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Miniproposal:311
Date Filed: 6/21/2002
Title:Spatial Dependence of Edge Turbulence Statistics
First Author:Brian Labombard
Session Leader:Brian Labombard (shots 1-29)

Operators
Session leader(s):Brian Labombard
Physics operator(s):Steve Wolfe
Engineering operator(s):Bill Byford,Ed Fitzgerald

Engineering Operator Run Comment
MP#311 Spatial Dependence of Edge Turbulence Statistics; SL: LaBombard ;

Session Leader Plans

Physics Operators Plans

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 03:49:32:430PM
Author: To Be Determined
Run Summary for 1030522 - MP#311 "Spatial Dependence of Edge Turbulence Statistics"

Session Leader: B. LaBombard
Physics Operator: S. Wolfe

MP Objectives:
The primary purpose of these experiments is to explore the
radial and poloidal variation in the statistics of edge plasma
fluctuations.

________________________________________________________________________________
Run Plan:
All shots: Ip=0.8 MA, Bt=5.3 tesla, lower x-point equilibrium.
Inner and outer gaps at 1.5 cm. (inner gap will
be tweaked for ISP operation)

Start from Shot#1030516005

Analysis of the few shots we got last time (Ben Carreras) indicates that the
fluctuation statistics change dramatically in the Near SOL (rho = 2 mm) vs Far SOL (rho = 7 mm)
So we need to refocus the run plan towards mapping out this variation with rho. The run plan
therefore calls for repeating 5 shots at fixed conditions and stepping through a coarse density
scan. It will be a boring run from the physics operator's point of view.

Shots
Set up discharge and probe targeting
1,2,3 NL04 = 1.0
Run ASP in fixed position mode, increasing its insertion depth in each shot
and determining its maximum insertion depth that avoids overheating.
We need to get ASP into 'Near' SOL. This is range where 40 < Te < 50 eV.
Run ISP, determining coil pulse-length for optimized probe insertion depth
(deepest without damage). All non-flush divertor probes will operate in sweep mode;
middle flush probes in the outer divertor triplet will operate in 'grounded' mode;
end flush probes in the outer divertor triplet will operate in a 'floating' mode.
Fast digitizers will be set up to record floating potential fluctuations on these
divertor probes.
Check strike-point and rho-mappings. Outer divertor strike point should be between
probes 1 and 6.


Then do five identical shots at each density, with different probe setups:
Setup: "Scan" - ASP & FSP Scanning three times (swept E/W, floating N/S probes)
128k data samples, 1MHz.
ISP in swept voltage mode.
Setup: "8mm" - ASP in fixed position mode, rho=8 mm, 512k data samples, 1MHz,
with continuous Isat mode on E/W and Vf mode on N/S probes.
FSP scanning three times (swept E/W, floating N/S probes)
ISP in Isat mode.
Setup: "6mm" - ASP in fixed position mode, rho=6 mm, 512k data samples, 1MHz,
with continuous Isat mode on E/W and Vf mode on N/S probes.
FSP scanning three times (swept E/W, floating N/S probes)
ISP in Isat mode.
Setup: "4mm" - ASP in fixed position mode, rho=4 mm, 512k data samples, 1MHz,
with continuous Isat mode on E/W and Vf mode on N/S probes.
FSP scanning three times (swept E/W, floating N/S probes)
ISP in Vf mode.
Setup: "2mm" - ASP in fixed position mode, rho=2 mm, 512k data samples, 1MHz,
with continuous Isat mode on E/W and Vf mode on N/S probes.
FSP scanning three times (swept E/W, floating N/S probes)
ISP in Vf mode.

4, 5, 6, 8, 9 NL04 = 1.0
10,11,12,13,14 NL04 = 0.8
15,16,17,18,19 NL04 = 0.6
20,21,22,23,24 NL04 = 1.2
25,26,27,28,29 NL04 = 1.4

________________________________________________________________________________
Results:
We made good progress on getting long time sample data (0.5 Msamples from each
electrode at 1 MHz) from the A-port scanning probe at a variety of locations in the SOL.
We were not able to run all the planned densities. Instead, we ran NL04 = 1.1, .9, 0.6e20
and focused on getting data at a number of radial locations with the ASP.
The ASP performed well (moly probe head - the ATJ graphite one had some
carbon buildup problems on the electrodes) but we did not push it hard.
In fact, when the probe started to show some evidence of overheating, the bias
arrangement was switched to all electrodes (N,S,E,W) floating. As a result, we did
not get Isat time samples for some of the near SOL locations at high densities.
The F-port probe performed well. It was operated in the usual scan mode
for all shots, regularly touching the separatrix.
The ISP also performed well. We operated it in alternating bias modes
of sweep, Isat, Vf and got it to regularly poke near the separatrix.
The algorithm that computes the radial location of the ISP clearly needs work.
The effective area of the coil and the starting angle needs to be
more carefully modeled. (Presently, the code is trying to compute
ASIN of arguments greater than 1.) A model for the projected area of the probe
also needs to be assembled.
Data from the ASP and ISP today should allow us to look for differences in the inner/outer
fluctuation levels as a function of density.

Detailed Shot Log (focusing on ASP setup/results):

NL04=1.1e20
1 ISP only
2 ASP Scan 2mm
3 no plasma
4 ASP Scan 0mm
5 ASP dwell Isat/Vf 6mm - clean data
6 ASP dwell Isat/Vf 4mm - clean data
7 ASP dwell Isat/Vf 2.8mm - overheat, trends
8 ASP dwell all Vf 2mm - overheat, trends
9 ASP scan -2 mm - all probes ok
10 no plasma
11 ASP dwell all Vf 2.6mm - clean data
12 ASO dwell all Vf 3.2mm - clean data

NL04=.92e20
13 ASP dwell Isat/Vf 6.5mm - clean data
NL04=.85e20
14 ASP dwell Isat/Vf 5mm - clean data
15 ASP dwell Isat/Vf 2.8mm - clean data
16 disrupted at .5 s
17 ASP dwell all Vf 1.4 mm - overheat, trends
18 ASP dwell all Vf 3.5 mm - clean
19 ASP scan 0 mm - all probes ok

NL04=.6e20
20 ASP dwell Isat/Vf 5.5mm - clean data
21 ASP dwell Isat/Vf 3.8 mm - clean data
22 ASP dwell Isat/Vf 4mm - clean data
23 no plasma
24 no plasma
25 ASP dwell Isat/Vf 2.8 mm - clean data, some trend
26 ASP dwell Isat/Vf 8 mm - clean data
27 ASP Scan 0 mm - ok data
28 no plasma
NL04= 1.3e20
29 ASP dwell all Vf 4 mm - clean data

Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 04:37:17:973PM
Author: To Be Determined
Physics Operator Summary for Thurs. May 22, 2003

MP#311 Spatial Dependence of Edge Turbulence Statistics
SL: LaBombard
PO: wolfe
EO: Fitzgerald,Byford

Engineering Setup
-----------------

Overnight ECDC in D2 at 2e-4, bake at 60C

Power Systems as on 1030516005 (no need to change C-coil taps)

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)

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

Run Plan
--------
All shots: Ip=0.8 MA, Bt=5.3 tesla, lower x-point equilibrium.
Inner and outer gaps at 1.5 cm. (inner gap will
be tweaked for ISP operation)

Load from 1030516005, change nl04 to 1e20, adjust pg3 pulse,
decrease CLEARIN by .002, and decrease RCUR by .004 to get gaps to 1.5cm each

Details of probe settings are in session leader's summary.
The main thing physop has to do is change the density as follows:

4, 5, 6, 8, 9 NL04 = 1.0
10,11,12,13,14 NL04 = 0.8
15,16,17,18,19 NL04 = 0.6
20,21,22,23,24 NL04 = 1.2
25,26,27,28,29 NL04 = 1.4

Results
-------

We completed the first three densities and one shot at nl04=1.3e20. A
satisfactory equilibrium was established by shot#2 and slightly tweaked for
shot 11; the same equilibrium settings were used from then on. At the 6e19
point, we encountered locked modes (shots #20 and 21), which were suppressed
using the Acoil (full current, +Dtop -Dbot -Jtop +Jbot); in the interest of
keeping the main experiment on track, we did not try to find the suppression
threshold.

Earl and Brock shot pellets at end of flattop and in rampdown on a lot of
shots; some of these disrupted, but this did not seem to have terrible effects
on the startup of the subsequent shots. They seemed to be getting good
data. Shot#16 disrupted at 0.5sec from an injection of unknown origin; shot#1
had a similar injection that took a bite out of the current but was not fatal.

I tuned the startup mostly with PG4, increasing it to avoid bouncers and
runaways, and decreasing to avoid inner-wall snuffs. I also changed IC_EF4
from -1320 to -1300A on shot#15 to try to eliminate a bounce, and left it
there for the rest of the run.

Shot #10 was a dud due to a gas failure and Shot#23 fizzled(!) for lack of
EF3; neither failure was explained, and on the subsequent shots all systems
ran correctly. There were no data system hangs all day. On one or two shots
the H/D signal did not come through, presumably due to CAMAC problems.

Scorecard
----------

Tests 0
Duds 1
Fizzles 3
Plasmas 25 (one 0.5sec disruption)
======= ==
Shots 29


Session Leader Comments
May 22 2003 09:36:08:467AM1030522001Brian LabombardShot 1 - ISP scanning at .7, .95, 1.2 seconds in far SOL
ASP, FSP not scanning

Next shot: remove drift in outer gap,
move lower x-point to smaller R
scan probes
May 22 2003 10:06:21:710AM1030522002Brian LabombardShot 2 - ASP, FSP, ISP scanning at .7, .95, 1.2

probes data look ok, targets are excellent, probes need to move in

Next shot: scan all probes deeper
May 22 2003 10:36:36:300AM1030522004Brian LabombardShot 4 - ASP, FSP, ISP scanning at .7, .95, 1.2

EFIT separatrix looks accurate

Next shot: got to dwell-scan ASP at 8 mm
May 22 2003 10:48:38:897AM1030522005Brian LabombardShot 5 - ASP in dwell mode, 8 mm
FSP, ISP scanning a 0.8, 1.05, and 1.3 s
FSP in sweep mode, ISP in Isat mode

Next shot, go to 6 mm on ASP
May 22 2003 10:56:45:013AM1030522006Brian LabombardShot 6 - ASP in dwell mode, 6 mm
FSP, ISP scanning a 0.8, 1.05, and 1.3 s
FSP in sweep mode, ISP in Isat mode

Next shot, go to 4 mm on ASP
May 22 2003 11:21:29:830AM1030522007Brian LabombardShot 7 - ASP in dwell mode, 4 mm
FSP, ISP scanning a 0.8, 1.05, and 1.3 s
FSP in sweep mode, ISP in Vf mode

West probe on ISP is arcing - need to repeat this shot.

Next shot, stay at 4 mm on ASP with all probes floating
May 22 2003 11:36:04:670AM1030522008Brian LabombardShot 8 - ASP in dwell mode, 4 mm
FSP, ISP scanning a 0.8, 1.05, and 1.3 s
FSP in sweep mode, ISP in Vf mode

all ASP probes are floating - still see a slow trend on north and south probe data - why?

Next shot go back to scan mode on ASP
May 22 2003 12:01:52:233PM1030522009Brian LabombardShot 9 - ASP scanning at .8, 1.05 and 1.3 s
FSP, ISP scanning a 0.8, 1.05, and 1.3 s
ASP, FSP, ISP in sweep mode

ASP is fine.

Next shot: go to dwell mode on ASP
also try to get larger gap prior to 0.6 seconds
May 22 2003 12:10:44:287PM1030522010Brian LabombardShot 10 - no plasma

Nest shot: try again with ASP in dwell and all probes floating
May 22 2003 12:34:12:353PM1030522011Brian LabombardShot 11 - ASP in dwell mode, all probes floating
FSP, ISP scanning a 0.8, 1.05, and 1.3 s

it looks like the probe is really at 2.5 mm location

Next shot: repeat with ASP 1 mm further out
May 22 2003 12:45:44:107PM1030522012Brian LabombardShot 12 - ASP in dwell mode, all probes floating
FSP, ISP scanning a 0.8, 1.05, and 1.3 s

ASP data is clean

Next shot: go to NL04=0.8 with ASP at 8mm location
May 22 2003 01:00:11:923PM1030522013Brian LabombardShot 13 - ASP in dwell mode, 8mm location
FSP, ISP scanning a 0.8, 1.05, and 1.3 s
FSP-sweep, ISP-Isat

Next shot: ASP at 6mm location
May 22 2003 01:12:37:147PM1030522014Brian LabombardShot 14 - ASP in dwell mode, 6mm location
FSP, ISP scanning a 0.8, 1.05, and 1.3 s
FSP-sweep, ISP-Isat

Next shot: ASP at 4mm location, also drop first scans on FSP and ISP
May 22 2003 01:28:02:950PM1030522015Brian LabombardShot 15- ASP in dwell mode, 4mm location
FSP, ISP scanning a 1.05, and 1.3 s
FSP-sweep, ISP-Vf

Next shot: ASP at 2mm location
May 22 2003 01:42:28:720PM1030522016Brian LabombardShot 16- disrupted
try again, with all ASP probes in Vf mode
May 22 2003 02:04:36:873PM1030522017Brian LabombardShot 17- ASP in dwell mode, 2mm location, all probes floating
FSP, ISP scanning a 1.05, and 1.3 s
FSP-sweep, ISP-Vf
=> too deep for ASP, need to back off

Next shot: ASP 2 mm further out
May 22 2003 02:12:15:087PM1030522018Brian LabombardShot 18- ASP in dwell mode, 2+mm location, all probes floating
FSP, ISP scanning a 1.05, and 1.3 s
FSP-sweep, ISP-Vf
good data

Next shot: ASP scanning
May 22 2003 02:25:37:183PM1030522019Brian LabombardShot 19- ASP in sweep mode, .8, 1.05, 1.3 s
FSP, ISP scanning a 1.05, and 1.3 s
FSP and ISP -sweep

Next shot: ASP at 8mm, NL04=0.6
May 22 2003 02:41:09:267PM1030522020Brian LabombardShot 20- ASP dwelling at 8 mm
FSP scanning at 1.05, and 1.3 s - sweep mode
ISP scanning at 1.05 - isat mode
Clean data

Next shot: ASP at 6mm
May 22 2003 02:56:37:787PM1030522021Brian LabombardShot 21- ASP dwelling at 6 mm
FSP scanning at 1.05, and 1.3 s - sweep mode
ISP scanning at 0.8, 1.05, 1.3 s - isat mode


Next shot: ASP at 4mm
May 22 2003 03:33:41:943PM1030522022Brian LabombardShot 22- ASP dwelling at 4 mm
FSP scanning at 0.8, 1.05, and 1.3 s - sweep mode
ISP scanning at 0.8, 1.05, 1.3 s - vf mode


Next shot: ASP at 2mm
May 22 2003 04:12:08:917PM1030522025Brian LabombardShot 25- ASP dwelling at 2 mm
FSP scanning at 0.8, 1.05, and 1.3 s - sweep mode
ISP scanning at 0.8, 1.05, 1.3 s - Vf mode


Next shot: ASP at 8+ mm
May 22 2003 04:21:49:750PM1030522026Brian LabombardShot 26- ASP dwelling at 8+ mm
FSP scanning at 0.8, 1.05, and 1.3 s - sweep mode
ISP scanning at 0.8, 1.05, 1.3 s - Isat mode


Next shot: Scan ASP to sep.
May 22 2003 04:33:34:430PM1030522027Brian LabombardShot 27- ASP scanning at 0.8, 1.05, and 1.3 s - sweep mode
FSP scanning at 0.8, 1.05, and 1.3 s - sweep mode
ISP scanning at 0.8, 1.05, 1.3 s - sweep mode


Next shot: Go to NL04=1.3 with ASP dwelling at 4mm
May 22 2003 04:43:23:940PM1030522028Brian LabombardShot 28- no plasma

Next shot: try again, ASP at 4 mm with all probes in Vf mode

Physics Operator Comments
May 22 2003 07:15:43:253AMSteve WolfeEngineering Setup and Run Plan for Thurs. 5/22/2003

MP#311 "Spatial Dependence of Edge Turbulence Statistics"
SL: LaBombard
PO: wolfe

Overnight ECDC in D2 at 2e-4, bake at 60C

Power Systems as on 1030516005 (no need to change C-coil taps)

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)

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

Run Plan
--------
All shots: Ip=0.8 MA, Bt=5.3 tesla, lower x-point equilibrium.
Inner and outer gaps at 1.5 cm. (inner gap will
be tweaked for ISP operation)

Load from 1030516005, change nl04 to 1e20, adjust pg3 pulse,
decrease CLEARIN by .002, and decrease RCUR by .004 to get gaps to 1.5cm each


Analysis of the few shots we got last time (Ben Carreras) indicates that the
fluctuation statistics change dramatically in the Near SOL (rho = 2 mm) vs Far SOL (rho = 7 mm)
So we need to refocus the run plan towards mapping out this variation with rho. The run plan
therefore calls for repeating 5 shots at fixed conditions and stepping through a coarse density
scan. It will be a boring run from the physics operator's point of view.

Shots
Set up discharge and probe targeting
1,2,3 NL04 = 1.0
Run ASP in fixed position mode, increasing its insertion depth in each shot
and determining its maximum insertion depth that avoids overheating.
We need to get ASP into 'Near' SOL. This is range where 40 < Te < 50 eV.
Run ISP, determining coil pulse-length for optimized probe insertion depth
(deepest without damage). All non-flush divertor probes will operate in sweep mode;
middle flush probes in the outer divertor triplet will operate in 'grounded' mode;
end flush probes in the outer divertor triplet will operate in a 'floating' mode.
Fast digitizers will be set up to record floating potential fluctuations on these
divertor probes.
Check strike-point and rho-mappings. Outer divertor strike point should be between
probes 1 and 6.


Then do five identical shots at each density, with different probe setups:
Setup: "Scan" - ASP & FSP Scanning three times (swept E/W, floating N/S probes)
128k data samples, 1MHz.
ISP in swept voltage mode.
Setup: "8mm" - ASP in fixed position mode, rho=8 mm, 512k data samples, 1MHz,
with continuous Isat mode on E/W and Vf mode on N/S probes.
FSP scanning three times (swept E/W, floating N/S probes)
ISP in Isat mode.
Setup: "6mm" - ASP in fixed position mode, rho=6 mm, 512k data samples, 1MHz,
with continuous Isat mode on E/W and Vf mode on N/S probes.
FSP scanning three times (swept E/W, floating N/S probes)
ISP in Isat mode.
Setup: "4mm" - ASP in fixed position mode, rho=4 mm, 512k data samples, 1MHz,
with continuous Isat mode on E/W and Vf mode on N/S probes.
FSP scanning three times (swept E/W, floating N/S probes)
ISP in Vf mode.
Setup: "2mm" - ASP in fixed position mode, rho=2 mm, 512k data samples, 1MHz,
with continuous Isat mode on E/W and Vf mode on N/S probes.
FSP scanning three times (swept E/W, floating N/S probes)
ISP in Vf mode.

4, 5, 6, 8, 9 NL04 = 1.0
10,11,12,13,14 NL04 = 0.8
15,16,17,18,19 NL04 = 0.6
20,21,22,23,24 NL04 = 1.2
25,26,27,28,29 NL04 = 1.4
May 22 2003 07:27:28:177AMSteve WolfeSetting up for 10305222

LoadFrom 1030516005
change nl04 to 1e20, flat to 1.5sec
clearin down by .002 beginning at .691sec
rcur down by .004 to .660 from .374sec
Load at 22-May-2003 07:27:15.00
May 22 2003 09:32:52:703AM1030522001Steve Wolfeshot#1: Tweaked density and gaps from 1030516005; no changes to startup (br0=.0005,ef4=-1320)
plasma full length but some kind of injection takes a bite at 0.5sec.

seems to happen when it comes out of the slot

next shot: Rcur put a point at 0.7 to .659, 1.5 to .661 to adjust outer gap
rxl from .011 to 0 at .605 and after, but out to .01 earlier
May 22 2003 09:43:47:567AM1030522002Steve Wolfeshot#2: Rcur put a point at 0.7 to .659, 1.5 to .661 to adjust outer gap
rxl from .011 to 0 at .605 and after, but out to .01 earlier

plasma full length, no injection
target looks good.

next shot: no changes
May 22 2003 10:11:57:750AM1030522003Steve Wolfeshot#3: no changes
fizzle, running inside.

next shot: drop pg4 by 2msec (to 25msec)
May 22 2003 10:24:40:080AM1030522004Steve Wolfeshot#4: drop pg4 by 2msec (to 25msec)
plasma, full length. Pellet at 1.8?

next shot: drop pg4 another 2msec
May 22 2003 10:39:23:800AM1030522005Steve Wolfeshot#5: drop pg4 another 2msec to 23msec
plasma, pellet at 1.7, disruption at 1.77

next shot: drop pg4 to 21msec
May 22 2003 10:52:12:033AM1030522006Steve Wolfeshot#6: drop pg4 to 21msec
plasma, pellet at 1.7, survived.
startup is beginning to run outside, no bounces yet.

next shot: no changes
May 22 2003 11:07:47:953AM1030522007Steve Wolfeshot#7: no changes
plasma, pellet at 1.7, disrupts at 1.7

next shot: no changes
May 22 2003 11:28:24:117AM1030522008Steve Wolfeshot#8: no changes
plasma, pellet at 1.7, survives (tci drops a fringe)

next shot: no changes
May 22 2003 11:52:04:620AM1030522009Steve Wolfeshot#9: no changes
plasma , pellet and disruption at 1.7
startup not running out as fast this time.

next shot: try to get a larger outer gap before 0.6sec
May 22 2003 12:09:58:367PM1030522010Steve Wolfeshot#10: Brian thunks his probe is overheating on its initial bounce,
so try to get a larger outer gap before 0.6sec:
put a point at [0.60,.659] and move point at .374 from .659 to .6565

dud! No gas? hybrid put out a pulse but nothing on the valve.
Maybe a plc glitch

next shot: try again, watch the gas plc screen this time
May 22 2003 12:21:53:663PM1030522011Steve Wolfeshot#11: Brian thunks his probe is overheating on its initial bounce,
so try to get a larger outer gap before 0.6sec:
put a point at [0.60,.659] and move point at .374 from .659 to .6565

plasma, full length, pellet at 1.7sec
startup running a little out, but no bounce

next shot: no changes
May 22 2003 12:47:20:823PM1030522012Steve Wolfeshot#12: no changes
plasma disrupts at 1.7 with the pellet.

next shot: go to 0.8e20
May 22 2003 01:03:17:170PM1030522013Steve Wolfeshot#13: go to 0.8e20
plasma, disrupted at 1.7sec with the pellet.
nl04 is reading .95 (before it was 1.15)
This one bounced hard in startup, but I didn't notice until too late to
change the next shot.

next shot: drop nl4 demand to .75e20
May 22 2003 01:11:24:053PM1030522014Steve Wolfeshot#14: drop nl4 demand to .75e20
plasma, disrupts at 1.7sec, another bouncer;
got some runaways that time.
density looks like 8.8e19

next shot: increase pg4 by 2msec to 23msec
Earl will pelletize at 1.5sec next shot.
May 22 2003 01:18:32:643PM1030522015Steve Wolfeshot#15: increase pg4 by 2msec to 23msec
Earl will pelletize at 1.5sec shot.

plasma full length, still some hards, still bounces

next shot: ic_ef4 from -1320 to -1300
May 22 2003 01:42:23:720PM1030522016Steve Wolfeshot#16: ic_ef4 from -1320 to -1300
plasma disrupted at 0.5sec, oh1 crowbarred after the disruption
startup still bounces, still hards.

next shot: increase pg4 to 25msec, despite the disruption
May 22 2003 01:57:26:223PM1030522017Steve Wolfeshot#17: increase pg4 to 25msec, despite the disruption
plasma full length no hards, no bounce; pellet at 1.5sec ok

next shot: no changes
May 22 2003 02:09:35:697PM1030522018Steve Wolfeshot#18: no changes
plasma, full length, pellet ok, no bounce

next shot: no changes
May 22 2003 02:19:53:597PM1030522019Steve Wolfeshot#19: no changes
plasma full length, pellet ok, no bounce

next shot: try to go for the 0.6e20 case
May 22 2003 02:42:22:343PM1030522020Steve Wolfeshot#20: try to go for the 0.6e20 case
program nl4 to 5.0e19, reduce pg3 pre-program from 50 to 30

plasma full length, no pellet; no bounce
got 6e19, may have a locked mode at end of flattop, around 1.4sec
next shot: no changes, the locked mode isn't bothering Brian
May 22 2003 02:53:57:053PM1030522021Steve Wolfeshot#21: no changes, the locked mode isn't bothering Brian
plasma, full length; still no pellet.
locked mode at 1.28, getting close to Brian's data window.

next shot: configure a-coil as +Dtop -Dbot -Jtop +Jbot and turn on at full current
May 22 2003 03:28:13:823PM1030522022Steve Wolfeshot#22: configure a-coil as +Dtop -Dbot -Jtop +Jbot and draw 4000A from 0.8 to 1.8sec
raise pg4 by 2msec (#21 was close to bouncing)

plasma, disrupted at 1.5sec from the pellet,
but the locked mode is GONE.

next shot: no changes
May 22 2003 03:38:52:160PM1030522023Steve Wolfeshot#23: no changes
fizzle. NO EF3- the ef3 breaker pulled just prior to INIT and was reset.
Probably a fault wasn't cleared.

next shot: Try again
May 22 2003 03:49:16:340PM1030522024Steve Wolfeshot#24: Try again
fizzle. got all the supplies this time.

next shot: drop pg4 back to 25msec
May 22 2003 04:05:10:827PM1030522025Steve Wolfeshot#25: drop pg4 back to 25msec
plasma full length no pellet
startup a little dicey; moves out then back in.
No locked mode, density sags a little after 1.3

next shot: repeat
May 22 2003 04:16:20:427PM1030522026Steve Wolfeshot#26: no changes
plasma full length with pellet
startup moved furrther out this time, still not bouncing

next shot: no changes
May 22 2003 04:33:11:930PM1030522027Steve Wolfeshot#27: no changes
plasma full length with pellet

next shot: nl4=1.3e20
May 22 2003 04:43:05:033PM1030522028Steve Wolfeshot#28: nl4=1.3e20, raise pg3 maint level to 50
fizzle, bounced hard and didn't recover.

next shot: raise pg4 back to 27msec
May 22 2003 04:56:57:270PM1030522029Steve Wolfeshot#29: raise pg4 back to 27msec, still trying for 1.3e20
plasma full length with hards and a bounce.
no pellet.

Next shot: Tomorrow.

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
109:14:54:787AMPlasmaOk
209:36:10:730AMPlasmaOk
310:02:34:747AMPlasmaOk
410:15:32:950AMPlasmaOk
510:32:49:353AMPlasmaOk
610:48:26:053AMPlasmaOk
711:02:59:083AMPlasmaOk
811:20:30:203AMPlasmaOk
911:38:49:777AMPlasmaOk
1012:00:25:800PMPlasmaOk
1112:13:25:830PMPlasmaOk
1212:35:07:947PMPlasmaOk
1312:49:21:023PMPlasmaOk
1401:02:02:437PMPlasmaOk
1501:14:45:520PMPlasmaOk
1601:27:23:823PMPlasmaOk
1701:48:06:090PMPlasmaOk
1802:03:23:547PMPlasmaOk
1902:16:11:710PMPlasmaOk
2002:32:55:507PMPlasmaOk
2102:48:05:277PMPlasmaOk
2203:20:20:750PMPlasmaOk
2303:32:58:383PMPlasmaOk
2403:45:51:310PMPlasmaOk
2503:58:28:723PMPlasmaOk
2604:12:08:900PMPlasmaOk
2704:25:20:797PMPlasmaOk
2804:39:36:393PMPlasmaOk
2904:53:12:510PMPlasmaOk