copied from chat gpt 4
The term reactants in the context of electrical reactance comes from the analogy with chemical reactions, where reactants are the substances that undergo a change. In an electrical circuit, reactants are the components that oppose the change of current or voltage, such as inductors and capacitors
Inductive and capacitive reactance are types of reactance that depend on the frequency of the AC voltage source. Inductive reactance is related to the magnetic field created by a coil or a wire carrying current, and it increases with frequency.
Capacitive reactance is related to the electric field between two plates or surfaces separated by an insulator, and it decreases with frequency. Reactance is measured in ohms, just like resistance
Reactance affects the phase relationship between voltage and current in an AC circuit.
For a purely inductive circuit, the current lags behind the voltage by 90 degrees, because the inductor opposes the change in current.
For a purely capacitive circuit, the current leads the voltage by 90 degrees, because the capacitor opposes the change in voltage. For a resistive circuit, the current and voltage are in phase, because the resistor does not affect the change in either.
My addition to this:
When a capacitor is empty, it reacrance (resistance) is LOW, and thus will allow very high charge currents.
once it is almost charged, the reactance (resistance is high and the current is limited. this is due to the energy stored in the capacitor being related to the voltage squared (exponential).
with an inductor this is reversed.
reactance is very high when there is no magnetic field around a coil. so when a voltage is applied over the coil there is a resistance to the flow. once time has passed and the magnetic field has build up, a current can flow due to the low reactance the coil has.
so it is not only frequency dependend but also phase depended.
And the current leads voltage with a capacitive circuit
while the currenr lags voltage with an inductive circuit.
the goal is to have 2 resonant circuits, one capacitive the other inductive.
producing current and voltage
that induce power into a third coil whem they are in phase.
and the big trick with the capacitive circuit is to use a choke to limit the conventional current.
so that when the voltage is applied over the capacitor. the current is provided by the ambient medium, and not by the conventional current source (psu/power supply).
to get this radiant energy inflow. the mosfet switch must be very fast.
the fast mosfet will have low capacity (usually low current versions).
and will need a high current driver.
This provides high dV/dt
the duty cycle is low to prevent the conventional current flow through the choke.
so when the mosfet turns off, the voltage should restore again to the level of the psu. but this should be a slow change. low dV/dt thus the choke must be the right size. this can be calculated. ideal is probably a rise time of 1/4 period.
as this will feed the capacitive resonant system.