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VIC design session v46: best candidate (Q=26.6, 303.9kHz)

Sweep: Force the intermediate inductances (0.5/1.0/1.5mH) the optimizer skipped, with fat few-turn AWG18 windings, to find where f_r drops under 100kHz while ~120Td film still lights in the CGDE window.

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, 319V across 0.1mm film): regime constants-out-of-range, film Paschen 719V, 127 Td — INSIDE the 3-6 eV cold-chemistry window. Per-molecule (series micro-capacitor chain): 29.63M molecules across 8.00mm → 10.76 µV/molecule (polarization (µV band)). Chokes: 2 × 0.0001H (60 turns, AWG 18, 7m wire, AC R 0.2Ω each). At resonance f_r = 303.89kHz: Xl = 382Ω, Xc = 382Ω, tank Q = 26.6, coil Q = 1182.1. Cell voltage 319V from 12V drive (×26.6), series current 834.6mA. 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 v46
Notebook Id
1461

design-loop Q resonance