Nanodielectric HVDC Cable Insulation — 2D Cross-Section & Radial Profile
Interactive 2D simulator of a nanocomposite HVDC power-cable insulation layer: a polar cross-section and a radial profile chart show injected space charge drifting and trapping around engineered nanofillers as the field profile stays safe — or distorts toward breakdown.
High-voltage DC power cables lose energy — and eventually fail — not just to resistive heating, but to space charge: carriers injected from the conductor drift into the polymer insulation and distort the electric field far from its clean, geometric shape. Nanotech's answer is nanocomposite insulation, where MgO or Al₂O₃ nanofillers create deep trap states that immobilise injected charge close to the electrode instead of letting it wander deep into the bulk. This 2D companion solves the same cylindrical Poisson equation across the insulation layer in real time and renders it two ways at once: a polar cross-section disc and a draggable Cartesian radial profile, so you can watch the field enhancement factor stay near 1× with a heavily loaded nanocomposite — or climb dangerously with a plain, untreated polymer.
2D companion simulator of a nanocomposite HVDC cable's insulation: the same live cylindrical Poisson solve is shown as a draggable polar cross-section disc and a Cartesian radial profile chart with a drag-to-probe cursor, so you can read exact potential, field and trapped-charge values at any radius as space charge drifts and traps around engineered nanofillers.
2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install