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Power Grid (2D)

Canvas2D DC power-flow grid: pick a topology, dial demand and generation deficit, trip a line and watch overloads cascade into a blackout.

Energy & Thermodynamics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

This 2D companion runs the same DC power-flow solver as the 3D version — a susceptance matrix built from each line's reactance, solved by Gauss–Seidel for the bus voltage angles — but draws it as a flat schematic: coloured lines show loading (green/amber/red), animated dots show flow direction, and clicking any line trips it so you can watch power redistribute and, if pushed past 105% capacity, cascade into a blackout.

⚙ Under the hood

Canvas2D DC power-flow grid with Ring/Mesh/Radial topologies, a Gauss–Seidel solver over the network's B matrix, and a cascade action that trips any line over 105% of its rated capacity.

power gridDC power flowcascade failuretransmission lineskirchhoff's lawsblackout

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