Alcator C-Mod Run 1030617 Information

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Miniproposals
Miniproposal:318
Date Filed: 8/22/2002
Title:High Performance Operation at 5 Tesla
First Author:Earl Marmar
Session Leader:Earl Marmar (shots 1-32)

Operators
Session leader(s):Earl Marmar
Physics operator(s):Bill Rowan
Engineering operator(s): Unknown

Engineering Operator Run Comment
Boronization recovery and MP 318 High performance at 5 T; SL:Marmar PO:R

Session Leader Plans

Physics Operators Plans

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 03:49:33:320PM
Author: Earl Marmar
Session Leader run summary 1030617

MP 318 High performance at 5 Tesla
SL Marmar
PO Rowan

Plan:

Attempt ~4 MW RF, at relatively low density, starting with 600 kA shot like 1030530027. Do a current scan, possibly changing density to keep n/n_G ~ constant. This run was carried out the day after a boronization.

Results:

We got data with 4MW ICRF at 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0 MA. The best performance, in terms of H-factor, was achieved at target nl_04 ~ 6e19, 0.8 MA, 4 MW RF, with >150 kJ on shots 20, 21 and 23. Shot 20 disrupted at the time of peak stored energy. In the other cases, Wtot and neutron rate started drooping as radiated power increased. H-factors were close to 2, at least around the time of dW/dt = 0, assuming 95% absorption of rf power into thermal plasma. RF trip dW/dt analysis could be done on a number of these shots. Going to 1 MA did not increase performance, with the best shot being 28, giving W_max = 153 kJ, at target nl_04=5e19, again transient with increasing radiated power. Higher target density was worse (shot 27, for example) with W_max = 133 kJ, at nl_04 = 8e19. The a-coils were energized (+Dtop -Dbot -Jtop +Jbot) for all but the last shot (#32). If anything, shot 32 was slightly better that 31, although details of rf trips early in the heating pulses were a little different. These two shots (31 and 32) had target nl_04 = 9e19.

Physics Operator Summaries

Session Leader Comments
Jun 17 2003 08:13:01:190AMEarl Marmarboronization recovery and high performance at 5 tesla

start from 600 kA, low density shot (like 1030530027)

Raise the rf power to >4MW, and then do a current and density scan.

Jun 17 2003 08:26:07:250AM1030617001Earl Marmarplasma

H/(H+D) = .04

A-coils are on in anti-lock-mode configuration
+Dtop -Dbot -Jtop +Jbot

RF is tuning up: 2 MW
Jun 17 2003 08:36:00:423AM1030617002Earl Marmar2.6 MW, 3 H-modes

H/(H+D) = .04
Jun 17 2003 08:38:07:993AM1030617003Earl Marmarplasma

H/(H+D) = .035

2.7 MW, 2 longish H-modes

j-port trip at .792 s a good candidate for dW/dt analysis
Jun 17 2003 09:04:02:443AM1030617005Earl Marmar2.6 MW intermittent; 3 or 4 h-modes
Jun 17 2003 09:33:12:933AM1030617007Earl Marmar3.2 MW, neutron rate still rising slowly at first rf trip

H/H+D) ~ .045


Jun 17 2003 09:55:35:603AM1030617008Earl Marmarvery similar power to the target shot 1030530027

~20% less stored energy

density in h-mode is ~20% higher than the target shot, probably due to recent boronization
Jun 17 2003 09:56:06:390AM1030617009Earl Marmar4 MW RF

stop at this power level, try to get first h-mode without trips
Jun 17 2003 10:10:12:513AM1030617010Earl Marmar4 MW for 100 ms before first trip

Wtot = 110 kJ, beta_p = 1.1

next shot: lower target density to nl_04 ~ 5e19
Jun 17 2003 10:21:15:410AM1030617011Earl Marmarlower nl_04 target (4.6e19)

density in h-mode hardly affected

more radiated power; w peaks at 94 kJ and then droops
Jun 17 2003 10:54:32:073AM1030617012Earl Marmarincrease TF 7%, put target nl_04 back to shot 10 programming

big increase in radiated power around 0.73 s
Jun 17 2003 10:58:38:580AM1030617014Earl Marmarj4 didn't fire

3 MW (with J3 alone)

still got W = 90 kJ
Jun 17 2003 11:11:18:037AM1030617014Earl Marmarthere is a delay before the next shot; rf working on the j4 problem
Jun 17 2003 11:27:58:407AM1030617015Earl Marmar4 MW, 112 kJ

traded 200 kW E power for increased D power

next shot: go to 800 kA
Jun 17 2003 11:57:14:997AM1030617016Earl Marmarsome candidate trips on this shot for dW/dt analysis
Jun 17 2003 11:55:59:590AM1030617017Earl Marmarlower B_t to 150 kA straight across

4 MW RF, 800 kA, 120 kJ, radiation through the roof, disrupt at .74 s
Jun 17 2003 12:07:51:590PM1030617018Earl Marmarnl04 target to 7e19

many rf trips, many h-modes

W briefly to 120 kJ at 4 MW
Jun 17 2003 12:48:59:547PM1030617021Earl Marmargood confinement on this shot, until it disrupts

H89 approaching 2 with assumption of 90% rf absorption

also had a trip at .705; should look at it for dW/dt

next shot: turn off j-port
Jun 17 2003 01:29:35:013PM1030617022Earl Marmarj-port off

decent h-mode until it disrupts

H89 ~ 1.5 (but not steady-state)
Jun 17 2003 01:36:39:230PM1030617025Earl Marmarmove the rf start to 0.5 s

one j trip early, but otherwise 4 MW, stored energy not as high as previous shots (137 kJ max)
Jun 17 2003 01:59:32:593PM1030617026Earl Marmarmove rf start to 800 msec

similar to 25, Wmax = 128 kJ
Jun 17 2003 03:01:49:343PM1030617027Earl Marmargo to 1 MA, same target density

negligible increase in W compared to 800 kA
Jun 17 2003 03:26:34:290PM1030617031Earl Marmarmove rf to start at 0.6 seconds.

similar results to 30
Jun 17 2003 03:25:39:520PM1030617032Earl Marmarturn off the a-coils

no obvious differences

4 MW, 130 kJ in initial transient, 100 kJ or less for most of the rf pulse

Physics Operator Comments
Jun 17 2003 07:31:00:933AMBill RowanEngineering setup for Tuesday, 17 June 2003

Purpose: Boronization recovery
MP 318 High performance at 5 T
Session leader: Marmar
Physics operator: Rowan

ECDC after boronization in D2 at 2e-4 Torr, stopping by 06:00.
Bake at 60 C after boronization, if possible.

Run begins at 08:00 and ends at 15:00.
NOTE CHANGE IN STARTING AND ENDING TIMES

Power systems the same as on 1030530027.

A-coils should be hooked up as on 1030507027 (+Dtop -Dbot -Jtop +Jbot), and
the power supply should be enabled.

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

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RF Setup: All 4 transmitters in Run On by 07:00.



Boronization completed.

Only approximately 1.5 hours of ECDC before the cut off time of 6am. Short duration of ECDC after the last boronization was credited with the problems getting plasma on the first day after boronization.

There will be a need for some ECDC before the run begins if RF does significant conditioning.
Jun 17 2003 07:33:28:050AMBill RowanLoaded shot 1030530027 as requested by the SL.
Loaded segment 1 from shot 1030612006 which is a more recent startup. Did not use a shot from 1030613
due to comments in physop report for that run.
Jun 17 2003 08:05:28:973AM1030617001Bill Rowan001. Plasma. Not bad for the first shot after boronization.
RF at 0.7 s 1 to 2 MW. H-modes at 0.83 s and 0.93 s

Next shot. No PCS changes.
Jun 17 2003 08:19:57:930AM1030617002Bill Rowan002. Plasma.
H-modes between 0.6 and 0.9 s
Jun 17 2003 08:24:44:933AM1030617002Bill Rowan

Next shot. No PCS changes.
Jun 17 2003 08:32:04:350AM1030617003Bill Rowan003. Plasma.
Couple of H-modes. First w/duration of 0.3s. Second duration is 0.2s
Jun 17 2003 08:38:13:697AM1030617003Bill Rowan

Next shot. No PCS changes.
Jun 17 2003 08:49:13:190AM1030617004Bill Rowan004. Plasma. H-mpde starting at 0.6s.
Noise on ratiomatic. Pressure is creeping up.
Jun 17 2003 08:51:42:353AM1030617004Bill Rowan

Next shot. No PCS changes.
Jun 17 2003 09:04:29:337AM1030617005Bill Rowan005. Plasma.

Nest shot. No PCS changes.
Jun 17 2003 09:13:05:723AM1030617006Bill Rowan006. Plasma. Disruption at 1.4 s.


Jun 17 2003 09:17:11:707AM1030617006Bill Rowan
Next shot. No PCS changes.
Jun 17 2003 09:27:21:617AM1030617007Bill Rowan007. Plasma.

Next shot. No PCS changes.
Jun 17 2003 09:40:39:723AM1030617008Bill Rowan008. Plasma

Next shot. No PCS changes.
Jun 17 2003 09:54:41:930AM1030617009Bill Rowan009. Plasma.

Next shot. No pPCS changes.
Jun 17 2003 10:06:56:787AM1030617010Bill Rowan010. Plasma.

Next shot. Lower nl_04 from 5e19 to 4e19
Jun 17 2003 10:22:09:103AM1030617011Bill Rowan011. Plasma. Target nl_04 = 4.6e+19

Next shot. Increase nl_04 from 4e19 to 5e19
BT increase. Current increased from 148kA to 158kA
Jun 17 2003 10:34:39:527AM1030617012Bill Rowan012. Plasma. BT = 5.7T
Target nl_04=5.3e+19
Jun 17 2003 10:37:16:920AM1030617012Bill Rowan
Next shot. No PCS changes
Jun 17 2003 10:50:19:177AM1030617013Bill Rowan013. Plasma.

Next shot. No PCS changes
Jun 17 2003 10:58:04:733AM1030617014Bill Rowan014. Plasma

Jun 17 2003 11:15:41:450AM1030617014Bill Rowan
Next shot. No PCS changes.
EO change. Bill Byford

Jun 17 2003 11:22:28:660AM1030617015Bill Rowan015. Plasma.

Next shot. Changed Ip from 600 kA to 800 kA.
Jun 17 2003 11:42:00:753AM1030617016Bill Rowan16. Plasma. IP=790kA

Next shot. BT reduction. Current reduced from 158kA to 150kA
Jun 17 2003 11:50:28:487AM1030617017Bill Rowan017. Plasma. Disruption at 0.74s
BT = 5.4T

Jun 17 2003 11:53:05:693AM1030617017Bill Rowan
Next shot. Increase nl_04 from 5e19 to 7e19
Jun 17 2003 12:08:31:000PM1030617018Bill Rowan018. Plasma. Disruption at 1.5s.
Target nl_04=6.5e+19

Next shot. No changes
Jun 17 2003 12:18:30:797PM1030617019Bill Rowan019. Plasma. Full length.

Next shot. No changes.
Jun 17 2003 12:32:48:643PM1030617020Bill Rowan020. Plasma.

Next shot. No PCS changes.
Jun 17 2003 12:45:12:057PM1030617021Bill Rowan021. Plasma. Disruption at 0.81s

Next shot. No PCS changes.
Jun 17 2003 12:59:50:187PM1030617022Bill Rowan022. Plasma. Disruption at 0.75 s

Next shot. ZXL moved up by 5mm
Jun 17 2003 01:14:02:320PM1030617023Bill Rowan023. Plasma.

Next shot. Increased nl_04 from 7.0e+19 to 7.5e19
Jun 17 2003 01:26:47:810PM1030617024Bill Rowan024. Plasma.

Next shot. Slight change in Ip at the changeover from segment 1 to segment 2
Jun 17 2003 01:50:27:983PM1030617026Bill Rowan026. Plasma Disruption at 1.2s

Next shot. Increase IP to 1 MA
Jun 17 2003 02:06:55:697PM1030617027Bill Rowan027. Plasma.

Next shot. Decrease the nl_04 from 7.5e+19 to 5.0e+19
EO: Bill Parkin
Jun 17 2003 02:21:13:453PM1030617028Bill Rowan028. Plasma. Disruption at 2.3s

Next shot. Increase nl_04 from 5.0e+19 to 9.5e+19
zcur moved up by 5mm
Jun 17 2003 02:40:31:390PM1030617029Bill Rowan029. Died at approximately 0.14s.

Next shot. No changes.
Jun 17 2003 02:50:43:170PM1030617030Bill Rowan030. Plasma. Full length.

Next shot. Repeat.
Jun 17 2003 03:00:16:437PM1030617031Bill Rowan031. Plasma. Disruption at 1.4s

Next shot. C-coils turned off by engineers
A-coil demand set to zero
Jun 17 2003 03:11:23:250PM1030617032Bill Rowan032. Plasma. Full length.

Last shot. We are stopping at 3pm today.

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
107:57:42:557AMPlasmaOk
208:11:53:717AMPlasmaOk
308:26:05:360AMPlasmaOk
408:39:04:170AMPlasmaOk
508:52:27:170AMPlasmaOk
609:05:36:637AMPlasmaOk
709:18:28:650AMPlasmaOk
809:31:50:087AMPlasmaOk
909:44:47:130AMPlasmaOk
1009:58:58:773AMPlasmaOk
1110:11:56:583AMPlasmaOk
1210:25:11:457AMPlasmaOk
1310:38:08:093AMPlasmaOk
1410:51:53:570AMPlasmaOk
1511:16:36:403AMPlasmaOk
1611:29:33:957AMPlasmaOk
1711:43:18:663AMPlasmaOk
1811:56:04:557AMPlasmaOk
1912:09:17:420PMPlasmaOk
2012:23:00:270PMPlasmaOk
2112:36:02:120PMPlasmaOk
2212:48:56:343PMPlasmaOk
2301:02:00:237PMPlasmaOk
2401:15:01:413PMPlasmaOk
2501:28:11:450PMPlasmaOk
2601:44:25:770PMPlasmaOk
2701:57:47:400PMPlasmaOk
2802:11:24:033PMPlasmaOk
2902:24:33:257PMPlasmaOk
3002:39:43:857PMPlasmaOk
3102:52:49:660PMPlasmaOk
3203:05:51:257PMPlasmaOk