calculation · Voltage Intensifier Circuit · computed
VIC design session v103: best candidate (Q=6.7, 85.7kHz)
Sweep: At adopted 60V sub-breakdown drive, raise L on AWG24 chokes to pull f_r from 94.87 kHz down into 55-75 kHz and land the vapor film in the 80-250 Td cold-chemistry window while trending low-duty Faradaic leakage down; fine grid around 0.5 mH plus new higher-L territory.
Cell: 18mm rod in 24.0mm tube × 160mm, 1 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 2.46nF, bulk water R = 5874Ω. Water/electrodes (Randles): 2ppm Na+ @ 25°C, surface ×1 → λ_D 53nm, C_dl 67.8µF, cell series R 98.4Ω, displacement current 88.5%, breakdown margin ×223. Fig-8 voltammetry (4,798,661): τ_EDL 398343.3µs (34138.0 carrier cycles to charge), Faradaic leakage at peak 415.1mA (leak score 0.19 — keep amp leakage inhibited while voltage climbs the ladder). Vapor-film discharge (CGDE onset, 803V across 0.1mm film): regime townsend-avalanche, film Paschen 719V, 320 Td. Per-molecule (series micro-capacitor chain): 11.11M molecules across 3.00mm → 72.26 µV/molecule (polarization (µV band)). Chokes: 2 × 0.0007H (900 turns, AWG 22, 107m wire, AC R 7.1Ω each). At resonance f_r = 85.70kHz: Xl = 754Ω, Xc = 754Ω, tank Q = 6.7, coil Q = 52.8. Cell voltage 803V from 120V drive (×6.7). Tank current 1.06A circulating (CW upper bound — rate wire/switch for this); average input 21mA at 2% duty. No hard violations (band, wire length, dielectric). Average current is scored, not gated. Score 0.378.
Basis
- Confidence
- 0.70
- Method
- townsend-v5
- Recorded
- Published
- 30 Aug 2026
- Device
- Voltage Intensifier Circuit
- Component
- choke
- Source Ref
- design session v103
- Notebook Id
- 1594
design-loop Q resonance