The Role of Digital Twins in Optimizing Waste-to-Energy Conversion Through Incineration

In recent years, the amount of waste in urban areas, in particular, has increased dramatically due to population growth, urbanisation and lifestyle changes. As a result, the importance of intermediate treatment facilities to reduce the volume of waste, such as incineration plants, has emerged as pressure increases on the remaining capacity of final disposal sites.

Hightopo takes waste incineration power generation as the research object, and exploits the self-developed visualization product, HT for Web(mentioned as HT below), to visually demonstrate WtE(Waste-to-Energy) incineration equipment process. Simulate the smoke and dust emissions from the waste incineration power station, as well as the treatment technology, technological process, environmental conditions and machine failures. Visually display the execution progress of waste incineration, the operation status of equipment, the control status of flue gas pollutants, etc., and facilitate the visual management of WtE(Waste-to-Energy) incineration plants.

WtE(Waste-to-Energy) incineration is the process of direct controlled burning of waste in the presence of oxygen at temperatures of 850°C and above, coupled with basic mechanisms to recover heat and energy and more sophisticated mechanisms to clean flue gas, utilise wastewater, and assimilate diverse streams of waste.

HT uses 2D configuration diagrams to popularize the working principle of waste-to-energy generation. Staff can more intuitively see the working status and detection information of each system, including the fermentation time of the waste pit, the negative pressure of the waste pit, the residence time and temperature of the stocker, furnace, boiler, combustion chamber and steam turbine, etc. Click “Configuration Process” in the scene to drill down and switch to a different process. The visualization flowcharts of different dimensions will meet the business demands of managers and operators.

Digital Twin Simulates Main Process 1. Waste pit for the storage of waste before it is fed into the furnace

Adopt indoor positioning, vehicle positioning, and sophisticated IoT device, data which indicated car location on the platform can be collected. By RESTful APIs or WebSocket, communicate the data to the front end for visualization and display. Utilize multiple algorithms to calculate data such as waste volume, waste crane status, precrusher status, etc.

1. Incineration furnace operated at a temperature over 850ºC

After the waste enters the incinerator, it is fully burned at high temperature. By combining the temperature measurement system, the system counts the furnace temperature, boiler feed water temperature, flue gas temperature and steam temperature in the incinerator, and monitors the operation status of the slag treatment system and the fly ash treatment system. Ensure that the fuel combustion energy in the furnace meets the needs of the boiler, maintain the safe and economical operation of the boiler, and maintain the stable operation of the incineration system.

1. Heat recovery and power generation

One of the objectives of WtE incineration is to recover energy from waste combustion heat by generating steam. Most steam is sent to a steam turbine and then used to generate electricity.

The steam conditions of boilers significantly affect the output of power generators. It is desirable to design systems that incorporate high-temperature and high-pressure steam boilers. Therefore, HT visualization highlights the current steam temperature and pressure to empower maintainers and staff to get a comprehensive view of the current status, as well as the water-steam cycle, turbine spin speed, power generation efficiency.

1. Flue gas cleaning system typically includes a bag filter;

Bag filters are used to remove air pollutants from flue gas through filtering. An alkali agent such as lime powder and powdered activated carbon is injected into flue gas before it passes through the bag filter. Air pollutants, except NOx, can be removed through the following mechanisms.

To monitor flue gas, dust, HCl, SO2, and NOx must be measured continuously. And for HT, the data panel will update in real-time to display the data.

1. Ash discharge and treatment

Quality of bottom ash and APC residue (fly ash) should be checked for loss on ignition (LOI) and harmful substances before reclamation or other treatment. The most common method of treatment is reclamation in a controlled landfill site.

HT simulates the whole process and uses data to trigger 3d models as well as the 2d data panel. Exploit digital twins technology, stakeholders can get a comprehensive overview of each progress; get shaper insight on each process and monitor key data. Leverage the development with a good sense of sustainability.

Advantages & Disadvantages The main benefits of MSW incineration are volume reduction and disease control, and it is a practical way to treat MSW in 1.2 Historical background and main features of WtE incineration Waste incineration began because of the need to control outbreaks of disease and reduce the rising volume of waste that resulted from continuous population growth in towns and cities large or populated cities as it can be localised in an urbanised zone. WtE incineration also offers the added benefit of using waste as a resource to produce energy. This form of incineration also decreases carbon emissions by offsetting the need for energy from fossil fuel sources and reduces methane generated from landfills if used as an alternative to landfilling.

However, the introduction of MSW incineration has its own barriers, such as (1) high costs to construct and operate incinerators, (2) insufficient income from waste disposal and energy sales to cover all costs, (3) the minimum amount of feedstock required for operations, which could potentially divert waste away from the 3Rs, and (4) risks to human health.

In above use cases, we can see how HT help to minimise the disadvantages and empowers the WtE incineration for its digital transformation.

HT Web 3D Visualization Solution

Hightopo solution offers to view the 3D digital model anytime, anywhere, thanks to HT’s B/S structure, all the content are live on the web. During the construction process, the company avoided the traditional manual count and review of work quantities, and it used the model to view the equipment and pipeline schedules, which became an important basis for preparing the construction budget and completion settlement. Meanwhile, it carried out the lifecycle management of project assets through the model to improve the operational management efficiency of enterprises.

Hightopo visualization solution enabled a mobile display and VR display of the 3D model, making it easier to view the equipment and pipeline properties with an immersive view, as well as improving communication with each stakeholder.

Conclusion Companies are gradually adopting digital twins to manage their most critical assets. In return, digital twins are helping monitor and identify ways to become more efficient, prevent downtimes, and even plan for the future. As in the case of WtE incineration plant, Hightopo digital technology help to inform decisions on whether to be reduced, recycled and made harmless to the environment.

Hightopo 3d visualization solution also offers the possibility of improving energy sales, reducing the cost to construct and operate incinerators, and energy savings or simply being more efficient at the storage of renewable energy. Related research demonstrates that digital twins can indeed help companies to repurpose their sense of sustainability and take it to a plausible level. In the end, development with a good sense of sustainability is key for corporations to thrive while limiting their environmental footprint.

Digital Twins Transform Industrial Parks Toward Carbon Neutrality

Growing climate change concerns in recent years have led to an increased need for carbon dioxide emission reduction. This can be achieved by implementing the concept of circular economy, which promotes the practice of resource conservation, emission minimization, and the maintenance of sustainable revenue streams.

Hightopo utilizes the self-developed visualization product — HT for Web to build a lightweight, interactive, and smart energy visualization management system for industrial parks. HT for Web contains not only 2D dashboards but also 3D graphics, to provide a comprehensive solution for energy management and monitory. Empower industrial park managers and operators to achieve energy saving, centralized monitoring, management & decentralized control of energy. The system includes power distribution, lighting, air conditioning, heating, water supply and drainage of buildings, etc.

Based on Web, the B/S structure system adopts a modular idea in the development process, that is, each module is developed separately and then integrated to reduce circular dependence and coupling. So as to unify the supervision of each measurement point and optimize the construction management. On the one hand, find out the inefficient operation of the equipment or the corresponding floor area, on the other hand, find out the abnormal energy consumption, reduce the peak power consumption level, and give reasonable suggestions based on data analysis.

Responsive design and cross-platform capability allow users to access the system anywhere, any time, using any kind of device. Highly interactive and lightweight models ensure an outstanding user experience, regardless its even visit from mobile devices.

Main System Overview The Energy Medium module shows users the current medium consumption in two ways, one is divided systematic, the other is divided in spatial. Clicks again to trigger the information about the energy consumption of each subsystem or each device respectively.

Enviorment Data Visualization Use wireless sensors to collect environmental data, including indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, CO2 concentration, VOC concentration, PM2.5 concentration, etc., and classify them according to whether to realize self-renewal in different environments, and propose energy storage optimization solutions for photovoltaics and wind power.

Energy Consumption Visualization Data was synced and displayed at the 2D data panel, data sourced from AC, lighting system, and other consumer systems was sorted, analysed and updated in real-time.

Water Supply Device Visualization

The core system achieves automatic loading and unloading of equipment by communicating with background data. The 2D data panel enables intelligent control and management of all pipelines, equipment and structures in the water supply and drainage system, get a full grasp of the water system equipment operation status, which includes each floor wireless water meters, LORA switches, and energy efficiency management platform to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the water supply system.

Power Supply Equipment Visualization

The highly interactive system ensures fast response for the power supply. Each equipment is able to interact and give feedback in real-time. This includes sensors, GPRS/4G/NB-IoT and more. HT cross-platform capability allows users to visit the system on their mobile phones, tablets, and PC devices.

PV Energy Storage Visualization

PV Energy Storage is easy to get affected by multiple factors such as weather, temperature, and humidity during actual operation, resulting in intermittent photovoltaic power and random fluctuations in grid power. Digital twins are a good solution for this issue. HT integrated with energy storage equipment data and weather sensor data, TN-S power supply system data to visualize and provide continuous & stable power supply, improve the system work efficiency and power supply reliability.

Distribution System

The power supply system is generally constructed at the same time as the main building, often comes with problems such as ageing equipment, hidden safety hazards, and low intelligence. HT simulates the application scenario of power distribution equipment in buildings.

Basement Power Distribution Room Visualization

The power distribution room refers to the indoor power distribution place with a low-voltage load, which mainly distributes electric energy for low-voltage users, and is equipped with medium-voltage incoming wires, distribution transformers and low-voltage power distribution devices. The appearance of the underground power distribution room is highly restored and modelled according to the on-site pictures, CAD drawings, and other data. Based on this, an interactive Web 3D scene can be made and each piece of equipment in the power distribution room can respond to interactive events. When a situation such as a short circuit, electric leakage occurs, an alarm signal will be issued in time, and supervisors will be notified in real-time, prevent fire and other safety accidents, and ensure the normal operation of system functions and system safety.

Electrical Wiring Diagram

HT for Web not only has a powerful render for 3D graphics, but HT also supports the 2D vector component and the HT special rendering makes 2D and 3D can merge together and reusable.

Water Supply Visualization

Water supply systems use a combination of pipes (of different dimensions and materials), valves and outlets to deliver water to building users. Some water supply systems also use storage tanks and pumps. Visualize the water flow/pipeline location on the 3D will greatly help operators to get a comprehensive understanding of the whole water supply system.

Photo-realistic modelling restores the water pump room. Realize the unified management of water supply flow, pump frequency, inlet and outlet pressure, and water turbidity, pH value, residual chlorine, etc., to meet the user’s needs for water quality, water volume and water pressure, and to solve the actual operation problem of the water supply system due to changes in water demand, accidents such as pump stoppage, etc., to ensure the normal operation of enterprises.

HVAC System Chilled Water Storage

A chilled water system uses a conventional electric chiller to prepare cold water during the valley power period at night, and then store the cold water in a water tank (tank). The water storage technology can cut peaks fill valleys and balance the load of the power grid. The water absorbs heat from the building and disperses it outside. The system cools the water down to a temperature of 4 degrees and then circulates it through the water coil’s air handler.

Water Level Visualization

Using cloud computing, Internet, GIS and other technologies to remotely monitor parameters such as water level, water flow speed, load flow rate, cooling tower energy consumption, etc., to obtain the complete change of water level, and convert them into electrical signals to transmit to the computer. Reduce the installed capacity of various equipment, improve the efficiency of the host, make full use of the advantages of the cold storage device, and reduce the energy consumption of the system.

Lightning System Visualization

HT supports OBJ format 3d modelling files and MTL files and displays them on the web. Combine with the weather system, we can analyst and control the indoor light intensity and operation duration. Therefore, control the energy consumption. Also, system will highlight the out-of-function device, easy for operators to locate and maintain.

Guest Room Control System

HT as a visualization tool, adapted with B/S structure, makes it easy to integrate with other systems. Also, the B/S structure offers the capability of remote access the system anywhere, anytime. Without downloading app all the data are live in real-time. Operators can access the system on phone, PC or tablet and with any modern browser, reducing the uncertainty of management and daily operation, increasing efficiency.

Conclusion Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) provide real-time remote monitoring and integrated control of a wide range of connected systems, allowing modes of operation, energy use, environmental conditions and so on to be monitored and allowing hours of operation, set points and so on to be adjusted to optimise performance and comfort. BEMS can also trigger alarms, predict problems and inform maintenance programmes.

Intelligent Application of Industrial Production Line Kanban

Innovation Changes Life Before the emergence of the digital era, many manufacturing companies mainly relied on conventional production management methods. The gathering and analysis of production data were largely dependent on manual efforts, resulting in data collection errors, delayed information transmission, lack of transparency in the production process, and suboptimal production efficiency. In traditional production environments, real-time monitoring and transparency were lacking in various stages of the production process, which made it challenging for companies to promptly address production issues, enhance efficiency, and adapt to changing market demands. The transmission of information from the production site to the management level suffered from delays and distortion, posing difficulties for managers to accurately comprehend the production status and make timely decisions.

With the rapid advancement of information technology (IT) and the widespread use of IoT and sensing technology, entrepreneurs are increasingly recognizing the importance of leveraging digital technology to achieve comprehensive visualization and real-time monitoring of the production process. This is crucial for enhancing efficiency and reducing costs. By utilizing sensors to collect production data in real-time, the on-site production equipment can seamlessly integrate with the information system, enabling enterprises to adopt faster and real-time production management approaches. Simultaneously, the mature application of data analysis and artificial intelligence (AI) technology allows companies to delve deeper into production data, enabling predictive maintenance, optimizing production processes, and supporting decision-making for managers.

Final Effect In today’s fiercely competitive manufacturing environment, industrial line Kanban boards are proving to be essential in driving the transformation of enterprise production management. This is primarily due to their exceptional real-time monitoring and data visualization capabilities. This article presents a case study highlighting the innovative accomplishments of an industrial line Kanban board in enhancing production efficiency, optimizing resource utilization, and achieving digital transformation.

Hightopo software relies on the self-developed “HT for Web (HT)” product to create an intelligent management system for industrial production lines. By providing real-time monitoring, data visualization, and in-depth analysis, it creates an excellent production management environment for enterprises. Its role is not only to provide real-time information on production status, enabling management to quickly respond to changes and make precise decisions, but also to optimize production processes and reduce equipment failure rates through data mining, thereby improving production efficiency and product quality. The introduction of industrial Kanban promotes lean production processes, providing enterprises with a more efficient, transparent, and sustainable manufacturing experience, and opening up new chapters for digital transformation.

Industrial production data is complex and diverse. In order to enable managers to understand the operation status of production lines in an intuitive manner, Hightopo software utilizes the “HT for Web” 2/3D visualization engine and the HT-UI library. It applies a rich set of chart components to present system management data of industrial production lines in clear and concise ways, including tables, trees, scatter plots, and word clouds in various dynamic chart formats.

Dashboard The Dashboard page provides a comprehensive overview of the entire production line. With this page, management can easily understand the current status of the production line, including equipment statistics, equipment operational status, and key performance indicators for production analysis.

Through visual display, the Dashboard page allows managers to quickly assess the health of the production line, identify potential issues in a timely manner, and make effective decisions. This overview page provides a starting point for management to gain in-depth understanding of the line’s details, track production progress, and guide subsequent production management activities, thereby achieving optimization and continuous improvement in the production process.

Order Information The Order Information page is an important section in the Kanban, dedicated to providing a comprehensive overview of order execution status.

Using the rich chart components provided by HT-UI, the order page is created to enable management to easily track key information such as the production status, delivery progress, and actual output of orders. This allows businesses to achieve real-time monitoring of the order fulfillment process, promptly identify potential issues, and make quick decisions to ensure timely delivery of orders.

Visualization of the order information page enables managers to quickly understand the fulfillment status of orders, providing strong support for developing more effective production plans and resource allocation.

Equipment Management The device management page is like the central nervous system of a production line, providing not only detailed insights into the device’s status, but also presenting the lifecycle data of the devices in an innovative and visual way.

Through the HT UI, the management can communicate with each device and gain in-depth knowledge of its operational status, performance, alarm records, and other key information. This enables the quick identification of potential issues with the devices, facilitating predictive maintenance and minimizing equipment failures and downtime.

Hightopo’s unique visualization design transforms device information from a simple collection of numbers to 3D models, providing intuitive decision support for management. It not only enables comprehensive monitoring of devices but also represents an innovative attempt in digital transformation, bringing data to life and unlocking new possibilities for equipment optimization and smart manufacturing in enterprises.

“HT for Web” products can support component graph elements with a scale of over 100k, meeting the equipment and data scene requirements of various industrial industries.

Theme The day and night switching function is not only a beautiful design, but also to provide users with the best visual experience under different lighting conditions.

During the daytime, a bright page can enhance the clarity and readability of information, making it easier for users to browse and understand data. On the other hand, switching to a dark-themed interface at night helps reduce screen glare and eye strain, providing users with a more comfortable environment and reducing the risk of visual fatigue that may result from prolonged screen use.

Product Advantages The value brought by the implementation of HT Industrial Kanban Boards for enterprises:

Facilitates management decision-making By providing real-time monitoring and data visualization, Industrial Line Kanban Boards offer comprehensive transparency into the production process. This enables management to instantly understand production status, key indicators, and potential issues, thereby facilitating quick decision-making and flexible adjustment of production plans.

Improves industrial efficiency Industrial Line Boards, through in-depth data analysis, help enterprises optimize production processes, improve efficiency, reduce production costs, and achieve precise resource allocation.

Reduces equipment risks By implementing predictive maintenance and equipment condition monitoring, Industrial Line Kanban Boards minimize the risk of equipment failures and maximize equipment availability and lifespan.

Overall, implementing Industrial Line Kanban Boards not only promotes the digital transformation of production management, improving production efficiency and product quality, but also offers significant support for enterprises to remain competitive and achieve sustainable development in a highly competitive market.

Summary The comprehensive benefits of Hightopo’s industrial production Kanban boards are reflected in its ability to bring manufacturing into the forefront of the digital age. Through real-time monitoring, data visualization, and intelligent analysis, it provides enterprises with a highly transparent production management platform, achieving instant transparency and efficient management of the production process. This innovative tool not only achieves significant achievements in improving production efficiency and reducing costs, but also integrates digital innovation into the core of manufacturing, painting a remarkable picture for the future of smart manufacturing.

Appendix “HT for Web” allows you to create and showcase high-performance interactive 3D visualization solutions in web browsers. It enables users to create, edit, render, and export 3D models. It is suitable for various industrial internet fields. HT utilizes web technologies such as HTML5, WebGL, and JavaScript, eliminating the need for installing any plugins or additional software, and can run on various web browsers. It also provides a rich set of features and tools, including model loading, material editing, animation creation, lighting rendering, collision detection, and more, to meet the requirements of complex 3D visualization applications.

We can also build mobile terminal O&M systems or PC backend management systems through the HT UI component library, which can greatly save development costs and time. Since it is a web-based application software, it supports cross-platform compatibility with various operating systems or cross-device compatibility with various terminal devices. Through responsive design, it adapts to screens of various sizes and resolutions of mobile devices, providing a consistent user experience.

Hightopo 3D Meets Gaussian Splashes: A New Era in Data Visualization

3D Gaussian Splatting (also known as 3D Gaussian Splashing or 3D Gaussian Spray) represents a significant breakthrough in 3D scene representation and rendering. It utilizes deep learning technology, using 3D Gaussian points instead of traditional triangle meshes to express scenes. This approach facilitates both efficient 3D transformation and produces exceptional photorealistic rendering results. In comparison to conventional methodologies, this technology has significant improvements across key performance metrics, including rendering quality, rendering speed, and training speed.

In this article, we will introduce the visualization project built using 3D Gaussian Splatting technology for Hightopo Software’s Xiamen office and Zhongshan Road Pedestrian Street. By completely mapping every building, detail, light and shadow from the real scene into the virtual space, users can enjoy the architectural environment from all angles in the virtual space and obtain an immersive spatial interactive experience.

About 3D Gaussian Splatting The basic workflow of 3D Gaussian Splatting can be divided into three main stages:

1. Data Acquisition Stage

• For small scenes: Simple video capture using a smartphone is sufficient

• For large scenes: Professional equipment is used to ensure high precision and clarity, typically completed within 30 minutes

1. Model Training Stage

• Utilizes GPU computing power to process and train the model data

• Training duration depends on GPU capabilities, usually taking about one day

• Involves processing captured images to generate 3D Gaussian points with position, scale, rotation, and appearance attributes

1. Rendering and Deployment Stage

Implementation of real-time rendering using Hightopo graphics engines

Technical Advantages and Limitations ■ Key Advantages

High-Quality Rendering: 3D Gaussian Splatting can generate highly realistic 3D scenes with excellent detail and texture representation. Efficient Modeling: Compared to traditional methods and other techniques like NeRF, training with 3D Gaussian Splatting converges faster, allowing complex scene modeling in less time. Strong Adaptability: This technique can handle a wide range of scenarios, from microscopic objects to macro environments. Real-time Performance: 3D Gaussian Splatting provides fast rendering and real-time interaction, offering a smooth user experience. Flexible Data Processing: The method can process multiple data inputs, including images, videos, and point clouds. ■ Limitations

High Storage Requirements: Large-scale point cloud data processing and storage demand significant disk space, affecting web page loading speed. Compatibility Issues: Integrating 3D Gaussian Splatting models with traditional triangle-based mesh models presents challenges. Hardware Requirements: Performing large-scale scene rendering requires high-performance hardware and GPUs. 3D Gaussian Splatting Scene of Hightopo Office Using 3D Gaussian Splatting technology combined with the Hightopo graphics engine, we have achieved precise reconstruction of the office’s interior space. Beyond perfectly capturing the geometric structure of the space, it excellently renders material textures and lighting effects. The surface materials of walls, floors, furniture, and LED lighting fixtures have been meticulously modeled, creating a scene experience that rivals video-like realism.

This demonstration showcases our office environment through an immersive third-person perspective, utilizing advanced PBR (Physically Based Rendering) material technology to deliver sophisticated character visualization.

3D Navigation Within our advanced 3D office environment, users navigate the workspace through an interactive virtual avatar. Upon approaching designated workstations, the system renders a detailed 3D representation of the corresponding employee and their current status. A professional interface displays pertinent organizational information, including departmental affiliations and role specifications. This sophisticated interactive framework facilitates comprehensive visualization of workplace dynamics and personnel distribution, optimizing both operational efficiency and user engagement in information acquisition.

Point Cloud Mode This 3D scene also supports point cloud mode, which clearly displays the spatial layout and details.

Each office area, meeting room, and facility is precisely represented by dense point clusters, fully recreating the geometric structure, furniture layout, and spatial characteristics of the office environment.

Point clouds have extensive applications, playing crucial roles in urban planning, architectural surveying, human-computer interaction, autonomous driving and other fields, providing a reliable data foundation for spatial analysis and scene understanding.

Outdoor 3D Gaussian Splatting Scene In this scene, we collected 3D data of Xiamen’s Zhongshan Road pedestrian street using point cloud technology and transformed it into Gaussian points, precisely capturing the geometric shapes and material details of the buildings. After professional processing, these Gaussian points form continuous smooth surface effects, perfectly reproducing the architectural features. Whether it’s buildings, road vegetation, street lights, or vehicles, all scene elements are accurately recreated at a 1:1 scale.

Virtual Street Tour In this high-quality 3D visualization scene, the unique Southern Fujian architectural charm of Zhongshan Road is fully preserved, with clear presentation of everything from the green glazed tile gate tower roofs to the Chinese cloud pattern decorations on the door pillars. Users can freely stroll in this virtual environment, experiencing an immersive journey through the distinctive Southeast Asian style and Southern Fujian traditional architectural charm of Zhongshan Road’s arcade buildings.

Multi-Device Interaction In terms of system functionality and accessibility, Hightopo Graphics Engine’s underlying technology ensures perfect operation of the system across multiple devices.

Users can operate through various terminal devices including PC, mobile phones, tablets, large screens, and VR/AR devices. It supports keyboard control using WASD or arrow keys, and for touch screen devices, it offers functions like single-finger rotation, two-finger zooming, and three-finger panning.

Summary In recent years, 3D Gaussian Splatting technology has shown tremendous application potential in virtual tours, digital cultural tourism, emergency rescue, and other fields of scene reconstruction, providing unlimited possibilities for virtual reality and metaverse industries.

As a pioneer in HTML5 (Canvas/WebGL/WebGPU/WebXR) Web technology innovation, Hightopo Software will continue to deepen industry development, delivering stunning large-scale scenes to clients through more refined, realistic, and efficient 3D rendering technology, driving digital transformation across industries to new heights.

Virtual Reality (VR) applications in multiple industries

Virtual reality technology (VR) has important features such as perception, immersion, and interactivity. It integrates the latest high-tech development achievements such as 3D graphics, display, and simulation, to generate a digital environment that is highly similar to the real world in terms of vision, hearing, and touch. So that people in the virtual world can have an immersive feeling and experience.

Hightopo’s self-developed “HT for Web” product can interact with various objects in the virtual environment by adapting to VR devices, such as grabbing, moving, and splitting. Now it has compatible with many VR devices such as HTC Vive, Oculus, Qeust2, Pico, etc.

Digital Twins Empower Carbon Neutral Industrial Park Management

Growing climate change concerns in recent years have led to an increased need for carbon dioxide emission reduction. This can be achieved by implementing the concept of circular economy, which promotes the practice of resource conservation, emission minimization, and the maintenance of sustainable revenue streams. Hightopo utilizes the self-developed visualization product — HT for Web to build a lightweight, interactive, and smart energy visualization management system for industrial parks. HT for Web contains not only 2D dashboards but also 3D graphics, to provide a comprehensive solution for energy management and monitory. Empower industrial park managers and operators to achieve energy saving, centralized monitoring, management & decentralized control of energy. The system includes power distribution, lighting, air conditioning, heating, water supply and drainage of buildings, etc.

Based on Web, the B/S structure system adopts a modular idea in the development process, that is, each module is developed separately and then integrated to reduce circular dependence and coupling. So as to unify the supervision of each measurement point and optimize the construction management. On the one hand, find out the inefficient operation of the equipment or the corresponding floor area, on the other hand, find out the abnormal energy consumption, reduce the peak power consumption level, and give reasonable suggestions based on data analysis.

Responsive design and cross-platform capability allow users to access the system anywhere, any time, using any kind of device. Highly interactive and lightweight models ensure an outstanding user experience, regardless its even visit from mobile devices. Main System Overview The Energy Medium module shows users the current medium consumption in two ways, one is divided systematic, the other is divided in spatial. Clicks again to trigger the information about the energy consumption of each subsystem or each device respectively.

Enviorment Data Visualization Use wireless sensors to collect environmental data, including indoor and outdoor temperature, humidity, CO2 concentration, VOC concentration, PM2.5 concentration, etc., and classify them according to whether to realize self-renewal in different environments, and propose energy storage optimization solutions for photovoltaics and wind power. Energy Consumption Visualization Data was synced and displayed at the 2D data panel, data sourced from AC, lighting system, and other consumer systems was sorted, analysed and updated in real-time. Water Supply Device Visualization

The core system achieves automatic loading and unloading of equipment by communicating with background data. The 2D data panel enables intelligent control and management of all pipelines, equipment and structures in the water supply and drainage system, get a full grasp of the water system equipment operation status, which includes each floor wireless water meters, LORA switches, and energy efficiency management platform to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the water supply system. Power Supply Equipment Visualization

The highly interactive system ensures fast response for the power supply. Each equipment is able to interact and give feedback in real-time. This includes sensors, GPRS/4G/NB-IoT and more. HT cross-platform capability allows users to visit the system on their mobile phones, tablets, and PC devices. PV Energy Storage Visualization

PV Energy Storage is easy to get affected by multiple factors such as weather, temperature, and humidity during actual operation, resulting in intermittent photovoltaic power and random fluctuations in grid power. Digital twins are a good solution for this issue. HT integrated with energy storage equipment data and weather sensor data, TN-S power supply system data to visualize and provide continuous & stable power supply, improve the system work efficiency and power supply reliability. Distribution System

The power supply system is generally constructed at the same time as the main building, often comes with problems such as ageing equipment, hidden safety hazards, and low intelligence. HT simulates the application scenario of power distribution equipment in buildings. Basement Power Distribution Room Visualization

The power distribution room refers to the indoor power distribution place with a low-voltage load, which mainly distributes electric energy for low-voltage users, and is equipped with medium-voltage incoming wires, distribution transformers and low-voltage power distribution devices. The appearance of the underground power distribution room is highly restored and modelled according to the on-site pictures, CAD drawings, and other data. Based on this, an interactive Web 3D scene can be made and each piece of equipment in the power distribution room can respond to interactive events. When a situation such as a short circuit, electric leakage occurs, an alarm signal will be issued in time, and supervisors will be notified in real-time, prevent fire and other safety accidents, and ensure the normal operation of system functions and system safety. Electrical Wiring Diagram

HT for Web not only has a powerful render for 3D graphics, but HT also supports the 2D vector component and the HT special rendering makes 2D and 3D can merge together and reusable. Water Supply Visualization

Water supply systems use a combination of pipes (of different dimensions and materials), valves and outlets to deliver water to building users. Some water supply systems also use storage tanks and pumps. Visualize the water flow/pipeline location on the 3D will greatly help operators to get a comprehensive understanding of the whole water supply system.

Photo-realistic modelling restores the water pump room. Realize the unified management of water supply flow, pump frequency, inlet and outlet pressure, and water turbidity, pH value, residual chlorine, etc., to meet the user’s needs for water quality, water volume and water pressure, and to solve the actual operation problem of the water supply system due to changes in water demand, accidents such as pump stoppage, etc., to ensure the normal operation of enterprises. HVAC System Chilled Water Storage

A chilled water system uses a conventional electric chiller to prepare cold water during the valley power period at night, and then store the cold water in a water tank (tank). The water storage technology can cut peaks fill valleys and balance the load of the power grid. The water absorbs heat from the building and disperses it outside. The system cools the water down to a temperature of 4 degrees and then circulates it through the water coil’s air handler. Water Level Visualization

Using cloud computing, Internet, GIS and other technologies to remotely monitor parameters such as water level, water flow speed, load flow rate, cooling tower energy consumption, etc., to obtain the complete change of water level, and convert them into electrical signals to transmit to the computer. Reduce the installed capacity of various equipment, improve the efficiency of the host, make full use of the advantages of the cold storage device, and reduce the energy consumption of the system. Lightning System Visualization

HT supports OBJ format 3d modelling files and MTL files and displays them on the web. Combine with the weather system, we can analyst and control the indoor light intensity and operation duration. Therefore, control the energy consumption. Also, system will highlight the out-of-function device, easy for operators to locate and maintain. Guest Room Control System

HT as a visualization tool, adapted with B/S structure, makes it easy to integrate with other systems. Also, the B/S structure offers the capability of remote access the system anywhere, anytime. Without downloading app all the data are live in real-time. Operators can access the system on phone, PC or tablet and with any modern browser, reducing the uncertainty of management and daily operation, increasing efficiency. Conclusion Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) provide real-time remote monitoring and integrated control of a wide range of connected systems, allowing modes of operation, energy use, environmental conditions and so on to be monitored and allowing hours of operation, set points and so on to be adjusted to optimise performance and comfort. BEMS can also trigger alarms, predict problems and inform maintenance programmes. Hightopo brings the market-leading web graphic component library — HT for Web to empower BEMS, use digitization and visualization as two key pillars to help achieve the energy efficiency goals and towards the goal of Carbon Neutral.

Tokyo Olympics draw to a close this Sunday night after more than two weeks of competitions held amid extraordinary restrictions and mostly behind closed doors. The pandemic Olympics give us a thought, how we should improve stadium management? One of the answers is definitely Digital Twin.

How Digital Twins Enhance Large Event Spaces

Managing large event spaces, such as football stadiums and performance halls, comes with several challenges: ensuring security, responding to dynamic circumstances, controlling the influx of people, and providing the audience with a comfortable and entertaining experience.

Hightopo 3D Visualization solution is the best fit for these circumstances. By capturing data in and around the stadium, allowing us to create a virtual copy(Digital Twin) of the area that will be used to provide analytics and insight into the experience of attending a game there. This data will help stadium and venues facilities managers to identify potential problems, optimize sustainability and manage risk.

Web-based Lightweight 3D Model

stadium layout

Utilizing Hightopo powerful 3d graphic rendering engine to achieve this interactive 3D scene. The web-based visualization solution enables interactive events from any modern browser. The elements/ scenes can be zoomed, panned, and rotated. The lightweight models make sure a fast and immersive user experience.

Crowed / Traffic Monitoring

Hightopo visualization solution combines 3D model with 2D data visualization such as bar chart, line chart and data indicator to display the important data sourcing such as traffic, crowd density, regional congestion etc. Breaking down the data silos.

Combine with facial recognition and 5G technology, the visualization solution will leverage stadium security and management. With AI technology, the system can even predict the traffic and crowd density, so that venues managers can act before things go sideways and to effectively guide and evacuate the passenger that exceeds the carrying capacity of the stadium.

3D Heatmap Visualizations

Heatmap Visualization

Through the image recognition and analysis of multiple cameras, a complete heat map(thermal map) of the stadium can be formed. The heatmap provides an understanding of crowd density distribution, help in decisions such as the number of employees needed and managing assets such as lighting and cooling devices.

Immersive AR and VR Experiences

The use of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) is on the rise in large event venues, especially with the roll-out of 5G in event stadiums. AR and VR tools can help make the experience unforgettable, converting a one-time event attendee into a lifelong customer.

VR can provide a virtual tour of the entire venue to an immersive experience of the event. On the other hand, AR maps, which introduce geospatial awareness tapping into the users’ location coordinates, can be effective in guiding visitors to their seats, parking locations, and other spots within the event area.

Hightopo 3D models work seamlessly on VR and AR, the ht-vr.js plugin makes sure a smooth integration for your 3d scene to VR scene.

Surveillance Video Integration and Video Fusion

The digitization of information flow, coding compression, and open protocol enables a seamless connection between the intelligent network video surveillance system and the various subsystems in the security system, and realize management and control on Hightopo visual management platform.

Combined with video fusion technology, multiple surveillance videos can be fused, so that the originally fragmented video can be viewed in a panoramic view of the real three-dimensional scene, and the overall scene can be grasped from any angle required to help users quickly overview the overall situation. The 3d scene and the dome camera work together to accurately locate the target area to be tracked in the scene, and drive the pan-tilt to control and adjust the camera direction and focal length to achieve precise tracking.

Better Resource Efficiency

Minimizing operational costs and maximizing resource efficiencies are important objectives for building management. Digital twins — integrated with IoT sensors — enable data-driven decision-making, as they collect real-time data. Here are a few examples:

• Gathering data from sensors, digital twins improve energy efficiency by automatically turning systems on or off, or adjusting settings, based on need and finding the right level of resource usage at specific times to serve large crowds.
• Visibility into available parking stalls improves space management and also helps visitors not waste time and fuel finding an open spot.
• Better facility management practices can be implemented with multi-scenario testing and predictive asset maintenance.

Meticulous Planning for Emergencies

A huge concern in large event spaces is to ensure safety and be prepared for possible disasters. A digital twin event venue helps with disaster response. It can model entry and exit points, a large number of people who will exacerbate an emergency situation, and numerous other constraints and stress factors.

AR and VR technologies take disaster response training from classrooms to the ground, aiding in scenario testing, simulating disaster events, and guiding through possible solutions. During an emergency, heat map visualizations help monitor the shifting footfalls and come up with a corresponding evacuation plan.

disaster response

While conventional approaches rely on experience, expertise, and intuition in planning events in large spaces and stadiums, the advanced digital twin technology relies on sensors, AR and VR tools, heat map visualizations, IPS to gather real-time data and perform simulations that can assist before and during the event.

Conclusion

Hightopo visualization solution converts all quantifiable aspects of a physical building into an evolving virtual replica, allowing owners, facility managers and built environment professionals real-time insights to strategize and optimize every aspect of a building’s operations.

• Insight into a building’s efficiency performance in real-time.
• Predicting potential failures in systems like HVAC, water and electrical.
• Providing project team with access to lookalike built and lookalike design models, which are constantly synced in real-time.
• Providing insight to a client to support ongoing structural enhancements.

Besides stadiums, Hightopo has had also done some projects that cover archives, exhibition halls and other smart buildings. Combined with GIS, BIM and other technologies to improve the efficiency of operation and maintenance personnel and the green and intelligent development of venues and exhibition halls.

For more information, please refer to our website: https://www.hightopo.com/

or contact us by Email: service@hightopo.com

Tokyo Olympics draw to a close this Sunday night after more than two weeks of competitions held amid extraordinary restrictions and mostly behind closed doors. The pandemic Olympics give us a thought, how we should improve stadium management? One of the answers is definitely Digital Twin.

How Digital Twins Enhance Large Event Spaces

Managing large event spaces, such as football stadiums and performance halls, comes with several challenges: ensuring security, responding to dynamic circumstances, controlling the influx of people, and providing the audience with a comfortable and entertaining experience.

Hightopo 3D Visualization solution is the best fit for these circumstances. By capturing data in and around the stadium, allowing us to create a virtual copy(Digital Twin) of the area that will be used to provide analytics and insight into the experience of attending a game there. This data will help stadium and venues facilities managers to identify potential problems, optimize sustainability and manage risk.

Web-based Lightweight 3D Model

stadium layout

Utilizing Hightopo powerful 3d graphic rendering engine to achieve this interactive 3D scene. The web-based visualization solution enables interactive events from any modern browser. The elements/ scenes can be zoomed, panned, and rotated. The lightweight models make sure a fast and immersive user experience.

Crowed / Traffic Monitoring

Hightopo visualization solution combines 3D model with 2D data visualization such as bar chart, line chart and data indicator to display the important data sourcing such as traffic, crowd density, regional congestion etc. Breaking down the data silos.

Combine with facial recognition and 5G technology, the visualization solution will leverage stadium security and management. With AI technology, the system can even predict the traffic and crowd density, so that venues managers can act before things go sideways and to effectively guide and evacuate the passenger that exceeds the carrying capacity of the stadium.

3D Heatmap Visualizations

Heatmap Visualization

Through the image recognition and analysis of multiple cameras, a complete heat map(thermal map) of the stadium can be formed. The heatmap provides an understanding of crowd density distribution, help in decisions such as the number of employees needed and managing assets such as lighting and cooling devices.

Immersive AR and VR Experiences

The use of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) is on the rise in large event venues, especially with the roll-out of 5G in event stadiums. AR and VR tools can help make the experience unforgettable, converting a one-time event attendee into a lifelong customer.

VR can provide a virtual tour of the entire venue to an immersive experience of the event. On the other hand, AR maps, which introduce geospatial awareness tapping into the users’ location coordinates, can be effective in guiding visitors to their seats, parking locations, and other spots within the event area.

Hightopo 3D models work seamlessly on VR and AR, the ht-vr.js plugin makes sure a smooth integration for your 3d scene to VR scene.

Surveillance Video Integration and Video Fusion

The digitization of information flow, coding compression, and open protocol enables a seamless connection between the intelligent network video surveillance system and the various subsystems in the security system, and realize management and control on Hightopo visual management platform.

Combined with video fusion technology, multiple surveillance videos can be fused, so that the originally fragmented video can be viewed in a panoramic view of the real three-dimensional scene, and the overall scene can be grasped from any angle required to help users quickly overview the overall situation. The 3d scene and the dome camera work together to accurately locate the target area to be tracked in the scene, and drive the pan-tilt to control and adjust the camera direction and focal length to achieve precise tracking.

Better Resource Efficiency

Minimizing operational costs and maximizing resource efficiencies are important objectives for building management. Digital twins — integrated with IoT sensors — enable data-driven decision-making, as they collect real-time data. Here are a few examples:

• Gathering data from sensors, digital twins improve energy efficiency by automatically turning systems on or off, or adjusting settings, based on need and finding the right level of resource usage at specific times to serve large crowds.
• Visibility into available parking stalls improves space management and also helps visitors not waste time and fuel finding an open spot.
• Better facility management practices can be implemented with multi-scenario testing and predictive asset maintenance.

Meticulous Planning for Emergencies

A huge concern in large event spaces is to ensure safety and be prepared for possible disasters. A digital twin event venue helps with disaster response. It can model entry and exit points, a large number of people who will exacerbate an emergency situation, and numerous other constraints and stress factors.

AR and VR technologies take disaster response training from classrooms to the ground, aiding in scenario testing, simulating disaster events, and guiding through possible solutions. During an emergency, heat map visualizations help monitor the shifting footfalls and come up with a corresponding evacuation plan.

disaster response

While conventional approaches rely on experience, expertise, and intuition in planning events in large spaces and stadiums, the advanced digital twin technology relies on sensors, AR and VR tools, heat map visualizations, IPS to gather real-time data and perform simulations that can assist before and during the event.

Conclusion

Hightopo visualization solution converts all quantifiable aspects of a physical building into an evolving virtual replica, allowing owners, facility managers and built environment professionals real-time insights to strategize and optimize every aspect of a building’s operations.

• Insight into a building’s efficiency performance in real-time.
• Predicting potential failures in systems like HVAC, water and electrical.
• Providing project team with access to lookalike built and lookalike design models, which are constantly synced in real-time.
• Providing insight to a client to support ongoing structural enhancements.

Besides stadiums, Hightopo has had also done some projects that cover archives, exhibition halls and other smart buildings. Combined with GIS, BIM and other technologies to improve the efficiency of operation and maintenance personnel and the green and intelligent development of venues and exhibition halls.

For more information, please refer to our website: https://www.hightopo.com/

or contact us by Email: service@hightopo.com

A logistics park is an industrial area specifically designed for storage, management, distribution and transportation of various goods. In addition, companies operating from logistics parks often use them to assemble, package, process or do light manufacturing of products. Looking ahead to the next 2 to 10 years, a predicted surge in the preference for digital transformation will bring fundamental changes to the way warehouses operate. Accordingly, the adoption of disruptive warehouse digitalization will reach its apex.

In this article, we will introduce the HT for Web to create digital twins of a logistics park to open up upstream and downstream systems and utilize smart hardware to achieve data linkage. Covers modules such as (i)daily management of the park, (ii)traffic flow monitoring, (iii)access monitoring, (iv)warehouse management and monitoring and other aspects. With the help of this comprehensive management warehousing system, visualize and analyse the industry park to improve management and work efficiency of the logistics park, and to reduce labour and management costs.

Lightweight 3D Model

HT for Web (refer as HT below) supports multiple types of model rendering, adopts lightweight yet photorealistic 3D modelling technology. It also supports importing BIM model files in IFC format to generate scenes, and supports rendering oblique photography model files in 3D Tiles format.

The system comes with an interactive 3d scene and a detailed 2d data panel along the left and right sides to display the data. The 3d scene can be zoomed, panned, and rotated, and each device in the scene can respond to interactive events.

Daily Management of Logistics Park

environment monitory visualization

Integrate the weather system to HT visualization management system, to monitor the environment in the park, collect environmental data from the aspects of temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, PM2.5, etc., and display it in real-time on the 2D panel.

green energy management

In a large scale logistics park, energy-consuming is a critical aspect to handle and manage. Ultize HT powerful data visualization system to get real-time data about power consumption and power generation to help park operators get insights on the overview energy usage.

1. EV Charging Station

Vehicle charging piles are set up in many places in the park, and the energy-saving contribution of the park charging piles and real-time power monitoring is displayed through HT 2D visualization. And with the 3D effect, the charging piles in the park are equipped with different colours to check the charging status of the vehicles and abnormal warnings. HT’s 2D panel is bound to chart data, and 2D and 3D are seamlessly integrated and reused in three-dimensional space.

2. PV Roofing and Solar Street Light

As a distributed photovoltaic project, the photovoltaic roofs is combined with charging piles, new energy vehicles and smart street lights. It uses photovoltaic modules installed on the roof to generate electricity. It is stored in the battery through a charging device or directly supplied to electric vehicles for charging. Photovoltaic roofs also provide power transmission for street lights, public facilities and other facilities in the park to achieve the effect of energy saving and emission reduction. Data was seamlessly integrated into 2D panels such as daily/cumulative electricity storage, power generation, discharge etc.

surveillance system

Multiple surveillance cameras have been installed in various corners of the park and integrated into HT visualization system. Realize the detection and query of the operation status of equipment which related to various video surveillance systems. Once the operation and maintenance system finds that the operation status of the video surveillance system equipment is abnormal, it will immediately automatically send a fault alarm to the operation and maintenance management centre.

Optimized vehicle and dock management

With smart video, site operators can create an optimized vehicle and load management workflow — from truck entry to docking and cargo pickup. HT visualization solution achieves this with a dashboard that displays the status of each loading dock, allowing vehicles to be directed efficiently as soon as they register at the park’s security checkpoint. Based on simple red, yellow and green indicators, vehicles can be processed more efficiently and queuing can be reduced.

As well as improving the vehicle processing workflow, park operators can improve access security based on vehicle license plate recognition technology. Smart cameras can also be used to monitor the speed of vehicles entering the logistics park, detect illegal parking, and send automated alerts to security teams when rules are breached.

Access Monitoring

Through intelligent equipment such as face recognition and AI cameras, the people entering and leaving the park are monitored, identified, tracked, and analyzed to obtain real-time data on the flow of people in the area, and provide accurate traffic statistics and behaviour analysis data for the park operation and maintenance personnel.

HT offer various kind of UI component, such as line chart, bar chart, pie chart etc to display data in an intuitive way and empower operators to maximum efficiency.

Warehouse Management Visualization

HT powerful rendering engine ensures smooth loading and the capability of handles up to 2 million faces 3d models. In this demo, we photorealistic modelling an AS/RS(Automated Storage and Retrieval System) warehouse. Each box inside the shelf is interactive and able to fetch information such as cargo location, real-time trajectory, equipment status, and inventory data.

In addition, models such as warehouse shelf, stacker, conveyor, unstacking machine, AGVs (Autonomous Guided Vehicles), stackers, robotic arms and other equipment are all interactive and able to be triggered to show it’s operating status. When the system received an equipment alarm, the related equipment in the 3d scene will pop up with alert information to inform the operators.

AGVs (Autonomous Guided Vehicles)

AGVs are material handling systems or load carriers that travel autonomously throughout a warehouse, distribution centre, or manufacturing facility, without an onboard operator or driver. AGVs can send the current position and status to the host computer through the wireless network. The host computer updates the database according to the current status and simultaneously accesses the HT visualization system to display the path in real-time. The AVG walking path can also be set according to project requirements.

palletizing robot

The palletizing robot completes various rotations, movements or compound actions through the mechanical arm to achieve prescribed actions and change the position and posture of the grasped objects. In this demo, we can see how HT’s powerful rendering engine achieve precise control of the entire palletizing robot operation process, and highly simulate the swing process of the robot arm.

cargo elevator

The cargo elevator plays an essential role in conveying, lifting, and assisting in loading and unloading materials in storage and transportation. Integrate the robot system, the visualization system allow to display of machine equipment information such as equipment code, task code, hoist current level, equipment status, equipment next maintenance time and other basic information. It is convenient for operators to control and maintain.

goods information visualization

Warehouses are expected to play a key role in increasing customer satisfaction, effectively predicting product demand, and making better use of the resources at hand. As a result, the demand for forecasting and accurate decision making is on the rise.

Predictive analytics make use of statistical techniques such as predictive modelling, big data, and data mining to analyze historical trends and make predictions about the future.

Predictive analytics, together with artificial intelligence (AI), can be very effective for recommending optimized inventory levels, replenishing inventory, and increasing operational efficiency as well as warehouse optimization as a whole.

Conclusion

With the advent of always-on e-commerce, the demand for faster responses, and the need to manage a larger number of SKUs with fewer errors, warehouses need to scale up and meet the standards of an intelligent, efficient, and automated warehouse. Hightopo offers the ultimate WMS visualization solution to the warehousing & logistics industry.

Hightopo is dedicated to handling the technical difficulties in the last phase of the data processing procedure in the IIoT: data visualization. Hightopo provides a visualization solution for the real-time monitoring systems by a powerful web-based 2D and 3D graphics rendering engine. It has launched a proprietary software application named HT for Web and continuously strives to make HT for Web one of the top software applications worldwide. HT for Web has been applied in various industries, such as telecommunications, electricity, hydropower, transportation, petrochemical, manufacturing, medical, and industrial control industries.

As the hub of modern transportation, ports and freighters play an important role in promoting international trade. According to relevant statistics, about 90% of global trade relies on maritime transportation. Efficiency and well maintenance is the lynchpin of the maritime transportation industry.

With the help of Hightopo visualization product — HT for Web, creating an interactive 3D digital twins environment of port, ships to explore, analyse and experience outcomes before taking action will greatly increase efficiency and help communicate vital information to stakeholders across the business.

Smart Port Benefits to Increase ROI, Safety, and Smarter Choices

Port efficiency relies on balancing demand and supply in a flexible way and integration within the entire transport system. A port is dependent on a continuous inbound and outbound flow of cargo and passengers arriving and departing from the port by different means of transport.

The whole port is modelled and monitored through real-time information and incoming data that an IoT system captured. Digital twins improve mooring and casting off, remote-controlled cranes, connected vessels, asset tracking, speed up ship docking and reduce load time to help customers minimise operational costs, improve customers satisfaction, optimise revenues, and even generate new revenue streams.

Through visualised digital twin platforms, a terminal operator, for example, can monitor end-to-end cargo tracking and fleet management services, as well as supervise the workforce in the field. The result is more accurate and pinpointed loading and unloading times, for example, creating faster truck and ship turnaround times.

Improved accuracy with real-time information could also lead to a potential reduction in failures in container movements by cranes and operatives — reducing energy usage and a port’s overall carbon footprint.

Using data to digitally map a crane’s box moves per hour, gaining information to reduce wasted movement and energy emitted by handling equipment. By first measuring the total time a straddle carrier is in use, for example, a port can implement smart systems, automation and remote control of equipment to achieve optimised equipment levels and vehicle management, reduced idle time, fewer fleet hours, and pooled equipment management.

For Path Planning, HT offers an inbuilt algorithm to calculate the faster path. Base on port CAD file to proportional model the assets. Click on the start point and endpoint, the algorithm will automatically draw a line and offer operators greatly convenience.

Fed by multiple data streams of real-time data and historical databases, is also an operational planning tool for the coordination and synchronization of port operations. It could be an essential foundation for virtual arrival processes and green steaming and for the hinterland window to support efficient use of trucks, trains, and infrastructure for diverse needs.

Smart Ship Management Visualization

Smart Ship offers a multi-layer optimization in the fields of fuel consumption, energy efficiency and emissions control management, with full respect to the implementation of the requirements of maritime sector regulations and taking into account applications of circular economy concepts in the maritime as well.

Interactive 3d model sync with data from IoT devices and with the help of 5G technology, GPS, the data can be shown on the board in a near-real-time manner. Visualize containers information such as goods, storage capability, temperature, goods status etc, offer a transparent freight management experience.

Constantly monitoring vessel’s engine and propeller is crucial. With HT visualization system, whenever the data exceed the threshold or any atypical situations happen, the visualization terminal will give an alarm notification to operators and managers, security a safe journey.

Peeping rapidly through atypical situations such as weather reports, harnesses the applicability of digital twin in ship control systems. An overall virtual vessel can be made to accomplish virtual software integration, acting as a stimulator with all on-board systems replicating a physical vessel in cyberspace. Thus, Digital twin allows testing of virtual vessels in real-life situations and study modifications that may be required for the physical duo.

Weather Reports: Analyze atmospheric data such as atmospheric pressure, temperature, wind direction, wind speed, sea visibility, wave etc. Scientific management, to take protective measures before the arrival of meteorological disasters.

Surveillance Video Integration: The video surveillance system and the various subsystems in the security system are seamlessly connected, unified visualized and management in the HT visualization system. Give cargo more intelligent management, improve the efficiency of identifying safety incidents. Allow managers to control the situation in the shortest time and occupy the dominant position.

Vessel turnaround time takes a huge concern regarding the increased efficiency of developing technology to forecast routes and optimum speed recommendation. Ports receiving data stats regarding a vessel can highly implement those to guide other ships which grossly reduces the time for which a vessel stays at the port. Ship routing themselves according to the fuel-efficient route reduces the transit time, enhancing the chances of delay and granting ship owners higher vessel reliability.

Conclusion

There is no doubt that the digital twin is the future. Being able to predict potential dangers and create the optimum design, will enhance safety and operation greatly. With the element of the unknown significantly limited, the digital twin concept can help the shipping industry make better use of digitalization and move to a new era.

Hightopo — HT for web, brings cutting-edge 3d data visualization and web 3d rendering technology to provide a comprehensive visualization solution, fasten the digital transformation process, offer interactive 3d digital twins to empower the maritime industry leading to a better future.