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WFC design session v20: best candidate (Q=100.7, 98.8kHz)

Sweep: Cdl axis exhausted per prior notes; instead fine-resolve geometry around design #1 while holding surface_factor and temperature fixed to seek incremental Q/current gains outside the water-chemistry axis

Cell: 9mm rod in 13.0mm tube × 100mm, 1 cell(s) parallel → C_eff = 1.31nF, bulk water R = 136423Ω. Water/electrodes (Randles): 0.1ppm Na+ @ 3°C, surface ×0.25 → λ_D 227nm, C_dl 1.4µF, cell series R 11.1Ω, displacement current 99.1%, breakdown margin ×111. Chokes: 2 × 0.00099H (129 turns, AWG 18, 15m wire, AC R 0.6Ω each). At resonance f_r = 98.84kHz: Xl = 1230Ω, Xc = 1230Ω, tank Q = 100.7, coil Q = 1086.8. Cell voltage 1208V from 12V drive (×100.7), series current 982.3mA. All constraints satisfied (current <1A, band, wire length). Score 0.840.

Basis

Confidence
0.70
Method
townsend-v5
Recorded
Published
30 Aug 2026
Device
Water Fuel Cell
Component
cell
Source Ref
design session v20
Notebook Id
1367

design-loop Q resonance