calculation · Voltage Intensifier Circuit · computed
VIC design session v96: best candidate (Q=1.2, 14.2kHz)
Sweep: Hold the proven 3.7mH/12.9kHz neighborhood but push drive to 350V at low duty to lift V_cell/Td toward the deep CGDE window while keeping average draw safe and probing the breakdown ceiling.
Cell: 8mm rod in 9.0mm tube × 40mm, 8 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 19.10nF, bulk water R = 1203Ω. Water/electrodes (Randles): 2ppm Na+ @ 25°C, surface ×1 → λ_D 53nm, C_dl 55.8µF, cell series R 457.4Ω, displacement current 56.1%, breakdown margin ×96. Vapor-film discharge (CGDE onset, 310V across 0.1mm film): regime constants-out-of-range, film Paschen 719V, 124 Td — INSIDE the 3-6 eV cold-chemistry window. Per-molecule (series micro-capacitor chain): 1.85M molecules across 0.50mm → 167.27 µV/molecule (polarization (µV band)). Chokes: 2 × 0.0033H (1350 turns, AWG 22, 161m wire, AC R 8.5Ω each). At resonance f_r = 14.18kHz: Xl = 588Ω, Xc = 588Ω, tank Q = 1.2, coil Q = 34.5. Cell voltage 310V from 250V drive (×1.2). Tank current 0.53A circulating (CW upper bound — rate wire/switch for this); average input 11mA at 2% duty. No hard violations (band, wire length, dielectric). Average current is scored, not gated. Score 0.312.
Basis
- Confidence
- 0.70
- Method
- townsend-v5
- Recorded
- Published
- 30 Aug 2026
- Device
- Voltage Intensifier Circuit
- Component
- choke
- Source Ref
- design session v96
- Notebook Id
- 1565
design-loop Q resonance