The Engineering Division within the Linde Group will be showcasing a new virtual reality (VR) application for the first time at the Gastech 2017 tradeshow in Tokyo.
The technology was developed for training operators and can also be used to visualise design changes during the planning phase. It takes users on a realistic tour of a plant that Linde is currently building in the Amur region in Eastern Russia. Once it is complete, the facility will separate ethane, liquid gas components and nitrogen (N2) from natural gas. The unit will be part of one of the largest gas processing plants in the world.
VR refers to computer technologies that simulate a real environment for users. Until now, it has been mainly associated with video gaming. A VR headset with an integrated 3D display gives players the feeling that they are actually present in the virtual world.
Linde has now adapted this technology for the field of industrial-scale plant engineering. Users can put on a VR headset and use a hand-held controller to explore all of the module’s platforms and study its valves and compressors from every angle. They can even step inside process components such as heat exchangers and coldboxes – something that would not be possible in real life.
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