Alcator C-Mod Run 1021112 Information

Back to runs

Miniproposals
Miniproposal:
Date Filed:
Title:
First Author:
Session Leader: Unknown (shots 1-39)

Operators
Session leader(s): Unknown
Physics operator(s):Jim Irby
Engineering operator(s):Bill Parkin,Bill Cochran

Engineering Operator Run Comment
Faraday Rotational Experitments. Tejero/Irby/Cochran/Parkin.

Session Leader Plans

Physics Operators Plans

Session Leader Summaries

Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 04:37:17:147PM
Author: To Be Determined
Engineering setup for Tueday November 12th, Run 1021112

Faraday Rotation Experiments

Session leader: Tejero
Physics Operator: Irby

ECDC until Tuesday morning in D2 stopping by 07:00.

Run will begin at 10:00 and end at 17:00

Engineering setup as on 1021105007

Power systems the same as shot 1020822010 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)

J-Bottom should be disabled and pumped out

Enable the following gate valves: ECE, VUV, DNB

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RF Setup: No Rf required
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Standard 800 kA plasma will be produced and the noise level of the
Faraday Rotation prototype diagnostic will be determined. Cell entry
may be required often during the day as we make adjustments to the
diagnostic alignment. TCI will be disabled during this run.

Session Leader Comments

Physics Operator Comments
Nov 12 2002 07:45:05:120AMJim IrbyEngineering setup for Tueday November 12th, Run 1021112

Faraday Rotation Experiments

Session leader: Tejero
Physics Operator: Irby

ECDC until Tuesday morning in D2 stopping by 07:00.

Run will begin at 10:00 and end at 17:00

Engineering setup as on 1021105007

Power systems the same as shot 1020822010 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)

J-Bottom should be disabled and pumped out

Enable the following gate valves: ECE, VUV, DNB

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RF Setup: No Rf required
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Standard 800 kA plasma will be produced and the noise level of the
Faraday Rotation prototype diagnostic will be determined. Cell entry
may be required often during the day as we make adjustments to the
diagnostic alignment. TCI will be disabled during this run.
Nov 12 2002 08:34:07:070AM1021112001Jim IrbyLoaded shot 1021105007 into seg 2 --- 5.4T, 800 kA, 8e19/m^2
Dropped Tf to 150 kA in seg 1

This was a test shot ----- check data system and prepuff

Pressure for 1021108023 0.545 at t=0
Pressure for 1021112001 0.583 at t=0
Nov 12 2002 10:06:40:337AM1021112002Jim IrbyThis shot will be another test shot with the fizzle detector ON time moved to 1.0 s ---- see that
the gas puff is working properly ---- permanent record of baseline for Faraday signal

Reduced prefill from 28 to 27 ms

Dropped NL04 gain to 0 and made request negative

Pulse_gas3 has been programmed full on from 100 to 150 ms then ramped down to 60volts at 400 ms

Faraday and pressure data look good
Nov 12 2002 10:31:55:907AM1021112003Jim IrbyNice plasma

Good Faraday signal ---- less than 100 counts

Too much prefill
Nov 12 2002 10:46:07:773AM1021112004Jim IrbyPrefill from 27 to 26 ms
Increased Ip request to 850 from 800 kA --- see effect on Faraday signal

Fizzle --- pressure actually went up ...

Nice no-plasma baseline for Faraday
Nov 12 2002 10:56:29:540AM1021112005Jim IrbyRepeat

Nice plasma into rampdown --- got more Ip

Faraday signal looks good
Nov 12 2002 11:13:12:220AM1021112006Jim IrbyIp request to 900 kA

Fizzle again: too much prefill

Faraday signal still okay
Nov 12 2002 11:28:16:400AM1021112007Jim IrbyGas from 26 to 24 ms

Plasma into rampdown --- got Ip request

Good Faraday signal
Nov 12 2002 11:52:15:797AM1021112008Jim IrbyWill increase gas puff for higher density this shot ---- puff now at 100% until 400 ms
Prefill from 24 to 23 ms

Fizzle ---- fields okay, still gas?

Faraday signal good --- may see effect of OH1


Nov 12 2002 12:55:06:440PM1021112009Jim IrbyErik went into cell before this shot to check Faraday signal out --- signals looked good --- slight tweaks
made

Prefill from 23 to 22 ms

No plasma

Run cancelled to check out TF fuses

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
108:24:01:007AMTestOkCycle/Gas test
209:44:23:600AMTestOk
310:19:27:280AMPlasmaOk
410:37:16:243AMPlasmaOk
510:52:25:033AMPlasmaOk
611:09:05:917AMPlasmaOk
711:25:16:130AMPlasmaOk
811:41:01:077AMPlasmaOk
912:01:21:233PMPlasmaBadTF IOC and TF ground fault
1010:03:37:483AMTestBad
1111:13:53:970AMTestBad
1311:31:37:433AMTestBad
1412:04:06:687PMTestBad
1512:18:13:823PMTestBad
1603:04:16:280PMTestBad
1703:24:18:943PMTestBad
1803:29:51:347PMTestBad
1903:38:38:860PMTestBad
2008:12:58:170AMTestBad
2108:17:58:907AMTestBad
2208:30:33:270AMTestBad
2308:35:05:553AMTestBad
2408:57:38:593AMTestBad
3202:23:18:220PMTestBad
3302:52:36:800PMTestBad
3404:01:37:180PMTestBad
3504:09:05:257PMTestBad
3604:29:21:140PMTestBad
3704:34:12:810PMTestBad
3912:31:47:630PMTestBad