MOSCOW, July 17. The virtual simulator “Boiler Room Stoker,” which allows specialists to be trained in the skills of working with boiler equipment in a safe and realistic virtual reality (VR) environment, was developed by Vyatka State University scientists. The simulator was created on the basis of a digital model of a real boiler room, which ensures that the virtual object is identical to its physical prototype, the university press service reported.
Specialists from Vyatka State University (VyatSU) are working on creating digital models of processes and objects that can be used in various sectors of the economy. The virtual simulator “Boiler Room Stoker” they developed allows you to master skills in working with modern high-tech boiler equipment in a safe VR environment. According to scientists, the term «boiler room fireman» in this context has no relation to the traditional image of a worker with a shovel, but refers to the operator of an automated system.
As Vitaly Lisovsky, dean of the Faculty of Technology, Engineering and Design at Vyatka State University, noted, the simulator was created on the basis of a digital model of a real boiler room, which ensures complete identity of the virtual object with its physical prototype. According to him, in the virtual space you can safely and clearly study the algorithms of an object’s behavior in various situations, from normal to emergency, and also practice your control skills in real time.
“Objects recreated in virtual reality most accurately reflect not only the appearance, but also the functional features, including the mechanics and physics of processes,” the scientist added, emphasizing that the virtual simulator (Station VR) allows one to improve practical skills in working with boiler room equipment — checking the readiness boiler and auxiliary equipment for startup, start the boiler unit, practice operator actions in the event of an emergency, carry out planned measures when stopping the boiler unit.
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In his opinion, a virtual simulator will help increase the efficiency of personnel training and reduce the labor costs of training personnel, eliminate risks of breakdown of expensive equipment, completely eliminate accidents.
Currently, Vyatka State University scientists are working on the creation of cyber-physical systems: a robotic manipulator is in development, which is controlled remotely using a virtual reality system.
“The main task is to combine equipment equipped with sensors with an information system and establish their interaction using standard Internet protocols for forecasting, self-tuning and adaptation to changes,” the university explained.
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The work was carried out as part of the implementation of the national project «Demography», in which the university staff has been participating for more than three years. During this time, more than 1,500 people from different regions of Russia, including the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, were trained under the «Boiler House Operator (Stoker)» program.
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