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Addressing the need for effective operator training, the purpose of this study is to develop virtual reality (VR) environments for industrial rotary dryers. Visual and behavioral aspects were considered in the methodology for developing the environments for two application cases\u2014ammonium nitrate and low-rank coal drying. Visual aspects considered include the industrial-scale geometry and detailed components of the rotary dryer, while behavioral aspects were governed by mathematical modeling of heat and mass transfer phenomena. The case studies of ammonium nitrate and low-rank coal were selected due to their industrial relevance and contrasting drying characteristics, ensuring the versatility and applicability of the developed VR environments. The main contribution of this work is the embedding of validated mathematical models\u2014expressed as ordinary differential equations\u2014into these environments. 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