HOUSTON, TX, USA, Jun 16, 2023 – CPFD Software LLC, developers of process engineering software for fluidized reactors, is pleased to announce the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor 23.0. This is a feature release that provides users with more control over drag models and material properties than ever before and includes a number of other enhancements. 

New features include:

• Drag model updates
• Temperature-dependent material density
• Secondary Feed GUI improvements
• pid_controller script

Full descriptions of these features can be found in the Release Guide, which is included in the User Manual installed with Barracuda Virtual Reactor.

For an overview of 23.0, please view “Getting Started with Virtual Reactor 23.0” webinar playback video here.

To download this release, visit the Barracuda Virtual Reactor 23.0 Release page. (CPFD Support Site account required for login).

About CPFD Software

Founded in 2006, CPFD Software has developed the only engineering simulation technology with the ability to serve as a true Virtual Reactor for design optimization of industrial fluidization units used in: oil refining; coal and bio-mass power generation and gasification; petrochemical reactors, e.g., polyolefins/plastics, acrylonitrile, titanium dioxide, polysilicon for photovoltaics; and numerous clean-tech applications, such as chemical-looping and flue gas scrubbing. CPFD’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor software simulates complex 3D fluid-particle flows, including thermal effects and heterogeneous chemical reactions in any environment.

CPFD’s customers are using Barracuda VR simulation in engineering design, process optimization, troubleshooting and maintenance of fluidized reactors to increase production efficiency, to fix off-design performance problems, to reduce catalyst and product losses, to minimize operational risk in plant upgrades, to reduce emissions and for gas cleanup. CPFD provides its Barracuda VR simulation solutions worldwide through licensing, applications support, and turnkey engineering simulation services.

Barracuda Virtual Reactor is used internationally by industry leaders including GE, SABIC, Aramco, Shell, BASF, Dow, Chemours, Technip, CB&I, INEOS, and B&W to increase on-stream reliability and gross margins, to reduce capital and operating costs, to support regulatory compliance, and to develop next-generation fluidization technology. For more information, visit https://cpfd-software.com.