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District Heating Pipe Cross-Section Field (2D)

2D finite-volume simulation of steady-state heat conduction around a buried, insulated district-heating pipe: solve the real temperature field on a grid and watch the delivery temperature and heat loss respond as you change insulation, length, flow and ground temperature.

Energy & Thermodynamics2DAdvanced60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

Every district-heating network loses some of its heat to the ground along the way from plant to consumer. This 2D counterpart solves the real steady-state heat-conduction field on a grid around a buried, insulated pipe cross-section — insulation and soil as two conductivities in a single Laplace solve — rather than drawing a pre-computed colour gradient along a 3D pipe. A companion strip plots the resulting exponential decay of water temperature with distance, and a scan marker ties the two views together. Adjust insulation thickness, pipe length, flow rate and ground temperature and watch the field, the decay curve, the delivered temperature, total heat lost to the ground, and the network's delivery efficiency all respond together.

⚙ Under the hood

Solve the real 2D steady-state heat-conduction field around a buried, insulated district-heating pipe on a grid — insulation and soil as two conductivities in one finite-volume Laplace solve — instead of a pre-computed colour gradient along a 3D pipe. A companion strip plots the resulting exponential decay of delivery temperature with distance; adjust insulation thickness, pipe length, flow rate and ground temperature and watch the field, the decay curve, and the delivery efficiency respond together.

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