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🔋 Simulated Smart Grid Frequency Dynamics

Interactive 3D power-grid diagram where adding or removing simulated load and generation shows grid frequency drift, with automatic frequency-response controllers stepping in to restore 50Hz.

Physics & Mechanics3DModerate60 FPS

A 3D power-grid diagram where city load and generator dispatch are pulled out of balance, showing the shared grid frequency drift away from 50Hz and automatic frequency-response controllers step in to pull it back.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Grid frequency reflects the real-time balance of supply and demand across every spinning generator on the network. Imbalance accelerates or decelerates that shared rotational speed, and grid inertia determines how fast frequency can drift (RoCoF).

🎮 How to Use

Move the load and generation sliders apart to create an imbalance, choose a grid inertia level, and toggle automatic frequency response on or off. Try the "Trip a generator" button to see a sudden loss event and watch the controller respond.

💡 Did You Know?

Great Britain's National Grid ESO is contractually required to hold frequency within 50 ± 0.2Hz during normal operation — a deviation most people would never notice, but one that operators track to the hundredth of a hertz around the clock.

⚙ Under the hood

Observe the impact of load changes and generation dispatch on grid frequency within a dynamic 3D power-grid simulation, allowing you to test control strategies.

smart-gridfrequency-controlpower-systemsgrid-stabilityenergyphysics

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install