Alcator C-Mod Run 1020606 Information

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Session Leader:Jim Irby (shots 1-24)

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Session leader(s):Jim Irby
Physics operator(s):Ron Parker
Engineering operator(s):Gary Dekow,Bill Cochran

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Entered: Jul 7 2004 03:49:28:587PM
Author: To Be Determined
Run Summary for 1020606: Power Tests

PO: Parker
SL: Irby
EO: Cochran, Dekow

We quickly got through the OH and TF tests today under
PLC control. The TF tap and OH coax resistances are nominal. We
then ran the TF under Hybrid control successfully, but found
a large glitch in the hybrid signals at around 0.5 s. This glitch
turned out to be generated by the RFX DNB. It was greatly reduced
in amplitude by removing foil covering the DNB DC break, and a fill line,
both of which shorted the DNB to the machine. We loaded shot 1010801015 and
ran all the magnets under hybrid control (shot 17). All magnets followed
programming properly except ef2l which had an oscillation. We ran
several shots with EF2s only under PLC control. Nothing unusual was found.
We again started full tests on shot 22, and of course, EF2 was fine. We then
began to tweak the fields to reduce BZ0. An IGOR problem on shot 24
ended the run before we could make much progress reducing BZ0 which was
running -12 mT at t=0.

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Session Leader Comments
Jun 6 2002 10:01:30:653AM1020606002Jim IrbyOH1 coax resistance looks good: 0.5 uOhm or less (2 bits of data)
Jun 6 2002 10:35:35:953AM1020606004Jim IrbyEnabled C-Side Gas

Current in OH2L --- resistance is low
Jun 6 2002 10:56:30:033AM1020606005Jim IrbyOH2U < 0.5 uOhm

no gas from C-side ---- probably a PCS programming problem on the SLs part
Jun 6 2002 11:08:51:800AM1020606006Jim Irbyenabled b-top gas

increased c-side request from -20 to 0 ms --- still no gas

OH2L resistance .67 uOhms
Jun 6 2002 11:22:04:073AM1020606007Jim IrbyOH2L 0.7652 uOhm

b-top gas okay
Jun 6 2002 11:23:19:340AM1020606008Jim Irbyc-side okay --- turned off IGT

all OHs at 10 kA, with commutation: looks great

oh1: 0.2683 uohm
oh2u: 0.3673 uohm
oh2l: 0.6643 uohm
Jun 6 2002 11:38:32:300AM1020606009Jim Irbyreduced c-side gas puff about a factor of two
Jun 6 2002 12:14:32:247PM1020606011Jim Irbytf at 100 kA: Resistance of turn 79 is 1.25 uOhms
Jun 6 2002 12:28:23:597PM1020606012Jim Irby150 kA TF: turn 79 at 1.4 uOhms
Jun 6 2002 01:24:56:323PM1020606013Jim IrbyBob Granetz noticed that 10 or so of the hybrid signals were missing.
Bill Parkin found loose ribbon cable in hybrid room.
Jun 6 2002 01:38:58:203PM1020606014Jim IrbyTF Hybrid feedback looks good.

Missing Hybrid signals back, but now Bob has a problem with a flux loop

Large gas puff.
Jun 6 2002 04:52:08:970PM1020606022Jim Irbyreduced prepuff from 30 ms to 20 ms

Physics Operator Comments

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
109:38:56:543AMTestBadcamac ack failure
209:52:17:777AMTestOkOH1 Test 1kA
310:09:03:243AMTestOkOH1 Test -1kA
410:23:55:687AMTestOkOh2U Test 1kA
510:45:25:720AMTestOkOh2U Test -1kA
610:57:26:347AMTestOkOh2L Test 1kA
711:06:18:940AMTestOkOh2L Test -1kA
811:15:43:580AMTestOkOH1, Oh2U, Oh2L CommutationTest, All 10kA
911:28:57:787AMTestOkTF 10kA Test
1011:39:41:647AMTestOkTF 50 KA Test
1112:10:05:787PMTestOkTF Test 100kA
1212:20:50:833PMTestOkTF Test 150kA
1312:53:48:540PMTestOkTF Hybrid Test
1401:31:09:007PMTestOkTF Test Hybrid Control
1502:06:37:513PMTestOk
1602:21:27:177PMTestOkTF hybrid test 150kA
1702:38:53:983PMTestOk
1803:05:55:290PMTestOkef2 plc test 3kA
1903:24:44:053PMTestBadcamac fault
2003:48:03:887PMTestOkEF2U-L Test 2kA
2104:06:00:430PMTestOkef1U-L test
2204:34:10:350PMPlasmaOk
2304:50:35:577PMPlasmaOk
2405:06:13:413PMPlasmaBadCamac hung in Init, Power shot aborted