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WFC design session v12: best candidate (Q=91.2, 96.1kHz)

Sweep: Choke turns/gauge unavailable as direct params, so instead push into water/electrode chemistry space (ppm, temp, surface_factor) at fixed adopted geometry to find non-geometric Q/current headroom beyond the exhausted cell-count sweeps

Cell: 21.8mm rod in 26.8mm tube × 60mm, 1 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 1.39nF, bulk water R = 119166Ω. Water/electrodes (Randles): 0.1ppm Na+ @ 5°C, surface ×0.5 → λ_D 228nm, C_dl 3.8µF, cell series R 12.0Ω, displacement current 99.0%, breakdown margin ×152. Chokes: 2 × 0.00099H (129 turns, AWG 18, 15m wire, AC R 0.6Ω each). At resonance f_r = 96.06kHz: Xl = 1195Ω, Xc = 1195Ω, tank Q = 91.2, coil Q = 1069.1. Cell voltage 1094V from 12V drive (×91.2), series current 915.8mA. All constraints satisfied (current <1A, band, wire length). Score 0.809.

Basis

Confidence
0.70
Method
townsend-v5
Recorded
Published
30 Aug 2026
Device
Water Fuel Cell
Component
cell
Source Ref
design session v12
Notebook Id
1349

design-loop Q resonance