Chasm Consulting has released Ventsim™ 4 (see ventilation article in the August issue of the magazine), the latest version of its best-selling mine ventilation simulation software. Ventsim™ 4 includes many new features and improvements to help build better models, create more accurate simulations and save time and money.
New features of Ventsim™ 4 include:
- Faster, more accurate simulation engine for gas and thermodynamics.
- Real Time sensor display with Asynchronous LiveVIEW™ data feeds
- Import and digitising of fan curve sheets
- Photographic textures on 3D surfaces
- Import and 3D rasterisation of PDF or scanned mine plans.
- Improved Staging control for multiple versions and variations of models
- Video recording and time lapse recording of screen directly from Ventsim
- Support for all versions of Autocad, Microstation and Datamine files.
Real time sensor monitoring is an exciting new addition to Ventsim LiveView to compliment existing mine ventilation information systems. The LiveView module (included in Ventsim Premium and optional in other versions), allows you to link your 3D Ventsim model to a live stream of sensor data, displaying all types of important ventilation information including airflows, gases and temperatures, as well as the status of fans, doors and other ventilation controls. Alarms can also be set when critical sensor information gets above or below allowable levels.
Ventsim 4 includes a new feature in LiveView called Dynamic Monitoring. This continuously imports and displays ventilation data within your model, and then uses the data to predict conditions through all other parts of the mine in real time.
With a minimal number of sensors, Ventsim can help show and visualise changing conditions through every part of your mine, even areas without sensors. Ventsim Dynamic Monitoring is an ideal addition for control rooms, and engineers requiring live information to observe or troubleshoot ventilation conditions through the mine.