocess GmbH Join us for a CPFD Software webinar where Matthias Schumacher and Martin Weng, aixprocess GmbH, share their…
Join CPFD at this years NETL Workshop on Multiphase Flow Science August 7 – 9, 2018 at the The University of Houston Student Centers Theater. At this year’s event, Dr. James Parker…
Join CPFD and PSRI at the CPFD sponsored dinner June 25th at Untitled, Chicago during the Particulate Solid Research, Inc. (PSRI) Annual Technical Advisory Committee Meeting (TAC). CPFD will be in…
Presented by John Gabites Process Control & Optimisation Engineer Viva Energy Geelong Refinery Join us for a CPFD Software webinar where John Gabites, Process Control & Optimisation Engineer, Viva…
CPFD Software is proud to be a sponsor for RefComm Galveston 2018 from May 7th – 11th, 2018 in Galveston, TX. We will be hosting Booth 63, so plese come by…
CPFD, LLC announced that it has been awarded a Master Products and Services Contract by Chevron Products Company. Under the terms of the contract, CPFD will provide engineering and simulation…
CPFD Software announced that it has signed an amendment to extend its existing contract with Gas Technology Institute (GTI), marking the continuation of a strong partnership. GTI is the leading…
CPFD Software Releases Barracuda Virtual Reactor 17.3 Albuquerque, NM – March 27, 2018 – CPFD, LLC is pleased to announce the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor 17.3, engineering software for simulation…
CPFD Software is proud to be a sponsor for the 8th World Congress on Particle Technology from April 22nd – 26th, 2018 in Orlando, FL. We will be hosting Booth 101,…
Presented by Peter Blaser, Vice President of Engineering, CPFD, LLC Join us for this free webinar where Peter Blaser, CPFD’s Vice President of Engineering Services, will share his talk as…
To support its growth and expansion plans, CPFD Software is pleased to announce that Rajat Barua has been appointed President and CEO. Rajat joins CPFD with 20 years of industry…
Update: The MERTC 2018 conference was a success, with CPFD presenting as well as hosting a booth during the conference. If you were unable to attend the presentation, register for…
CPFD Software's engineering services division experienced tremendous growth in 2017 and anticipates the need for more top-quality engineering staff in 2018. If you know someone who has refining or petrochemical…
PSRI will be holding their Fluidization Seminar and Workshop February 20 – 23, 2018 in Houston, Texas and April 10 – 13, 2018 in Heidelberg, Germany. Seminar topics include: Basic Fluidization Hydrodynamics Gas Distributor Design…
Planning is underway for our 2018 European User Group Meeting, scheduled for Monday, April 9, 2018, at the Derag Livinghotel De Medici in Düsseldorf, Germany. If you plan on staying overnight, please…
2017 ERTC Presentation: Resolving Severe Regenerator Maldistribution Presented by Peter Blaser, Vice President of Engineering, CPFD Software LLC Please join us for our first webinar in 2018. Peter Blaser, CPFD…
Ray Fletcher, CPFD Software’s FCC Senior Technologist, will present a paper titled “Identifying the Root Cause of Afterburn in Fluidized Catalytic Crackers” at the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) Annual Meeting held at the Hilton San Francisco, March 13-15, 2016.
The Asian Refining Technology Conference (ARTC) 2018 will be held this year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from April 23rd – 25th, 2018. Peter Blaser, Vice President of Engineering Services for…
Barracuda Virtual Reactor® Simulations of PSRI Cold-Flow FCC Stripper Experiment Presented by Sam Clark, Senior Project Engineer, CPFD Software LLC Join us for a free CPFD Software webinar presented by…
CPFD Software is growing and we need more project engineers who have experience with chemical engineering, industrial fluidization processes/equipment and computational modeling.
Inaeris Technologies’ Use of Barracuda Virtual Reactor Presented by Bruce Adkins, Manager of Process Research and Modeling, Inaeris Technologies Join us for a free CPFD Software webinar presenting Inaeris…
Peter Blaser, Vice-President of Engineering for CPFD Software, will be visiting Germany from November 20 – November 29, 2017. Please contact us at info@cpfd-software.com if you would like to schedule a…
The 22nd ERTC will be held this year in Athens, Greece from November 13 – November 15, 2017. Peter Blaser, Vice President of Engineering Services for CPFD Software, will be…
Join us at the 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting from October 29 – November 3, 2017 in Minneapolis MN. CPFD Software engineers are coauthors on several papers being presented: 751g Numerical…
CPFD Software is searching for potential distributors in South America for Barracuda Virtual Reactor®. If you are aware of interested parties or have any relevant points of contact, please forward…
CPFD Software Sales Manager, Bill Lutz, will be in attendance at the 2017 AFPM Operations & Process Technology Summit from October 1 – October 4, 2017 in Austin, TX. To…
PSRI will be holding a Fluidization Seminar and Workshop in Kuala Lumpur October 16 – 19, 2017. Seminar topics include: Basic Fluidization Hydrodynamics Gas Distributor Design and Operation Dilute and…
A Barracuda Virtual Reactor New User Training Class has been scheduled for October 20 – 24, 2014. The class will be held at CPFD Software, located in Albuquerque, NM. The training program focuses on ‘Modeling of Industrial Fluidized Systems using Barracuda Virtual Reactor®’.
CPFD Software engineers will be teaching a half-day Fluidization Simulation Workshop on Friday, September 22, 2017, from 8:00 am until noon at the PSRI offices in Chicago, IL. The course…
CPFD Software has entered into a collaborative agreement with the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for the purposes of improving physics- and math-based particle drag models for use with the Barracuda Virtual Reactor®.
CPFD Software Releases Barracuda Virtual Reactor 17.2 Albuquerque, NM – June 16, 2017 – CPFD Software, LLC is pleased to announce the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor 17.2, engineering software…
CPFD Software will be participating in the PSRI Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting June 26-28, 2017. If you or a colleague plan to attend the TAC, you can connect with…
CPFD Software will host a dinner reception at Raised Bar in Chicago, IL on Monday, June 26 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM in conjunction with the PSRI TAC meeting. If you are…
CPFD Software invites you to a free webinar on April 20th at 10:00 AM EDT. Presenting material first published and presented at the 2017 AFPM Annual Meeting, Peter Blaser, CPFD Software’s Vice…
A Barracuda New User Training Class has been scheduled for May 5 – 9, 2014. The class will be held at CPFD Software, located in Albuquerque. The training program focuses on ‘Modeling of Industrial Fluidized Systems using Barracuda VR’.
CPFD Software, LLC, announces today that their software partner, Computational Engineering International, Inc. (CEI) has released support for the CPFD Software’s flagship product, Barracuda Virtual Reactor®.
Sam Clark, Senior Project Engineer at CPFD Software, will present a paper titled “Industrial Case Studies of Solutions Enabled by Simulation of Fluidized Systems” as part of the Symposium on…
CPFD Software’s new support site is now available for registered customers to use.
CPFD Software is pleased to announce that Bill Lutz has been hired as the new Sales Manager, based in the Woodlands, TX. Mr. Lutz will be working with the existing professional…
A Barracuda New User Training Class has been scheduled for February 17 – 21, 2014. The class will be held at CPFD Software, located in Albuquerque, NM. The training focuses on Modeling of Industrial Fluidized Systems using Barracuda VR.
Dr. Ken Williams and Dr. Dale Snider, Co-Founders and Owners of CPFD Software, are pleased to announce that John Chavez has been appointed as President of CPFD and that Beverly…
Peter Blaser, CPFD Software’s Vice President of Engineering Services, will present a paper titled “Improving FCC Economics Through Computational Particle Fluid Dynamics Simulation” at the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers…
CPFD Software announces that Barracuda VR 15.2.3 is now available.
The 2017 Barracuda Virtual Reactor training dates have been announced. Click here to see what an average class agenda for a week looks like. Then find a date below that works for you and fill…
CPFD Software will host an evening reception of drinks and hors d’oeuvres Tuesday, November 15th from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM during the 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting in San Francisco,…
The 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting, the premier educational forum for chemical engineers interested in innovation and professional growth, is quickly approaching. This year the Annual Meeting will be held November 13-18 in…
CPFD Software announces Barracuda VR 15.2.1 release. Barracuda VR is available on Windows 7 64-bit.
Computational Engineering International (CEI) has added the capability for the EnSight® graphical post-processor to read GMV-format files produced by Barracuda VR.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 is pleased to support the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers’ 2016 Cat Cracker Seminar, August 23-24, 2016 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Houston. This seminar provides a…
CPFD software is pleased to support the Fluidization XV conference, May 22-27, 2016 at the beautiful Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello, Quebec, Canada. In addition to conference sponsorship, CPFD Software staff…
The 2016 Barracuda Virtual Reactor training dates have been announced. Click here to see what an average class agenda for a week looks like. Then find a date below that works for you and fill…
CPFD Software is continuing its tradition of sponsoring the Particle Technology Forum (PTF) dinner. Look for members of the engineering team at the PTF dinner on Wednesday, November 11. We…