Alcator C-Mod Run 1010730 Information

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Miniproposals
Miniproposal:
Date Filed:
Title:
First Author:
Session Leader:Steve Wukitch (shots 1-32)
Miniproposal:289a
Date Filed: 5/2/2001
Title:Investigations of Double Transport Barrier Plasmas
First Author:John Rice
Session Leader:John Rice (shots 1-32)

Operators
Session leader(s):Steve Wukitch,John Rice
Physics operator(s):Earl Marmar
Engineering operator(s):Bill Parkin,Bill Byford

Engineering Operator Run Comment
PO:Marmar SO:Rice/Wukitch EO:Byford/Parkin MP289A

Session Leader Plans

Physics Operators Plans

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 03:49:28:180PM
Author: To Be Determined
Session Leader Run Summary for 1010730 MP289A Double Barrier Studies

All plasmas had double barriers from D and E antennas, with J antenna
available with a variety of delay times and power levels. Several
discharges demonstrated barrier arrest, and will be used for a detailed
ion temperature profile: 12, 13, 15 and 22. Confirming earlier results,
it appears that J port power in excess of 600 kW tends to destroy the barrier,
at least at the 2.0 MW level from D and E, and at a central density near
4x10^20/m^3. 2 shots had pellet injection so q profiles may be available.
Several shots were lost due to a variety of problems: H=L transitions,
J port trips and probe insertions.


Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 04:37:14:520PM
Author: To Be Determined
Physop run summary

1010730

we will continue MP289A double barriers.

ECDC in D2 over the weekend.

The run started at ~10:00 am and ended at 7:00 pm.

SL: Rice/Wukitch
PO: Marmar

Power supply settings as for 1010727028

Gas setup:
fill B-Top with 6 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG4)
fill B-side lower with 1 psi Ar Hybrid enabled (PG1)
fill B-side upper with 10 psi D2 Hybrid DISABLED (PG2) (for ECDC)
fill C-side with 30 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG3)
fill J-Bottom with 30 psi He Hybrid DISABLED(PG5)

Enable the following gate valves, assuming no vacuum problems:
ECE, DNB, VUV


Results:

The machine ran quite well today, and there were a number of useful shots
obtained for the miniproposal. We used between-shot ECDC only once; H/D was in
the 6% to 8% range.

There were 2 no power cycles and one relatively long delay due to computer
problems.

We had 5 fizzles: BR_0 was drifting around, and the prefill requirements
appeared to change with wall conditions.

Most shots had a maintenance gas puff during the H-mode portion (nl04 feedback
turned off during that time).

Scorecard:

Plasmas 24
Tests/no power 3
Fizzles 5

Total cycles 32

Session Leader Comments
Jul 30 2001 11:38:03:787AM1010730004John Ricegood ITB
J port trip
Jul 30 2001 12:45:05:687PM1010730005John Ricegood ITB
J port 1 MW
Jul 30 2001 12:45:17:530PM1010730006John Ricegood ITB
J port 1.5 MW
Jul 30 2001 12:45:25:627PM1010730007John Ricegood ITB
J port 0 MW
Jul 30 2001 12:45:37:860PM1010730008John Ricegood ITB
J port 2.0 MW
Jul 30 2001 12:56:38:627PM1010730009John RiceITB, but H-L at 0.9 s destroyed it
J port 0.6 MW
Jul 30 2001 01:59:10:287PM1010730012John Ricegreat ITB, stabilized by
J port 0.6 MW
Jul 30 2001 01:59:33:833PM1010730013John Ricegreat ITB, stabilized by
J port 0.6 MW
continue radial scans
Jul 30 2001 02:14:04:713PM1010730014John RiceITB, H-L at 0.9 s killed it
J port 0.6 MW
Jul 30 2001 03:12:49:103PM1010730016John Ricegreat ITB, arrested by
J port 0.6 MW
Jul 30 2001 03:14:40:933PM1010730016John RiceITB, H-L at 1.0 s
J port 0.6 MW
Jul 30 2001 03:58:32:483PM1010730018John Ricegreat ITB
J port 0.0 MW
Jul 30 2001 03:58:41:890PM1010730019John Ricegreat ITB
J port 0.0 MW
Jul 30 2001 04:29:09:687PM1010730020John Ricegreat ITB
J port 0.0 MW
Jul 30 2001 04:44:18:273PM1010730022John RiceITB, H-L 0.9 s
J port 0.6 MW
Jul 30 2001 06:06:24:760PM1010730024John Ricegreat ITB
J port 0.6 MW
Jul 30 2001 06:06:41:277PM1010730025John Ricegreat ITB
J port 0.0 MW
Jul 30 2001 06:06:50:900PM1010730026John Ricegreat ITB
J port 0.0 MW
Jul 30 2001 06:07:04:900PM1010730027John Ricegreat ITB
J port 0.0 MW
Jul 30 2001 06:20:14:500PM1010730028John RiceITB but H-L transitions
J port 0.0 MW
Jul 30 2001 06:25:00:960PM1010730029John RiceITB but H-L transitions
J port 0.6 MW
Jul 30 2001 06:37:57:543PM1010730030John RiceITB
J port 0.0 MW

Physics Operator Comments
Jul 30 2001 09:31:51:163AMEarl Marmarcoldstart

no errors

all matrices respond
Jul 31 2001 09:36:17:913AMEarl Marmar
For 1010730 we will continue MP289A double barriers.

ECDC in D2 over the weekend.

The run will start at 10:00 am and is scheduled to end at 7:00 pm.

SL: Rice/Wukitch
PO: Marmar

Power supply settings as for 1010727028

Gas setup:
fill B-Top with 6 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG4)
fill B-side lower with 1 psi Ar Hybrid enabled (PG1)
fill B-side upper with 10 psi D2 Hybrid DISABLED (PG2) (for ECDC)
fill C-side with 30 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG3)
fill J-Bottom with 30 psi He Hybrid DISABLED(PG5)

Enable the following gate valves, assuming no vacuum problems:
ECE, DNB, VUV
Jul 30 2001 10:11:43:680AM1010730001Earl Marmar50 kA magnet test (bus was retorqued this morning)

loaded 1010727027 seg 2
1010727026 seg 1

TF pulse looks ok
Jul 30 2001 10:29:38:563AM1010730002Earl MarmarI_p to -800kA

nl_04 to 1.1e20

increase prepuff (PG4) to 23 msec from 21

PF breaker pulled during check; no power cycle
Jul 30 2001 11:07:47:460AM1010730003Earl Marmarno PCS changes

fizzle; fast current rise; lowish fill pressure
Jul 30 2001 11:36:18:113AM1010730004Earl Marmarprepuff to 27 msec (PG4)

plasma

long hesitation during current rise


Jul 30 2001 11:56:00:270AM1010730005Earl Marmaradd 1 msec to prepuff (PG4)

plasma; better startup


Jul 30 2001 12:05:04:890PM1010730006Earl Marmarreduce prepuff 2 msec (PG4)

plasma; disrupt at 1.37 s

slowish current rise
Jul 30 2001 12:31:39:090PM1010730007Earl MarmarECDC 5 minutes before shot (P=4e-4, D_2)

prepuff to 21 msec (PFG4)

plasma

problems around 0.6 seconds; then recovers
Jul 30 2001 12:38:19:473PM1010730008Earl Marmarno ECDC before shot

no PCS changes

plasma; disrupt at 1.46 s

some early hards
Jul 30 2001 12:59:01:910PM1010730009Earl Marmarraise BR_0 by 0.5 mT to .00225 T

plasma

hards are gone
Jul 30 2001 01:13:48:857PM1010730010Earl Marmarno ECDC before shot

no PCS changes

I^2t fault (TF); no power cycle
Jul 30 2001 01:24:20:607PM1010730011Earl Marmaradd maintenance puff (25 V) between 0.8 and 1.5 seconds

fizzle
Jul 30 2001 01:45:21:200PM1010730012Earl Marmarraise prepuff 3 msec (to 25 msec)

plasma
Jul 30 2001 02:10:45:413PM1010730013Earl Marmarno PCS changes

plasma
Jul 30 2001 02:10:58:930PM1010730014Earl Marmarno PCS changes

plasma
Jul 30 2001 03:03:26:197PM1010730015Earl Marmarincrease H-mode puff (PG3) to 30 V (from 25) and start it at 0.745 s

long delay for data system problem

plasma
Jul 30 2001 03:22:43:743PM1010730016Earl Marmarno PCS changes

plasma

bad injection at .916 s; plasma in L-mode thereafter
Jul 30 2001 03:29:22:830PM1010730017Earl Marmarincrease the early segment 2 density programming (try to get up a little faster)

fizzle
Jul 30 2001 03:46:11:200PM1010730018Earl Marmarlower BR_0 by 0.5 mT to 0.00175 T

plasma

hesitation during current rise; hards
Jul 30 2001 04:04:20:103PM1010730019Earl Marmaradd 1 msec to prepuff

plasma
Jul 30 2001 04:35:20:417PM1010730020Earl Marmarincrease BR_0 by 0.25 mT to .002T

plasma

disrupt at 1.47 s
Jul 30 2001 04:35:48:683PM1010730021Earl Marmarno PCS changes

fizzle
Jul 30 2001 04:53:43:883PM1010730022Earl Marmarreduce prepuff by 1 msec

plasma
Jul 30 2001 04:56:40:060PM1010730023Earl Marmarno PCS changes

fizzle
Jul 30 2001 05:12:18:113PM1010730024Earl Marmarreduce BR_0 offset by .5 mT (now .0015 T)

plasma

pause during current rise
Jul 30 2001 05:28:48:403PM1010730025Earl Marmarno PCS changes

plasma
Jul 30 2001 05:43:04:817PM1010730026Earl Marmarno PCS changes

plasma
Jul 30 2001 05:55:47:070PM1010730027Earl Marmarno PCS changes

plasma
Jul 30 2001 06:08:55:170PM1010730028Earl Marmarreduce nl04 demand to 1.0e20 (from 1.1e20)

plasma

some hards

big hesitation in current rise
Jul 30 2001 06:24:09:910PM1010730029Earl Marmarraise BR_0 offset 0.25 mT

lower H-mode maintenance puff to 20 V

plasma
Jul 30 2001 06:40:25:093PM1010730030Earl Marmarraise nl_04 demand to 1.15 e20

increase maintenance puff to 35 V

plasma

some early hards
Jul 30 2001 06:49:24:763PM1010730031Earl Marmarreduce nl_04 demand to 1.1e20

eliminate maintenance puff

plasma
Jul 30 2001 07:04:36:597PM1010730032Earl Marmarreload segment 2 from 1010730024

plasma

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
110:03:02:007AMTestOk50kA TF test only
210:23:24:523AMPlasmaBadPF Breaker opened during Init
311:03:04:483AMPlasmaOk
411:28:01:460AMPlasmaOk
511:43:13:793AMPlasmaOk
611:58:21:977AMPlasmaOk
712:19:15:913PMPlasmaOk
812:33:20:590PMPlasmaOk
912:48:57:007PMPlasmaOk
1001:05:05:110PMPlasmaBadTF I2t fault at INIT
1101:19:27:803PMPlasmaOk
1201:32:01:040PMPlasmaOk
1301:47:06:813PMPlasmaOk
1402:01:45:523PMPlasmaOk
1502:54:07:950PMPlasmaOk
1603:10:52:410PMPlasmaOk
1703:25:12:103PMPlasmaOk
1803:38:39:517PMPlasmaOk
1903:55:47:920PMPlasmaOk
2004:11:11:880PMPlasmaOk
2104:27:18:497PMPlasmaOk
2204:39:55:063PMPlasmaOk
2304:52:54:413PMPlasmaOk
2405:05:36:620PMPlasmaOk
2505:19:20:047PMPlasmaOk
2605:35:31:383PMPlasmaOk
2705:49:30:267PMPlasmaOk
2806:02:24:423PMPlasmaOk
2906:16:53:667PMPlasmaOk
3006:30:55:750PMPlasmaOk
3106:44:17:600PMPlasmaOk
3207:00:01:153PMPlasmaOk