calculation · Voltage Intensifier Circuit · computed
VIC design session v100: best candidate (Q=4.0, 49.1kHz)
Sweep: Pull the vapor film from 350Td into the 150-250Td cold-chemistry window by dropping choke L below 581µH, damping Q to 4-6 from the resistance side (thin high-AWG turns), and cutting drive to 60-90V low-duty so V_cell stops overshooting the Td ceiling and leakage stays inhibited.
Cell: 16mm rod in 25.6mm tube × 90mm, 6 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 5.26nF, bulk water R = 2844Ω. Water/electrodes (Randles): 2ppm Na+ @ 25°C, surface ×1 → λ_D 53nm, C_dl 219.1µF, cell series R 140.6Ω, displacement current 81.4%, breakdown margin ×995. Fig-8 voltammetry (4,798,661): τ_EDL 622985.8µs (30558.0 carrier cycles to charge), Faradaic leakage at peak 481.5mA (leak score 0.16 — keep amp leakage inhibited while voltage climbs the ladder). Vapor-film discharge (CGDE onset, 288V across 0.1mm film): regime constants-out-of-range, film Paschen 719V, 115 Td — INSIDE the 3-6 eV cold-chemistry window. Per-molecule (series micro-capacitor chain): 17.78M molecules across 4.80mm → 16.21 µV/molecule (polarization (µV band)). Chokes: 2 × 0.001H (420 turns, AWG 26, 50m wire, AC R 6.7Ω each). At resonance f_r = 49.05kHz: Xl = 616Ω, Xc = 616Ω, tank Q = 4.0, coil Q = 46.0. Cell voltage 288V from 72V drive (×4.0). Tank current 0.47A circulating (CW upper bound — rate wire/switch for this); average input 14mA at 3% duty. No hard violations (band, wire length, dielectric). Average current is scored, not gated. Score 0.331.
Basis
- Confidence
- 0.70
- Method
- townsend-v5
- Recorded
- Published
- 30 Aug 2026
- Device
- Voltage Intensifier Circuit
- Component
- choke
- Source Ref
- design session v100
- Notebook Id
- 1583
design-loop Q resonance