Alcator C-Mod Run 1080523 Information

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Miniproposals
Miniproposal:554
Date Filed: 5/1/2008
Title:MSE Calibrations - torus temperature effects and background issues
First Author:Jin-Seok Ko
Session Leader:Jin-Seok Ko (shots 1-29)

Operators
Session leader(s):Jin-Seok Ko
Physics operator(s):Joseph Snipes
Engineering operator(s):Sam Pierson,Ed Fitzgerald

Engineering Operator Run Comment
MP554. MSE calibrations - torus temperature effects and background issue

Session Leader Plans

Physics Operators Plans
Entered: May 22 2008 02:42:18:270PM
Author: Joseph Snipes
PhysOp plan for 1080523, Friday May 23, 2008

Purpose
MP 554 MSE Calibrations with and without long pulse Ohmic and ICRF plasmas

Session Leader: Jinseok Ko
Physics Operator: Joseph Snipes

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Engineering Setup
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Run begins at 09:00 and ends at 17:00

Power systems as on: 1080318029

Acoil: +Dtop -Dbot -Jtop +Jbot (standard) Hybrid Enabled

Gas setup:

Fill B-Top with 6 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG4)
fill B-side lower with 1 psi Ar Hybrid DISABLED (PG1)
leave B-side upper as is Hybrid DISABLED (PG2)
fill B-main (C-side) with 40 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG3)
leave NINJA as is DISABLED

Enable gatevalves and shutters: ECE, VUV, DNB, Z-bolo

Torvac gatevalve toggle (yes/no): no

Boronization(yes/no): no
Overnight ECDC (yes/no): no
ICRF(yes/no): yes, would like high power, but J-port is out of action
LH(yes/no): yes
DNB(yes/no): yes
Cryopump (yes/no): no

Vessel temperature: 35/35/35

*** Keep magnet cooling on as if we were pulsing throughout the night ***
Want to maintain a constant vessel temperature throughout the run if possible.
*** No ECDC overnight or before the run and no boronization ***

Run plan:
First we will have about 8 shots with and without poloidal and toroidal fields but with gas for beam-into-gas calibration shots. Then, we will move to plasma shots starting from 1080312004 (Ohmic) with flattop to 1.5 s.

Then, we will go to ICRF heated plasmas starting from 1080422013 but extending
the flattop to 1.8 s with ICRF from 0.5 s to 1.5 s.

Then, we will go to ICRF+LH starting from shot 1080306020 but using E-port rather than J-port since it is out of action.

See the Session Leader run plan for more details.

Entered: May 23 2008 05:24:40:040PM
Author: Joseph Snipes
The run started off with a TF ground fault after the first shot. The ground fault cleared but it resulted in a 45 minute delay in the experimental program. Shot 2 was a TF test that went fine. The program continued with DNB into gas test shots with TF and EF3 and with EF4 open. Then, shots 8 to 27 were plasma attempts of which there were two fizzles and 18 plasmas. The machine ran pretty well with only one early disruption. The ICRF and LH worked well and even ran simultaneously. A number of long H-modes were obtained. The MSE calibration I believe went well. See the Session Leader summary for the details. Finally, for shot 27, we ran a 7 T shot for Greg Wallace to finish off his thesis work. This shot and the last several shots were run without TF cooling to warm up the TF magnet to separate it from the cylinder to make it easier to remove the TF arms. There were 30 shots, 18 plasmas, 10 tests, and 2 fizzles. This ends the run campaign for 2008 and begins the long shutdown to inspect the TF joints. Physics operation is expected to resume approximately one year from now.

Shot,Duration(s),Ipmax(MA),Result Shot,Duration(s),Ipmax,Result
| 01 0.000 0.040 Test | 02 0.000 0.004 Test |
| 03 0.000 0.040 Test | 04 0.000 0.002 Test |
| 05 0.000 0.002 Test | 06 0.000 0.040 Test |
| 07 0.000 0.040 Test | 08 1.973 0.771 Plasma |
| 09 1.971 0.768 Plasma | 10 1.970 0.760 Plasma |
| 11 1.972 0.764 Plasma | 12 1.968 0.762 Plasma |
| 13 2.020 0.772 Plasma | 14 2.030 0.777 Plasma |
| 15 0.446 0.759 Plasma | 16 2.300 0.782 Plasma |
| 17 1.974 0.703 Plasma | 18 1.972 0.701 Plasma |
| 19 0.000 0.037 Fizzle | 20 1.973 0.713 Plasma |
| 21 1.972 0.717 Plasma | 22 1.970 0.699 Plasma |
| 23 0.000 0.042 Fizzle | 24 1.686 0.710 Plasma |
| 25 1.970 0.716 Plasma | 26 1.968 0.713 Plasma |
| 27 1.695 0.834 Plasma | 28 0.000 0.043 Test |
| 29 0.000 0.004 Test | 30 0.000 0.004 Test |

Date 1080523: 30 shots. 18 plasmas. 2 fizzles. 10 tests. 0 System Error.
(Plasma = Ip gt 60.0 kA Dud = H_alpha lt 0.40 V)
Total plasma duration: 33.83 s (exceeding -100 kA)

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: May 23 2008 05:41:11:273PM
Author: Jin-Seok Ko
MP554. MSE calibrations - torus temperature effects and background issues

operated by J Snipes
hosted by S Scott and J Ko

Purposes:

(1) To verify that the shot-to-shot drift in the MSE diagnostic can be
reduced by maintaining the torus temperature constant.
(2) To test the effect of the first lens heating on the MSE diagnostic
within a shot
(3) explore LH+ICRF effect on MSE background; and
(4) explore ICRF effect on MSE background in D plasma


(1) Temperature variation in the torus and MSE invessel canister: The key
point in this part is to start the run with the constant torus temperature
to see whether the mse shot-to-shot drift is reduced or not. The torus
temperature had successfully been constant from the previous night around
35C. The mse shot-to-shot drift was significantly decreased compared
with the 1080318 beam-into-gas run where the torus temperature was varing
over 100C. However, the last beam-into-gas shot was taken at 5pm and it
was drifted from the group of beam-into-gas shots. We had a lot of
plasma shots (with icrf + lhcd) before this last gas shot and this changed
the temperature a lot.

beam-into-gas shots: 1, 3, 6, 7, 28
plasma shots: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

*About an hour delay due to the TF ground fault after shot 1
*Two BES piggyback shots (beam-iinto-gas with zero field): 4, 5


(2) Thermal-stress induced birefringence on the plasma facing lens duing
a shot: This investigate the effect of instant (and intense) heating applied
on the first MSE lens (L1). The two Ohmic flat phases before/after RF pulse
are compared. To the first order, no significant change was observed.

useful shots: 14,16
shot 13: no beam after rf
shot 15: early disruption


(3) LH+ICRF effect on MSE background: The main purpose of this is to see
whether the rapid change in the MSE background correalted with ICRF and/or
LH on/off is due to a particualr line on the spectrum or due to a particular
bright spot in the vessel. Three different MSE filter-fiber swapping
configurations were tried.

config 1: normal, shot 21

config 2: ch3 and ch7 fibers swap the filters
ch1 and ch6 fibers swap the filters

shot 22 (17 and 18)*

config 3: ch3 and ch9 fibers swap the filters
ch6 and ch7 fibers swap the filters

shot 24

*shot 17 - icrf timing was wrong, double null, no H mode
*shot 18 - MSE channel 7 saturated (but not useless)

shot 19, 23 - fizzle

Tentative conclusion from this test is that the MSE background change is
due to a particular bright spot in the vessel.


(4) ICRF effect on MSE background in D plasma: Same purpose as part (3)
but with ICRF only

config 1: shot 26
config 2: shot 25

Similar tentative conclusion to part (3)

Physics Operator Summaries

Session Leader Comments
May 22 2008 02:51:41:577PMJin-Seok KoMP554. MSE calibrations - torus temperature effects and background issues

0.69 day run (9am ~ 2:30pm)

operated by J Snipes
hosted by S Scott and J Ko

Purposes:

(1) To verify that the shot-to-shot drift in the MSE diagnostic can be
reduced by maintaining the torus temperature constant.
(2) To test the effect of the first lens heating on the MSE diagnostic
within a shot
(3) explore LH+ICRF effect on MSE background; and
(4) explore ICRF effect on MSE background in D plasma


IMPORTANT: No overnight boronization, No overnight ECDC, and the
magnet cooling should start at the previous night. This will be
done by the following:

a. LH cooling will remain on at the end of the previous (1080522) run.
b. Heating control will be applied to keep the vessel temperature 35C.


Necessary diagnostics:

MSE (Of course...)
GPI spectrometer (Alex Graf)
UT McPerson spectrometer (Igor Bespamyatnov)
Chromex (Ken Marr)
All video cameras (Jim Terry)


Necessary resources:

DNB
LH
ICRF


(0) Spectrometers setup: should include 658 ~ 663 nm

(a) GPI (Alex Graf): 4 channels to CXRS toroidal views

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GPI CXRS (R)
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1 A1 (85.79)
2 A3 (86.31)
3 A5 (86.84)
4 A7 (87.42)
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(b) UT McPherson (Igor Bespamyatnov): connected to MSE Ch8 fiber

(c) Chromex (Ken Marr)


(1) Temperature variation in the torus and MSE invessel canister

(a) Beam-into-gas shots: 5 ~ 8 shots (9 ~ 11AM)

Power system from 1080318029

Start Gas setting (whatever it was) earlier by 0.3 sec

6 PSI
Make sure all the torus valves closed

DNB starts at 0.2 sec for 1.5 sec with on/off = 80/20 msec

MSE HV: 1870V for all

Two zero-field shots for the BES piggyback will be done during
this part. So the shot sequence would be

a. 3 MSE shots
b. 2 BES piggyback shots
c. 3 MSE shots, the last shot being taken around at 11AM.

(b) Beam-into-plasma shots: 4 shots (11 ~ 12PM)

Power system/density from 1080312004 (Ohmic)

DNB starts at 0.2 sec for 1.5 sec with on/off = 80/20 msec

MSE HV: 1700V for all


(2) Thermal-stress induced birefringence on the plasma facing lens duing
a shot: 3 ~ 4 shots including RF conditioning shots (12 ~ 1PM)

Power system/density from 1080422013

with the following modifications

a. Ip and Bt flattop = 0.3 ~ 1.8 sec
b. ICRF = 0.7 ~ 1.4 sec (with 4+ MW: may not possible)

He3 puffing may be needed for better ICRF performance
(This is only true when J antenna is available)

DNB starts at 0.315 sec for 1.5 sec with on/off = 70/30 msec

MSE HV: 1600/1700/1700/1700V

Backup shot configuration: He plasma

Power system/density/ICRF from 1080411023, 24, 25, or 27


(3) LH+ICRF effect on MSE background: 3 ~ 4 shots (1 ~ 2PM)

Power system/density/ICRF/LH from 1080306020

with the following modifications

a. LH = 0.8 MW
b. ICRF = 3 MW (may not possible)

No DNB

MSE HV: 1600 for all (or 1550 for all)

(a) 'large' fiber swapping shot: 1 shot with

ch3 fiber - ch7 filter
ch7 fiber - ch3 filter

ch6 fiber - ch1 filter
ch1 fiber - ch6 filter

(b) nominal MSE filter/fiber positions: 1 shot

(c) 'small' fiber swapping shot: 1 shot with

ch3 fiber - ch9 filter
ch9 fiber - ch3 filter

ch6 fiber - ch7 filter
ch7 fiber - ch6 filter


(4) ICRF effect on MSE background in D plasma: 1 ~ 2 shots (2 ~ 2:30PM)

Power system/density/ICRF from 1080404014, 15, or 1080416021

No DNB

MSE HV: 1700 for all

Repeat (a), (b) above
May 23 2008 09:38:20:370AM1080523001Jin-Seok KoPart 1a: beam-into-gas

MSE HV: 1870/1870/1870/1870
DNB (on/length/on-off): 0.2 / 1.5 / 80-20

Result:

good beam, good shot, good mse data


But we got TF ground fault!
May 23 2008 10:12:04:490AM1080523002Jin-Seok KoTF test

May 23 2008 10:34:30:147AM1080523003Jin-Seok KoPart 1a: beam-into-gas

MSE HV: 1870/1870/1870/1870
DNB (on/length/on-off): 0.2 / 1.5 / 80-20

Result:

good beam, good shot, good mse data
May 23 2008 10:50:13:410AM1080523004Jin-Seok KoPart 1a: beam-into-gas: BES piggyback

No field

MSE HV: 1870/1870/1870/1870
DNB (on/length/on-off): 0.2 / 1.5 / 80-20

Result;

Good gas, good beam
May 23 2008 11:06:09:727AM1080523006Jin-Seok KoPart 1a: beam-into-gas

MSE HV: 1870/1870/1870/1870
DNB (on/length/on-off): 0.2 / 1.5 / 80-20

Result:

Good beam, Good gas
May 23 2008 11:19:52:437AM1080523007Jin-Seok KoPart 1a: beam-into-gas

MSE HV: 1870/1870/1870/1870
DNB (on/length/on-off): 0.2 / 1.5 / 80-20

Result:

Good beam, good gas
May 23 2008 11:43:53:140AM1080523008Jin-Seok KoPart 1b: beam-into-plasma

MSE HV: 1700/1700/1700/1700
DNB (on/length/on-off): 0.2 / 1.5 / 80-20

Result:

plasma: interferometer jumpup and density control didn't go
as we want

dnb: faulty after 1.2 sec
May 23 2008 12:06:28:030PM1080523009Jin-Seok KoPart 1b: beam-into-plasma

MSE HV: 1750/1750/1750/1750
DNB (on/length/on-off): 0.2 / 1.5 / 80-20

Result:

plasma density is slightly low
there was a jump in li and loop voltage at 0.7s

dnb: one fault
May 23 2008 12:09:08:737PM1080523010Jin-Seok KoWe asked nl_04 be 0.7 to PhysOp

Part 1b: beam-into-plasma

MSE HV: 1750/1750/1750/1750
DNB (on/length/on-off): 0.2 / 1.5 / 80-20

Result:

plasma: good
dnb: faulty after 1.1 sec
May 23 2008 12:32:29:613PM1080523011Jin-Seok KoPart 1b: beam-into-plasma

MSE HV: 1750/1750/1750/1750
DNB (on/length/on-off): 0.2 / 1.5 / 80-20

Result:

plasma: good
dnb: one fault at the end
May 23 2008 12:33:04:287PM1080523012Jin-Seok KoPart 1b: beam-into-plasma

MSE HV: 1750/1750/1750/1750
DNB (on/length/on-off): 0.2 / 1.5 / 80-20

Result:

plasma: good
dnb: many faults in dnb
May 23 2008 12:56:33:040PM1080523013Jin-Seok KoPart 2: L1 heating with ICRF

MSE HV: 1700/1700/1700/1700
DNB (on/length/on-off): 0.315 / 1.5 / 70-30

Result:

plasma: good
icrf: good
dnb: no pulses after rf
May 23 2008 01:05:17:543PM1080523014Jin-Seok KoPart 2: L1 heating with ICRF

MSE HV: 1700/1700/1700/1700
DNB (on/length/on-off): 0.315 / 1.5 / 70-30

RF length is reduced

Result:

plasma: good
icrf: good
dnb: good
May 23 2008 01:25:37:810PM1080523015Jin-Seok Koearly disruption
May 23 2008 01:31:11:627PM1080523016Jin-Seok KoPart 2: L1 heating with ICRF

MSE HV: 1700/1700/1700/1700
DNB (on/length/on-off): 0.315 / 1.5 / 70-30

Result:

plasma: good
icrf: good
dnb: good
May 23 2008 02:18:33:133PM1080523017Jin-Seok KoPart 3: LH + ICRF effect on MSE background

MSE HV: 1700/1700/1700/1700
No DNB

Result:

plasma: good
icrf: timing was wrong
ic: power too low

so the plasma was in L mode

May 23 2008 02:44:43:950PM1080523018Jin-Seok KoPart 3: LH + ICRF effect on MSE background

MSE HV: 1700/1700/1700/1700
No DNB

mse ch3 fiber - ch7 filter
mse ch7 fiber - ch3 filter

mse ch6 fiber - ch1 filter
mse ch1 fiber - ch6 filter

ICRF timing is corrected. Probably will have the higher LH

Result:

plasma good
icrf good
lh: improved

mse ch7 signal saturated around 1 sec

May 23 2008 02:47:37:780PM1080523019Jin-Seok Kofizzle
May 23 2008 03:02:47:870PM1080523020Jin-Seok KoWe were in the middle of the process of swapping channels
HV off

a waste of shot

Plasma / RF themselves were good
May 23 2008 03:13:34:173PM1080523021Jin-Seok KoPart 3: LH + ICRF effect on MSE background

MS HV: 1600 for all
No DNB

mse fiber-filter in nominal position

Result:

plasma: good
icrf: good
lh: good
May 23 2008 03:29:08:907PM1080523022Jin-Seok KoPart 3: LH + ICRF effect on MSE background

MS HV: 1600 for all
No DNB

mse ch3 fiber - ch7 filter
mse ch7 fiber - ch3 filter

mse ch6 fiber - ch1 filter
mse ch1 fiber - ch6 filter

Result:

Plasma: good
icrf: good
lhcd: good
May 23 2008 03:55:16:800PM1080523023Jin-Seok Kofizzle
May 23 2008 03:55:44:643PM1080523024Jin-Seok KoPart 3: LH + ICRF effect on MSE background

MS HV: 1600 for all
No DNB

mse ch3 fiber - ch9 filter
mse ch9 fiber - ch3 filter

mse ch6 fiber - ch7 filter
mse ch7 fiber - ch6 filter

Result:

plasma: good (disrupted at 1.68s)
icrf and lh: good


May 23 2008 04:10:51:780PM1080523025Jin-Seok KoPart 4: ICRF effect on MSE background

MS HV: 1600 for all
No DNB

mse ch3 fiber - ch7 filter
mse ch7 fiber - ch3 filter

mse ch6 fiber - ch1 filter
mse ch1 fiber - ch6 filter

Result:

plasma: good
icrf: good


May 23 2008 04:47:44:730PM1080523026Jin-Seok KoPart 4: ICRF effect on MSE background

MS HV: 1600 for all
No DNB

mse filter-fiber nominal position

Result:

plasma: good
icrf: good
May 29 2008 10:54:35:740AM1080523027Greg WallaceGood shot at 7.0T, 800kW net, 90 degree phasing. One trip late in shot, but otherwise clean. Density scan from 6-8.5e19 nl_04.
May 23 2008 04:52:48:907PM1080523028Jin-Seok KoPart 1a: beam-into-gas

MSE HV: 1870/1870/1870/1870
DNB (on/length/on-off): 0.2 / 1.5 / 80-20

Result:

good beam, good shot, good mse data


MSE run is done. FY08 campaign is done. Thank you.

Physics Operator Comments
May 23 2008 09:25:35:623AM1080523001Joseph SnipesShot 1: Copied shot 1080318029 for beam into gas shots with EF4 open and gate valves closed to keep the torus pressure as constant as possible. DNB gate valve is open. All other fields should fire. TF crowbar. TF Ground Fault Above Trip Level *** Max Current: 100.002 . Possible TF ground fault.
May 23 2008 10:13:39:630AM1080523002Joseph SnipesShot 2: TF test. OK.
May 23 2008 10:32:20:753AM1080523003Joseph SnipesShot 3: Return to the experimental program. Repeat shot 1 without the TF ground fault. OK.
May 23 2008 10:45:22:107AM1080523004Joseph SnipesShot 4: Gas without fields. OK.
May 23 2008 10:51:55:893AM1080523005Joseph SnipesShot 5: Repeat gas without fields. OK.
May 23 2008 11:17:50:720AM1080523006Joseph SnipesShot 6: Return to gas and EF3 and TF. Reduced EF3 and TF flattops to start rampdown at 1.2 s. OK.
May 23 2008 11:17:59:093AM1080523007Joseph SnipesShot 7: Repeat gas, EF3, and TF. OK.
May 23 2008 11:36:01:180AM1080523008Joseph SnipesShot 8: Starting beam into plasma part of the experiment. Copied shot 1080312004. Engineers changed settings also for this shot. Very low density with lots of runaways. TCI has a fringe jump at 0.25 s that shut off the gas even though the density was really very low.
May 23 2008 11:57:07:430AM1080523009Joseph SnipesShot 9: Try again with the TCI working properly. Runaways starting at 0.03 s and continuing until at least 0.8 s. Plasma ramped all the way down.
May 23 2008 12:09:37:847PM1080523010Joseph SnipesShot 10: Raised nl04 to 7 x 10^19 m^-2. Some runaways early but then a good shot as the density increased. Startup bounced.
May 23 2008 12:19:33:040PM1080523011Joseph SnipesShot 11: Raised prepuff by 2 ms to 29 ms duration to try to get rid of the early runaways. Good shot.
May 23 2008 12:38:04:087PM1080523012Joseph SnipesShot 12: Repeat. Good shot but we did still get some runaways early. Startup bounced.
May 23 2008 12:48:48:093PM1080523013Joseph SnipesShot 13: Loaded shot /home/snipes/trees/ 1080523000 which is an extended flattop version of shot 1080422013. Changed the prepuff to 30 ms duration. nl04 is set to 7 x 10^19 m^-2. ICRF from E-port only from 0.7 to 1.4 s. Good shot with 1.25 MW of ICRF and three H-modes.
May 23 2008 01:10:12:503PM1080523014Joseph SnipesShot 14: Repeat. Good shot. One good long H-mode from 0.82 s to 1.33 s with ICRF up to 2.4 MW from D and E.
May 23 2008 01:19:13:010PM1080523015Joseph SnipesShot 15: Changed A-coil off time from 2.0 to 2.5 s. Disrupted at 0.44 s. Mode locks just before the disruption, which was probably the result of an impurity injection.
May 23 2008 01:23:59:387PM1080523015Joseph SnipesThere is a brief delay to check fuses after that disruption.
May 23 2008 01:30:34:330PM1080523016Joseph SnipesShot 16: Changed all of the other coil invert times to 2.5 s except for the TF which is at 3.0 s. Fizzle detector off time also changed to 2.5 s. Good shot.
May 23 2008 01:32:35:880PM1080523016Joseph SnipesShot 16: Changed all of the other coil invert times to 2.5 s except for the TF which is at 3.0 s. Fizzle detector off time also changed to 2.5 s. Good shot with a nice long EDA H-mode from 0.82 to 1.34 s.
May 23 2008 01:40:02:070PM1080523016Joseph SnipesCell access to move the LH grill in toward the plasma.
May 23 2008 02:15:45:757PM1080523017Joseph SnipesShot 17: Copied shot 1080306020 and then reloaded segment 1 from shot 16. This is a 0.6 MA, 5.4 T, DN plasma. Engineering settings also changed for this shot. This shot will have LH and ICRF. Good shot but no H-mode with 1.5 MW of ICRF and 0.5 MW of LH.
May 23 2008 02:29:25:517PM1080523018Joseph SnipesShot 18: Set ZCUR to -0.014 m until 1.5 s to stay in lower null to get H-modes. Got several H-modes. Good shot.
May 23 2008 02:44:19:213PM1080523019Joseph SnipesShot 19: Increased CLEARIN from 0.003 to 0.007 from 0.65 to 1.5 s to increase the outer gap for the LH. Fizzle.
May 23 2008 02:59:21:100PM1080523020Joseph SnipesShot 20: Reduced prepuff by 5 ms to 25 ms duration. Good shot. Got a Li pellet at 1.65 s.
May 23 2008 03:11:40:237PM1080523021Joseph SnipesShot 21: Repeat. Good shot.
May 23 2008 03:29:00:530PM1080523022Joseph SnipesShot 22: Reduced flattop of the TF current to start rampdown at 1.5 s instead of 2.1 s. Good shot. Nice long H-mode from 0.68 to 1.5 s.
May 23 2008 03:39:53:210PM1080523023Joseph SnipesShot 23: Repeat. Fizzle!
May 23 2008 03:54:37:380PM1080523024Joseph SnipesShot 24: Reduced prepuff by 2 ms to 23 ms duration. Disrupted at 1.68 s after a Li pellet. Got one long and one short H-mode.
May 23 2008 04:14:32:707PM1080523025Joseph SnipesShot 25: Reduced prepuff by 2 ms to 21 ms duration. Good shot with a nice long H-mode.
May 23 2008 04:22:16:650PM1080523026Joseph SnipesShot 26: Repeat. Good shot with a nice long H-mode.
May 23 2008 04:39:54:367PM1080523027Joseph SnipesShot 27: Reloaded shot 1080522026 which is a 7 T shot with TF current at 194 kA. Set nl04 to 5 x 10^19 m^-2 until 0.7 s then ramping up to 1 x 10^20 m^-2 at 1.3 s.
Reduced prepuff to 21 ms duration. Li pellets at 1.5 and 1.65 s. Good shot. Disrupted after the second pellet in rampdown.
May 23 2008 04:52:05:470PM1080523028Joseph SnipesShot 28: Reloaded shot 3 from today. Asked the engineers to also reload shot 3.
This is a beam into gas shot with only gas, TF, and EF3 and with EF4 open. OK.

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
109:21:41:217AMTestBadTF ground fault @ 2.7sec
210:10:49:550AMTestOkTF 100 KA Test
310:30:05:300AMTestOk
410:39:50:337AMTestOk
510:49:37:597AMTestOk
611:01:59:550AMTestOk
711:14:38:067AMTestOk
811:32:13:753AMPlasmaOk
911:52:18:787AMPlasmaOk
1012:05:09:513PMPlasmaOk
1112:17:41:837PMPlasmaOk
1212:30:18:330PMPlasmaOk
1312:42:48:387PMPlasmaOk
1412:57:14:240PMPlasmaOk
1501:10:21:957PMPlasmaOk
1601:28:18:890PMPlasmaOk
1702:08:34:530PMPlasmaOk
1802:26:23:403PMPlasmaOk
1902:41:43:103PMPlasmaOk
2002:54:12:283PMPlasmaOk
2103:09:29:750PMPlasmaOk
2203:24:49:870PMPlasmaOk
2303:37:36:867PMPlasmaOk
2403:50:00:780PMPlasmaOk
2504:07:10:420PMPlasmaOk
2604:19:33:460PMPlasmaOk
2704:34:17:097PMPlasmaOk
2804:48:32:420PMTestOk
2905:01:22:227PMTestOk
3005:10:59:170PMTestOk

System Availability
May 23 2008 09:21:28:263AM
SystemAvailableCommentAvailability
Changed
OwnerDescriptionWho Can
Change
Active MHDyesFully operationalMar 28 2007 09:19PM (sears)Joe SnipesActive MHD Antennasears,snipes
BESyesvertical array of six views at R ~ 87.3 cm, radial array of three views out to R ~ 89 cm, both at outboard midplane. Three discrete fiber views of beam at R ~ 70.0, 76.5 and 82.5 cm.Feb 06 2007 10:00AM (bravenec)Ron BravenecBeam Emission Spectroscopybravenec,rowan
BolometersyesDiode 2pi working fine, foil 2pi being low-pass filtered to remove noise. Outboard miidplane AXUV has a grounded channel which is disrupting the whole array OFFLINE for now. Midplane foils working fine, but need to fill tree with calibrations. 2D AXUV arrays are being digitized but need further debugging and calibration.Mar 14 2008 11:09AM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeBolometershutch,mlreinke
BoronizationyesSystem OperationalApr 29 2008 03:29PM (irby)Jim IrbyBoronizationdekow,irby
CNPAyesSingle channel CNPA available as of 12/1707Dec 17 2007 05:48PM (parker)Ron ParkerCompact Neutral Analyzerparker
Cryopump - Upper DivertoryesCryopump is operationalDec 11 2007 10:13AM (labombard)Brian LaBombardUpper Divertor Cryopumpirby,labombard
CXRSyesThe pedestal toroidal array was installed, spatially and absolutely calibrated. There are 10 chords intersect the beam at the major_R_range=[74.2:86.3]cm. Spatial resolution: 1.2 cm. The F-top poloidal array was installed and spatially calibrated. There are 19 chords intersect the beam at the major_R_range=[67.8:91.0]cm. Spatial resolution: 1.22 cm.Nov 27 2007 10:21AM (bespam)Bill RowanCharge Exchange Spectroscopybespam,blip,rachmcd,rowan
D Alphayes\ha2_bright and \SPECTROSCOPY::TOP.VUV.VIS_SIGNALS:MCP_VIS_SIG1 are availableNov 26 2007 04:23PM (terry)Jim TerryBalmer Alpha Monitorirby,terry,wolfe
Dalsayesoptics repaired, camera re-installed, and view has been re-calibratedNov 27 2007 09:54AM (marmar)Earl MarmarVisible Bremsstrahlungmarmar
Disruption Mitigationno Nov 20 2007 10:47PM (granetz)Robert GranetzGas Jetgranetz,whyte
Divertor IRno Mar 06 2007 10:50AM Glen WurdenDivertor IR Digital Videogwurden,terry
Divertor IR Spectroscopyno Mar 06 2007 10:51AM Glen WurdenDivertor IR Spectroscopygwurden,terry
DNBno Nov 20 2007 10:47PM (granetz)Robert GranetzDiagnostic Neutral Beambeals,granetz
ECDCyesOperationalMay 22 2008 09:29AM (irby)Jim Irby2.45 GHz, 3 kW, discharge cleaning systemdekow,irby,pfeiffer
FRC-ECEyes16 Channels now working - low freq. side - outer RmidsFeb 19 2008 09:56AM (phillips)Perry PhillipsHeterodyne ECE-32 channelsphillips
G-Side RatiomaticyesGauge is operational and calibrated against G-side MKS on shot#1071127002Nov 27 2007 01:25PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardG-side ratiomatic ionization gaugelabombard,toland
Glow DischargenoBeing Prepared for diborane cleanupMay 22 2008 09:26AM (irby)Jim Irby1 kV, 5 A, glow discharge systemdekow,dterry,irby
GPCyesAll 9 channels operational as of new year.Jan 03 2008 09:31AM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Polychromaterhubbard,schmidt
GPC2yesMost channels operational.Jan 02 2008 12:22PM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Polychromaterhubbard,schmidt
GPInoNeither the Xpt-view nor the midplane-view camera is operational. Nov 26 2007 04:25PM (terry)Jim TerryGas Puff Imagingterry,zweben
H/DyesShould be operational for the FY08 campaignNov 27 2007 09:54AM (marmar)Earl MarmarH/D Ratiomarmar
Hirex Jryes Mar 06 2007 08:59AM (rice)John RiceHigh Resolution X-Rayince,rice
Hirex SrnoBe Window has a leak and so the gate valve is closedNov 23 2007 12:50PM (ince)John RiceHigh Resolution X-Rayince,rice
HXRyesSomething might be wrong with channel 26; all others working fine.Mar 23 2007 10:43AM (schmidt)Ron ParkerHard X-Ray Arrayparker,schmidt
ICRF D-Antennayesavailable (quarter-wave transformer for pre-matching)Dec 11 2007 09:01AM (ylin)Steve WukitchD-port antennawukitch,ylin
ICRF E-Antennayesavailable (with FFT for automatical matching)Dec 11 2007 09:01AM (ylin)Steve WukitchE-port antennawukitch,ylin
ICRF J-Antennayesnormally in [0,pi,pi,0] phase for heating. current drive phase available if requested.Dec 11 2007 09:03AM (ylin)Steve WukitchJ-port antennawukitch,ylin
Lower HybridyesBody I Fault Circuits Repaired and tested. High power tests completedDec 05 2007 06:40PM (dterry)Ron ParkerLower Hybriddterry,parker,wallaceg
LPIyes1/9/08Jan 09 2008 03:23PM (bose)Earl MarmarLithium Pellet Injectorbose,marmar
Ly-alphayesMidplane working fine, emissivity profiles being stored in tree, but still need to apply in-vessel calibrations to data. WB1-LY being digitized, but not processed in tree.Dec 09 2007 06:53PM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeLyman alpha cameraslabombard,mlreinke
McPhersonnoProblems with detector. No quantitative line brightnesses possible. Qualitative tasks like impurity identification possible.Feb 15 2008 02:07PM (mlreinke)Jim TerryVUV Spectrometermlreinke,terry
MichelsonyesOperationalApr 29 2008 02:30PM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Te Profileshubbard,schmidt
MKSyesE-Top, E-Bottom, F-top (cryo), G-side, and B-bottom are operational. F-top gauge has a 'sniffer tube' to measure pressures in cryopump gas box.Mar 20 2007 06:42PM (g)Brian LaBombardBaratron pressure gaugeslabombard
MLPnoInitial tests on the A-port scanning probe went well. We need to take care of some control glitches that caused some component failures. May 30 2007 08:01PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardMirror Langmuir Probe Electronics Systemlabombard
MSEnoWe are basically awaiting the DNB & its new aperture. MSE itself is OK.Feb 21 2008 08:51AM (jinseok)Steve ScottMotional Stark Effectjinseok,sscott
NeutronsyesVoltage is on for the He3 bank. Voltage will be turned on for the global system at the first plasma attempts.Nov 26 2007 08:31AM (fiore)Catherine FioreNeutron Detectorsfiore
Neuts and Hardsyescalibration unchanged from 2007 campaignDec 04 2007 08:56PM (irby)Jim IrbyX-Ray/Neutron Detector at K-Horirby
NINJAyesAll capillaries displayed by the NINJA_CONTROL GUI have been tested. Nov 26 2007 04:26PM (terry)Brian LaBombardNINJA gas pufflabombard,terry
PCIyesworkingFeb 29 2008 07:00PM (lianglin)Miklos PorkolabPhase Contrast Imagingedlund,lianglin,ntsujii,porkolab
Penning GaugesyesAll gauges except B_DivL are operatingNov 27 2007 01:31PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardPenning Ionization Gaugeslabombard
Plasma TVyesWIDE1, WIDE2 (chan 33), DANT, JANT and DIV are operational.Nov 26 2007 04:27PM (terry)Jim TerryVideo of plasma via several camerasdekow,irby,terry,wolfe
PolarimeternoSafe for Machine EntrySep 14 2007 12:17PM (irby)Jim IrbyC-Mod Polarimeterirby
Power Systemsyes May 22 2008 09:27AM (irby)Jim IrbyC-Mod Magnet Suppliesbyford,cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Probe Array - ISDyesOperationalNov 27 2007 01:40PM (labombard)Brian LabombardInner Lower Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - LHyesOperationalNov 27 2007 01:40PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardLower Hybrid Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - OSDyesOperationalNov 27 2007 01:41PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardOuter Lower Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - UDIVyesOperationalNov 27 2007 01:41PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardUpper Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
ReflectometeryesSystem is fully connected except for the 75GHz channel. System was connected on 1080422.Apr 22 2008 08:26AM (dominguez)Earl MarmarReflectometerdominguez,marmar
Scanning Probe - ASPyesOperational, but needs to be checked with plasma.Nov 27 2007 01:45PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardA-Port Scanning Probelabombard
Scanning Probe - FSPyesFSP is operationalDec 11 2007 10:13AM (labombard)Brian LaBombardF-Port Scanning Probelabombard
Scanning Probe - WASPyesA- and K-port WASP electrodes have been replaced/tested.Nov 27 2007 01:44PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardInner Wall Scanning Probelabombard,nsmick
Sparkeryes May 22 2008 09:53AM (irby)Jim IrbyField Emission Preionization for C-Moddekow,irby,parkin
TCIyesOperational Apr 29 2008 03:33PM (irby)Jim IrbyTwo-Color Interferometerirby,murray
TS - CoreyesOne laser operational, 12 spatial channelsApr 11 2008 10:36AM (jwhughes)Jerry HughesCore Thomson scatteringjwhughes,yma
TS - EdgeyesSystem is working with 3 out of 4 spectral channels and should be believable for Te>50eV, ne>3e19. Density is calibrated from both Raman scattering in D2 (3/2/08) and from edge ECE cutoffs in high-density H-modes (1080228014).Apr 11 2008 10:36AM (jwhughes)Jerry HughesMillimeter resolution edge Thomson scatteringjwhughes,yma
Vispecno350 and 670 nm, 4 spatial channelsNov 28 2007 09:58AM (agraf)Alex GrafVisible Spectrometeragraf
XTOMOyessystem operational, but channels have been dying...stay tuned.Mar 14 2008 11:10AM (mlreinke)Bob GranetzX-Ray Tomographygranetz,mlreinke