Design of a high voltage power supply
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
I want you to design three iterations of a power supply unit and produce a well documented report on the work. I expect simulations of the circuitry to be performed showing capacitor bank discharge profiles and full designs of the circuitry to be completed. Each power supply unit must consist of an energy storage section, a spark plug section and a form of control (preferably analog control).
The power supply must take in 5-24V and spit out upto 10kv on the spark plug and between 800-2kv on the energy storage section.
The ESU (energy storage unit) may consist of a bank of capacitors, however they should be small enough for PC104 if possible. The aim here is to keep everything small, compact, robust and reliable. The ESU must be able to dissipate its energy within as short a time as possible (1us ideally) and re-charge as quick as possible. So that it can have a high frequency.
1. The first PPU design should be a combination of a cockroft walton voltage multiplier for the spark plug coupled with an energy storage capacitor bank energy of 5J. This is to be controlled using analog methods.
2. The second PPU design should be a combination of a Marx generator for the spark plug design coupled with an energy storage capacitor bank energy of 5J. Again, controlled through analog methods.
3. The third design is a marx generator for the spark plug and a pulse forming network for the energy storage section opposed to a simple capacitor bank. Controlled through analog means.
Simulations of all three PPU variations should be performed showing capacitor discharge profiles and re-charging time.
Please apply with your experience and the ideas that you have for this proposal. One worded applications will be ignored. I expect flexibility.
If you have CAD experience designing a spark plug, that is a bonus.
Thank you
The power supply must take in 5-24V and spit out upto 10kv on the spark plug and between 800-2kv on the energy storage section.
The ESU (energy storage unit) may consist of a bank of capacitors, however they should be small enough for PC104 if possible. The aim here is to keep everything small, compact, robust and reliable. The ESU must be able to dissipate its energy within as short a time as possible (1us ideally) and re-charge as quick as possible. So that it can have a high frequency.
1. The first PPU design should be a combination of a cockroft walton voltage multiplier for the spark plug coupled with an energy storage capacitor bank energy of 5J. This is to be controlled using analog methods.
2. The second PPU design should be a combination of a Marx generator for the spark plug design coupled with an energy storage capacitor bank energy of 5J. Again, controlled through analog methods.
3. The third design is a marx generator for the spark plug and a pulse forming network for the energy storage section opposed to a simple capacitor bank. Controlled through analog means.
Simulations of all three PPU variations should be performed showing capacitor discharge profiles and re-charging time.
Please apply with your experience and the ideas that you have for this proposal. One worded applications will be ignored. I expect flexibility.
If you have CAD experience designing a spark plug, that is a bonus.
Thank you