污水处理厂虚拟现实教学软件开发及应用

Development and application of virtual reality software for the practical teaching of sewage treatment plant

为解决学生在现实中对污水处理厂缺乏设备操作、观察工程细节的机会而使得实践教学效果达不到人才培养目标的问题,基于虚拟现实(VR)技术,利用UE4和C4D,开发一套完整污水处理厂VR教学软件,包含1个虚拟实验中心及13个污水处理构筑物案例。学生通过软件可体验污水处理的完整流程,掌握污水处理工艺原理、构筑物构造和设备布置,操作工程设备,控制主要工艺参数。通过网络+课堂教学、VR实践教学和考核反馈,完成对污水处理厂的全面认知。基于VR技术的污水处理厂教学软件与传统教学形成优势互补,为环境工程实践教学效果不佳的问题提供良好的解决途径。根据调查结果分析,该VR教学软件达到环境工程实践教学目的。

Currently, the practical teaching cannot meet the goal of talent training because students lack the opportunity to operate the equipment and observe the details of the project in the field trip of sewage treatment plant. To solve this problem, a complete set of VR-based teaching software for sewage treatment plant was developed by means of the UE4 and C4D. This software contains one virtual experiment center and 13 cases of sewage treatment structures. Students are able to experience the complete process of sewage treatment, as well as master the principle of sewage treatment, the structure construction and the equipment layout. What’s more, students can operate engineering equipment, and control the main process parameters in the software. Through the online and classroom teaching, VR practical teaching and assessment feedback, students can understand the sewage treatment plant comprehensively. The teaching software of sewage treatment plant based on virtual reality is complementary to traditional teaching, which provides a solution to the problem of the poor practical teaching of environmental engineering. As survey results show, the VR teaching software achieves the goal of environmental engineering practical teaching.