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Miniproposals
Miniproposal:417
Date Filed: 2/24/2005
Title:Plasma performance, boronization and ICRF heating effectiveness with high-Z antenna guards and all-m
First Author:Yijun Lin
Session Leader:Yijun Lin (shots 1-33)

Operators
Session leader(s):Yijun Lin
Physics operator(s):
Engineering operator(s):Andy Pfeiffer,Bill Byford,Bill Parkin

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Session Leader Plans
Entered: Apr 19 2005 01:33:05:650PM
Author: Yijun Lin
Run plan for MP417 (post-boronization)

MP417 (day 1 of post-boronization)
"Plasma performance, boronization and ICRF heating effectiveness with
high-Z antenna guards and all metal surface"

The run will be part of the Level 1 JOULE target of FY 2005. It is the
first run post-boronization of MP417.

Goals:
We will study the plasma behavior at different RF power, density, current
and compare to results obtained pre-boronization and
also from previous campaigns.

Gas setup:
Setup for usual plasma operation.
No special gas puffing required for this run.

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Shot Sequence:

Use shot 1050329013 as the configuration for the fiducial plasma.
LSN, 5.4 T, 1 MA, nl = 0.9e20 m^-2. In most shots, a 20 ms notch
will be programed in the RF pulse.

We will run the fiducial shots, and bring up to
the RF power to as high as we can. It will take approximately
10 shots if we are lucky.

2 shots: Antenna comparison in H-modes (B = 5.2 T)
A shot with D+E (2 MW, 0.6-0.9 sec) and J (2 MW, 1.0-1.3 sec), the other with
D+E (2 MW, 1.0-1.3 sec) and J (2 MW, .6-.9 sec). (These shots can be
done in combination with the boronization recovery).

4-8 shots: Performance at RF power scan. RF power at 1.5, 2, 3, 4 MW.
Same power from each transmitter. Fiducial plasma.
(If the performance is really good, we will try to get the max power
available at 1 MA and 1.2 MA, and aim at 300 kJ plasmas)

7 shots: Performance vs density.
Density scan nl04 = 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3e20 m^-2
at the max RF power.

6 shots: L-H threshold.
Ramping up RF power from 0.5 to 3 MW.
Density scan nl04 = 0.8, 1.0, and 1.2e20 m^-2.
Also current scan at 0.8 MA and 1.0 MA.

Physics Operators Plans
Entered: Apr 19 2005 01:59:43:127PM
Author: Jim Irby
MP#417 post-boronization evaluation of all-metal ...

SL: Lin
PO: Irby

Engineering setup as on shot 1050329013

No ECDC, but continue bake at 60C

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

Power systems as on 1050329013

A-coil in standard configuration and enabled (+Dtop -Dbot -Jtop +Jbot)

Transmitters 1,2,3,4 in RUN-ON by 08:30

Gas setup:
fill B-top with 6 psi D2 hybrid enabled (PG4)
fill B-side lower as it was at the end of the run 1050405 disabled (PG1)
leave B-side upper with He3 Hybrid disabled (PG2)
fill B-main (C-side) with 40 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG3)

NINJA puff setup (fill to 10 PSI D2, but disable)



Enable the following gate valves: ECE, VUV, Z-bolo shutter

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Apr 21 2005 08:48:35:900AM
Author: Yijun Lin
SL summary:
A good run.
Found plasma performance was back close to 96-98 levels in several shots.
H89 was close to 2 for ELMfree H-modes and at ~ 1.5-1.8 for EDAish H-modes.
Good shots: 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 22, 23, 25.
Shot 13 had near record Wmhd at ~ 230 kJ at 4 MW RF power.
Density scan done. (Higher density, more EDAish as expected.)
Struggled in running and RF coupling at 1.2 MA.
Later in the day, Mo level started to go up.

H/D level was at 5 to 6% the whole day. It is the first(?) time that H/D level
did not come down after boronization. (We did not do ECDC before the run)

We will use shot 25 as fiducial shot in the future. It had the right equilibrium and density. The H-mode was also good.


Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Apr 20 2005 06:00:41:773PM
Author: Jim Irby
This was the first run following boronization. The machine ran well
with the first shot of the day running into rampdown. Though
performance degraded during the day, we were doing very well during
the early part of the run with 130 kJ requiring 2 MW of rf power.
Stored energies as high as 228 kJ were obtained at 4 MW power levels.
Shot 14 was a very nice 4 MW, 200 kJ shot with a decreasing PRAD_MAIN
during the H-Mode period.

Some tuning of the gas following disruptions would probably had
prevented a fizzle or two. A locked mode developed on shot 29 when we
went from 1 to 1.2 MA. This problem was fixed by moving the a-coil
start time to 0.31 s. Some tuning of the "fiducial" was done to
increase the outer gap and to move the strike-point down and off the
outer divertor nose. The outer gap changes were completed by shot
24 but the changes to rxl were not finished until shot 32.

H/(H+D) actually increased today following the boronization, something
we have never seen before (generally a couple of percent higher than
on 1050415). On the other hand, Bruce reports much lower Mo, F, and O
levels. We will try ECDC in D2 overnight and see if we do better
tomorrow.

The RGA showed a typical spectrum for a boronized machine. The RGA
also showed masses 49 and 69 back up again with the rf.

We had a couple of data system slowdowns today, but lost no data. The
2Pi diode was behaving strangely today and seemed to saturate at around
400 kW.


tests 01,02

duds

fizzles 05,08,16,18,27,30,33

plasmas 03,04,06,07,09,10,11,12,13,14,
15,17,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,
28,29,31,32

Session Leader Comments
Apr 20 2005 08:39:56:803AM1050420001Yijun Lindata system cycle test.
Apr 20 2005 08:47:01:770AM1050420002Yijun Lindata system cycle test.
Apr 20 2005 09:24:26:160AM1050420003Yijun Linshot 3: (post-boronization recovery)
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = 0.9e20 m^-2.
0.5 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-modes.
Wmax= 112 kJ,
Prf at 1.5-2 MW. Multiple faults.
(No cell data for J antenna)

next repeat.

Apr 20 2005 09:46:20:780AM1050420004Yijun Linshot 4: (post-boronization recovery)
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = 0.9e20 m^-2.
0.5 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-modes.
Wmax= 131 kJ, H89 = 1.3 , H/D = 5.5%
Prf@Wmax ~ 2 MW
need more conditioning.
next repeat.

Apr 20 2005 09:55:28:370AM1050420005Yijun Linfizzle
Apr 20 2005 10:11:19:923AM1050420006Yijun Linshot 6: (post-boronization recovery)
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = 0.9e20 m^-2.
0.75 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-modes.
Wmax= 158 kJ, H89 = 1.9, H/D = 5.5%
Prf@Wmax ~ 2 MW
(it is getting closer to the good old days.)
The drive in Wmhd was terminated by an injection as seen from a sudden rise in Prad.
Next: 3 MW RF. The goal is 190 kJ.
(Cell access to get J antenna DC1 data in the cell).
Apr 20 2005 10:23:31:640AM1050420007Yijun Linshot 7: (post-boronization recovery)
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = 0.9e20 m^-2.
0.75 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma.
Disrupted at 0.7 sec before RF on.


Apr 20 2005 10:35:05:900AM1050420008Yijun Linfizzle
Apr 20 2005 11:20:45:193AM1050420009Yijun Linshot 9: (post-boronization recovery)
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = 0.9e20 m^-2.
0.75 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-mode
Wmax= 160 kJ, H/D = 5.5%
Prf@Wmax 1.5-3 MW. J power not good (no J cell data. CPCI mis-behaved)
Cell access to reboot the RF cPCIs. Test shot fine.

Apr 20 2005 11:36:09:300AM1050420010Yijun Linshot 10: (post-boronization recovery)
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = 0.9e20 m^-2.
0.75 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-mode
Wmax= 140 kJ, H89 ~ 1.8, H/D ~
Prf@Wmax 1.6 MW. J faulted after 50 ms.

Apr 20 2005 11:56:22:180AM1050420011Yijun Linshot 11: (post-boronization recovery)
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = 0.9e20 m^-2.
0.75 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-mode
Wmax= 180 kJ, H89 ~ 1.5 EDAish
Prf@Wmax 3.0 MW.
Cell access to fix J4DC1 phase data (probably a bad channel in the connector)

Apr 20 2005 12:20:35:580PM1050420012Yijun Linshot 12: (post-boronization recovery)
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = 0.9e20 m^-2.
1 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-mode
Wmax= 167 kJ, H89 ~ 1.8 E
Prf@Wmax 2.1 MW. j port faulted.


Apr 20 2005 12:48:12:007PM1050420013Yijun Linshot 13: (post-boronization recovery) and density scan
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = 0.9e20 m^-2.
1 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-mode
Wmax= 229 kJ, H89 ~ 2.0
Prf@Wmax 3.9 MW.

next: raise target density to 1.0 and see whether we can get EDA H-mode.

Apr 20 2005 12:49:36:457PM1050420014Yijun Linshot 14: density scan
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = 1e20 m^-2.
1 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-mode (Long EDA H-mode)
Wmax= 212 kJ, H89 ~ 1.5
Prf@Wmax 4 MW.

next: raise target density to 1.1


Apr 20 2005 01:09:48:717PM1050420016Yijun Linfizzle
Apr 20 2005 01:27:56:723PM1050420017Yijun Linshot 17: density scan.
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = 1.3e20 m^-2.
1 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-mode (Long EDA H-mode)
Wmax= 220 kJ, H89 ~ 1.7
Prf@Wmax 4 MW.
Tried to get nl 1.2, got 1.3.
next tried to get 1.2 again.
Apr 20 2005 01:35:26:877PM1050420018Yijun Linfizzle
Apr 20 2005 01:50:40:137PM1050420019Yijun Lin
shot 19: density scan.
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = 1.2e20 m^-2.
1 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-mode (Long EDA H-mode)
Wmax= 216 kJ, H89 ~ 1.8
Prf@Wmax 4 MW.

Next: nl to 0.8

Apr 20 2005 01:59:16:557PM1050420020Yijun Linshot 20: density scan.
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = .8e20 m^-2.
1 MW from each XMTR.
Result: disrupted at .34 sec
Apr 20 2005 02:31:46:557PM1050420021Yijun Linshot 21: density scan.
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = .8e20 m^-2.
1 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-mode
Wmax= 180 kJ, H89 ~ 1.8
Prf@Wmax multiple faults on antennas.
Next: repeat.


Apr 20 2005 03:02:29:900PM1050420022Yijun Linshot 22: density scan.
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = .8e20 m^-2.
1 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-modes
Wmax= 189 kJ, H89 ~ 1.8
Prf@Wmax 4 MW

Next: nl to 0.95, (somewhat falls between shot 13 and 14)
Apr 20 2005 03:02:15:900PM1050420023Yijun Linshot 23: density scan.
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = .95e20 m^-2.
1 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-modes
Wmax= 186 kJ, H89 ~ 1.8
Prf@Wmax 3.4 MW (because matching not good)
Next: repeat to get clean RF.
Apr 20 2005 03:02:47:040PM1050420024Yijun Linshot 24: density scan.
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = .95e20 m^-2.
1 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-modes
Wmax= 188 kJ
Prf@Wmax 4 MW. (Matching bad. Right gap was increased too much).

Next: reduce right gap by 0.5 cm. repeat.


Apr 20 2005 03:16:30:027PM1050420025Yijun Linshot 25: Optimization.
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = .95e20 m^-2.
1 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-modes
Wmax= 214 kJ, H89 = 1.9
Prf@Wmax 3.9 MW. (good shot)
Next: go for 5 MW RF power.

Apr 20 2005 03:33:03:930PM1050420026Yijun Linshot 26: Optimization.
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = .95e20 m^-2.
1.25 MW from each XMTR.
Result: Plasma. H-modes. disrupted 1.25 sec.
Wmax= 195 kJ, H89 ~ 2
Prf multiple faults.
next: retune RF. Lower RF power to 4.6 MW.

Apr 20 2005 03:38:46:977PM1050420027Yijun Linfizzle
Apr 20 2005 03:55:55:843PM1050420028Yijun Linshot 28: Optimization.
Request: 1 MA, 5.4 T, nl = .95e20 m^-2.
4.6 MW Prf demand
Result: Plasma. H-modes.
Wmax= 214 kJ, H89 ~ 2
Prf multiple faults. max 4.5 MW.


Next: 1.2 MA, nl 1.1, Prf 4 MW.
Apr 20 2005 04:11:51:717PM1050420029Yijun Linshot 29: Optimization at 1.2 MA
Request: 1.2 MA, 5.4 T, nl = 1.1e20 m^-2.
4 MW Prf demand
Result: Plasma. H-modes. disrupted 1.3 sec.
Only got 2 MW. Barely H-mode. nl only at 0.9

next: repeat.
Apr 20 2005 04:16:05:487PM1050420030Yijun Linfizzle
Apr 20 2005 04:47:57:870PM1050420031Yijun Lin
shot 31: Optimization at 1.2 MA
Request: 1.2 MA, 5.4 T, nl = 1.1e20 m^-2.
4 MW Prf demand
Result: Plasma. H-modes. disrupted 1.26 sec.
Locked mode before RF applied.
Wmax= 177 kJ, Multiple RF faults. Pmax 3.2 MW.

Apr 20 2005 04:57:56:890PM1050420032Yijun Linshot 32: Optimization at 1.2 MA
Request: 1.2 MA, 5.4 T, nl = 1.1e20 m^-2.
4 MW Prf demand
Result: Plasma. H-modes. disrupted 1.26 sec.
Wmax= 177 kJ, Multiple RF faults. Pmax 382 MW.

Next: reload shot 11. see if we can repeat.

Apr 20 2005 05:04:42:837PM1050420033Yijun Linshot 33: repeat shot 11. see whether we can repeat.
fizzle.


Physics Operator Comments
Apr 20 2005 07:58:44:913AMJim IrbyFollowing the run on Friday, 4/15, the first boronization of the 2005 Campaign was
carried out. The boronization used 120psi of deuterated diborane, with the
ecdc resonance location swept from 0.54m to 0.92m, a range which covers the
divertor region and extends out to the outboard limiters, but does not include
the inner or outer vessel wall. Following the boronization, which was
completed at about 05:00 on Saturday morning, discharge cleaning was carried
out in helium for a period of 24 hours.

Apr 20 2005 08:09:52:127AM1050420001Jim Irbyloaded seg2 of shot 1050329013 into seg 2

data system cycle test with gas

looks good for data system

pressure very high
Apr 20 2005 08:50:49:033AM1050420002Jim Irbyreduced prefill by 2 ms

data system problems

Tom cleared problem and we took shot 2 again

Basepressure 3.5e-8 Torr (GV3 closed) --- no ecdc since Sunday


Apr 20 2005 09:28:50:550AM1050420003Jim Irbyput back 2 ms to prefill

good shot -- nice rampdown

112 kJ / 2 MW

ohmic stored energy down from 1050329013

2Pi, soft x-rays, neuts/hards, z_eff down from 1050329013

h/(h+d) at 4 to 6%

before/after RGA does not look correct --- bypass was not open
Apr 20 2005 09:45:41:373AM1050420004Jim Irbyno DPCS changes

bypass still closed --- so still no good before/after data

very clear diborane spectrum on both RGAs

Bruce sees greatly reduced levels of F, O, Mo; boron line somewhat larger

131 kJ / 2 MW

walls pumped on 3 Torr-l that shot compared to 20 Torr-l last

h/(h+d) 5%

Apr 20 2005 09:52:53:917AM1050420005Jim IrbyNo DPCS changes

fizzle --- gas a little higher than on shot 03, but should have been okay

Apr 20 2005 10:18:46:797AM1050420006Jim Irbyprefill reduced by 1 ms

gatevalves will be left open

good shot

158 kJ / 2 MW ---- very good!

neuts/hards okay at startup

neuts at 21e12 (need to adjust neuts/hards to neuts cal)

PRAD 1.5 MW

Apr 20 2005 10:32:41:277AM1050420007Jim IrbyNo DPCS changes

disruption at 0.69 s --- something fell in --- see object on wide2 after shot




Apr 20 2005 10:40:42:290AM1050420008Jim IrbyNo DCPS changes --- should have reduced gas a little I guess

fizzle --- pressure was a little high

Apr 20 2005 11:25:49:710AM1050420009Jim IrbyNo DPCS changes --- hope one fizzle is enough

good shot

h/(h+d) 4% at 1 s

brief periods at 3 MW

cell entry required by rf to reset daq
Apr 20 2005 11:51:01:997AM1050420010Jim IrbyNo DPCS changes

disruption at .98 s

something else fell in --- note that we are still
Apr 20 2005 11:59:56:930AM1050420011Jim IrbyNo DPCS changes

good shot

rf needs cell access

179 kG at 3 MW

Apr 20 2005 12:23:27:483PM1050420012Jim IrbyDecreased ZXL by 2-3 mm from about 0.5 s to end of shot

Decreased RXL by 8 mm from about 0.4 s to end of shot

disruption at 1.29 s

h/(h+d) 5% at 1 s

Apr 20 2005 12:43:19:960PM1050420013Jim Irbyno DPCS changes

good shot

228 kJ / 4 MW

h-factor 1.9 or so (90% eff)

Apr 20 2005 12:49:05:897PM1050420014Jim Irbynl_04 request from 8.5e19 to 10.0e19 / m^2

good shot

solid 4 MW peaking at 210 kJ

Apr 20 2005 01:02:53:203PM1050420015Jim Irbynl_04 request to 1.1 from 1.0 e20 / m^2

good shot
Apr 20 2005 01:11:45:027PM1050420016Jim Irbynl_04 request to 1.2e20 /m^2

fizzle --- fields and gas good --- spike on CIII

Apr 20 2005 01:27:49:053PM1050420017Jim Irbyno DPCS changes

good shot

220 kJ with 4 MW

density overshot to 1.28e20

Apr 20 2005 01:36:17:847PM1050420018Jim Irbyreduced density rise before 0.6 s --- try to get closer to 1.2e20 / m^2

fizzle --- fields look great, gas a little high
Apr 20 2005 01:57:36:730PM1050420019Jim Irbyprefill reduced by 1 ms

good shot

h/(h+d) 4.8% at 1 s

215 kJ at 4 MW

Apr 20 2005 02:15:19:433PM1050420020Jim Irbynl_04 request from 1.2 to 0.8e20 / m^2

disruption at 0.322 s

object enters plasma unannounced
Apr 20 2005 02:16:36:870PM1050420021Jim Irbyno changes

good shot

rf had some troubles --- will repeat
Apr 20 2005 02:35:25:077PM1050420022Jim Irbyrepeat with better rf I hope

good shot

MHD antenna seems to have some sort of discharge going on

Apr 20 2005 02:49:35:610PM1050420023Jim Irbynl_04 request to 9.5e19 / m^2

rcur from 0.661 to 0.656 m

good shot

outer gap increased --- no light from MHD antenna

rf complains about outer gap jump --- tuning should be okay next shot

Apr 20 2005 03:02:24:603PM1050420024Jim Irbyno changes

rf still having coupling problems --- reduce outer gap for next shot
Apr 20 2005 03:19:54:173PM1050420025Jim Irbyrcur from 0.656 to 0.6585 m

good shot

213 kJ at 4 MW

Apr 20 2005 03:33:53:820PM1050420026Jim Irbyrepeat with more rf power

disruption at 1.26 s --- 4.6 MW





Apr 20 2005 03:37:24:573PM1050420027Jim Irbyrepeat

fizzle
Apr 20 2005 03:53:23:103PM1050420028Jim Irbytry again --- no changes

good shot

213 kJ but rf having troubles coupling
Apr 20 2005 04:12:34:010PM1050420029Jim Irbynl_04 request to 1e20 from .95e20 / m^2

Ip request from 1.05e6 to 1.25e6 Amp

disruption at 1.32 s

injections early


Apr 20 2005 04:16:04:360PM1050420030Jim Irbyrepeat

fizzle
Apr 20 2005 04:40:51:143PM1050420031Jim Irbyrepeat

disruption at 1.26 s

Apr 20 2005 05:00:39:223PM1050420032Jim Irbyrxl reduced another .75 cm
prefill dropped by 1 ms

a-coils started at 0.31 s from 0.5 s

good shot



Apr 20 2005 05:07:11:673PM1050420033Jim Irbyfizzle

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
108:00:08:943AMTestOk
208:45:12:270AMTestOk
309:03:43:843AMPlasmaOk
409:24:35:520AMPlasmaOk
509:46:03:607AMPlasmaOk
609:59:01:837AMPlasmaOk
710:20:37:170AMPlasmaOk
810:33:13:480AMPlasmaOk
910:45:51:583AMPlasmaOk
1011:27:09:520AMPlasmaOk
1111:46:01:810AMPlasmaOk
1212:11:02:940PMPlasmaOk
1312:27:12:543PMPlasmaOk
1412:39:40:650PMPlasmaOk
1512:54:25:880PMPlasmaOk
1601:07:00:373PMPlasmaOk
1701:19:32:960PMPlasmaOk
1801:31:53:567PMPlasmaOk
1901:44:14:497PMPlasmaOk
2001:56:50:263PMPlasmaOk
2102:09:38:420PMPlasmaOk
2202:22:08:743PMPlasmaOk
2302:37:37:023PMPlasmaOk
2402:52:05:120PMPlasmaOk
2503:09:21:707PMPlasmaOk
2603:21:52:043PMPlasmaOk
2703:35:46:017PMPlasmaOk
2803:48:18:307PMPlasmaOk
2904:00:58:580PMPlasmaOk
3004:14:06:240PMPlasmaOk
3104:26:36:767PMPlasmaOk
3204:48:55:697PMPlasmaOk
3305:01:39:127PMPlasmaOk