Alcator C-Mod Run 1090708 Information

Miniproposals

Miniproposal: 355

Date Filed: 11/12/2003

Title: ICRF Testing & Conditioning

First Author: Steve Wukitch

Session Leader: Yijun Lin (shots 1-32)

Operators
Session leader(s):	Yijun Lin
Physics operator(s):	Robert Granetz
Engineering operator(s):	Andy Pfeiffer,Sam Pierson,Bill Byford

Engineering Operator Run Comment
MP355 - ICRF testing and conditoning Session leaders: S. Wukitch/Y. Lin

Session Leader Plans

Physics Operators Plans

Entered: Jul 7 2009 08:42:29:030PM

Author: Robert Granetz

Engineering setup for Wednesday 2009/07/08 MP355 - ICRF testing and conditoning Session leaders: S. Wukitch/Y. Lin Physics operator: R. Granetz Standard overnight ECDC and 60 C bake Run will start at 09:00 and end at 17:00. Power systems as on 1090707018 (Bt=5.4T, Ip=0.9 MA, nl04=0.9-1e20 m-2) A-coil configuration: +Dtop -Dbot -Jtop +Jbot; Enabled (standard configuration) 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 the following gate valves and shutters, assuming no vacuum problems: ECE, Z-bolo Torvac setup: keep gate valves open during PULSE Specific diagnostics: magnetics, ECE, TCI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ICRF Setup: conditioning of D & E LH Setup: no DNB: no Cryopump: no ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Run plan: see session leader's run plan

Session Leader Summaries

Entered: Jul 13 2009 09:02:08:510AM

Author: Yijun Lin

D and E antennas have been both conditioned up to 1 MW level with few faults. The FFT system was working properly on E port.

The RF pulses were set to no more than 300 ms for each antenna, and power no more than 1 MW, in order to avoid the erosion of the boron layer on boron coated tiles.

Some disruptions by injection seemed to be related to E antenna power above 0.8 MW.

Physics Operator Summaries

Session Leader Comments

Jul 8 2009 08:59:56:067AM Yijun Lin We will run standard plasmas developed in the last several runs.

nl=0.9, Bt = 5.4 T, Ip = 0.9 MA.

We run D and E antenna from low to high power shot by shot, check out all the signals/arc protection/matching/FFT etc, and aim to get as much power as possible.

(see entries under RF topic for this run).

Jul 8 2009 09:35:19:897AM 1090708001 Yijun Lin E port to plasma, 0.4 MW. All signals/control/FFT worked.
H/(H+D) @ 14%

FMIT #1 failed to come up HV. The cause has been traced to Hi-yard. We will run E antenna only until FMIT#1 is fixed,

Jul 8 2009 10:07:58:067AM 1090708002 Yijun Lin TF test.
Alan and Rick replaced a fuse in Hi-yard.
FMIT#1 should have been fixed.

Jul 8 2009 10:18:17:630AM 1090708003 Yijun Lin disrupted at 0.5 sec. no RF.

Jul 8 2009 11:09:34:333AM 1090708006 Yijun Lin E port ran at 0.8 MW. 6 faults.

Next: run D also.

Jul 8 2009 11:34:55:927AM 1090708007 Yijun Lin Both D and E ran. Good.
H/(H+D) was 20%-22%
Next: slightly higher power.

Jul 8 2009 11:43:19:100AM 1090708008 Yijun Lin Disruption at 0.73 sec.
E ran for ~100 ms. Several faults.
Next: repeat

Jul 8 2009 12:12:28:317PM 1090708010 Yijun Lin E ran. faults.
Early disruption.
Next: repeat.

Jul 8 2009 12:20:38:820PM 1090708011 Yijun Lin fizzle

Jul 8 2009 12:38:04:427PM 1090708012 Yijun Lin D and E ran. 1 to 2 faults.
Next: raise power to 1.2 MW. but shorter RF pulse length (0.15 s per ant).

Jul 8 2009 12:57:49:973PM 1090708013 Yijun Lin D and E ran.
many faults on E. 1 fault on D.
(John mentioned high Mo level when D was on).
Next: same E. Raise D, and shorten pulse.

Jul 8 2009 01:00:13:757PM 1090708014 Yijun Lin fizzle

Jul 8 2009 01:16:24:583PM 1090708015 Yijun Lin fizzle

Jul 8 2009 01:27:27:757PM 1090708016 Yijun Lin D and E ran. An injection at 0.85 sec.
Next: no changes.

Jul 8 2009 01:42:37:820PM 1090708017 Yijun Lin E run. disruption at 0.88 sec (due to E antenna?)
next: run D earlier, and see whether the disruption was caused by E antenna

Jul 8 2009 02:01:17:880PM 1090708018 Yijun Lin E was causing disruption.
H/(H+d) = 25%
Next: lower E power a little and see whether we can avoid disruption.

Jul 8 2009 02:08:37:350PM 1090708019 Yijun Lin E caused disruption again (although the power demand is rather low).
D ran well.
Next: delay E more, and also lower power.

Jul 8 2009 02:25:38:490PM 1090708020 Yijun Lin No disruption. D and E ran.
Next: raise E power.

Jul 8 2009 04:18:43:757PM 1090708021 Yijun Lin disruption again as soon as E ran at 0.8 MW
FMIT #1 had crowbar event (anode voltage).
Next: increase outer gap, and see whether we can avoid the disruption.

Jul 8 2009 03:00:35:960PM 1090708022 Yijun Lin Outer gap increased to 1.7 cm. But still disrupted when E was on.
next: repeat.

Jul 8 2009 03:09:55:693PM 1090708023 Yijun Lin D run. many faults (due to outer gap increase?)
Disrupted at 1.28 sec. before E was supposed to start.

Jul 8 2009 03:19:42:787PM 1090708024 Yijun Lin fizzle

Jul 8 2009 03:32:14:380PM 1090708025 Yijun Lin fizzle

Jul 8 2009 03:46:36:990PM 1090708026 Yijun Lin D and E ran.
Disrupted during E antenna pulse. (but E ran longer this time at this power level)
Next: repeat.

Jul 8 2009 04:01:15:397PM 1090708027 Yijun Lin D/E ran. No disruption.
Next: raise E to 0.9 MW. Same D.

Jul 8 2009 04:18:58:473PM 1090708028 Yijun Lin fizzle

Jul 8 2009 04:26:13:147PM 1090708029 Yijun Lin D/E ran. E had multiple faults, but no disruption.
Next: move E earlier. same power.

Jul 8 2009 04:39:14:460PM 1090708030 Yijun Lin fizzle

Jul 8 2009 04:51:01:113PM 1090708031 Yijun Lin D and E ran. E had many faults. but it is better.
Next: repeat.

Jul 8 2009 05:02:48:333PM 1090708032 Yijun Lin fizzle.
End of run.

Physics Operator Comments

Jul 8 2009 08:49:47:983AM Robert Granetz

Load shot 1090707020 from the end of yesterday's run.

Jul 8 2009 10:28:45:490AM 1090708001 Robert Granetz

Shot 01 -- Plasma. Good shot. 0.9 MA, 5.3 T, nl_04=0.9e20 m-2. Kappa=1.73, and constant. There was a TF ground indication at TF turn-on. Prf_E=0.4 MW. Power room and cell access for RF, TS. Next shot: Change TF programming so that the demand has a finite ramp, rather than an instantaneous jump. We'll have a TF-only test for shot 02.

Jul 8 2009 10:28:23:647AM 1090708002 Robert Granetz

Shot 02 -- Test of TF only, under hybrid control, using a finite rampup demand, rather than an instantaneous rampup. Good test; no spikes, no ground indication. Next shot: go for plasma

Jul 8 2009 10:22:58:380AM 1090708003 Robert Granetz

Shot 03 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=0.54 s. Cell access for RF. Next shot: repeat, no changes.

Jul 8 2009 10:37:21:427AM 1090708004 Robert Granetz

Shot 04 -- Fizzle. Next shot: reduce pre-fill by 1 ms (to 16 ms)

Jul 8 2009 10:55:07:083AM 1090708005 Robert Granetz

Shot 05 -- Fizzle. Next shot: decrease pre-fill another 2 ms (to 14 ms).

Jul 8 2009 11:25:38:677AM 1090708006 Robert Granetz

Shot 06 -- Plasma. Disrupts at t=0.83 s. Prf_E=0.75 MW, numerous faults. Lots of hard x-rays. There was some peculiar thing flying past the WIDE2 view immediately after the disruption. Next shot: I'm tempted to reduce the pre-fill some more because of this disruption, but I want to avoid the early hard x-rays, so I'll leave the pre-fill as is. We'll probably get a fizzle.

Jul 8 2009 11:38:26:863AM 1090708007 Robert Granetz

Shot 07 -- Plasma. Good shot. Some early hards. Prf_D=0.6 MW, Prf_E=0.5-0.75 MW. Next shot: enable argon (50 ms); enable HIREX-SR gate valve; add 1 ms to pre-fill. Also increase early PG3 programming in seg 1 a bit.

Jul 8 2009 11:45:52:520AM 1090708008 Robert Granetz

Shot 08 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=0.73 s. No early hard x-rays though. E-port faulted a lot. Next shot: reduce pre-fill by 1 ms.

Jul 8 2009 12:00:57:523PM 1090708009 Robert Granetz

Shot 09 -- Plasma. Good shot. Lots of early hard x-rays again. Prf_D=0.9 MW w/faulting, Prf_E=0.75 MW clean. H/(H+D)=25% Next shot: increase pre-fill 2 ms, increase early PG3 programming

Jul 8 2009 12:13:24:490PM 1090708010 Robert Granetz

Shot 10 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=0.78 s. This time it was clearly an injection that can be seen on the xtomo signals. E-port RF faulted a lot. No early hard x-rays. Next shot: reduce pre-fill 2 ms because of this disruption

Jul 8 2009 12:20:32:553PM 1090708011 Robert Granetz

Shot 11 -- Fizzle. Next shot: no DPCS changes

Jul 8 2009 12:39:45:193PM 1090708012 Robert Granetz

Shot 12 -- Plasma. Good shot. Huge hard x-ray signal. Prf_D=1 MW, Prf_E=1 MW. Next shot: increase pre-fill by 2 ms

Jul 8 2009 12:51:42:613PM 1090708013 Robert Granetz

Shot 13 -- Plasma. Good shot. No hard x-rays. Prf_D=1 MW, Prf_E faulted a lot. H/(H+D)=0.23-0.28 Next shot: add 1 ms to pre-fill

Jul 8 2009 01:02:06:863PM 1090708014 Robert Granetz

Shot 14 -- Fizzle. Certainly didn't expect that. Next shot: reduce pre-fill by 2 ms

Jul 8 2009 01:22:29:677PM 1090708015 Robert Granetz

Shot 15 -- Dud! F-side ratiomatic signal is bad; don't know what the breakdown pressure was. Null is normal. No magnetics errors. Ron Rosati tells me that there was a pressure burst several minutes prior to this shot, but it had pumped out when I took the shot. Next shot: No DPCS changes; what the torus pressure closely

Jul 8 2009 01:28:53:787PM 1090708016 Robert Granetz

Shot 16 -- Plasma. Good shot. No hard x-rays. There was a big injection of something at t=0.85 s, but this time the plasma survived. E-port antenna was faulting badly at that time. Next shot: no DPCS changes

Jul 8 2009 01:43:25:613PM 1090708017 Robert Granetz

Shot 17 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=0.87, which is almost exactly when the injection occurred on the preceding shot. Next shot: Get the fizzle out of the way. I've asked Yijun to swap the timing of the D and E antennas. Next shot, D-port will come on first, then E-port. Let's see if that changes the disruption timing.

Jul 8 2009 01:58:58:660PM 1090708018 Robert Granetz

Shot 18 -- Plasma. This one disrupted at t=1.1 s. I think the delayed disruption time is because I had Yijun swap the timing of D and E antennas. Now D-port goes first (Prf_D=1 MW), and E-port comes on at t=1.0 s and goes until the disruption. This is exactly what one would see if E-port is causing the disruptions. Next shot: repeat (probably have to get through a fizzle first though)

Jul 8 2009 02:09:55:210PM 1090708019 Robert Granetz

Shot 19 -- Plasma. Disrupts at t=1.1 s again, which is while E-port is on. Lots of hard x-rays, but if I increase the pre-fill, I think I'll get a fizzle. Next shot: delay E-port turn-on until t=1.4 s

Jul 8 2009 02:32:26:317PM 1090708020 Robert Granetz

Shot 20 -- Plasma. Good shot. This time the E-port power was reduced to 0.6 MW. Almost no hard x-rays. Next shot: repeat, no DPCS changes. Raise E-port power.

Jul 8 2009 02:51:50:007PM 1090708021 Robert Granetz

Shot 21 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=1.33 s, just after E-port antenna turns on (at slightly higher power than on the preceding shot). A lot of fingers seem to be pointing at E-port as the trigger for the disruptions. Next shot: increase outer gap by 4 mm (from 15 to 19 mm) by reducing RCUR by 2 mm

Jul 8 2009 03:01:34:880PM 1090708022 Robert Granetz

Shot 22 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=1.36 s, again when E-port is on. The outer gap increase 1-3 mm. Next shot: tweak RCUR some more to make the outer gap more constant, and to increase it another 1 mm.

Jul 8 2009 03:17:03:787PM 1090708023 Robert Granetz

Shot 23 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=1.28 s, which is before the E-port turn-on time, and well after D-port turned off. Lots of hard x-rays. Outer gap = 19 +/- 1 mm. Next shot: no DPCS changes

Jul 8 2009 03:21:06:710PM 1090708024 Robert Granetz

Shot 24 -- Fizzle. Next shot: increase RCUR by 0.5 mm to reduce elongation slightly

Jul 8 2009 03:34:07:020PM 1090708025 Robert Granetz

Shot 25 -- Fizzle. Next shot: reduce CLEARIN by 1 mm to further reduce the elongation

Jul 8 2009 03:51:31:427PM 1090708026 Robert Granetz

Shot 26 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=1.45 s. Next shot: reduce CLEARIN again, this time by 4 mm, to further decrease the elongation

Jul 8 2009 04:03:53:770PM 1090708027 Robert Granetz

Shot 27 -- Plasma. Good shot. The CLEARIN change reduced kappa to 1.71, and kept n/ncrit at 1.1. Prf_D=0.85 MW, Prf_E=0.75 MW. Some hard x-rays. H/(H+D)=0.25-0.28 Next shot: increase pre-fill by 1 ms

Jul 8 2009 04:15:25:913PM 1090708028 Robert Granetz

Shot 28 -- Fizzle. Next shot: reduce pre-fill by 1 ms

Jul 8 2009 04:26:56:223PM 1090708029 Robert Granetz

Shot 29 -- Plasma. Good shot. Left gap=1.1 cm, right gap=1.6 cm. kappa=1.71. No hard x-rays. Next shot: no DPCS changes; move E-port earlier

Jul 8 2009 04:38:23:067PM 1090708030 Robert Granetz

Shot 30 -- Fizzle...our classic alternating pattern. Next shot: make sure it's an odd shot number

Jul 8 2009 04:53:26:537PM 1090708031 Robert Granetz

Shot 31 -- Plasma. Good shot. Prf_D=1 MW (clean), Prf_E=0.85 MW (faulting). Next shot: no DPCS changes. Maybe we should skip the even shot number.

Jul 8 2009 05:02:28:630PM 1090708032 Robert Granetz

Shot 32 -- Fizzle. Let's hope that overnight ECDC will get us out of this alternating pattern. End of run

Jul 8 2009 05:30:09:163PM 1090708032 Robert Granetz

After the run, I zapped BP17_BC and BP23_BC. (Neither are being used for anything.)

Engineering Operator Comments

Shot Time Type Status Comment

1 08:59:46:020AM Plasma Ok TF ground fault

2 09:51:17:240AM Test Ok TF ramp

3 10:11:38:943AM Plasma Ok

4 10:33:00:880AM Plasma Ok

5 10:50:07:160AM Plasma Ok

6 11:03:49:397AM Plasma Ok

7 11:26:35:397AM Plasma Ok

8 11:39:14:350AM Plasma Ok

9 11:52:09:410AM Plasma Ok

10 12:05:04:223PM Plasma Ok

11 12:17:56:630PM Plasma Ok

12 12:30:43:270PM Plasma Ok

13 12:43:28:943PM Plasma Ok

14 12:58:15:053PM Plasma Ok

15 01:11:02:443PM Plasma Ok

16 01:23:50:147PM Plasma Ok

17 01:36:34:617PM Plasma Ok

18 01:49:20:020PM Plasma Ok

19 02:02:20:117PM Plasma Ok

20 02:21:54:897PM Plasma Ok

21 02:38:11:600PM Plasma Ok

22 02:52:26:083PM Plasma Ok

23 03:05:05:927PM Plasma Ok

24 03:17:42:210PM Plasma Ok

25 03:30:16:333PM Plasma Ok

26 03:42:59:037PM Plasma Ok

27 03:56:15:537PM Plasma Ok

28 04:08:54:287PM Plasma Ok

29 04:21:36:960PM Plasma Ok

30 04:34:19:020PM Plasma Ok

31 04:47:05:270PM Plasma Ok

32 04:59:35:553PM Plasma Ok

System Availability

Jul 8 2009 08:59:21:113AM

System Available Comment Availability
Changed Owner Description Who Can
Change
Active MHD no secured - tagged out Jun 02 2008 11:03AM (sears) Joe Snipes Active MHD Antenna sears,snipes
BES no vertical 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. Jun 10 2009 10:21AM (twf) Bill Rowan Beam Emission Spectroscopy bespam,liao,rowan
Bolometers yes Most systems collecting data but not calibrated. WB2 and WB1 not attached. Jul 07 2009 01:00PM (mlreinke) Matt Reinke Bolometers hutch,mlreinke
Boronization no Bottle Removed from the Cell, Piezo box on Igloo Removed. System in safe mode for In-Vessel Access May 30 2008 02:25PM (dekow) Jim Irby Boronization dekow,irby
CNPA no Single channel CNPA available as of 12/1707 Jun 10 2009 10:22AM (twf) Ron Parker Compact Neutral Analyzer parker
Cryopump - Upper Divertor no external cryopump hardware removed from machine --- system is safe May 30 2008 01:48PM (irby) Brian LaBombard Upper Divertor Cryopump irby,labombard
CXRS no The 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. Jul 03 2008 03:06PM (bespam) Bill Rowan Charge Exchange Spectroscopy bespam,blip,liao,rachmcd,rowan
D Alpha yes \ha2_bright is available; \SPECTROSCOPY::TOP.VUV.VIS_SIGNALS:MCP_VIS_SIG1 is not available Jul 01 2009 09:45AM (terry) Jim Terry Balmer Alpha Monitor irby,terry,wolfe
Dalsa no poses no safety hazard for people working around the machine May 30 2008 01:54PM (marmar) Earl Marmar Visible Bremsstrahlung marmar
Disruption Mitigation no safely disabled; ready to be dismantled May 28 2008 10:22AM (granetz) Robert Granetz Gas Jet granetz,whyte
Divertor IR no Mar 06 2007 10:50AM Glen Wurden Divertor IR Digital Video gwurden,terry
Divertor IR Spectroscopy no Mar 06 2007 10:51AM Glen Wurden Divertor IR Spectroscopy gwurden,terry
DNB no power locked & tagged out; gate valve disabled May 28 2008 10:03AM (granetz) Robert Granetz Diagnostic Neutral Beam dterry,granetz,gung
ECDC no 6/10/09 Magnetron relocated to west wall in cell at H-port. All controls and hardware have been installed but need to be tested prior to full operation. Magnetron Unplugged and Red tagged, PEI breaker red tagged, Safe for In-Vessel Activity Jun 10 2009 02:35PM (dekow) Jim Irby 2.45 GHz, 3 kW, discharge cleaning system dekow,irby,pfeiffer
FRC-ECE no Computer system problem, the lower freq. 16 channels are ready. Jun 26 2009 03:37PM (phillips) Perry Phillips Heterodyne ECE-32 channels phillips
G-Side Ratiomatic yes Gauge installed. Controlleer is on. Jun 24 2009 10:00AM (toland) Brian LaBombard G-side ratiomatic ionization gauge labombard,toland
Glow Discharge no 6/10/09: Paddles meggered at 1000 v to machine ground (>300 Mohm) prior to closing the vacuum chamber. Plugs for Power Supply and Controls Unplugged and Red Tagged, Safe for In-Vessel Access Jun 10 2009 01:47PM (dekow) Jim Irby 1 kV, 5 A, glow discharge system dekow,dterry,irby
GPC yes Operational, but NOT CALIBRATED. Ch 1 seems low, others reasonable. Jun 26 2009 08:25AM (hubbard) Amanda Hubbard ECE Polychromater hubbard,schmidt
GPC2 yes Operational, but NOT CALIBRATED Jun 26 2009 08:26AM (hubbard) Amanda Hubbard ECE Polychromater hubbard,schmidt
GPI yes The Xpt-view, the midplane-view cameras are operational. The innerwall GPI (coupled to the fast-diodes) is available. Jul 01 2009 09:45AM (terry) Jim Terry Gas Puff Imaging terry,zweben
H/D yes poses no safety hazard for people working around the machine Jun 18 2009 01:04PM (marmar) Earl Marmar H/D Ratio marmar
HEAT no Disconnect switch is open, reg tagged and locked. Shunt Trip Breaker is opened. Safe for in-vessel work. Jun 04 2008 12:24PM (dekow) Gary Dekow - Machine Heaters - burke,dekow
Hirex Jr yes Hirex-Jr has been installed and tested Jun 17 2009 11:54AM (rice) John Rice High Resolution X-Ray ince,rice
Hirex Sr no Hirex-Sr has been removed from the cell and is in temporary storage May 30 2008 01:48PM (ince) John Rice High Resolution X-Ray ince,rice
HXR no In safe mode (high voltage turned off) May 27 2008 09:19PM (schmidt) Ron Parker Hard X-Ray Array parker,schmidt
ICRF D-Antenna no Transmission line disconnected. HV tagged out. Safe for machine entry. May 28 2008 08:16AM (ylin) Steve Wukitch D-port antenna wukitch,ylin
ICRF E-Antenna no Transmission line disconnected. HV tagged out. Safe for machine entry. FFT out May 28 2008 08:17AM (ylin) Steve Wukitch E-port antenna wukitch,ylin
ICRF J-Antenna no HV tagged. Safe for machine entry. loop dissembly started. May 28 2008 08:17AM (ylin) Steve Wukitch J-port antenna wukitch,ylin
Lower Hybrid no Breaker locked and tagged out. Waveguide disassembly started. Open Waveguides have been shorted. May 28 2008 09:47AM (dterry) Ron Parker Lower Hybrid dterry,parker,wallaceg
LPI no Beam line removed May 30 2008 02:09PM (bose) Earl Marmar Lithium Pellet Injector bose,marmar
Ly-alpha yes Midplane, WB4-LY, LEDGE-LY all collecting data but processed data not in tree. WB1-LY not attached. Jul 07 2009 01:01PM (mlreinke) Matt Reinke Lyman alpha cameras labombard,mlreinke
McPherson no Rolled back Jun 17 2009 03:43PM (mlreinke) Jim Terry VUV Spectrometer mlreinke,terry
Michelson yes Operational. NOT RECALIBRATED Jun 26 2009 11:25AM (hubbard) Amanda Hubbard ECE Te Profiles hubbard,schmidt
MKS yes Gauges are on. B-bottom is reading identically zero - probably a CAMAC problem. Jun 30 2009 09:40PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Baratron pressure gauges labombard
MLP no Initial 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 LaBombard Mirror Langmuir Probe Electronics System labombard
MSE no As of 6/10/09, MSE is calibrated & ready to go. Awaiting DNB. Jun 10 2009 10:34AM (sscott) Steve Scott Motional Stark Effect jinseok,sscott
Neutrons yes Neutron detectors are calibrated and ready to go. Voltages will be turned on prior to first plasma. Jun 10 2009 10:35AM (fiore) Catherine Fiore Neutron Detectors fiore
Neuts and Hards yes Operational --- Uncalibrated and needs to be positioned at port Jun 25 2009 05:08PM (irby) Jim Irby X-Ray/Neutron Detector at K-Hor irby
NINJA no Capillaries were tested in-vessel. Plenum needs to be baked and tested for leaks. Jun 30 2009 09:41PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard NINJA gas puff labombard,terry
PCI no Both HeNe and CO2 lasers have been shutdown. System is safe. May 30 2008 01:58PM (lianglin) Miklos Porkolab Phase Contrast Imaging edlund,lianglin,ntsujii,porkolab
Penning Gauges yes High voltage is enabled (on during INIT, off during RECOOL). Jun 30 2009 09:42PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Penning Ionization Gauges labombard
Plasma TV yes WIDE1, WIDE2 (chan 33), DANT, JANT and DIV are operational. Jul 01 2009 09:46AM (terry) Jim Terry Video of plasma via several cameras dekow,irby,terry,wolfe
Polarimeter no Safe for Machine Entry Sep 14 2007 12:17PM (irby) Jim Irby C-Mod Polarimeter irby
Power - Alternator Air Switch yes Checked and Operational as of 06/18/09 Jun 19 2009 08:04AM (irby) Gary Dekow feeds all the other supplies cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power - PEI yes Operational ---- ECDC running as required Jun 19 2009 08:06AM (irby) Gary Dekow PEI System cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power - TMX yes Checked out and ready for Magnet Tests as of 06/18/09 Jun 19 2009 08:07AM (irby) Gary Dekow Ef2s,. EFCs and A-Coils byford,cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power Systems yes Checked out and ready for Magnet Tests as of 06/18/09 Jun 19 2009 08:07AM (irby) Jim Irby C-Mod Magnet Supplies byford,cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Probe Array - ISD no Power supplies are off. All cables are unplugged at the F-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:10PM (labombard) Brian Labombard Inner Lower Divertor Probe Array labombard
Probe Array - LH no All power supplies are off. Cables are unplugged at the A-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:10PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Lower Hybrid Probe Array labombard
Probe Array - OSD no All power supplies are off. Cables are unplugged at the F-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:11PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Outer Lower Divertor Probe Array labombard
Probe Array - UDIV no All power supplies are off. Cables are unplugged at the F-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:11PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Upper Divertor Probe Array labombard
Reflectometer no Disconnected May 30 2008 01:47PM (dominguez) Earl Marmar Reflectometer dominguez,marmar
Scanning Probe - ASP no Probe is retracted behind gatevalve. Air lines are disconnected. Probes cables disconnected at A-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:14PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard A-Port Scanning Probe labombard
Scanning Probe - FSP no Probe is retracted fully. Air lines are disconnected. Probe cables disconnected at F-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:13PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard F-Port Scanning Probe labombard
Scanning Probe - WASP no Probe cables are disconnected at F-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:17PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Inner Wall Scanning Probe labombard,nsmick
Sparker yes Sparker now at K-Hor. Set for 100 uA of current. Will up to 200 uA before first plasma Jun 18 2009 01:01PM (irby) Jim Irby Field Emission Preionization for C-Mod dekow,irby,parkin
TCI yes System restarted and aligned. Several chords available including NL04. Density Feedback available. Ready for plasma. Jun 18 2009 09:15AM (murray) Jim Irby Two-Color Interferometer irby,murray
TS - Core no Expected availability: week of June 29 Jun 24 2009 01:31PM (jwhughes) Jerry Hughes Core Thomson scattering jwhughes,yma
TS - Edge no Expected availability: week of July 20 Jun 24 2009 01:32PM (jwhughes) Jerry Hughes Millimeter resolution edge Thomson scattering jwhughes,yma
Vispec no 350 and 670 nm, 4 spatial channels Nov 28 2007 09:58AM (agraf) Alex Graf Visible Spectrometer agraf
XTOMO yes cables attached, DAQ test run, ready for first plasma Jun 17 2009 03:42PM (mlreinke) Bob Granetz X-Ray Tomography granetz,mlreinke

Jul 8 2009 09:50:54:007AM

System Available Comment Availability
Changed Owner Description Who Can
Change
Active MHD no secured - tagged out Jun 02 2008 11:03AM (sears) Joe Snipes Active MHD Antenna sears,snipes
BES no vertical 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. Jun 10 2009 10:21AM (twf) Bill Rowan Beam Emission Spectroscopy bespam,liao,rowan
Bolometers yes Most systems collecting data but not calibrated. WB2 and WB1 not attached. Jul 07 2009 01:00PM (mlreinke) Matt Reinke Bolometers hutch,mlreinke
Boronization no Bottle Removed from the Cell, Piezo box on Igloo Removed. System in safe mode for In-Vessel Access May 30 2008 02:25PM (dekow) Jim Irby Boronization dekow,irby
CNPA no Single channel CNPA available as of 12/1707 Jun 10 2009 10:22AM (twf) Ron Parker Compact Neutral Analyzer parker
Cryopump - Upper Divertor no external cryopump hardware removed from machine --- system is safe May 30 2008 01:48PM (irby) Brian LaBombard Upper Divertor Cryopump irby,labombard
CXRS no The 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. Jul 03 2008 03:06PM (bespam) Bill Rowan Charge Exchange Spectroscopy bespam,blip,liao,rachmcd,rowan
D Alpha yes \ha2_bright is available; \SPECTROSCOPY::TOP.VUV.VIS_SIGNALS:MCP_VIS_SIG1 is not available Jul 01 2009 09:45AM (terry) Jim Terry Balmer Alpha Monitor irby,terry,wolfe
Dalsa no poses no safety hazard for people working around the machine May 30 2008 01:54PM (marmar) Earl Marmar Visible Bremsstrahlung marmar
Disruption Mitigation no safely disabled; ready to be dismantled May 28 2008 10:22AM (granetz) Robert Granetz Gas Jet granetz,whyte
Divertor IR no Mar 06 2007 10:50AM Glen Wurden Divertor IR Digital Video gwurden,terry
Divertor IR Spectroscopy no Mar 06 2007 10:51AM Glen Wurden Divertor IR Spectroscopy gwurden,terry
DNB no power locked & tagged out; gate valve disabled May 28 2008 10:03AM (granetz) Robert Granetz Diagnostic Neutral Beam dterry,granetz,gung
ECDC no 6/10/09 Magnetron relocated to west wall in cell at H-port. All controls and hardware have been installed but need to be tested prior to full operation. Magnetron Unplugged and Red tagged, PEI breaker red tagged, Safe for In-Vessel Activity Jun 10 2009 02:35PM (dekow) Jim Irby 2.45 GHz, 3 kW, discharge cleaning system dekow,irby,pfeiffer
FRC-ECE no Computer system problem, the lower freq. 16 channels are ready. Jun 26 2009 03:37PM (phillips) Perry Phillips Heterodyne ECE-32 channels phillips
G-Side Ratiomatic yes Gauge installed. Controlleer is on. Jun 24 2009 10:00AM (toland) Brian LaBombard G-side ratiomatic ionization gauge labombard,toland
Glow Discharge no 6/10/09: Paddles meggered at 1000 v to machine ground (>300 Mohm) prior to closing the vacuum chamber. Plugs for Power Supply and Controls Unplugged and Red Tagged, Safe for In-Vessel Access Jun 10 2009 01:47PM (dekow) Jim Irby 1 kV, 5 A, glow discharge system dekow,dterry,irby
GPC yes Operational, but NOT CALIBRATED. Ch 1 seems low, others reasonable. Jun 26 2009 08:25AM (hubbard) Amanda Hubbard ECE Polychromater hubbard,schmidt
GPC2 yes Operational, but NOT CALIBRATED Jun 26 2009 08:26AM (hubbard) Amanda Hubbard ECE Polychromater hubbard,schmidt
GPI yes The Xpt-view, the midplane-view cameras are operational. The innerwall GPI (coupled to the fast-diodes) is available. Jul 01 2009 09:45AM (terry) Jim Terry Gas Puff Imaging terry,zweben
H/D yes poses no safety hazard for people working around the machine Jun 18 2009 01:04PM (marmar) Earl Marmar H/D Ratio marmar
HEAT no Disconnect switch is open, reg tagged and locked. Shunt Trip Breaker is opened. Safe for in-vessel work. Jun 04 2008 12:24PM (dekow) Gary Dekow - Machine Heaters - burke,dekow
Hirex Jr yes Hirex-Jr has been installed and tested Jun 17 2009 11:54AM (rice) John Rice High Resolution X-Ray ince,rice
Hirex Sr no Hirex-Sr has been removed from the cell and is in temporary storage May 30 2008 01:48PM (ince) John Rice High Resolution X-Ray ince,rice
HXR no In safe mode (high voltage turned off) May 27 2008 09:19PM (schmidt) Ron Parker Hard X-Ray Array parker,schmidt
ICRF D-Antenna no Transmission line disconnected. HV tagged out. Safe for machine entry. May 28 2008 08:16AM (ylin) Steve Wukitch D-port antenna wukitch,ylin
ICRF E-Antenna no Transmission line disconnected. HV tagged out. Safe for machine entry. FFT out May 28 2008 08:17AM (ylin) Steve Wukitch E-port antenna wukitch,ylin
ICRF J-Antenna no HV tagged. Safe for machine entry. loop dissembly started. May 28 2008 08:17AM (ylin) Steve Wukitch J-port antenna wukitch,ylin
Lower Hybrid no Breaker locked and tagged out. Waveguide disassembly started. Open Waveguides have been shorted. May 28 2008 09:47AM (dterry) Ron Parker Lower Hybrid dterry,parker,wallaceg
LPI no Beam line removed May 30 2008 02:09PM (bose) Earl Marmar Lithium Pellet Injector bose,marmar
Ly-alpha yes Midplane, WB4-LY, LEDGE-LY all collecting data but processed data not in tree. WB1-LY not attached. Jul 07 2009 01:01PM (mlreinke) Matt Reinke Lyman alpha cameras labombard,mlreinke
McPherson no Rolled back Jun 17 2009 03:43PM (mlreinke) Jim Terry VUV Spectrometer mlreinke,terry
Michelson yes Operational. NOT RECALIBRATED Jun 26 2009 11:25AM (hubbard) Amanda Hubbard ECE Te Profiles hubbard,schmidt
MKS yes Gauges are on. B-bottom is reading identically zero - probably a CAMAC problem. Jun 30 2009 09:40PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Baratron pressure gauges labombard
MLP no Initial 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 LaBombard Mirror Langmuir Probe Electronics System labombard
MSE no As of 6/10/09, MSE is calibrated & ready to go. Awaiting DNB. Jun 10 2009 10:34AM (sscott) Steve Scott Motional Stark Effect jinseok,sscott
Neutrons yes Neutron detectors are calibrated and ready to go. Voltages will be turned on prior to first plasma. Jun 10 2009 10:35AM (fiore) Catherine Fiore Neutron Detectors fiore
Neuts and Hards yes Operational --- Uncalibrated and needs to be positioned at port Jun 25 2009 05:08PM (irby) Jim Irby X-Ray/Neutron Detector at K-Hor irby
NINJA no Capillaries were tested in-vessel. Plenum needs to be baked and tested for leaks. Jun 30 2009 09:41PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard NINJA gas puff labombard,terry
PCI no Both HeNe and CO2 lasers have been shutdown. System is safe. May 30 2008 01:58PM (lianglin) Miklos Porkolab Phase Contrast Imaging edlund,lianglin,ntsujii,porkolab
Penning Gauges yes High voltage is enabled (on during INIT, off during RECOOL). Jun 30 2009 09:42PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Penning Ionization Gauges labombard
Plasma TV yes WIDE1, WIDE2 (chan 33), DANT, JANT and DIV are operational. Jul 01 2009 09:46AM (terry) Jim Terry Video of plasma via several cameras dekow,irby,terry,wolfe
Polarimeter no Safe for Machine Entry Sep 14 2007 12:17PM (irby) Jim Irby C-Mod Polarimeter irby
Power - Alternator Air Switch yes Checked and Operational as of 06/18/09 Jun 19 2009 08:04AM (irby) Gary Dekow feeds all the other supplies cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power - PEI yes Operational ---- ECDC running as required Jun 19 2009 08:06AM (irby) Gary Dekow PEI System cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power - TMX yes Checked out and ready for Magnet Tests as of 06/18/09 Jun 19 2009 08:07AM (irby) Gary Dekow Ef2s,. EFCs and A-Coils byford,cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power Systems yes Checked out and ready for Magnet Tests as of 06/18/09 Jun 19 2009 08:07AM (irby) Jim Irby C-Mod Magnet Supplies byford,cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Probe Array - ISD no Power supplies are off. All cables are unplugged at the F-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:10PM (labombard) Brian Labombard Inner Lower Divertor Probe Array labombard
Probe Array - LH no All power supplies are off. Cables are unplugged at the A-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:10PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Lower Hybrid Probe Array labombard
Probe Array - OSD no All power supplies are off. Cables are unplugged at the F-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:11PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Outer Lower Divertor Probe Array labombard
Probe Array - UDIV no All power supplies are off. Cables are unplugged at the F-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:11PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Upper Divertor Probe Array labombard
Reflectometer yes As of 7/8/09, the 50, 60, 75 and 88 (baseband, lsb and usb) are available. The 140 and swept are connected and currently being tested but should be available too. The 110 is offline Jul 08 2009 09:47AM (dominguez) Earl Marmar Reflectometer dominguez,marmar
Scanning Probe - ASP no Probe is retracted behind gatevalve. Air lines are disconnected. Probes cables disconnected at A-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:14PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard A-Port Scanning Probe labombard
Scanning Probe - FSP no Probe is retracted fully. Air lines are disconnected. Probe cables disconnected at F-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:13PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard F-Port Scanning Probe labombard
Scanning Probe - WASP no Probe cables are disconnected at F-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:17PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Inner Wall Scanning Probe labombard,nsmick
Sparker yes Sparker now at K-Hor. Set for 100 uA of current. Will up to 200 uA before first plasma Jun 18 2009 01:01PM (irby) Jim Irby Field Emission Preionization for C-Mod dekow,irby,parkin
TCI yes System restarted and aligned. Several chords available including NL04. Density Feedback available. Ready for plasma. Jun 18 2009 09:15AM (murray) Jim Irby Two-Color Interferometer irby,murray
TS - Core no Expected availability: week of June 29 Jun 24 2009 01:31PM (jwhughes) Jerry Hughes Core Thomson scattering jwhughes,yma
TS - Edge no Expected availability: week of July 20 Jun 24 2009 01:32PM (jwhughes) Jerry Hughes Millimeter resolution edge Thomson scattering jwhughes,yma
Vispec no 350 and 670 nm, 4 spatial channels Nov 28 2007 09:58AM (agraf) Alex Graf Visible Spectrometer agraf
XTOMO yes cables attached, DAQ test run, ready for first plasma Jun 17 2009 03:42PM (mlreinke) Bob Granetz X-Ray Tomography granetz,mlreinke

Jul 8 2009 12:04:41:410PM

System Available Comment Availability
Changed Owner Description Who Can
Change
Active MHD no secured - tagged out Jun 02 2008 11:03AM (sears) Joe Snipes Active MHD Antenna sears,snipes
BES no vertical 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. Jun 10 2009 10:21AM (twf) Bill Rowan Beam Emission Spectroscopy bespam,liao,rowan
Bolometers yes Most systems collecting data but not calibrated. WB2 and WB1 not attached. Jul 07 2009 01:00PM (mlreinke) Matt Reinke Bolometers hutch,mlreinke
Boronization no Bottle Removed from the Cell, Piezo box on Igloo Removed. System in safe mode for In-Vessel Access May 30 2008 02:25PM (dekow) Jim Irby Boronization dekow,irby
CNPA no Single channel CNPA available as of 12/1707 Jun 10 2009 10:22AM (twf) Ron Parker Compact Neutral Analyzer parker
Cryopump - Upper Divertor no external cryopump hardware removed from machine --- system is safe May 30 2008 01:48PM (irby) Brian LaBombard Upper Divertor Cryopump irby,labombard
CXRS no The 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. Jul 03 2008 03:06PM (bespam) Bill Rowan Charge Exchange Spectroscopy bespam,blip,liao,rachmcd,rowan
D Alpha yes \ha2_bright is available; \SPECTROSCOPY::TOP.VUV.VIS_SIGNALS:MCP_VIS_SIG1 is not available Jul 01 2009 09:45AM (terry) Jim Terry Balmer Alpha Monitor irby,terry,wolfe
Dalsa no poses no safety hazard for people working around the machine May 30 2008 01:54PM (marmar) Earl Marmar Visible Bremsstrahlung marmar
Disruption Mitigation no safely disabled; ready to be dismantled May 28 2008 10:22AM (granetz) Robert Granetz Gas Jet granetz,whyte
Divertor IR no Mar 06 2007 10:50AM Glen Wurden Divertor IR Digital Video gwurden,terry
Divertor IR Spectroscopy no Mar 06 2007 10:51AM Glen Wurden Divertor IR Spectroscopy gwurden,terry
DNB no power locked & tagged out; gate valve disabled May 28 2008 10:03AM (granetz) Robert Granetz Diagnostic Neutral Beam dterry,granetz,gung
ECDC no 6/10/09 Magnetron relocated to west wall in cell at H-port. All controls and hardware have been installed but need to be tested prior to full operation. Magnetron Unplugged and Red tagged, PEI breaker red tagged, Safe for In-Vessel Activity Jun 10 2009 02:35PM (dekow) Jim Irby 2.45 GHz, 3 kW, discharge cleaning system dekow,irby,pfeiffer
FRC-ECE no Computer system problem, the lower freq. 16 channels are ready. Jun 26 2009 03:37PM (phillips) Perry Phillips Heterodyne ECE-32 channels phillips
G-Side Ratiomatic yes Gauge installed. Controlleer is on. Jun 24 2009 10:00AM (toland) Brian LaBombard G-side ratiomatic ionization gauge labombard,toland
Glow Discharge no 6/10/09: Paddles meggered at 1000 v to machine ground (>300 Mohm) prior to closing the vacuum chamber. Plugs for Power Supply and Controls Unplugged and Red Tagged, Safe for In-Vessel Access Jun 10 2009 01:47PM (dekow) Jim Irby 1 kV, 5 A, glow discharge system dekow,dterry,irby
GPC yes Operational, but NOT CALIBRATED. Ch 1 seems low, others reasonable. Jun 26 2009 08:25AM (hubbard) Amanda Hubbard ECE Polychromater hubbard,schmidt
GPC2 yes Operational, but NOT CALIBRATED Jun 26 2009 08:26AM (hubbard) Amanda Hubbard ECE Polychromater hubbard,schmidt
GPI yes The Xpt-view, the midplane-view cameras are operational. The innerwall GPI (coupled to the fast-diodes) is available. Jul 01 2009 09:45AM (terry) Jim Terry Gas Puff Imaging terry,zweben
H/D yes poses no safety hazard for people working around the machine Jun 18 2009 01:04PM (marmar) Earl Marmar H/D Ratio marmar
HEAT no Disconnect switch is open, reg tagged and locked. Shunt Trip Breaker is opened. Safe for in-vessel work. Jun 04 2008 12:24PM (dekow) Gary Dekow - Machine Heaters - burke,dekow
Hirex Jr yes Hirex-Jr has been installed and tested Jun 17 2009 11:54AM (rice) John Rice High Resolution X-Ray ince,rice
Hirex Sr no Hirex-Sr has been removed from the cell and is in temporary storage May 30 2008 01:48PM (ince) John Rice High Resolution X-Ray ince,rice
HXR no In safe mode (high voltage turned off) May 27 2008 09:19PM (schmidt) Ron Parker Hard X-Ray Array parker,schmidt
ICRF D-Antenna no Transmission line disconnected. HV tagged out. Safe for machine entry. May 28 2008 08:16AM (ylin) Steve Wukitch D-port antenna wukitch,ylin
ICRF E-Antenna no Transmission line disconnected. HV tagged out. Safe for machine entry. FFT out May 28 2008 08:17AM (ylin) Steve Wukitch E-port antenna wukitch,ylin
ICRF J-Antenna no HV tagged. Safe for machine entry. loop dissembly started. May 28 2008 08:17AM (ylin) Steve Wukitch J-port antenna wukitch,ylin
Lower Hybrid no Breaker locked and tagged out. Waveguide disassembly started. Open Waveguides have been shorted. May 28 2008 09:47AM (dterry) Ron Parker Lower Hybrid dterry,parker,wallaceg
LPI no Beam line removed May 30 2008 02:09PM (bose) Earl Marmar Lithium Pellet Injector bose,marmar
Ly-alpha yes Midplane, WB4-LY, LEDGE-LY all collecting data but processed data not in tree. WB1-LY not attached. Jul 07 2009 01:01PM (mlreinke) Matt Reinke Lyman alpha cameras labombard,mlreinke
McPherson no Rolled back Jun 17 2009 03:43PM (mlreinke) Jim Terry VUV Spectrometer mlreinke,terry
Michelson yes Operational. NOT RECALIBRATED Jun 26 2009 11:25AM (hubbard) Amanda Hubbard ECE Te Profiles hubbard,schmidt
MKS yes Gauges are on. B-bottom is reading identically zero - probably a CAMAC problem. Jun 30 2009 09:40PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Baratron pressure gauges labombard
MLP no Initial 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 LaBombard Mirror Langmuir Probe Electronics System labombard
MSE no As of 6/10/09, MSE is calibrated & ready to go. Awaiting DNB. Jun 10 2009 10:34AM (sscott) Steve Scott Motional Stark Effect jinseok,sscott
Neutrons yes Neutron detectors are calibrated and ready to go. Voltages will be turned on prior to first plasma. Jun 10 2009 10:35AM (fiore) Catherine Fiore Neutron Detectors fiore
Neuts and Hards yes Operational --- Uncalibrated and needs to be positioned at port Jun 25 2009 05:08PM (irby) Jim Irby X-Ray/Neutron Detector at K-Hor irby
NINJA no Capillaries were tested in-vessel. Plenum needs to be baked and tested for leaks. Jun 30 2009 09:41PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard NINJA gas puff labombard,terry
PCI no Both HeNe and CO2 lasers have been shutdown. System is safe. May 30 2008 01:58PM (lianglin) Miklos Porkolab Phase Contrast Imaging edlund,lianglin,ntsujii,porkolab
Penning Gauges yes High voltage is enabled (on during INIT, off during RECOOL). Jun 30 2009 09:42PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Penning Ionization Gauges labombard
Plasma TV yes WIDE1, WIDE2 (chan 33), DANT, JANT and DIV are operational. Jul 01 2009 09:46AM (terry) Jim Terry Video of plasma via several cameras dekow,irby,terry,wolfe
Polarimeter no Safe for Machine Entry Sep 14 2007 12:17PM (irby) Jim Irby C-Mod Polarimeter irby
Power - Alternator Air Switch yes Checked and Operational as of 06/18/09 Jun 19 2009 08:04AM (irby) Gary Dekow feeds all the other supplies cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power - PEI yes Operational ---- ECDC running as required Jun 19 2009 08:06AM (irby) Gary Dekow PEI System cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power - TMX yes Checked out and ready for Magnet Tests as of 06/18/09 Jun 19 2009 08:07AM (irby) Gary Dekow Ef2s,. EFCs and A-Coils byford,cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power Systems yes Checked out and ready for Magnet Tests as of 06/18/09 Jun 19 2009 08:07AM (irby) Jim Irby C-Mod Magnet Supplies byford,cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Probe Array - ISD no Power supplies are off. All cables are unplugged at the F-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:10PM (labombard) Brian Labombard Inner Lower Divertor Probe Array labombard
Probe Array - LH no All power supplies are off. Cables are unplugged at the A-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:10PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Lower Hybrid Probe Array labombard
Probe Array - OSD no All power supplies are off. Cables are unplugged at the F-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:11PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Outer Lower Divertor Probe Array labombard
Probe Array - UDIV no All power supplies are off. Cables are unplugged at the F-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:11PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Upper Divertor Probe Array labombard
Reflectometer yes As of 7/8/09, the 50, 60, 75 and 88 (baseband, lsb and usb) are available. The 140 and swept are connected and currently being tested but should be available too. The 110 is offline Jul 08 2009 09:47AM (dominguez) Earl Marmar Reflectometer dominguez,marmar
Scanning Probe - ASP no Probe is retracted behind gatevalve. Air lines are disconnected. Probes cables disconnected at A-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:14PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard A-Port Scanning Probe labombard
Scanning Probe - FSP no Probe is retracted fully. Air lines are disconnected. Probe cables disconnected at F-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:13PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard F-Port Scanning Probe labombard
Scanning Probe - WASP no Probe cables are disconnected at F-port rack. Jun 02 2008 01:17PM (labombard) Brian LaBombard Inner Wall Scanning Probe labombard,nsmick
Sparker yes Sparker now at K-Hor. Set for 100 uA of current. Will up to 200 uA before first plasma Jun 18 2009 01:01PM (irby) Jim Irby Field Emission Preionization for C-Mod dekow,irby,parkin
TCI yes System restarted and aligned. Several chords available including NL04. Density Feedback available. Ready for plasma. Jun 18 2009 09:15AM (murray) Jim Irby Two-Color Interferometer irby,murray
TS - Core no Expected availability: week of June 29 Jun 24 2009 01:31PM (jwhughes) Jerry Hughes Core Thomson scattering jwhughes,yma
TS - Edge no Expected availability: week of July 20 Jun 24 2009 01:32PM (jwhughes) Jerry Hughes Millimeter resolution edge Thomson scattering jwhughes,yma
Vispec no 350 and 670 nm, 4 spatial channels Nov 28 2007 09:58AM (agraf) Alex Graf Visible Spectrometer agraf
XTOMO yes cables attached, DAQ test run, ready for first plasma Jun 17 2009 03:42PM (mlreinke) Bob Granetz X-Ray Tomography granetz,mlreinke

Session Leader Comments
Jul 8 2009 08:59:56:067AM		Yijun Lin	We will run standard plasmas developed in the last several runs. nl=0.9, Bt = 5.4 T, Ip = 0.9 MA. We run D and E antenna from low to high power shot by shot, check out all the signals/arc protection/matching/FFT etc, and aim to get as much power as possible. (see entries under RF topic for this run).
Jul 8 2009 09:35:19:897AM	1090708001	Yijun Lin	E port to plasma, 0.4 MW. All signals/control/FFT worked. H/(H+D) @ 14% FMIT #1 failed to come up HV. The cause has been traced to Hi-yard. We will run E antenna only until FMIT#1 is fixed,
Jul 8 2009 10:07:58:067AM	1090708002	Yijun Lin	TF test. Alan and Rick replaced a fuse in Hi-yard. FMIT#1 should have been fixed.
Jul 8 2009 10:18:17:630AM	1090708003	Yijun Lin	disrupted at 0.5 sec. no RF.
Jul 8 2009 11:09:34:333AM	1090708006	Yijun Lin	E port ran at 0.8 MW. 6 faults. Next: run D also.
Jul 8 2009 11:34:55:927AM	1090708007	Yijun Lin	Both D and E ran. Good. H/(H+D) was 20%-22% Next: slightly higher power.
Jul 8 2009 11:43:19:100AM	1090708008	Yijun Lin	Disruption at 0.73 sec. E ran for ~100 ms. Several faults. Next: repeat
Jul 8 2009 12:12:28:317PM	1090708010	Yijun Lin	E ran. faults. Early disruption. Next: repeat.
Jul 8 2009 12:20:38:820PM	1090708011	Yijun Lin	fizzle
Jul 8 2009 12:38:04:427PM	1090708012	Yijun Lin	D and E ran. 1 to 2 faults. Next: raise power to 1.2 MW. but shorter RF pulse length (0.15 s per ant).
Jul 8 2009 12:57:49:973PM	1090708013	Yijun Lin	D and E ran. many faults on E. 1 fault on D. (John mentioned high Mo level when D was on). Next: same E. Raise D, and shorten pulse.
Jul 8 2009 01:00:13:757PM	1090708014	Yijun Lin	fizzle
Jul 8 2009 01:16:24:583PM	1090708015	Yijun Lin	fizzle
Jul 8 2009 01:27:27:757PM	1090708016	Yijun Lin	D and E ran. An injection at 0.85 sec. Next: no changes.
Jul 8 2009 01:42:37:820PM	1090708017	Yijun Lin	E run. disruption at 0.88 sec (due to E antenna?) next: run D earlier, and see whether the disruption was caused by E antenna
Jul 8 2009 02:01:17:880PM	1090708018	Yijun Lin	E was causing disruption. H/(H+d) = 25% Next: lower E power a little and see whether we can avoid disruption.
Jul 8 2009 02:08:37:350PM	1090708019	Yijun Lin	E caused disruption again (although the power demand is rather low). D ran well. Next: delay E more, and also lower power.
Jul 8 2009 02:25:38:490PM	1090708020	Yijun Lin	No disruption. D and E ran. Next: raise E power.
Jul 8 2009 04:18:43:757PM	1090708021	Yijun Lin	disruption again as soon as E ran at 0.8 MW FMIT #1 had crowbar event (anode voltage). Next: increase outer gap, and see whether we can avoid the disruption.
Jul 8 2009 03:00:35:960PM	1090708022	Yijun Lin	Outer gap increased to 1.7 cm. But still disrupted when E was on. next: repeat.
Jul 8 2009 03:09:55:693PM	1090708023	Yijun Lin	D run. many faults (due to outer gap increase?) Disrupted at 1.28 sec. before E was supposed to start.
Jul 8 2009 03:19:42:787PM	1090708024	Yijun Lin	fizzle
Jul 8 2009 03:32:14:380PM	1090708025	Yijun Lin	fizzle
Jul 8 2009 03:46:36:990PM	1090708026	Yijun Lin	D and E ran. Disrupted during E antenna pulse. (but E ran longer this time at this power level) Next: repeat.
Jul 8 2009 04:01:15:397PM	1090708027	Yijun Lin	D/E ran. No disruption. Next: raise E to 0.9 MW. Same D.
Jul 8 2009 04:18:58:473PM	1090708028	Yijun Lin	fizzle
Jul 8 2009 04:26:13:147PM	1090708029	Yijun Lin	D/E ran. E had multiple faults, but no disruption. Next: move E earlier. same power.
Jul 8 2009 04:39:14:460PM	1090708030	Yijun Lin	fizzle
Jul 8 2009 04:51:01:113PM	1090708031	Yijun Lin	D and E ran. E had many faults. but it is better. Next: repeat.
Jul 8 2009 05:02:48:333PM	1090708032	Yijun Lin	fizzle. End of run.

Physics Operator Comments
Jul 8 2009 08:49:47:983AM		Robert Granetz	Load shot 1090707020 from the end of yesterday's run.
Jul 8 2009 10:28:45:490AM	1090708001	Robert Granetz	Shot 01 -- Plasma. Good shot. 0.9 MA, 5.3 T, nl_04=0.9e20 m-2. Kappa=1.73, and constant. There was a TF ground indication at TF turn-on. Prf_E=0.4 MW. Power room and cell access for RF, TS. Next shot: Change TF programming so that the demand has a finite ramp, rather than an instantaneous jump. We'll have a TF-only test for shot 02.
Jul 8 2009 10:28:23:647AM	1090708002	Robert Granetz	Shot 02 -- Test of TF only, under hybrid control, using a finite rampup demand, rather than an instantaneous rampup. Good test; no spikes, no ground indication. Next shot: go for plasma
Jul 8 2009 10:22:58:380AM	1090708003	Robert Granetz	Shot 03 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=0.54 s. Cell access for RF. Next shot: repeat, no changes.
Jul 8 2009 10:37:21:427AM	1090708004	Robert Granetz	Shot 04 -- Fizzle. Next shot: reduce pre-fill by 1 ms (to 16 ms)
Jul 8 2009 10:55:07:083AM	1090708005	Robert Granetz	Shot 05 -- Fizzle. Next shot: decrease pre-fill another 2 ms (to 14 ms).
Jul 8 2009 11:25:38:677AM	1090708006	Robert Granetz	Shot 06 -- Plasma. Disrupts at t=0.83 s. Prf_E=0.75 MW, numerous faults. Lots of hard x-rays. There was some peculiar thing flying past the WIDE2 view immediately after the disruption. Next shot: I'm tempted to reduce the pre-fill some more because of this disruption, but I want to avoid the early hard x-rays, so I'll leave the pre-fill as is. We'll probably get a fizzle.
Jul 8 2009 11:38:26:863AM	1090708007	Robert Granetz	Shot 07 -- Plasma. Good shot. Some early hards. Prf_D=0.6 MW, Prf_E=0.5-0.75 MW. Next shot: enable argon (50 ms); enable HIREX-SR gate valve; add 1 ms to pre-fill. Also increase early PG3 programming in seg 1 a bit.
Jul 8 2009 11:45:52:520AM	1090708008	Robert Granetz	Shot 08 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=0.73 s. No early hard x-rays though. E-port faulted a lot. Next shot: reduce pre-fill by 1 ms.
Jul 8 2009 12:00:57:523PM	1090708009	Robert Granetz	Shot 09 -- Plasma. Good shot. Lots of early hard x-rays again. Prf_D=0.9 MW w/faulting, Prf_E=0.75 MW clean. H/(H+D)=25% Next shot: increase pre-fill 2 ms, increase early PG3 programming
Jul 8 2009 12:13:24:490PM	1090708010	Robert Granetz	Shot 10 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=0.78 s. This time it was clearly an injection that can be seen on the xtomo signals. E-port RF faulted a lot. No early hard x-rays. Next shot: reduce pre-fill 2 ms because of this disruption
Jul 8 2009 12:20:32:553PM	1090708011	Robert Granetz	Shot 11 -- Fizzle. Next shot: no DPCS changes
Jul 8 2009 12:39:45:193PM	1090708012	Robert Granetz	Shot 12 -- Plasma. Good shot. Huge hard x-ray signal. Prf_D=1 MW, Prf_E=1 MW. Next shot: increase pre-fill by 2 ms
Jul 8 2009 12:51:42:613PM	1090708013	Robert Granetz	Shot 13 -- Plasma. Good shot. No hard x-rays. Prf_D=1 MW, Prf_E faulted a lot. H/(H+D)=0.23-0.28 Next shot: add 1 ms to pre-fill
Jul 8 2009 01:02:06:863PM	1090708014	Robert Granetz	Shot 14 -- Fizzle. Certainly didn't expect that. Next shot: reduce pre-fill by 2 ms
Jul 8 2009 01:22:29:677PM	1090708015	Robert Granetz	Shot 15 -- Dud! F-side ratiomatic signal is bad; don't know what the breakdown pressure was. Null is normal. No magnetics errors. Ron Rosati tells me that there was a pressure burst several minutes prior to this shot, but it had pumped out when I took the shot. Next shot: No DPCS changes; what the torus pressure closely
Jul 8 2009 01:28:53:787PM	1090708016	Robert Granetz	Shot 16 -- Plasma. Good shot. No hard x-rays. There was a big injection of something at t=0.85 s, but this time the plasma survived. E-port antenna was faulting badly at that time. Next shot: no DPCS changes
Jul 8 2009 01:43:25:613PM	1090708017	Robert Granetz	Shot 17 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=0.87, which is almost exactly when the injection occurred on the preceding shot. Next shot: Get the fizzle out of the way. I've asked Yijun to swap the timing of the D and E antennas. Next shot, D-port will come on first, then E-port. Let's see if that changes the disruption timing.
Jul 8 2009 01:58:58:660PM	1090708018	Robert Granetz	Shot 18 -- Plasma. This one disrupted at t=1.1 s. I think the delayed disruption time is because I had Yijun swap the timing of D and E antennas. Now D-port goes first (Prf_D=1 MW), and E-port comes on at t=1.0 s and goes until the disruption. This is exactly what one would see if E-port is causing the disruptions. Next shot: repeat (probably have to get through a fizzle first though)
Jul 8 2009 02:09:55:210PM	1090708019	Robert Granetz	Shot 19 -- Plasma. Disrupts at t=1.1 s again, which is while E-port is on. Lots of hard x-rays, but if I increase the pre-fill, I think I'll get a fizzle. Next shot: delay E-port turn-on until t=1.4 s
Jul 8 2009 02:32:26:317PM	1090708020	Robert Granetz	Shot 20 -- Plasma. Good shot. This time the E-port power was reduced to 0.6 MW. Almost no hard x-rays. Next shot: repeat, no DPCS changes. Raise E-port power.
Jul 8 2009 02:51:50:007PM	1090708021	Robert Granetz	Shot 21 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=1.33 s, just after E-port antenna turns on (at slightly higher power than on the preceding shot). A lot of fingers seem to be pointing at E-port as the trigger for the disruptions. Next shot: increase outer gap by 4 mm (from 15 to 19 mm) by reducing RCUR by 2 mm
Jul 8 2009 03:01:34:880PM	1090708022	Robert Granetz	Shot 22 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=1.36 s, again when E-port is on. The outer gap increase 1-3 mm. Next shot: tweak RCUR some more to make the outer gap more constant, and to increase it another 1 mm.
Jul 8 2009 03:17:03:787PM	1090708023	Robert Granetz	Shot 23 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=1.28 s, which is before the E-port turn-on time, and well after D-port turned off. Lots of hard x-rays. Outer gap = 19 +/- 1 mm. Next shot: no DPCS changes
Jul 8 2009 03:21:06:710PM	1090708024	Robert Granetz	Shot 24 -- Fizzle. Next shot: increase RCUR by 0.5 mm to reduce elongation slightly
Jul 8 2009 03:34:07:020PM	1090708025	Robert Granetz	Shot 25 -- Fizzle. Next shot: reduce CLEARIN by 1 mm to further reduce the elongation
Jul 8 2009 03:51:31:427PM	1090708026	Robert Granetz	Shot 26 -- Plasma. Disrupted at t=1.45 s. Next shot: reduce CLEARIN again, this time by 4 mm, to further decrease the elongation
Jul 8 2009 04:03:53:770PM	1090708027	Robert Granetz	Shot 27 -- Plasma. Good shot. The CLEARIN change reduced kappa to 1.71, and kept n/ncrit at 1.1. Prf_D=0.85 MW, Prf_E=0.75 MW. Some hard x-rays. H/(H+D)=0.25-0.28 Next shot: increase pre-fill by 1 ms
Jul 8 2009 04:15:25:913PM	1090708028	Robert Granetz	Shot 28 -- Fizzle. Next shot: reduce pre-fill by 1 ms
Jul 8 2009 04:26:56:223PM	1090708029	Robert Granetz	Shot 29 -- Plasma. Good shot. Left gap=1.1 cm, right gap=1.6 cm. kappa=1.71. No hard x-rays. Next shot: no DPCS changes; move E-port earlier
Jul 8 2009 04:38:23:067PM	1090708030	Robert Granetz	Shot 30 -- Fizzle...our classic alternating pattern. Next shot: make sure it's an odd shot number
Jul 8 2009 04:53:26:537PM	1090708031	Robert Granetz	Shot 31 -- Plasma. Good shot. Prf_D=1 MW (clean), Prf_E=0.85 MW (faulting). Next shot: no DPCS changes. Maybe we should skip the even shot number.
Jul 8 2009 05:02:28:630PM	1090708032	Robert Granetz	Shot 32 -- Fizzle. Let's hope that overnight ECDC will get us out of this alternating pattern. End of run
Jul 8 2009 05:30:09:163PM	1090708032	Robert Granetz	After the run, I zapped BP17_BC and BP23_BC. (Neither are being used for anything.)

Engineering Operator Comments
Shot	Time	Type	Status	Comment
1	08:59:46:020AM	Plasma	Ok	TF ground fault
2	09:51:17:240AM	Test	Ok	TF ramp
3	10:11:38:943AM	Plasma	Ok
4	10:33:00:880AM	Plasma	Ok
5	10:50:07:160AM	Plasma	Ok
6	11:03:49:397AM	Plasma	Ok
7	11:26:35:397AM	Plasma	Ok
8	11:39:14:350AM	Plasma	Ok
9	11:52:09:410AM	Plasma	Ok
10	12:05:04:223PM	Plasma	Ok
11	12:17:56:630PM	Plasma	Ok
12	12:30:43:270PM	Plasma	Ok
13	12:43:28:943PM	Plasma	Ok
14	12:58:15:053PM	Plasma	Ok
15	01:11:02:443PM	Plasma	Ok
16	01:23:50:147PM	Plasma	Ok
17	01:36:34:617PM	Plasma	Ok
18	01:49:20:020PM	Plasma	Ok
19	02:02:20:117PM	Plasma	Ok
20	02:21:54:897PM	Plasma	Ok
21	02:38:11:600PM	Plasma	Ok
22	02:52:26:083PM	Plasma	Ok
23	03:05:05:927PM	Plasma	Ok
24	03:17:42:210PM	Plasma	Ok
25	03:30:16:333PM	Plasma	Ok
26	03:42:59:037PM	Plasma	Ok
27	03:56:15:537PM	Plasma	Ok
28	04:08:54:287PM	Plasma	Ok
29	04:21:36:960PM	Plasma	Ok
30	04:34:19:020PM	Plasma	Ok
31	04:47:05:270PM	Plasma	Ok
32	04:59:35:553PM	Plasma	Ok