calculation · Voltage Intensifier Circuit · computed
VIC design session v94: best candidate (Q=1.2, 12.9kHz)
Sweep: 1-2 cell C≈1.37nF: sweep 3.7-9mH high-turn AWG18-22 chokes to force f_r into the untested 32-50kHz band and test whether Q survives at higher frequency while pushing Td via high peak_v at low duty.
Cell: 8mm rod in 9.0mm tube × 40mm, 8 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 20.53nF, bulk water R = 1203Ω. Water/electrodes (Randles): 2ppm Na+ @ 25°C, surface ×1 → λ_D 53nm, C_dl 55.8µF, cell series R 509.5Ω, displacement current 53.8%, breakdown margin ×86. Vapor-film discharge (CGDE onset, 347V across 0.1mm film): regime sub-breakdown, film Paschen 719V, 138 Td — INSIDE the 3-6 eV cold-chemistry window. Per-molecule (series micro-capacitor chain): 1.85M molecules across 0.50mm → 187.56 µV/molecule (polarization (µV band)). Chokes: 2 × 0.0037H (1800 turns, AWG 18, 215m wire, AC R 4.5Ω each). At resonance f_r = 12.91kHz: Xl = 600Ω, Xc = 600Ω, tank Q = 1.2, coil Q = 66.7. Cell voltage 347V from 300V drive (×1.2). Tank current 0.58A circulating (CW upper bound — rate wire/switch for this); average input 17mA at 3% duty. No hard violations (band, wire length, dielectric). Average current is scored, not gated. Score 0.311.
Basis
- Confidence
- 0.70
- Method
- townsend-v5
- Recorded
- Published
- 30 Aug 2026
- Device
- Voltage Intensifier Circuit
- Component
- choke
- Source Ref
- design session v94
- Notebook Id
- 1561
design-loop Q resonance