The use of digital twin technology in the testing laboratories of forest machines

One of the important environmental problems is the damage caused to the environment by the exhaust gases of internal combustion engines. They contain both non-toxic (nitrogen, carbon dioxide) and toxic (carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, aldehydes, benzapyrene) chemicals that have a negative impact on both humans and nature. In addition to the daily operation of logging equipment, exhaust gases also occur during laboratory tests of internal combustion engines. In order to minimize the amount of exhaust gases during the study and testing of internal combustion engines of forest transport, the article proposes a variant of a digital twin, where by means of several tests of this sample, it will be possible to simulate other possible options, but with its electronic copy.