Initial studies on Virtual Reality Visualization of 3D Airflow in Ventilated Livestock Buildings

This paper describes simulation of airflow and temperature distribution in livestock buildings. Four different configurations of ventilation system have been studied. Low momentum air supply was studied with air supply near the floor and through the ceiling respectively. High momentum air supply was studied in configurations with a slot inlet as well as a number of individual inlets. The three-dimensional airflow has been visualised in panorama and a six-sided CAVE. The flow was visualised by arbitrary planes of velocity vectors and air temperature as well as streamlines and moving particles.