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Miniproposal:313
Date Filed: 6/21/2002
Title:Instrumented Divertor Leakage Experiments
First Author:Brian Labombard
Session Leader:Brian Labombard (shots 1-30)

Operators
Session leader(s):Brian Labombard
Physics operator(s):Ian Hutchinson
Engineering operator(s):Bill Byford,Gary Dekow

Engineering Operator Run Comment
MP#313 Instrumented Divertor Leakage; SL:LaBombard; PO:Hutch; EO:Dekow/B

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Physics Operators Plans

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 03:49:29:490PM
Author: To Be Determined
07/25/02 run: MP#313 Instrumented Divertor Leakage Experiments

Session Leader - B. LaBombard
Phys Op - I. Hutchinson

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Goal of MP#313:
Quantify the effective conductances of neutral gas through
various pathways in and around the lower and upper divertor
structures during plasma discharges.
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Results:
We managed to get 20+ good quality discharges today which where set-up
to provide quantitative information about gas flow and conductances. The
primary tools were the NINJA system in conjunction with pressure gauges
(in-vessel and ex-vessel) and the divertor TV camera system. Unfortunately,
we did not have edge Thomson or the G-side ionization gauge working today.
In addition, the A-port scanning probe decided to ignore triggers and not
scan for about half the run.
The new miniature Penning gauge under the B-C divertor module ran
better than expected, recording fast pressure changes in this region
as the B-C flapper was opened or the B-C Bottom capillary was used to puff
gas. The gauge geometry is clearly superior to the other Penning gauges
in the vessel - they should be replaced at the next opportunity. The miniature
gauge was found to track linearly with the B-bottom MKS gauge over a wide range
under conditions when these gauges are expected to record roughly the same pressure.
We managed to get the divertor camera (DIV2, viewing D-alpha) to see puffs
from the B-C and C-D capillaries located above the B-C and C-D flappers.
The camera also was able to record changes in local D-alpha light when the flappers
were opened, giving us the possibly to 'calibrate' the flow through the flapper.
In addition, the pressure under the B-C flap was recorded by the Penning
gauge there, which should allow us to estimate the effective conductance through
the open flap in the presence of plasma. The "trophy shots" for the divertor
camera data are shot#26 (B-C puff/flap) and shot#30 (C-D puff/flap).
The B-C flapper appears to yield a fairly large throughput of gas.
With 40 mtorr under the flapper, the D-alpha light is not too far below
that seen during the B-C capillary gas puff (about 70 torr-liters/sec). Vacuum
conductance through the flapper area would yield 92 torr-liters/sec. So if
there is a 'plasma plugging' phenomenon going on above the flap, it may
be only a 'factor-of-two' sized effect. These numbers will be firmed up later by
a careful analysis of the camera/pressure data. In any event, the gas flow through
the C-D flap is much less than B-C, perhaps indicating that the pressure under this
flap is less than under the B-C flap in a typical discharge. (No Penning gauge exists
under the C-D flap.) This suggests that there probably are substantial variations
in the pressures under the outer divertor modules in general.
In all cases that gas was injected from a capillary tube during the shot,
a second identical puff was programmed around 2.2 or 2.7 seconds. Looking at the vessel
pressure rise during this second puff (with gate valves closed) will allow us
to accurately quantify the gas flow rate through the capillary in each instance.

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Detailed Run Plan and Results:

All shots: Ip=0.8 MA, Bt=5.3 tesla, gate valves closed during shot.

Gauge Calibration Shots (short Ip and long TF to keep Penning gauges on)
Shot 1 - Fizzle
Shot 2 - Ip ramping down to 0 at 1.2 sec, TF flat to 1.5 sec.
About 2 mtorr after shot. This is a little too high for the
low pressure Penning gauges.
Shot 3 - Ip ramping down to 0 at 1.12 sec, TF flat to 1.9 sec.
About 2.5 mtorr after shot. This is a little too high for the
low pressure Penning gauges. CB_DivL calibration looks good.
Shot 4 - again Ip ramping down to 0 at 1.12 sec, TF flat to 1.9 sec.
About 1.0 mtorr after shot. Looks like the low pressure Penning gauges
are having trouble today. CB_DivL looks ok.

Vacuum Conductance Tests with Penning Gauges Operating
(short Ip and long TF to keep Penning gauges on while puffing gas under flapper)

Shot 5 - again Ip ramping down to 0 at 1.12 sec, TF flat to 1.9 sec.
NINJA: 699 torr D2, puff through C-B Bot capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec
Nice Data: We got the CB_DivL Penning gauge recording pressure changes under
the flapper for two cycles starting at 1.2 seconds.
This should give us the vacuum conductance through the flap.
Shot 6 - again Ip ramping down to 0 at 1.12 sec, TF flat to 1.9 sec.
NINJA: 674 torr D2, puff through B-Bottom capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec
B-bottom MKS just records a constant pressure rise, independent of flap open/close

Baseline Pressure Readings - Lower X-Point Discharge
Shot 7 - Full length plasma, NL04 1 and ramping slightly.
NINJA: 663 torr D2, puff through AB Lim capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec
Pressure goes to 80 mtorr on CB_DivL
Shot 8 - Full length plasma, NL04 0.8 and ramping slightly.
NINJA: 663 torr D2, puff through AB Lim capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec
Pressure goes to 48 mtorr on CB_DivL when flaps close
Shot 9 - Full length plasma, NL04 0.75 and ramping slightly.
NINJA: 663 torr D2, puff through AB Lim capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec
Pressure goes to 46 mtorr on CB_DivL when flaps close

B-C Lower Divertor Leakage
Shot 10 - Full length plasma, NL04 0.75 and ramping slightly.
NINJA: 663 torr D2, puff through B-C Bot capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec
CB_DivL pressure goes to 83 mtorr with flapper closed and up to 47 mtorr with flap open.
Shot 11 - NINJA: 663 torr D2, puff through B-Bottom capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec
Slight increase in pressure on B-Bottom - does not modulate with flaps

Lower Divertor Leakage at E-port Opening
Shot 12 -NINJA: 624 torr D2, puff through E-Bottom capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec
Increase in pressure on E-Bottom. Second puff should allow us to calibrate the vacuum conductance.


Upper Divertor Leakage at E-port Opening
Shot 13 - NINJA: 624 torr D2, puff through E-Top capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec
Increase in pressure on E-Top. Again, second puff should allow us to calibrate the vacuum conductance.


B-C Lower Divertor Leakage - 2nd look
Shot 14 - ASP and FSP scanning 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 seconds
NINJA: 624 torr D2, puff through B-C-Bot capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec
Pressure rises to 80+ mtorr on CB_DivL

Baseline shot
Shot 15 - ASP and FSP scanning 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 seconds
NINJA: 624 torr D2, puff through AB Lim capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec
Good baseline shot.


Gas Puff/Flapper Comparison using Divertor Camera DIV2 (D-alpha filtered)
Shot 16 - ASP and FSP scanning 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 seconds
NINJA: 2119 torr D2, puff through C-D capillary
Trig1: 0.5 sec, duration 0.1 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 0.1 sec
No Flaps
Clearly seen on divertor camera.
Shot 17 - ASP and FSP scanning 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 seconds
NINJA: 2119 torr D2, puff through B-C Flap capillary
Trig1: 0.5 sec, duration 0.1 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 0.1 sec
No Flaps

Shot 18 - ASP and FSP scanning 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 seconds
NINJA: 2119 torr D2, puff through B-C Bot capillary
Trig1: 0.5 sec, duration 0.1 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 0.1 sec
Flap: C-divertor open from 0.6 to 0.9 sec
Clearly seen on divertor camera.
CB_DivL saturates at 87 mtorr.
Shot 19 - ASP and FSP scanning 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 seconds
NINJA: 1368 torr D2, puff through B-C Flap capillary
Trig1: 0.5 sec, duration 0.1 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 0.1 sec
Flap: C-divertor 0.2s open/ 0.2s closed starting at 0.8 sec for 3 cycles
CB_DviL records 40/30 mtorr for flap closed/open
Unfortunately, the camera systems had a computer problem - no camera data.

Lost shot
Shot 20 - Repeat of shot 19, without camera operating
TCI died. Gas feedback went crazy.
ASP and FSP scanning 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 seconds
NINJA: 1368 torr D2, puff through B-C Flap capillary
Trig1: 0.5 sec, duration 0.1 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 0.1 sec
Flap: C-divertor 0.2s open/ 0.2s closed starting at 0.8 sec for 3 cycles

Upper X-point discharge setup
Shot 21 - failed attempt
Plasma till 1.47s This is not an upper null contrary to advertizing. We got a very strange
marfe-like behaviour in the top of the machine and the density rose very high.
Shot 22 - Fizzle

Baseline Pressure Readings - Upper X-Point Discharge
Shot 23 - Upper x-point discharge
No ASP and FSP
NINJA: 690 torr D2, puff through AB Lim capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.81 sec
E-top pressure goes to 24 mtorr at 1 sec. Good background shot.

Upper Divertor Leakage at E-port Opening
Shot 24 - Upper x-point discharge
ASP scanning at 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 sec
NINJA: 690 torr D2, puff through E-top capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.81 sec
E-top pressure now goes to 34 mtorr at 1 sec. This should allow us to get the effective conductance.

B-C Lower Divertor Leakage - 3rd look
Shot 25 - Repeat of shot 19
ASP scanning at 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 sec
NINJA: 1339 torr D2, puff through B-C Flap capillary
Trig1: 0.5 sec, duration .15 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration .15 sec
Flap: C-divertor 0.2 open/0.2 closed starting at 0.8 sec for 3 cycles
Puff and flap is seen on divertor camera.
Shot 26 - ASP and FSP scanning at 0.5, 1.0, 1.2 sec
NINJA: 1339 torr D2, puff through B-C Flap capillary
Trig1: 0.4 sec, duration .15 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration .15 sec
Flap: C-divertor 0.2 open/ 0.2 closed starting at 0.9 sec for 3 cycles
Puff and flap is seen on divertor camera - very nice data.
Shot 27 - Fizzle
Shot 28 - Dud
Shot 29 - Dud
Shot 30 - ASP and FSP scanning at 0.6, 1.0, 1.2 sec
NINJA: 1329 torr D2, puff through B-C Flap capillary
Trig1: 0.4 sec, duration .15 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration .15 sec
Flap: D-divertor 0.2 open/ 0.2 closed starting at 0.9 sec for 3 cycles
Puff and flap is seen on divertor camera. The flow through the C-D flapper is much
less than the puff, unlike on C-B flap.

Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 04:37:15:443PM
Author: To Be Determined
Physop Summary 1020725

MP313 Instrumented Divertor Leakage Experiments.

SL Labombard
PO Hutch

Summary
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Machine ran well and we got 30 shots by pressing on regardless.
Current rise was quite reliable up till the end when we started having
the post 4pm mystery duds. ECDC got a plasma back on shot 30. No
ratiomatic signals were available. The planned program was carried
out and the SL pronounced himself satisfied.

Most shots were vanilla lower null but with varying Ninja puffs as
detailed by SL. Shots 2-6 were short duration for the purposes of
seeing the Penning gauges after the plasma. Shots 23 and 24 were
upper x-point plasmas. These may be useful for future upper x-point
operation in this campaign, since they have the predictors all run
appropriately for the present magnetics setup.

With the strong Ninja puffs there was no sign of a limit to the rate
of rise of plasma density. Very fast rises were observed, e.g. on shot
17 from .6 to 1.e20 in about 100ms. This observation seems to disprove
the Greenwald hypothesis that the reason we can't gas fuel to the
Greenwald limit at reasonable currents (e.g. 800kA) is because of lack
of time. I believe that there really is a gas fuelled density limit in
C-Mod well below the Greenwald limit. We should explore why.

Scorecard
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Shot,Duration(s),Ipmax(MA) Shot,Duration(s),Ipmax
1 0.000 0.024 2 1.242 0.794
3 1.127 0.799 4 1.122 0.799
5 1.115 0.799 6 1.109 0.797
7 1.713 0.776 8 1.788 0.779
9 1.874 0.781 10 1.761 0.779
11 1.783 0.781 12 1.870 0.781
13 1.899 0.779 14 1.813 0.779
15 1.839 0.779 16 1.900 0.781
17 1.868 0.784 18 1.791 0.792
19 1.896 0.781 20 1.691 0.773
21 1.472 0.784 22 0.000 0.029
23 1.726 0.789 24 1.819 0.784
25 1.890 0.779 26 1.894 0.776
27 0.000 0.029 28 0.000 0.021
29 0.000 0.024 30 1.896 0.779

Finished summary for 1020725 Total of 30 shots.
30 shots. 25 plasmas. 3 fizzles. 2 duds.
Fizzle = gt 27.0 lt 50kA.

Details
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1020725xxx hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 9:03:54:640AM
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Mini Proposal 313 Instrumented Divertor Leakage Experiments.

PO Hutch
SL Labombard

Cold Start.
rtnode -- data loaded, A matrix responds
rtnode -- data loaded, M matrix responds
rtnode -- data loaded, PID matrix responds

Start from shot 1020723008 Shorten to .8s
Set density to .6
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1020725001 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 9:20:39:353AM
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Fizzle.

Import segment one from 1020724016. Its br offset is .002 cf .0015 of the previous.
ICEF4 is -1310.
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1020725002 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 9:34:44:610AM
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Plasma ramps down at .8s all the way, terminating at 1.24s.

TF on till 1.9s
Lower NL04 to 4 from 6.
Ramp current down faster.
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1020725003 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 9:46:06:096AM
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Plasma. Terminates at 1.13s.
Had a gas puff near the shot end.

Program density to ramp down to prevent ending gas puff.
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1020725004 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 10:02:10:810AM
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Plasma

Add OH2L point at about 1.5 to give 25V trying to reverse swing the OH2
so that we keep the coax resistance down. REMEMBER TO REMOVE IT!
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1020725005 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 10:19:07:366AM
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Plasma. Big injection at 0.09s, but it recovers.
Boswell reports that the injection on shot 4 at .32s has strong Calcium lines.

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1020725006 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 10:46:01:596AM
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Plasma. TRAQ2 partially screwed.

Load segment 2 from 1020723008
TF invert to 1.6.
Load.
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1020725007 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 10:52:23:340AM
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Plasma. Rather a big puff.

nl04 to .8
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1020725008 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 11:08:22:223AM
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Plasma.

Move density feedback P off to 1.5s.
nl04 to .7
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1020725009 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 11:28:12:083AM
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Plasma.

No physop changes.
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1020725010 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 11:45:47:016AM
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Plasma

Loaded segment 2 of 1001006008 into segment 3.
(No changes to actual plasma control).
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1020725011 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 12:01:13:680PM
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Plasma.
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1020725012 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 12:33:40:073PM
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Plasma.
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1020725013 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 12:41:06:336PM
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Plasma.
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1020725014 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 12:41:13:240PM
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Plasma
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1020725015 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 12:46:08:326PM
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Plasma.
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1020725016 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 1:17:11:670PM
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Plasma.
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1020725017 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 1:39:33:020PM
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PLasma
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1020725018 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 2:09:12:876PM
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Plasma
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1020725019 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 2:09:19:893PM
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Plasma.
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1020725020 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 2:29:48:206PM
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Plasma. Interferometer broke and caused wild gas puffs from nl04 feedback.
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1020725021 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 2:57:46:873PM
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For this shot we switched to segment 3. This should be an upper x-point equilibrium.
Set nl04 to 1.e20.

Plasma till 1.47s This is not an upper null contrary to advertizing. We got a very strange
marfe-like behaviour in the top of the machine and the density rose very high.

It turns out we need segment 3 from that shot. 1001006008. Load segment.
Call predictors. Set TF to 150000.
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1020725022 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 3:13:48:226PM
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Fizzle.

Br bounced up.
Br offset to .0017 from .002
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1020725023 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 3:28:53:530PM
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Plasma. Got upper x-point. Late in shot a marfe in the bottom.
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1020725024 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 3:43:22:960PM
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Plasma.
Brian is satisfied with this shot puffing at the top.

Switch back to segment 2.
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1020725025 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 4:01:56:003PM
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Plasma.
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1020725026 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 4:17:05:120PM
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Plasma
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1020725027 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 4:28:14:683PM
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Fizzle.
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1020725028 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 4:42:17:160PM
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Dud.

Br offset to .002.
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1020725029 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 4:56:08:540PM
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Dud

5 min of ECDC.
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1020725030 hutch PHYSICS_OPERATOR Jul 25 2002 5:06:07:790PM
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Enter init at 1.2e-6 base pressure.
Plasma.

Session Leader Comments
Jul 25 2002 09:34:12:220AM1020725002Brian LabombardShot 2 - plasma, Ip ramping down to 0 at 1.2 sec, TF flat to 1.5 sec.
About 2 mtorr after shot. This is a little too high for the
low pressure Penning gauges.

Next shot: Ip ramp down sooner, Bt extended longer, program lower NL04
Jul 25 2002 09:46:04:550AM1020725003Brian LabombardShot 3 - plasma, Ip ramping down to 0 at 1.12 sec, TF flat to 1.9 sec.
About 2.5 mtorr after shot. This is a little too high for the
low pressure Penning gauges. CB_DivL calibration looks good.

Next shot: remove gas puff during Ip ramp-down
Jul 25 2002 09:54:18:687AM1020725004Brian LabombardShot 4 - plasma, again Ip ramping down to 0 at 1.12 sec, TF flat to 1.9 sec.
About 1.0 mtorr after shot. Looks like the low pressure Penning gauges
are having trouble today. CB_DivL looks ok.

Next shot: Start puff/flap program
Jul 25 2002 10:17:04:800AM1020725005Brian LabombardShot 5 - plasma, again Ip ramping down to 0 at 1.12 sec, TF flat to 1.9 sec.
NINJA: 699 torr D2, puff through C-B Bot capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec

Nice Data: We got the CB_DivL Penning gauge recording pressure changes under
the flapper for two cycles starting at 1.2 seconds

Jul 25 2002 10:36:54:613AM1020725006Brian LabombardShot 6 - plasma, again Ip ramping down to 0 at 1.12 sec, TF flat to 1.9 sec.
NINJA: 674 torr D2, puff through B-Bottom capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec

B-bottom MKS just records a constant pressure rise, independent of flap open/close

Next shot: go to full length, NL04 = 1 discharge
Flapping and puffing through AB Lim

Jul 25 2002 10:52:34:120AM1020725007Brian LabombardShot 7 - Full length plasma, NL04 1 and ramping slightly.
NINJA: 663 torr D2, puff through AB Lim capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec

Pressure goes to 80 mtorr on CB_DivL

Next shot: lower density

Jul 25 2002 11:07:47:880AM1020725008Brian LabombardShot 8 - Full length plasma, NL04 0.8 and ramping slightly.
NINJA: 663 torr D2, puff through AB Lim capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec

Pressure goes to 48 mtorr on CB_DivL when flaps close

Next shot: lower density still

Jul 25 2002 11:22:34:200AM1020725009Brian LabombardShot 9 - Full length plasma, NL04 0.75 and ramping slightly.
NINJA: 663 torr D2, puff through AB Lim capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec

Pressure goes to 46 mtorr on CB_DivL when flaps close

Next shot: Start NINJA puffs

Jul 25 2002 11:45:03:390AM1020725010Brian LabombardShot 10 - Full length plasma, NL04 0.75 and ramping slightly.
NINJA: 663 torr D2, puff through B-C Bot capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec

CB_DivL pressure goes to 83 mtorr with flapper closed and up to 47 mtorr with flap open.

Next shot puff from B-Bottom
Jul 25 2002 11:58:08:830AM1020725011Brian LabombardShot 11 -
NINJA: 663 torr D2, puff through B-Bottom capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec

Slight increase in pressure on B-Bottom

Next shot puff through E-bottom cap.
Jul 25 2002 12:17:40:207PM1020725012Brian LabombardShot 12 -
NINJA: 624 torr D2, puff through E-Bottom capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec

Increase in pressure on E-Bottom. Second puff should allow us to calibrate the vacuum conductance.

Next shot puff through E-top cap.
Jul 25 2002 12:44:05:467PM1020725013Brian LabombardShot 13 -
NINJA: 624 torr D2, puff through E-Top capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec

Increase in pressure on E-Top. Again, second puff should allow us to calibrate the vacuum conductance.

Next shot puff through B-C bottom cap.
Jul 25 2002 12:45:55:390PM1020725014Brian LabombardShot 14 - ASP and FSP scanning 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 seconds
NINJA: 624 torr D2, puff through E-Bottom capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec

Pressure rises to 80+ mtorr on CB_DivL

Next shot puff through AB Lim cap. for baseline.
Jul 25 2002 12:53:50:620PM1020725015Brian LabombardShot 15 - ASP and FSP scanning 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 seconds
NINJA: 624 torr D2, puff through E-Bottom capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.8 sec
Flaps: C-divertor, 0.2 open/ 0.2 close, 4 cycles starting from 0.4 sec

Good baseline shot.

Next shot puff through C-D capillary, no flaps.
Jul 25 2002 01:13:35:150PM1020725016Brian LabombardShot 16 - ASP and FSP scanning 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 seconds
NINJA: 2119 torr D2, puff through C-D capillary
Trig1: 0.5 sec, duration 0.1 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 0.1 sec
No Flaps

Clearly seen on divertor camera.

Next shot puff through B-C capillary, no flaps.
Jul 25 2002 01:35:46:437PM1020725017Brian LabombardShot 17 - ASP and FSP scanning 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 seconds
NINJA: 2119 torr D2, puff through B-C Flap capillary
Trig1: 0.5 sec, duration 0.1 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 0.1 sec
No Flaps

Clearly seen on divertor camera.

Next shot puff through B-C capillary, with flap opening 0.6 to 0.9 sec
Jul 25 2002 02:00:50:160PM1020725018Brian LabombardShot 18 - ASP and FSP scanning 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 seconds
NINJA: 2119 torr D2, puff through B-C Bot capillary
Trig1: 0.5 sec, duration 0.1 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 0.1 sec

Flap: C-divertor open from 0.6 to 0.9 sec

Clearly seen on divertor camera.

CB_DivL saturates at 87 mtorr.

Next shot: puff then flap at B-C
Jul 25 2002 02:25:25:260PM1020725019Brian LabombardShot 19 - ASP and FSP scanning 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 seconds
NINJA: 1368 torr D2, puff through B-C Flap capillary
Trig1: 0.5 sec, duration 0.1 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 0.1 sec

Flap: C-divertor 0.2s open/ 0.2s closed starting at 0.8 sec for 3 cycles

CB_DviL records 40/30 mtorr for flap closed/open

Unfortunately, the camera systems had a computer problem - no camera data.

Next shot, repeat.
Jul 25 2002 02:40:02:253PM1020725020Brian LabombardShot 20 - Repeat of shot 19, without camera operating
TCI died. Gas feedback went crazy.

ASP and FSP scanning 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 seconds
NINJA: 1368 torr D2, puff through B-C Flap capillary
Trig1: 0.5 sec, duration 0.1 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 0.1 sec
Flap: C-divertor 0.2s open/ 0.2s closed starting at 0.8 sec for 3 cycles

Next shot, go to upper x-point discharges while camera system is being fixed.
Jul 25 2002 03:22:07:160PM1020725023Brian LabombardShot 23 - Upper x-point discharge

No ASP and FSP
NINJA: 690 torr D2, puff through AB Lim capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.81 sec

E-top pressure goes to 24 mtorr at 1 sec.

Next shot: puff from E-top cap.


Jul 25 2002 03:38:13:623PM1020725024Brian LabombardShot 24 - Upper x-point discharge

ASP scanning at 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 sec
NINJA: 690 torr D2, puff through E-top capillary
Trig1: 0.2 sec, duration 1.8 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration 1.81 sec

E-top pressure now goes to 34 mtorr at 1 sec. This should allow us to get the effective conductance.

Next shot: Redo shot 19 with cameras operating


Jul 25 2002 04:00:24:923PM1020725025Brian LabombardShot 25 - Repeat of shot 19

ASP scanning at 0.8, 1.0, 1.2 sec
NINJA: 1339 torr D2, puff through B-C Flap capillary
Trig1: 0.5 sec, duration .15 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration .15 sec

Flap: C-divertor 0.2 open/0.2 closed starting at 0.8 sec for 3 cycles
Puff and flap is seen on divertor camera.

Next shot: repeat with different timing on puff and flap


Jul 25 2002 04:15:15:493PM1020725026Brian LabombardShot 26 - ASP and FSP scanning at 0.5, 1.0, 1.2 sec
NINJA: 1339 torr D2, puff through B-C Flap capillary
Trig1: 0.4 sec, duration .15 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration .15 sec

Flap: C-divertor 0.2 open/ 0.2 closed starting at 0.9 sec for 3 cycles

Puff and flap is seen on divertor camera - very nice data.

Next shot: repeat with ASP and FSP scanning at 0.6 sec.


Jul 25 2002 05:27:27:947PM1020725030Brian LabombardShot 30 - ASP and FSP scanning at 0.6, 1.0, 1.2 sec
NINJA: 1329 torr D2, puff through B-C Flap capillary
Trig1: 0.4 sec, duration .15 sec, Trig2: 2.7 sec, duration .15 sec

Flap: D-divertor 0.2 open/ 0.2 closed starting at 0.9 sec for 3 cycles

Puff and flap is seen on divertor camera. The flow through the C-D flapper is much
less than the puff, unlike on C-B flap.


Physics Operator Comments
Jul 25 2002 09:03:54:640AMIan HutchinsonMini Proposal 313 Instrumented Divertor Leakage Experiments.

PO Hutch
SL Labombard

Cold Start.
rtnode -- data loaded, A matrix responds
rtnode -- data loaded, M matrix responds
rtnode -- data loaded, PID matrix responds

Start from shot 1020723008 Shorten to .8s
Set density to .6
Jul 25 2002 09:20:39:353AM1020725001Ian HutchinsonFizzle.

Import segment one from 1020724016. Its br offset is .002 cf .0015 of the previous.
ICEF4 is -1310.
Jul 25 2002 09:34:44:610AM1020725002Ian HutchinsonPlasma ramps down at .8s all the way, terminating at 1.24s.

TF on till 1.9s
Lower NL04 to 4 from 6.
Ramp current down faster.
Jul 25 2002 09:46:06:097AM1020725003Ian HutchinsonPlasma. Terminates at 1.13s.
Had a gas puff near the shot end.

Program density to ramp down to prevent ending gas puff.
Jul 25 2002 10:02:10:810AM1020725004Ian HutchinsonPlasma

Add OH2L point at about 1.5 to give 25V trying to reverse swing the OH2
so that we keep the coax resistance down. REMEMBER TO REMOVE IT!
Jul 25 2002 10:19:07:367AM1020725005Ian HutchinsonPlasma. Big injection at 0.09s, but it recovers.
Boswell reports that the injection on shot 4 at .32s has strong Calcium lines.

Jul 25 2002 10:46:01:597AM1020725006Ian HutchinsonPlasma. TRAQ2 partially screwed.

Load segment 2 from 1020723008
TF invert to 1.6.
Load.
Jul 25 2002 10:52:23:340AM1020725007Ian HutchinsonPlasma. Rather a big puff.

nl04 to .8
Jul 25 2002 11:08:22:223AM1020725008Ian HutchinsonPlasma.

Move density feedback P off to 1.5s.
nl04 to .7
Jul 25 2002 11:28:12:083AM1020725009Ian HutchinsonPlasma.

No physop changes.
Jul 25 2002 11:45:47:017AM1020725010Ian HutchinsonPlasma

Loaded segment 2 of 1001006008 into segment 3.
(No changes to actual plasma control).
Jul 25 2002 12:01:13:680PM1020725011Ian HutchinsonPlasma.
Jul 25 2002 12:33:40:073PM1020725012Ian HutchinsonPlasma.
Jul 25 2002 12:41:06:337PM1020725013Ian HutchinsonPlasma.
Jul 25 2002 12:41:13:240PM1020725014Ian HutchinsonPlasma
Jul 25 2002 12:46:08:327PM1020725015Ian HutchinsonPlasma.
Jul 25 2002 01:17:11:670PM1020725016Ian HutchinsonPlasma.
Jul 25 2002 01:39:33:020PM1020725017Ian HutchinsonPLasma
Jul 25 2002 02:09:12:877PM1020725018Ian HutchinsonPlasma
Jul 25 2002 02:09:19:893PM1020725019Ian HutchinsonPlasma.
Jul 25 2002 02:29:48:207PM1020725020Ian HutchinsonPlasma. Interferometer broke and caused wild gas puffs from nl04 feedback.
Jul 25 2002 02:57:46:873PM1020725021Ian HutchinsonFor this shot we switched to segment 3. This should be an upper x-point equilibrium.
Set nl04 to 1.e20.

Plasma till 1.47s This is not an upper null contrary to advertizing. We got a very strange
marfe-like behaviour in the top of the machine and the density rose very high.

It turns out we need segment 3 from that shot. 1001006008. Load segment.
Call predictors. Set TF to 150000.
Jul 25 2002 03:13:48:227PM1020725022Ian HutchinsonFizzle.

Br bounced up.
Br offset to .0017 from .002
Jul 25 2002 03:28:53:530PM1020725023Ian HutchinsonPlasma. Got upper x-point. Late in shot a marfe in the bottom.
Jul 25 2002 03:43:22:960PM1020725024Ian HutchinsonPlasma.
Brian is satisfied with this shot puffing at the top.

Switch back to segment 2.
Jul 25 2002 04:01:56:003PM1020725025Ian HutchinsonPlasma.
Jul 25 2002 04:17:05:120PM1020725026Ian HutchinsonPlasma
Jul 25 2002 04:28:14:683PM1020725027Ian HutchinsonFizzle.
Jul 25 2002 04:42:17:160PM1020725028Ian HutchinsonDud.

Br offset to .002.
Jul 25 2002 04:56:08:540PM1020725029Ian HutchinsonDud

5 min of ECDC.
Jul 25 2002 05:06:07:790PM1020725030Ian HutchinsonEnter init at 1.2e-6 base pressure.
Plasma.

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
109:02:51:263AMPlasmaOk
209:19:50:370AMPlasmaOk
309:33:19:687AMPlasmaOk
409:46:12:427AMPlasmaOk
510:02:30:997AMPlasmaOk
610:16:28:253AMPlasmaOk
710:36:35:033AMPlasmaOk
810:50:24:600AMPlasmaOk
911:06:25:283AMPlasmaOk
1011:26:46:487AMPlasmaOk
1111:46:05:453AMPlasmaOk
1212:00:17:773PMPlasmaOk
1312:17:01:500PMPlasmaOk
1412:30:53:367PMPlasmaOk
1512:44:00:607PMPlasmaOk
1612:57:14:547PMPlasmaOk
1701:13:55:260PMPlasmaOk
1801:36:59:813PMPlasmaOk
1902:05:32:670PMPlasmaOk
2002:19:31:237PMPlasmaOk
2102:42:18:163PMPlasmaOk
2202:58:49:063PMPlasmaOk
2303:12:06:003PMPlasmaOk
2403:27:02:683PMPlasmaOk
2503:42:06:113PMPlasmaOk
2603:58:13:810PMPlasmaOk
2704:13:31:660PMPlasmaOk
2804:27:02:200PMPlasmaOk
2904:40:07:123PMPlasmaOk
3005:04:11:943PMPlasmaOk