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SAF Blend & Contrail Lab — 2D Wake-Diffusion Diagram

Interactive 2D diagram of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) blending: a finite-difference advection-diffusion grid models contrail ice-crystal dispersion in the engine wake, an altitude gauge tracks the ISA temperature lapse against the -40°C contrail threshold, and a live cumulative-CO2 chart tracks lifecycle vs tailpipe emissions across the flight.

Climate, Ecology & Environment2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

This 2D counterpart renders the same Sustainable Aviation Fuel physics as an engineer's diagram rather than a flying camera view. A finite-difference advection-diffusion grid simulates the engine wake directly — ice-crystal concentration ages, diffuses and decays across a 2D field of "time since emission" versus "vertical spread" — while a compact altitude gauge tracks the ISA lapse rate against the −40°C contrail threshold, and a live cumulative-CO2 chart plots tailpipe versus lifecycle emissions against distance flown using the exact same lifecycle-factor and soot-index formulas as the 3D model.

⚙ Under the hood

A 2D finite-difference diagram of the same SAF blend-and-contrail physics: an advection-diffusion grid simulates ice-crystal dispersion in the engine wake by age and vertical spread, an ISA-lapse altitude gauge marks the -40°C contrail threshold, and a live cumulative-CO2 chart tracks lifecycle vs fixed tailpipe emissions across the flight.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install