calculation · Voltage Intensifier Circuit · computed
VIC design session v58: best candidate (Q=27.0, 303.9kHz)
Sweep: With C pushed toward 5-7nF (16-24 cells/larger tubes), re-run buildable 1-4mH chokes plus 100µH anchor to seat f_r at 40-70kHz without collapsing coil Q below the 700mA floor.
Cell: 18mm rod in 34.0mm tube × 25mm, 8 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 1.37nF, bulk water R = 10389Ω. Water/electrodes (Randles): 2ppm Na+ @ 25°C, surface ×1 → λ_D 53nm, C_dl 97.0µF, cell series R 14.1Ω, displacement current 96.5%, breakdown margin ×1000+. Vapor-film discharge (CGDE onset, 324V across 0.1mm film): regime constants-out-of-range, film Paschen 719V, 129 Td — INSIDE the 3-6 eV cold-chemistry window. Per-molecule (series micro-capacitor chain): 29.63M molecules across 8.00mm → 10.92 µV/molecule (polarization (µV band)). Chokes: 2 × 0.0001H (20 turns, AWG 18, 2m wire, AC R 0.1Ω each). At resonance f_r = 303.89kHz: Xl = 382Ω, Xc = 382Ω, tank Q = 27.0, coil Q = 3546.3. Cell voltage 324V from 12V drive (×27.0), series current 847.3mA. VIOLATIONS: resonance 303.9kHz outside practical 1-100kHz band Score 0.274.
Basis
- Confidence
- 0.70
- Method
- townsend-v5
- Recorded
- Published
- 30 Aug 2026
- Device
- Voltage Intensifier Circuit
- Component
- choke
- Source Ref
- design session v58
- Notebook Id
- 1485
design-loop Q resonance