Virtual Reality Visualization of CFD Simulation for Iron/Steelmaking Processes

Abstract

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has become a powerful simulation technology used in iron/steelmaking industrial applications for process design and optimization to save energy. In this paper, a Virtual Engineering (VE) application is presented that uses Virtual Reality (VR) to visualize CFD results in a tracked immersive projection system. The interactive Virtual Reality (VR) was specifically adapted for CFD post-processing to better understand CFD results and more efficiently communicate with non-CFD experts. The VE application has been utilized to make an assessment in terms of visualization and optimization for steelmaking furnaces. The immersive system makes it possible to gain a quick, intuitive understanding of the flow characteristics and distributions of pressure, temperature, and species properties in the industrial equipment. By introducing the virtual engineering environment, the value of CFD simulations has been greatly enhanced to allow engineers to gain much needed process insights for the design and optimization of industrial processes.

Mesleki Eğitime Yönelik Arttırılmış ve Sanal Gerçeklik Teknolojilerinin Tek Bir Uygulamada Birleştirilerek Karma Gerçeklik Uygulaması Geliştirilmesi ve Donanım Tasarlanması

“…Iowa State Üniversitesindeki Sanal Gerçeklik Uygulamaları Merkezi araştırma ekibi sıvı akış özelliklerini sanal gerçeklik teknolojisi ile incelemek amacıyla VE-Suite adlı yazılım paketini geliştirdiler [11]. Yapılan çalışmalarda ParaView programında görselliğini arttırılan CFD analiz sahneleri SG ortamına aktarılmıştır.…”

Visualization framework for CAVE virtual reality systems

“…One of the earliest CAVE programs was a visualization tool for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) [13]. The visualization of CFD data continues to be an important application of CAVEs [14,15,16,17,18]. For instance, a new structure in electric current was recently discovered in a magnetohydrodynamics simulation using a CAVE VR visualization [19].…”

Immersive Vr Visualizations by Vfive Part 1: Development

“…One of the early visualization tools for CAVE systems was CAVEvis [3] developed in 1990s, which was to analyze time varying fluid data. Since then, CAVE systems have been used in broad spectrum of visualizations, including seismic simulation [4], meteorological simulation [5], biomedical fluid simulation [6], magnetic resonance imaging [7], turbulence simulation [8], CFD of molten iron [9], CFD of wind turbines [10], geomagnetic field [11], and archaeological [12]. Various applications in scientific visualization and related user-interface study at Brown University are summarized in [13].…”