Barracuda Virtual Reactor Software for design,
scale-up and optimization of fluidized reactor systems
A commercial FCC regenerator customer
model reveals the spatial extent of coke
burn-off from the spent catalyst. Customer is
correcting poor gas/particle flow distribution
in order to reduce afterburn and related
NOx / SOx emissions, and to optimize the
heat balance of the process.
10899 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Suite A
+1-505-275-3849
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Stop guessing and take a look inside your
reactor to learn how it operates
Product generation rates and the limiters
Causes of emissions (e.g., NOx or SOx)
Start-up, turndown, or upset operating conditions
Fluidization mode
(spouted-bed, bubbling bed, turbulent bed)
Gas and particle residence time distributions
Bed entrainment rate by particle size
3-D mixing profiles
Temperature profiles (hot or cold spots)
Solids flux, circulation rates, choked flows
Erosion locations on walls and internals
Cyclone loadings, dipleg plugging
Barracuda VR helps customers achieve
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significant cost savings and profitability
More reliable and profitable fluidized reactors
Increase product yields, conversion, and quality
Reduce undesired byproducts and emissions
Optimize new designs and down-select between
alternative candidate modifications
Reduce risks prior to building a pilot plant
Scale-up to larger size unit
Feedstock and throughput modifications
Meet emissions requirements cost effectively
Minimize downtime and troubleshoot equipment
Albuquerque, NM 87111
www.cpfd-software.com
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Simulate discrete particle physics and chemistry

for complex heterogeneous reactions
Coal & Biomass Gasification FCC Catalyst Regeneration
Multi-material particles allow any coal Discrete particle-level chemistry calculates
composition to be accurately modeled coke burn-off from spent catalyst during
regeneration, and reduce NOx / SOx
Include temperature-dependent
devolatilization of CH4, CO, H2O levels, with a full-scale regenerator model

Polysilicon FBRs Carbon Capture & Gas Cleanup

Particle-level CVD chemistry for silicon
deposition from silane or trichlorosilane
in a fluidized bed reactor
Model heating and cooling
requirements for the fluidized bed
Model direct or hydrochlorination FBRs
Model adsorption of gases onto sorbent
solids with multi-material particles and
particle level chemical kinetics
Model full-loop CO2 capture systems
Optimize sorbent regeneration in sulfur
cleanup systems

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Join our community using the Barracuda Virtual Reactor
engineering software for industrial fluidization applications
FCC reactors and regenerators Chemical looping combustion (CLC)
Chemical reactors such as polypropylene, Sorbent-based Carbon capture systems
acrylonitrile, and methylchlorosilane Sorbent-based syngas cleanup systems
Gasifiers, coal and biomass Ore roasters and oxidizers
Riser reactors Cement calciners
Circulating fluidized beds (CFBs) Liquid-solid settling vessels

10899 Montgomery Blvd. NE, Suite A Albuquerque, NM 87111

+1-505-275-3849 www.cpfd-software.com