Pilot project 1 | INNO2MARE

Pilot project 1 – Improved fire evacuation VR model of a ship engine room

CHALLENGE! To provide improved, more realistic, albeit safer environment for onboard firefighting training.

HOW? By building fire scenario in a virtual reality (VR) environment of a ship engine room (ER), based on fire spread results obtained by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis.

WHY? The problem of the current VR models is that the fire is modelled rudimentary, i.e. as a concentrated flame that does not spread, making users less susceptible on the stimulus.

FINAL RESULT→ Functional VR model of fire spread in ship ER, reaching TRL4/TRL5.

GOALS FOR INNO2MARE PROJECT: To advance maritime fire safety and to digitalize maritime education and training (MET) process making it possible to be conducted onsite and online.

Publications

Vukelic, G.; Ogrizovic, D.; Bernecic, D.; Glujic, D.; Vizentin, G. Application of VR Technology for Maritime Firefighting and Evacuation Training—A Review. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11, 1732. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11091732

Vukelic Goran, VR fire in ship engine room – case studies, YouTube videos, 2023. Videos are showing progress in developing an improved model of fire spread in the virtual reality (VR) of a ship engine room (ER). Fire spread is modeled on evidence-based research, using CFD tools, making the VR experience more accurate and realistic. This helps in fire and escape training process. ER is two storey, 16×20 m enclosed space, with two main and two backup engines, two generators and various auxiliary equipment. All the models and solutions have been made by the team of the Faculty of Maritime Studies Rijeka, Croatia.