CPFD Software Releases Barracuda 14 for Simulation of Fluidized Beds

By DE Editors

CPFD Software LLC has announced the latest release of its Barracuda engineering software for modeling 3D chemical, thermal, and flow dynamics in gas-solid and liquid-solid systems.

Barracuda v14 Includes:

• New chemistry module for modeling the homogenous and heterogeneous chemical reactions inside fluidized bed reactors.
• Gas release of an entrapped gas or liquid within a solid.
• Liquid injection module that simulates liquid spray coating of particles such as fluidized-bed cokers.
• Wear model that allows wall wear to be reported on annualized basis.

Barracuda is used by oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical, and power equipment manufacturers for simulating, understanding, and optimizing the operation of fluidized systems. Common applications are fluidized catalytic cracking reactors and regenerators, fluidized chemical reactors, and circulating fluidized bed burners in coal-fired power plants, and both coal and biomass gasification reactors.

Barracuda is capable of modeling equipment at lab scale, pilot scale, and full production scale, providing a tool to assist in scaling up new processes to full production size and throughput. 

For more information, visit CPFD Software LLC.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.