Alcator C-Mod Run 1040302 Information

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Miniproposals
Miniproposal:355
Date Filed:11/12/2003
Title:ICRF Testing & Conditioning
First Author:Steve Wukitch
Session Leader:Steve Wukitch (shots 1-4)

Operators
Session leader(s):Steve Wukitch
Physics operator(s):Steve Wolfe
Engineering operator(s):Ed Fitzgerald,Bill Cochran

Engineering Operator Run Comment
MP#355: Make the RF work at 50MHz; MP#370: Large Volume ITB at 2.8 T; Sl

Session Leader Plans

Physics Operators Plans

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 03:49:03:257PM
Author: Steve Wukitch
Run Plan and Engineering Setup for Tues. 2-Mar-2004

MP#355: Make the RF work at 50MHz
SL: Wukitch
FOLLOWED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BY
MP#370: Large Volume ITB at 2.8 T
SL: Rice

PO: wolfe

Engineering setup:
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ECDC overnight in D2, stopping by 07:00

Run begins at 09:00, ends at 17:00

Power supplies as on 1040301018

Gas System Setup:
fill B-Top with 6 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG4)
fill B-side lower with 1 psi Ar Hybrid enabled (PG1)
leave B-side upper with 15 psi He3 Hybrid DISABLED (PG2)
fill C-side with 30 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG3)
fill NINJA (lower cap) with 5 psi D2

Run Plan:
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Spend as much time as required getting the RF working at 50MHz, using central
H minority at B=3.5 T, as on 1040301. Pick a shot based on whether Irby has
the TCI working again, then tweak as requested by SL (Wukitch); most likely
we'll continue with inner wall limiter discharges. Once we get up
to a reliable 2MW, change over to the ITB experiment.

For MP#370, change to LSN equilibrium at 2.8T, 500kA, nl04=0.9e20 and try for
an EDA H-mode and subsequent ITB. RF should program for 0.5sec, 2MW pulse from
J during TF flattop (probably starting at t~1sec ). If we get an ITB, take 5
shots to get good density profiles, and an additional 5-10 shots to
investigate on-axis heating with D&E (2nd harmonic at 80MHz). If no ITB at
first, try adjusting the density to improve the EDA character, and perhaps
scan the field.
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001 cycle test
002 early disruption
003 BT~3.3 T, Ip~0.8 MA, nl_04~0.8, no He, IW limited
J3: 0.3-0.5 MW [1.25,1.5]sec
J4: 0.3-0.5 MW [1.,1.25]sec
result: plasma - early disruption
J3: max faults
J4: ran
both the glow paddles and the MHD antenna have been disconnected and
shielded during the overnight

interference is still present
004 BT~3.3 T, Ip~0.8 MA, nl_04~0.8, no He, IW limited
J3: 0.3-0.5 MW [1.,1.25]sec
J4: 0.3-0.5 MW [1.25,1.5]sec
result: plasma - early disruption
J3:
J4: ran
J3 forward calibration appears to be incorrect
J3 reflected appears to be too small by ~ a factor of 2

END of RUN

Run Summary

The RF interference is the highest since the incident where the coax
was left open, so the run was terminated to investigate. Using the
Kalmus source (<500 W), the DC breaks were found to be radiating quite
severely.

Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 04:36:49:067PM
Author: Steve Wolfe
Physics Operator Summary for Tuesday, Mar 2, 2004

MP#355 RF commissionin (50 MHz)
SL: Wukitch
FOLLOWED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BY
MP#370: Large Volume ITB at 2.8 T
SL: Rice

PO: wolfe
EO: Cochran, Fitzgerald

Engineering setup:
------------------

ECDC overnight in D2, stopping by 07:00

Run begins at 09:00, ends at 17:00

Power supplies as on 1040301018

Gas System Setup:
fill B-Top with 6 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG4)
fill B-side lower with 1 psi Ar Hybrid enabled (PG1)
leave B-side upper with 15 psi He3 Hybrid DISABLED (PG2)
fill C-side with 30 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG3)
fill NINJA (lower cap) with 5 psi D2

Run Plan:
---------

Spend as much time as required getting the RF working at 50MHz, using central
H minority at B=3.5 T, as on 1040301. Pick a shot based on whether Irby has
the TCI working again, then tweak as requested by SL (Wukitch); most likely
we'll continue with inner wall limiter discharges. Once we get up
to a reliable 2MW, change over to the ITB experiment.

For MP#370, change to LSN equilibrium at 2.8T, 500kA, nl04=0.9e20 and try for
an EDA H-mode and subsequent ITB. RF should program for 0.5sec, 2MW pulse from
J during TF flattop (probably starting at t~1sec ). If we get an ITB, take 5
shots to get good density profiles, and an additional 5-10 shots to
investigate on-axis heating with D&E (2nd harmonic at 80MHz). If no ITB at
first, try adjusting the density to improve the EDA character, and perhaps
scan the field.

Results
-------

Not a good day. Only 3 plasma shots and 1 data system test (successful). After
the second plasma it was apparent that yesterday's pickup problems were still
present with FMIT#4. The next shot demonstrated that #3 was still not putting
power into plasma, although the oscillation problem seems to have been fixed;
it was still faulting for unexplained reasons.

We took a long delay to allow RF vacuum experiments to address both
issues. These only succeeded in confusing the situation further. At about
2:00PM we abandoned the run, and RF began disassembling the FMIT#4
transmission line. Apparently there is a problem at the switch in the #4 line,
although it is not clear how this could possibly be involved in any of the
problems we are seeing. The pickup in vacuum was bad enough to turn off
diagnostic pumps and set off I2t and oxygen alarms.

As far as the plasma operation is concerned, the first shot (#2) was set up like
1040301024, except the TF was lowered to 3.3T at the request of the SL. This
shot is a limiter equilibrium with pre-programmed gas. The first plasma shot
of the day was a short (270msec) disruption which had significant
runaways. This was fixed by increasing the gas puff in seg 1 and 2, as well as
the pre-puff, and changing the current rise program in seg2. Shot#3 disrupted
at 1.2sec, probably because RF interference on the magnetics caused loss of
control; this shot had >.5MW of RF from FMIT#4. EFIT was unconverged for all
times after the start of the RF pulse. Shot #4 ran full length; the
RF had max faults with very short pulses, and there was no obvious pickup, but
we might not have been able to see any for these pulses.

Prior to the run, Tom and Josh swapped the names and functions of alcserv3 and
alcserv4 to try to isolate the server hang problems which we've been
experiencing. Since only four cycles were run, with no hangs, this test is so
far inconclusive.

Scorecard:
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Tests 1
Duds 0
Fizzles 0
Plasmas 3 (1 early disruption)
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Total 4

Session Leader Comments
Mar 2 2004 09:45:13:460AM1040302001Steve Wukitch001 cycle test
Mar 2 2004 09:45:23:647AM1040302002Steve Wukitch002 early disruption
Mar 2 2004 10:06:44:453AM1040302003Steve Wukitch003 BT~3.3 T, Ip~0.8 MA, nl_04~0.8, no He, IW limited
J3: 0.3-0.5 MW [1.25,1.5]sec
J4: 0.3-0.5 MW [1.,1.25]sec
result: plasma - early disruption
J3: max faults
J4: ran
both the glow paddles and the MHD antenna have been disconnected and
shielded during the overnight

RF interference is still present

Physics Operator Comments
Mar 2 2004 08:13:00:977AMSteve WolfeGetting a slightly late start setting up for today's run.
Tom and Josh were in early and swapped name and functionality
of alcserv3 and alcserv4. This is supposed to tell us if the
server hangs are associated with the particular server hardware.

The RF crew has been waiting around to get started on retuning
FMIT#3 and finding the RF leak into the cell and/or power room;
they need the computers up to do their testing. Therefore, the
actual run will probably be somewhat delayed this morning.

Mar 2 2004 08:29:57:223AMSteve WolfeSetting up for today's run in PCS. Just load the
last shot from yesterday (1040301024); note that this
has pre-programmed gas puff and no nl04 feedback. I'll
go back to feedback later if Irby gets tci working again.

Get rid of the back porch on the TF waveform.
Touch wire 12 in seg1 for timestamp.
(it's ef1l so just over with wire 11)

Load at 2-Mar-2004 08:29:37.00
Open tree /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch -1
Open tree done
Mar 2 2004 09:13:40:093AMSteve WolfeWe are presently locking up. The run should start soon.
Since they have been firing J into the machine, we may need to
do some ecdc, but we'll give it a try without and see how it goes.
Mar 2 2004 08:18:16:897AM1040302001Steve WolfeShot#1: Test cycle with gas.
Mar 2 2004 09:48:28:250AM1040302002Steve WolfeShot#2: Reduce field to 3.3T (-87200A) per request of session leader
Early disruption. .27sec
Looks like a big injection. Also, we were getting a lot of runaways.

next shot: increase pg4 from 15ms->17ms
increase seg1 pg3 from 40 to 80V
increase early seg2 pg3 puff
increase early current rise in seg2
Mar 2 2004 10:06:27:327AM1040302003Steve WolfeShot#3: increase pg4 from 15ms->17ms
increase seg1 pg3 from 40 to 80V
increase early seg2 pg3 puff
increase early current rise in seg2

disrupts at 1.2sec, breakers pulled.
Lots of pickup on the magnetics, just like yesterday.
EFITs are unconverged after RF turn on.

next shot: Try with J3 only
Mar 2 2004 10:41:38:860AM1040302004Steve WolfeShot#4: Try with J3 only
plasma full length. Hardly any RF, no obviois pickup.

RF will do vacuum testing to try to figure out what's going on.
We'll be down (no shots) for at least an hour.
Mar 2 2004 02:01:26:480PM1040302004Steve WolfeRun has been terminated to allow the RF to deassemble part of the
coax.

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
108:17:36:770AMTestOk
209:36:06:903AMPlasmaOk
309:55:33:157AMPlasmaOk
410:23:57:000AMPlasmaOk