CPFD will host a webinar on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 9 am CDT: Getting Started with Virtual Reactor 23.0. Barracuda Virtual Reactor 23.0 provides users with more control over…
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at the AWS Energy Symposium, May 17, 2023. CEO Rajat Barua will be part of the “Leading edge, disruptive innovators across the energy…
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at BASF’s FCC Fundamentals & Optimization Seminar 2023, May, 2-4, 2023. VP of Engineering Peter Loezos will be discussing FCC simulation technology. About…
CPFD Software is pleased to announce that Dr. Shashank Karra has joined our growing team as an Applications Development Manager. Shashank has over eighteen years’ experience in thermal-fluid sciences and…
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at Fluidization XVII, taking place May 21-25, 2023 in Edinburgh Scotland. CPFD’s staff are authors on two presentations: Today’s Tools in the Scale…
CPFD Software’s Peter Blaser will give an invited guest lecture about “Simulation of Industrial-Scale Fluidized Beds and Fluid-Particle Systems” on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at the PSRI Fluidization Seminar and…
CPFD Software will be exhibiting at 2023 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Conference in Dallas, Texas, April 23-27. Meet us there to see how CPFD Software’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation software is used…
CPFD Software will be speaking at the NVIDIA AI City Forum in Houston, Texas on March 21 of this year. Niraj Mehta, Solutions Engineer at CPFD Software, will be speaking on…
CPFD Software will be exhibiting at the 2023 AMI Chemical Recycling Conference in Houston, Texas, March 20-22. Meet us there to see how CPFD Software’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation software…
CPFD Software Partners with Microsoft, Encina, and NVIDIA to help develop of novel plastic recycling technologies. Encina is an innovator at the highest level in this realm, breaking new ground…
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 has continued our longstanding support of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) Particle Technology Forum (PTF) by sponsoring the PTF Student Poster Awards. CPFD would like to…
CPFD Software is pleased to announce the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 22.1. This is a feature release that introduces Lagrangian gas/vapor bubbles available in incompressible simulations, and includes a…
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.
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at Big Compute 22, which takes place virtually on November 9th, 2022. Peter Blaser, Vice President of Operations, will speak on “Powering the…
Update November 9, 2022: Webinar playback is available here. CPFD hosted a webinar on Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 9 am CST: Getting Started with Virtual Reactor 22.1. We are continuing…
CPFD Software (Houston, TX) and Anellotech, Inc. (Pearl River, NY) announce they have entered into a software licensing agreement. View the joint press release here. Anellotech is using CPFD’s Barracuda…
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has announced finalist projects in the running for the 2022 Global Awards, with entries demonstrating excellence in chemical, biochemical and process engineering. CPFD Software’s…
CPFD Software is proud to continue our longstanding support of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual meeting. This year’s AIChE Annual Meeting takes place in the Phoenix Convention…
CPFD Software announces Barracuda Virtual Reactor’s new metered licensing feature. Metered licensing provides virtually unlimited overflow licensing capacity up to the number of hours allocated on the meter. Metered…
CPFD Software will be exhibiting at the 2022 AFPM Summit in San Antonio, Texas, October 18-20, 2022, at Booth 9. Please join us at to learn how Barracuda Virtual Reactor…
Hydrocarbon Processing, the downstream sector’s leading technical publication, has announced the finalists for its sixth annual awards ceremony. This year, the awards cover 16 key categories in the hydrocarbon processing…
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at the 9th World Congress on Particle Technology (WCPT9) taking place September 18-22, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. James Parker, CTO, will speak on “CFD…
Update August 10, 2022: Webinar playback is available here. CPFD will host a webinar on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 9 am CDT: Getting Started with Virtual Reactor 22.0. We…
CPFD Software is glad to announce that it has entered into a long-term software licensing contract with Kumho Petrochemical. We are pleased to support Kumho Petrochemical in their goals though…
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at the 2022 European Refining Technology Conference taking place November 7-10, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. Peter Loezos, Vice President of Engineering, will speak on…
CPFD is excited to announce that there will be a livestream option for the Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2022. The conference livestream is provided to those who cannot attend…
CPFD Software is glad to announce that it has entered into a 2-year software licensing contract with ENEA of Italy. ENEA will use CPFD Software’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation software…
CPFD Software’s new headquarters in Houston, Texas are located in the newly renovated Republic Square in the Energy Corridor, at 13501 Katy Fwy, Suite 3505, Houston, TX, 77079. If you…
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at the 2022 NETL Multiphase Flow Science Workshop. The workshop will provide an excellent source of information regarding the state-of-the-art in multiphase theory…
CPFD Software (Houston, Texas, USA) announced that it has entered into a software licensing and services agreement with Skeleton Technologies (Germany). “Barracuda gives us insight into our processes in a…
CPFD Software is pleased to announce 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…
CPFD Software announced 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…
DGX A100 Station Overview The DGX Station is a GPU accelerated workstation, built around the NVIDIA A100 enterprise GPUs, which provides clients with the same enterprise GPUs running in the…
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at GLS-15, taking place August 7-10 in Ottawa, Canada. The 15th International Conference on Gas–Liquid and Gas–Liquid–Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS-15) follows the success…
CPFD Software remains on the forefront of high-performance computing utilizing GPU and multi-GPU acceleration. As a result, week-long simulations can be completed in an hour and previously intractable problems are…
CPFD will be speaking at the 24th Fluidized Bed Conversion Conference (FBC-24), May 8-11. Ali Akhavan, Senior Process Engineer – Fluidization, will present on “The role of GPU computing in…
CPFD Software is pleased to announce that Dr. Sathish Sanjeevi has joined our team as a Research Engineer. Dr. Sanjeevi has significant experience in research and development involving computational fluid…
CPFD Software has been invited to speak at CERAWeek 2022. The annual CERAWeek conference brings together global leaders to advance new ideas, insight and solutions to the biggest challenges facing…
Registration is now open for the Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2022. The Users’ Conference will be held at the W Chicago – Lakeshore hotel, immediately following the PSRI Annual…
CPFD will be speaking at tcbiomass, April 19-21. CPFD is pleased to be a Bronze Sponsor at the event and will be staging an exhibit. Peter Blaser (Vice President of…
CPFD will be speaking at NVIDIA GTC 2022, March 21-24, 2022. NVIDIA GTC is the developer conference for the era of AI. It’s where developers, researchers, creators, IT decision makers,…
Kaya Oil (Lagos, Nigeria) and CPFD Software (Houston, USA) are excited to announce that they have entered into an agreement establishing Kaya Oil as the Nigerian agent for Barracuda Virtual…
CPFD Software has become an Industrial partner of CUWP Chemical Upcycling of Waste Plastics. CUWP is a 10 million dollar multi-university center funded by the Department of Energy. CUWP consists…
PT Ingenious (Cileungsi, Bogor, Indonesia) and CPFD Software (Houston, USA) are excited to announce that they have entered into an agreement establishing PT Ingenious as the Indonesian agent for Barracuda…
CPFD Software announced that it has entered into a software licensing contract with CBMI Construction Co.,Ltd. (“CBMI Construction”). CBMI Construction will use CPFD Software’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation software to…
Update January 20, 2022: Webinar playback is available here. CPFD will host a webinar on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 9 am CST: Getting Started with Virtual Reactor 21.1. Register for…
Due to increased demand CPFD Software is scheduling monthly training classes to kick off the New Year. Our first web-based Barracuda Virtual Reactor New User Training class of 2022 will…
CPFD Software announced that it has entered into a software licensing contract with Wanhua Chemical Group Co.,Ltd. (“Wanhua Chemical”). Wanhua Chemical will use CPFD Software’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor simulation software…
CPFD Software has continued our longstanding support of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) Particle Technology Forum (PTF) by sponsoring the PTF Student Poster Awards. CPFD would like to…
CPFD Software is pleased to announce the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 21.1. This release enhances the multi-GPU capabilities of Barracuda first introduced in version 21.0 of the software by…
Our November class has reached capacity. Due to additional demand CPFD has announced an additional web-based Barracuda Virtual Reactor New User Training class taking place December 6-10, 2021. This online…
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.
AWS’s EMEA Manufacturing and Industrials Symposium Online will explore the theme of “digitally transforming industrial processes and building smarter manufacturing” through a series of business and technical sessions during the month…
CPFD Software is pleased to announce the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 21.0.1, which is a maintenance release correcting several issues. See the Known Issues page for details. Also included…
Update September 22, 2021: Webinar playback is available here. CPFD and Tecplot, Inc. will present a joint webinar on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 9 am CDT: Analyzing Bubble Characteristics…
Hydrocarbon Processing has announced CPFD Software’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor as a finalist for the 2021 Sustainability Award.
Barracuda Virtual Reactor 21.0 is available now.
CPFD will host a webinar on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 10 am CDT: Getting Started with Virtual Reactor 21.0. Register for the webinar to join us and learn about…
After a one year postponement, the 13th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Technology is finally underway. The conference proceedings contain multiple papers and video presentations involving Barracuda Virtual Reactor including:…
CPFD Software has donated two Graphical Processing Units (GPUs) to the Strauss Lab at McGill University. The Strauss lab looks at the structure of viruses, and how they change during…
Update April 20, 2021: Presentation playback is now available here on our Webinars / Presentations page. CPFD will be speaking at NVIDIA GTC 21, April 12-16, 2021. GTC 21 covers the…
FLSmidth is a global leader with nearly 140 years’ experience in the cement industry. Since their founder in 1882 discovered the technology behind the horizontal cement kiln, innovation has been…
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. As part of the Albemarle Catalysts Academy,…
NO Emission from Cement Calciners Firing Coal and petcoke: A CPFD Study was published in the January 2021 issue of Applications in Energy and Combustion Science. In the article, researchers and engineers from…
CPFD Software is pleased to announce the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 20.1. This release includes updates and enhancements that improve usability, physics, and post-processing capabilities, including: Updated New Project Dialog New…
CPFD Software and DAL Teknik Makina have entered into a multi-year software licensing contract for CPFD’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor® Software. DAL Teknik Makina, a member of the DAL Group, uses…
In TechnipFMC and Suncor Energy’s recent article, Modelling ensures a successful revamp, an FCC regenerator revamp at the Suncor Edmonton refinery is discussed, aimed to incorporate advanced design features to mitigate operational challenges and improve the…
The IChemE Global Awards have announced CPFD Software as Highly Commended for a second consecutive year. CPFD’s joint entry, together with ThermoChem Recovery International, USA (TRI), is entitled Digital Technology…
October 7, 2020CPFD has scheduled our next web-based training class for Barracuda Virtual Reactor. The class will be held November 9th-12th, 2020, 8:00 am to 12:00 PM MDT (UTC -6). …
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’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…
A3V Consulting and CPFD Software Announce Partnership to Provide Barracuda Virtual Reactor® to the Spanish Market A3V Consulting, a leading engineering solutions firm, and CPFD Software, experts in fluid-particle…
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 several new and exciting people to the CPFD Team. Keep reading to learn more about our newest team members, and please…
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 has scheduled our next web-based training class for Barracuda Virtual Reactor. The class will be held July 20-23, 2020, 8 am to noon MDT (UTC -6). This online training…
Barracuda Virtual Reactor 20.0 is available for download now, and CPFD Software hosted a webinar on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at 10:00 AM CDT to help you get started using…
CPFD Software is pleased to announce the release of Barracuda Virtual Reactor® 20.0. This release includes several major features including: Tecplot for Barracuda is bundled as the new default post-processing tool…
Tecplot, Inc, along with CPFD Software hosted a joint webinar on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at 12:00 PM CDT. Link to the playback below. Barracuda Virtual Reactor® is the industry standard for CFD simulation…
July 7, 2020 Update: Our next web-based training class is scheduled for July 20-23, 2020. Please contact us to register or learn more. June 12, 2020 Update: Due to COVID-19…
CPFD Software is a Gold Sponsor of CFB-13, May 10-14, 2021.
Would you like to hear more about troubleshooting FCCUs? Dr. Peter Loezos has been invited to speak at Albemarle’s FCC Process Technology Course March 3rd-5th in Clear Lake, Texas. Please contact us for more…
CPFD Software’s engineering services division has experienced another year of exceptional growth and we are seeking more top-quality talent in Houston, TX. If you know someone who has refining, petrochemical,…
Make plans to join us for our February 17th – 21st Introduction to Barracuda Virtual Reactor training course in Houston, Texas, USA. For the first two-and-a-half days, walk through an introduction…
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…
CPFD Software’s Sam Clark (right) with ADNOC Refining’s Dr. Mohammad Abdur Rakib (center) and Tommy Firmansyah (left), at the ADNOC Refining Research Center (ARRC) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.…
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…
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. Thank you again to Viva Energy Australia…
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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 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…
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…
Peter Blaser, Peter Loezos and Bryan Tomsula, 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. Turnarounds represent a…
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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…
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®. …
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…
CPFD Software’s new headquarters in Houston, Texas has added several new and exciting people to the CPFD Team. If you are in the Houston area, please visit our new office…
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,…
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 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 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 the formation of a new partnership with Tecplot. CPFD’s simulation software, Barracuda Virtual Reactor, is a leading physics-based software package to maximize productivity in…
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 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…
Barracuda Virtual Reactor Users’ Conference 2019 June 27 – June 28, 2019 W Chicago – Lakeshore Chicago, Illinois, USA Immediately following the PSRI Annual Meeting This year’s conference registration had a…
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…
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…
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@backup.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…
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 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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
We’re growing and we need more project engineers. If you have experience with chemical engineering, industrial fluidization processes/equipment and computational modeling, please review the full job description.
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. Click here to view the…
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…
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, NM. Click here to view the…
CPFD Software, LLC, Partners with CEI, Inc. to Deliver Interactive CFD Post Processing and Visualization for Virtual Reactors. Albuquerque, New Mexico USA, January 28, 2014 Abstract The innovative combination of…
Welcome to CPFD Software’s new customer support site. Don’t worry – this web site is not intended to reduce the quality of support you are accustomed to receive from us;…
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. Click here to…
Barracuda VR 15.2.3 has been released. For more information click here.
Barracuda VR 16.0.1-GPU has been replaced by Barracuda VR 16.0.2. For more information click here. Barracuda VR 16.0.1-GPU has been released.
Barracuda VR 16.0-GPU has been replaced by Barracuda VR 16.0.1-GPU. For more information click here. Barracuda VR 16.0-GPU has been released.
Starting with the 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. Shortcuts have been added to the Barracuda Post-Processing drop-down…