Alcator C-Mod Run 1021009 Information

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Miniproposal:
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First Author:
Session Leader:Martin Greenwald (shots 1-34)
Miniproposal:304
Date Filed: 6/19/2002
Title:H-Mode Regimes
First Author:Martin Greenwald
Session Leader:Dmitri Mossessian (shots 1-34)

Operators
Session leader(s):Martin Greenwald,Dmitri Mossessian
Physics operator(s):Ron Parker
Engineering operator(s):Bill Cochran

Engineering Operator Run Comment
Continuation of MP 304, H-mode Regimes. Mosessian/Greenwald/Parker/Coch

Session Leader Plans

Physics Operators Plans

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 03:49:31:147PM
Author: To Be Determined
Run summary for 1021009 - EDA and triangularity

The strategy employed was doing current ramp from 0.8 to 1.2 MA during RF pulse
at different triangularities to see if the QC mode threshold in q depends on
plasma shape. We had 9 useful shots out of 34. Three shapes were used:

1. delta_upper=0.6, delta_lower=0.7
2. delta_upper=0.4, delta_lower=0.5
3. delta_upper=0.25, delta_lower=0.45

It looks like at higher delta QC mode exists even at low q, and disappears at low q
when delta is decreased. So the last shot was an attempt to check if QC mode will
still be there if we go to 1.3 MA. Further data analysis is required to make conclusions.

Useful shots are listed below:

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1021009015 mossessian SESSION_LEADER Oct 9 2002 12:41:47:906PM
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Plasma. RF ramps up to 2 MW. H-mode starts at 1 sec. It looks like ELM-free - fast rising core density and
radiated power, but PCI shows the QC mode for the whole duration of the H-mode.

Next shot - no changes. We want to get a H-mode started at 0.7 sec when Ip=0.8 MA

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1021009017 mossessian SESSION_LEADER Oct 9 2002 1:07:54:013PM
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Plasma, RF=2MW H-mode from 0.8 sec to 1.2 sec. Again looks like ELM-free from radiated power
and density, but shows QC mode on PCI. The pedestal looks interesting - density pedestal is constant
0.8 to 1 sec and then ramps up.

Next shot - drop upper triangularity to 0.4 and lower triangularity to 0.5

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1021009024 mossessian SESSION_LEADER Oct 9 2002 2:56:26:170PM
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Plasma. H-mode with 2.3 MW of RF tripping. QC mode in PCI stops at ~1.1 - after that it looks ELM-free

Next shot - repeat. Changed RXL and RXU a little to get steadyer triangularities.
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1021009026 mossessian SESSION_LEADER Oct 9 2002 3:19:31:696PM
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Plasma. Two brief ELM-free H-modes

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1021009027 mossessian SESSION_LEADER Oct 9 2002 3:26:42:486PM
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Plasma. QC mode goes away at 1.1 sec - 1MA

Next shot - go to lower delta. RXL+1 cm, RXU+4 cm
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1021009030 mossessian SESSION_LEADER Oct 9 2002 4:13:26:196PM
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Plasma. H-mode. QC mode goes away, may be a little earlier than on shot 27.

Next shot - further decrease triangularity.
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1021009032 mossessian SESSION_LEADER Oct 9 2002 5:02:29:423PM
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Plasma. QC mode is there, but wide and ugly

Next shot - go to high delta (shot 17) and increase current ramp to 1.3 MA to check lower q values.
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1021009033 mossessian SESSION_LEADER Oct 9 2002 5:04:39:316PM
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Plasma. Two H-modes . Problems with PCI, but reflectoemter shows QC mode, although the
H-mode looks ELM-free.


Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 04:37:16:490PM
Author: To Be Determined
Physop Summary for Run 1021009

The machine seemed to be still suffering from post-Boronization recovery
syndrome, with for the most part an "every-other-shot" startup. It would be
worthwhile to spend some time trying to unravel the cause of the intermittancy.
One theory that we explored during this run was that the current ramp rate
was too fast for the vertical field. But this would put the plasma on the outer
limiter whereas the light indicated that it was leaning on the inner wall. The
wall conditions definitely have something to do with the startup problems, but
there is no quantitative understanding of the effect.

At any rate, we managed 15 shots with a fairly good variation in delta and q,
so at least a few data points were obtained and the run could be considered
at least partially successful. For more, see the session leader's run summary.

Scorecard: 15 useful shots, 17 fizzles and one dud caused by EF3 breaker
pulling.

Engineering Setup and Run Plan for Wednesday, October 9, 2002

Continuation of MP 304, H-Mode Regimes

SL: Mosessian, Greenwald
PO: Parker


ECDC Overnight in D2 @ 2e-4 Torr until 07:00

Run Begins at 09:00 and ends at 17:00

Power systems setup the same as for Shot 1021008015
Gas setup:

B-Top 6 psi D2 Hybrid Enabled (PG4)
B-side lower 1 psi Ar Hybrid Enabled (PG1)
B-side upper 10 psi D2 Hybrid DISABLED (PG2, for ECDC)
C-Side 30 psi D2 Hybrid Enabled (PG3)
J-Bottom leave as is, Hybrid DISABLED

Enable the following gate valves, assuming no vacuum problems:

ECE, VUV, DNB

RF Setup: Transmitters 1&2 in Run On by 07:00

RUN PLAN:

General idea is to explore limits of EDA operation with respect to q
and triangularity. Starting with a particular delta, we'll start with
a high q EDA mode, then scan q down to find the limiting q for which the
EDA disappears. Then, we'll decrease delta, and, starting again with high
q, again scan q down until EDA disappears.

Session Leader Comments
Oct 9 2002 09:35:14:550AM1021009001Dmitri MossessianFizzle.
Oct 9 2002 09:36:54:770AM1021009002Dmitri MossessianPlasma. RF too low - no H-mode. Upper delta increases to the end of the shot and it goes double null.

For next shot - tried to get rid of upper delta rampup.
Oct 9 2002 09:46:08:333AM1021009003Dmitri MossessianFizzle
Oct 9 2002 10:30:03:247AM1021009004Dmitri MossessianPlasma, Nice shape, but not enough RF (1MW only)

Oct 9 2002 10:30:11:077AM1021009005Dmitri MossessianFizzle.

Oct 9 2002 10:30:17:187AM1021009006Dmitri MossessianFizzle.

Oct 9 2002 11:31:01:417AM1021009007Dmitri MossessianFizzle.

Oct 9 2002 11:31:14:463AM1021009008Dmitri MossessianPlasma. RF only 1 MW

Oct 9 2002 11:31:36:027AM1021009009Dmitri MossessianFizzle.


Oct 9 2002 11:31:39:997AM1021009010Dmitri MossessianFizzle.


Oct 9 2002 11:31:52:090AM1021009011Dmitri MossessianPlasma. RF only 1MW


Oct 9 2002 12:15:06:907PM1021009012Dmitri MossessianFizzle


Oct 9 2002 12:14:59:670PM1021009013Dmitri MossessianPlasma. RF only 1MW


Oct 9 2002 12:15:10:733PM1021009014Dmitri MossessianFizzle


Oct 9 2002 12:41:47:907PM1021009015Dmitri MossessianPlasma. RF ramps up to 2 MW. H-mode starts at 1 sec. It looks like ELM-free - fast rising core density and
radiated power, but PCI shows the QC mode for the whole duration of the H-mode.

Next shot - no changes. We want to get a H-mode started at 0.7 sec when Ip=0.8 MA


Oct 9 2002 12:42:13:110PM1021009016Dmitri MossessianFizzle.
Oct 9 2002 01:07:54:013PM1021009017Dmitri MossessianPlasma, RF=2MW H-mode from 0.8 sec to 1.2 sec. Again looks like ELM-free from radiated power
and density, but shows QC mode on PCI. The pedestal looks interesting - density pedestal is constant
0.8 to 1 sec and then ramps up.

Next shot - drop upper triangularity to 0.4 and lower triangularity to 0.5
Oct 9 2002 01:29:10:303PM1021009018Dmitri MossessianFizzle.
Oct 9 2002 02:05:24:390PM1021009019Dmitri MossessianPlasma. No H-mode. Lower delta is around 0.45 we want it higher.

Next shot - add 1cm to RXL to get delta_l=0.5
Oct 9 2002 02:05:56:300PM1021009020Dmitri MossessianFizzle.
Oct 9 2002 02:05:59:563PM1021009021Dmitri MossessianFizzle.
Oct 9 2002 02:20:20:097PM1021009022Dmitri MossessianPlasma. Ohmic H-mode after RF turns off. Actually, H-mode starts when RF is on.
Oct 9 2002 02:53:03:370PM1021009023Dmitri MossessianFizzle.
Oct 9 2002 02:56:26:170PM1021009024Dmitri MossessianPlasma. H-mode with 2.3 MW of RF tripping. QC mode in PCI stops at ~1.1 - after that it looks ELM-free

Next shot - repeat. Changed RXL and RXU a little to get steadyer triangularities.
Oct 9 2002 02:54:43:607PM1021009025Dmitri MossessianFizzle.
Oct 9 2002 03:19:31:697PM1021009026Dmitri MossessianPlasma. Two brief ELM-free H-modes

Oct 9 2002 03:26:42:487PM1021009027Dmitri MossessianPlasma. QC mode goes away at 1.1 sec - 1MA

Next shot - go to lower delta. RXL+1 cm, RXU+4 cm
Oct 9 2002 04:11:55:070PM1021009028Dmitri MossessianFizzle.
Oct 9 2002 04:12:07:600PM1021009029Dmitri MossessianFizzle.
Oct 9 2002 04:13:26:197PM1021009030Dmitri MossessianPlasma. H-mode. QC mode goes away, may be a little earlier than on shot 27.

Next shot - further decrease triangularity.
Oct 9 2002 04:16:48:137PM1021009031Dmitri MossessianBreaker problem.
Oct 9 2002 05:02:29:423PM1021009032Dmitri MossessianPlasma. QC mode is there, but wide and ugly

Next shot - go to high delta (shot 17) and increase current ramp to 1.3 MA to check lower q values.
Oct 9 2002 05:04:39:317PM1021009033Dmitri MossessianPlasma. Two H-modes . Problems with PCI, but reflectoemter shows QC mode, although the
H-mode looks ELM-free.

Physics Operator Comments
Oct 9 2002 09:16:41:217AM1021009001Ron ParkerShot 1 was a fizzle. No change for shot 2, although BZ was too low on shot 1
Oct 9 2002 09:24:35:903AM1021009002Ron ParkerShot 2 went off OK. BZ is still low, -2.8 mT at 5 ms, compared to -3.2 mT
at same time on shot 1.
Oct 9 2002 09:47:15:837AM1021009003Ron ParkerShot 3 fizzled. Is the current rise too fast? Next shot: gas fill increased from 25 to
28 ms. BZ is still low. We are trying to reduce upper delta.
Oct 9 2002 10:02:43:570AM1021009004Ron ParkerShot 4 ran OK with better control of upper delta.

Breakdown was a bit late, because of higher gas pressure.

BZ was still a bit too low, so we'll add 10 A to EF4
Oct 9 2002 10:27:24:913AM1021009005Ron ParkerShot 5 was a fizzle.
Oct 9 2002 10:28:25:463AM1021009006Ron Parker
Shot 6 was a fizzle. We are adjusting RCUR early to try to keep plasma off wall.
Oct 9 2002 10:37:41:120AM1021009007Ron Parker
Another fizzle. For next shot, we'll reload segment 1 from shot 4.
Oct 9 2002 10:56:19:517AM1021009008Ron ParkerShot 8 went, no change for next shot.
Oct 9 2002 11:06:29:100AM1021009009Ron ParkerShot 9 fizzled. We suspect BZ is not keeping up with the current rise.

Attempt to fix it by RCUR was not successful. We'll add 15 A to EF4.
Oct 9 2002 11:54:21:803AM1021009010Ron ParkerShot 10 fizzled. Back to shot 4, segment 1
Oct 9 2002 11:41:34:523AM1021009011Ron Parker
Shot 11 went.
Oct 9 2002 11:52:46:507AM1021009012Ron ParkerAnother fizzle. No change for next shot.
Oct 9 2002 12:41:12:437PM1021009013Ron ParkerShot 13 went. No H mode.
Oct 9 2002 12:41:43:390PM1021009014Ron ParkerShot 14 Fizzled.
Oct 9 2002 12:42:12:920PM1021009015Ron ParkerShot 15 went, with H mode.
Oct 9 2002 12:42:40:157PM1021009016Ron Parker
Shot 16 fizzled
Oct 9 2002 02:18:11:627PM1021009017Ron ParkerShot 17 went.
Oct 9 2002 02:15:59:733PM1021009018Ron Parker
Shot 18 fizzled.
Oct 9 2002 02:16:17:233PM1021009019Ron ParkerShot 19 ran.
Oct 9 2002 02:17:08:437PM1021009020Ron Parker
Shot 20 fizzled.
Oct 9 2002 02:17:28:110PM1021009021Ron Parker
Shot 21 fizzled.
Oct 9 2002 02:13:27:463PM1021009022Ron ParkerShot 22 ran. Interesting in that no H-Mode with 2 MW RF but ohmic H-mode develops
when RF turns off.
Oct 9 2002 03:12:53:390PM1021009023Ron Parker
Shot 23 fizzled.
Oct 9 2002 03:14:08:440PM1021009024Ron Parker
Shot 24 ran with an H-mode.
Oct 9 2002 03:14:28:877PM1021009025Ron Parker
Shot 25 fizzled.
Oct 9 2002 03:11:09:577PM1021009026Ron Parker
Shot 26 went off OK with end disruption.

The shot had two periods with H-modes.
Oct 9 2002 03:25:53:233PM1021009027Ron ParkerShot 27 went off, breaking the "every other shot" pattern.
Oct 9 2002 04:13:29:947PM1021009028Ron ParkerShot 28 fizzled.
Oct 9 2002 03:49:40:167PM1021009029Ron ParkerShot 29 fizzled.
Oct 9 2002 04:12:09:663PM1021009030Ron ParkerShot 30 ran OK with H-mode.
Oct 9 2002 04:17:37:433PM1021009031Ron Parker
Shot 31 was a dud, caused by EF3 breaker pulling out.
Oct 9 2002 04:46:12:077PM1021009032Ron Parker
Shot 32 ran, H-Mode, good shot.
Oct 9 2002 04:56:12:997PM1021009033Ron ParkerGood shot, nearly 1.3 MA. RF had drop outs, but averaged over 2 MW.

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
109:01:07:483AMPlasmaOk
209:15:59:497AMPlasmaOk
309:34:43:780AMPlasmaOk
409:48:41:480AMPlasmaOk
510:05:05:607AMPlasmaOk
610:18:04:617AMPlasmaOk
710:31:10:267AMPlasmaOk
810:44:19:697AMPlasmaOk
910:58:27:723AMPlasmaOk
1011:11:32:577AMPlasmaOk
1111:25:59:570AMPlasmaOk
1211:41:15:100AMPlasmaOk
1311:54:12:833AMPlasmaOk
1412:07:10:630PMPlasmaOk
1512:20:10:647PMPlasmaOk
1612:36:31:210PMPlasmaOk
1712:51:34:010PMPlasmaOk
1801:05:42:590PMPlasmaOk
1901:20:01:107PMPlasmaOk
2001:33:09:073PMPlasmaOk
2101:46:10:243PMPlasmaOk
2202:03:01:297PMPlasmaOk
2302:19:45:110PMPlasmaOk
2402:32:46:313PMPlasmaOk
2502:50:34:867PMPlasmaOk
2603:03:38:647PMPlasmaOk
2703:16:53:803PMPlasmaOk
2803:30:35:520PMPlasmaOk
2903:43:43:207PMPlasmaOk
3003:56:41:130PMPlasmaOk
3104:12:39:990PMPlasmaBadEF3 breaker open during the shot
3204:36:15:317PMPlasmaOk
3304:49:19:410PMPlasmaOk
3405:04:37:583PMPlasmaOk