Alcator C-Mod Run 1031008 Information

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Physics operator(s):Robert Granetz
Engineering operator(s):Bill Cochran,Gary Dekow

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Power System Tests

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Entered: Jul 7 2004 04:37:18:957PM
Author: Robert Granetz
Physics operator summary for run 1031008 (Wednesday):

Purpose: Test power supplies; possibly go for plasma

Session leader: --
Physics operator: R. Granetz
Engineers in charge: W. Cochran/G. Dekow

Summary: We got through most of the PF supplies, but data acquisition problems
prevented us from finishing up. The OH's, EF1's, EF3, EF4, and EFC
supplies are working fine. A problem with charging the cap banks
was also discovered. So the power supply tests will have to continue
tomorrow.

Scorecard: 0 plasmas
0 fizzles
0 duds
21 tests or no-power shot cycles
0 aborted and/or screwed up by computer problems
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21 total

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Engineering setup for Wednesday, 08 Oct 2003

Purpose: Test power supplies; possibly go for plasma.

Session leader: --
Physics operator: R. Granetz
Engineering operator: W. Cochran/G. Dekow

ECDC overnight in D2 at 2e-4 Torr, stopping by 07:00.
Bake at 60 C overnight as well.

Run begins at 09:00 and ends at 17:00.

Power systems the same as on 1030715001 (1.0 MA, 5.4 T, lower single null)

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:
none

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RF Setup: no RF today

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Run Plan: Test the power supplies, mostly under PLC control. Keep an eye
on the flywheel bearing vibration. If we get through all the
supplies, try for a plasma shot.

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ECDC was done overnight, as well as a 60 C bake.

Hybrid coldstart done by the engineering group; no errors found

Loaded PCS from shot 1030715001 (1.0 MA, 5.4 T, nl_04=1.0e20 m-2,
single null lower). (I didn't write this shot into the hybrid tree
until after the first shot.

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Shot 01 -- Test of shot cycle.

Next shot: load PCS from 1030715001.

Shot 02 -- OH1, -1 kA. All magnetics hybrid inputs look good.

Shot 03 -- no power; should have been OH1, +1 kA. May have had some DAQ
init problems.

Next shot: repeat try for reverse OH1.

Shot 04 -- no power. Might be some problem with OH1 control signals.

Shot 05 -- OH1, +2 kA. Okay.

Shot 06 -- OH2U, -1 kA. Okay.

Shot 07 -- OH2U, supposed to be +1 kA, but there was just a 2 kA spike.

Shot 08 -- OH2L, -2 kA. Okay.

Shot 09 -- OH2L, +1.5 kA. Okay.

Shot 10 -- EF1U, -2 kA. Okay.

Shot 11 -- EF1U, +2 kA. Okay.

Shot 12 -- EF1L, -2 kA. Okay.

Shot 13 -- EF1L, +2 kA. Okay.

Shot 14 -- EF3. Okay. (short blip, but that's good enough)

Shot 15 -- EF4, -2 kA. All okay with EF4 supply. Simultaneous test of
capacitor bank charging had problems.

Shot 16 -- EF4, +2 kA. Okay. Most cap banks charged okay too, except for
the EF1L bank.

Shot 17 -- EFC. It worked, but there were lots of DAQ failures, including
much of the EFC instrumentation.

Shot 18 -- no power. Test of data acquisition. DAQ works if the crate in
the alternator house is taken offline.

Shot 19 -- EFC. Higher voltage. Okay.

Shot 20 -- EFC. It worked, but again there were lots of DAQ failures,
including much of the EFC instrumentation. This might mean the
the crate in the alternator house is not the whole problem.

Shot 21 -- no power. Another data system test.

End of run.

Session Leader Comments

Physics Operator Comments
Oct 8 2003 10:00:28:773AMRobert Granetz ECDC was done overnight, as well as a 60 C bake.

Hybrid coldstart done by the engineering group; no errors found

Loaded PCS from shot 1030715001 (1.0 MA, 5.4 T, nl_04=1.0e20 m-2,
single null lower). (I didn't write this shot into the hybrid tree
until after the first shot.
Oct 8 2003 11:46:41:303AMRobert GranetzEngineering setup for Wednesday, 08 Oct 2003

Purpose: Test power supplies; possibly go for plasma.

Session leader: --
Physics operator: R. Granetz
Engineering operator: W. Cochran

ECDC overnight in D2 at 2e-4 Torr, stopping by 07:00.
Bake at 60 C overnight as well.

Run begins at 09:00 and ends at 17:00.

Power systems the same as on 1030715001 (1.0 MA, 5.4 T, lower single null)

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:
none

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RF Setup: no RF today

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Run Plan: Test the power supplies, mostly under PLC control. Keep an eye
on the flywheel bearing vibration. If we get through all the
supplies, try for a plasma shot.

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ECDC was done overnight, as well as a 60 C bake.

Hybrid coldstart done by the engineering group; no errors found

Loaded PCS from shot 1030715001 (1.0 MA, 5.4 T, nl_04=1.0e20 m-2,
single null lower). (I didn't write this shot into the hybrid tree
until after the first shot.
Oct 8 2003 10:00:44:963AM1031008001Robert GranetzShot 01 -- Test of shot cycle.

Next shot: load PCS from 1030715001.
Oct 8 2003 10:01:04:070AM1031008002Robert GranetzShot 02 -- OH1, -1 kA. All magnetics hybrid inputs look good.
Oct 8 2003 10:01:13:057AM1031008003Robert GranetzShot 03 -- no power; should have been OH1, +1 kA. May have had some DAQ
init problems.

Next shot: repeat try for reverse OH1.
Oct 8 2003 10:24:44:397AM1031008004Robert GranetzShot 04 -- no power. Might be some problem with OH1 control signals.
Oct 8 2003 10:42:00:230AM1031008006Robert GranetzShot 05 -- OH1, +2 kA. Okay.
Oct 8 2003 10:46:46:413AM1031008006Robert GranetzShot 06 -- OH2U, -1 kA. Okay.
Oct 8 2003 10:58:22:560AM1031008007Robert GranetzShot 07 -- OH2U, supposed to be +1 kA, but there was just a 2 kA spike.
Oct 8 2003 11:30:33:317AM1031008008Robert GranetzShot 08 -- OH2L, -2 kA. Okay.
Oct 8 2003 11:46:11:257AM1031008009Robert GranetzShot 09 -- OH2L, +1.5 kA. Okay.
Oct 8 2003 12:00:32:620PM1031008010Robert GranetzShot 10 -- EF1U, -2 kA. Okay.
Oct 8 2003 12:14:02:393PM1031008011Robert GranetzShot 11 -- EF1U, +2 kA. Okay.
Oct 8 2003 12:34:29:890PM1031008012Robert GranetzShot 12 -- EF1L, -2 kA. Okay.
Oct 8 2003 12:33:45:407PM1031008013Robert GranetzShot 12 -- EF1L, +2 kA. Okay
Oct 8 2003 12:40:45:013PM1031008014Robert GranetzShot 14 -- EF3. Okay. (short blip, but that's good enough)
Oct 8 2003 12:56:58:140PM1031008015Robert GranetzShot 15 -- EF4, -2 kA. All okay with EF4 supply. Simultaneous test of
capacitor bank charging had problems.
Oct 8 2003 01:09:37:943PM1031008016Robert GranetzShot 16 -- EF4, +2 kA. Okay. Most cap banks charged okay too, except for
the EF1L bank.
Oct 8 2003 01:28:14:370PM1031008017Robert GranetzShot 17 -- EFC. It worked, but there were lots of DAQ failures, including
much of the EFC instrumentation.
Oct 8 2003 02:46:18:210PM1031008018Robert GranetzShot 18 -- no power. Test of data acquisition. DAQ works if the crate in
the alternator house is taken offline.
Oct 8 2003 03:03:46:827PM1031008019Robert GranetzShot 19 -- EFC. Higher voltage. Okay.
Oct 8 2003 03:18:29:083PM1031008020Robert GranetzShot 20 -- EFC. It worked, but again there were lots of DAQ failures,
including much of the EFC instrumentation. This might mean the
the crate in the alternator house is not the whole problem.
Oct 8 2003 06:16:09:590PM1031008021Robert GranetzShot 21 -- no power. Another data system test.

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
109:15:18:107AMTestOkData System Test
209:33:02:157AMTestOkOH1 Fwd PLC
309:49:37:627AMTestBadOH1 reverse plc test
410:00:01:900AMTestBadOH1 reverse plc test
510:32:44:267AMTestOkOH1 reverse plc test
610:41:49:930AMTestBadOH2U fwd plc test
710:54:52:907AMTestBadOH2U reverse plc
811:27:19:647AMTestOkOH2L fwd plc test
911:39:02:763AMTestOk
1011:57:39:547AMTestOkEF1U fwd plc test
1112:10:38:580PMTestOkEF1U reverse plc
1212:19:06:623PMTestOkEF1 fwd plc test
1312:27:53:473PMTestOkEF1L reverse plc test
1412:35:47:547PMTestOkEF3 plc test
1512:47:43:210PMTestOk
1601:05:28:853PMTestOk
1701:21:13:027PMTestOk
1802:41:55:460PMTestOk
1902:59:59:170PMTestOk
2003:12:31:957PMTestOk
2106:03:19:053PMTestOk