Parallel computers break complex problems into many pieces, then send them to different processors on the same machine to be solved quickly. With up to 16 billion calculations possible per second, the SP permits scientists to perform research that had been too complex to perform previously. By controlling the field of vision and examining objects from all possible angles, scientists gain new insight into physical phenomena. Both were designed by research partners at the Electronic Visualization Lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In the CAVE, projectors and mirrors overlap two images.
Researchers wear stereoscopic glasses to turn the projections into hologram-like images.
One researcher wears a headset and controls the simulation's perspective with a joystick-like computer wand. For scientific visualization, researchers tie the CAVE and SP together to perform scientific research in real time. The NFT pollution control systems use injectors to spray aqueous reagents into the flue gases of the boiler, where they evaporate. If the injectors are properly placed, the chemicals released during evaporation react with harmful nitrogen oxides to form water, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. The optimal placement of the injectors depends heavily on the fluid flow and temperature distributions within the boiler.