| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M62693/01 |
| Title: |
IMPROVING CHEMICAL PLANT SAFETY TRAINING USING VIRTUAL REALITY |
| Principal Investigator: |
Schofield, Dr D |
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| Department: |
Sch of Chemical and Environmental Eng |
| Organisation: |
University of Nottingham |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 November 1999 |
Ends: |
31 October 2002 |
Value (£): |
53,590
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Safety & Reliability of Plant |
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Chemicals |
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Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology |
| Energy |
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Recent advances in Virtual Reality (VR) technology have resulted in major opportunities to improve the safety training of chemical plant workers, supervisors and managers. The hazardous nature of chemical plant environments limits the type of safety training that can be carried out on site. VR offers the potential to expose personnel to hazardous situations in a safe, highly visual and interactive manner. Customised simulations of plant layouts, dynamic operations and plant environment can be set up and personnel can be allowed to move around the virtual plant, making decisions at key points. The consequences of both correct and incorrect decisions can be immediately fed back to the trainee. The VR systems can be customised and random or specifically targeted hazards applied, this is important as it means that the test cannot be passed by trial and error. Each test can be unique and thus it is knowledge retention that is assessed.
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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk |