The CPFD Software staff has been amazing and Barracuda itself has been a very useful tool for us to use.
Matthew Hamilton,
University of Utah
Bruce Adkins tells us why Virtual Reactor was the clear choice when he was asked what KiOR needed to enable simulation of the whole range of particle loadings from dilute to dense.
Bruce Adkins, PhD
R&D Manager, Catalyst & Process Development
KiOR
Users’ Conference 2015
While presenting at the Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference in 2015, Bruce Adkins shared how KiOR began working with CPFD Software, and how pleased he was with the partnership.
Bruce Adkins, PhD
R&D Manager, Catalyst & Process Development
KiOR
Users’ Conference 2015
In this publication, Transport Disengaging Height correlations are evaluated across Geldart Groups, polydispersity and velocities.
Fluidized beds offer excellent heat transfer, and have the unique ability to move a wide range of solid particles in a fluid-like fashion.
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®.
In this paper a CPFD model for dry flue gas desulfurization (DFGD) systems was developed, validated against lab-scale data, and applied to an industrial-scale unit.
This video shows Barracuda Virtual Reactor® simulations results on the left, compared with large-scale test data from Particulate Solid Research, Inc. (PSRI) on the right.
A novel solids separator for a chemical looping reactor was designed at NETL using Barracuda Virtual Reactor, and the final as-built separator performed well.
O’Rourke and Snider present a new contact force model where individual particle accelerations are a blend between the particle acceleration of the original MP-PIC method, appropriate for rapid granular flows, and an average particle acceleration that applies to closely packed granular flows.