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Miniproposals
Miniproposal:568
Date Filed: 8/10/2009
Title:Plasma Performance Evaluation with Boron coated Molybdenum Tiles
First Author:Steve Wukitch
Session Leader:Steve Wukitch (shots 1-28)

Operators
Session leader(s):Steve Wukitch
Physics operator(s):Steve Wolfe
Engineering operator(s):Bill Parkin,Bill Byford,Gary Dekow

Engineering Operator Run Comment
Post Boronization discharges EO Parkin PO Wolfe SL Wukitch

Session Leader Plans
Entered: Aug 10 2009 04:57:29:560PM
Author: Steve Wukitch
Establish standard discharge at 5.4 T, IP =1 MA, nl04~1, right gap ~1.0 cm, elongation ~1.6, upper and lower triangularity 0.3 and 0.55 respectively (similar to 1090805001) where a steady EDA is obtained.

Run the ICRF power at 3 MW from 0.7 to 1.1 sec and increase to 4 MW from 1.1 to 1.5 sec.

If plasma performance is maintained in excess of 50 MJ (30 discharges) increase RF power 5 MW.

Monitor stored energy, H89, Prad, and Mo.

Physics Operators Plans
Entered: Aug 10 2009 03:56:16:543PM
Author: Steve Wolfe
Physop Plan and Engineering Setup for Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009
MP#? Plasma performance evaluation with boron coated molybdenum tiles
SL: wukitch
PO: wolfe

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

Power systems as on:1090805001

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)
fill NINJA with 10 psi D2 DISABLED

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

Torvac gatevalve toggle (yes/no): No

Boronization(yes/no): YES
Overnight ECDC (yes/no): YES
ICRF(yes/no): yes
LH(yes/no): no
DNB(yes/no): NO
Cryopump (yes/no): no

Vessel temperature: 35/35/35


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Boronization Parameters
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Vessel temp 60/60/60
foreline(TC6) pressure request: 60 mTorr
sweep (rmin/rdwell/rmax): 44/75/80 cm
scan: 60/120 s
dP: 120 psi
EF4: 200 A

Post Boronization ECDC
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1st Gas Setup:
Gas: He
sweep: 44/103/45 cm
scan: 20/120 s
Pressure: 5e-5 Torr
Duration: 1 hr

2nd gas setup:
Gas: D2
sweep: 44/103/45 cm
scan: 20/120 s
Pressure: 2e-4 Torr
Duration: 2hrs (or until 7:00AM)

RF will want to condition the J-port antenna in the morning,
so it may be necessary to shut down the D2 ECDC before two hours.
We will delay the start of the run if necessary

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Physop plan:
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Start from 1090805001 with nl04 target raised to 1.0e20
Adjust per SL instructions.
Run constant shots with RF until degradation of performance sets in,
or we run out of runtime, whichever comes first.

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Aug 11 2009 05:00:52:023PM
Author: Steve Wukitch
It was an ugly day. The plasma confinement was poor all day and the
tungsten injections were plasma killers. If the H/H+D was not reduced
to 5% level one would have had difficulty knowing that the machine had
been boronized. We found that with the strike point on the upper half
the tungsten tile resulted in better plasmas while below that resulted
in early disruptions. D antenna could use some vacuum conditioning.

Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Aug 11 2009 05:45:16:717PM
Author: Steve Wolfe
We got started at around 11:00AM. The boronization to 120psi
drop in the bottle pressure took until about 7:00, and we took
an hour for J-port conditioning between the He ECDC and half an
hour of D2 ECDC before starting up. 

The plan was to get the rf and plasma going and get good performance
EDA H-modes, then see how long it took for performance to degrade.
However, we never really got the good performance EDA's at all.
The major problem seemed to be injestion of tungsten whenever we ran 
high power onto LSN discharges, leading to disruptions on a high fraction of shots. It seems likely that we have exposed a leading edge
on the row of tungsten tiles, and/or splattered some W someplace else
that is getting hit by the strike point. We tried moving the strike point up
and down, but still were getting W in on most shots. Best location
was probably on #25, with zxl at +.015, which put the strike point
at or above the third tile from the bottom (which is the W row). Lower
strikes seemed to be worse, although Matt was seeing the WI line
higher up in his view. 

At nl04 of 9e19 and higher we had some EDA behavior, including
QC mode on reflectometry and normal H-alpha signatures, but the Prad
still increased linearly through the RF until the H-mode collapsed. 
We never got a decent steady h-mode. 

Running upper null (shots 16-20) got rid of the W problem, but still 
had Mo radiation and no real EDA's. The radiated power rose rapidly
in the h-modes. 

Aside from the W problem, there is additional circumstantial evidence
that this boronization was not effective. The CIII light at breakdown
is essentially the same as it has been for weeks, rather than dropping
to near invisibility as is typical. The runaways were bad much of the 
day, even at high fill pressures and high density, which is not typical 
of post-boronization. The H/D did come down, as low as 2% at the start
of the day, but over the course of the run came back up to ~8%. 

The best stored energies were in the range of 150-160kJ, with up to 4MW
of RF, in the upper null shots. The lower nulls got to just under
150kJ. Confinement was not very good. 

Startup was reasonably robust for post-boronization, with only four
fizzles all of which followed disruptions. However, we did have some
marfing, and lots of injections, large and small, as well as a lot
of runaways. At least four shots disrupted before the RF, including
one killer runaway shot#9. I made lots of gas tweaks, and also 
increased RCUR offset and raised Bz (IC_EF4U more positive).

Scorecard
     Tests/No Power     0
     Duds               0
     Fizzles            4
     Plasmas           24 (only 6 full length)
     =========         ==
     Shots             28

Session Leader Comments
Aug 11 2009 10:56:15:807AM1090811001Steve Wukitchearly disruption ~0.28 s
Aug 11 2009 11:10:48:943AM1090811002Steve Wukitchearly disruption ~0.76 s
Aug 11 2009 11:45:52:627AM1090811004Steve Wukitchdisruption ~1.05 s

maybe EDA like

little RF



Aug 11 2009 11:54:12:150AM1090811005Steve Wukitchdisruption ~0.9 s

H-mode

2 MW ICRF

lower target density to nl04~0.8
Aug 11 2009 12:05:38:047PM1090811006Steve Wukitchplasma

H-modes

RF is ratty and D and E eventually fault out

chase match for D antenna

raise power on each antenna
Aug 11 2009 12:27:36:033PM1090811008Steve Wukitchearly disruption
Aug 11 2009 12:45:36:453PM1090811009Steve Wukitchrunaways - early disruption
Aug 11 2009 12:59:38:323PM1090811009Steve Wukitchearly disruption
Aug 11 2009 01:03:58:907PM1090811010Steve Wukitchplasma - disruption ~0.77

not much RF

move the strike point down


Aug 11 2009 01:13:14:930PM1090811011Steve Wukitchfizzle
Aug 11 2009 01:33:59:210PM1090811012Steve Wukitchplasma - disruption

numerous UFOs from C-D divertor location visible on D and J antenna views

ramp ICRF power from 0.8 to 4 MW
Aug 11 2009 01:38:10:133PM1090811013Steve Wukitchfizzle
Aug 11 2009 03:40:58:103PM1090811014Steve Wukitchplasma - disruption

next shot - USN
Aug 11 2009 02:03:34:250PM1090811015Steve Wukitchfizzle
Aug 11 2009 03:39:53:667PM1090811016Steve Wukitchplasma- USN

H-modes

matches were okay

repeat with nl04~1
Aug 11 2009 03:39:25:523PM1090811017Steve Wukitchplasma - disruption ~1 sec

no H-modes - D antenna was poor - match was off

chase match on D antenna

repeat
Aug 11 2009 03:39:14:087PM1090811018Steve Wukitchfizzle
Aug 11 2009 03:38:28:337PM1090811019Steve Wukitchplasma - H-modes

D was off during H-modes

try for match on D antenna


Aug 11 2009 03:37:29:913PM1090811020Steve Wukitchplasma

J3 overloaded
D match was off

back to LSN with strike point higher off the floor, nl04~0.9
Aug 11 2009 03:36:33:820PM1090811021Steve Wukitchplasma

H-mode - even EDA

strikepoint was firmly on W tile

chase D antenna tune


Aug 11 2009 03:35:53:287PM1090811022Steve Wukitchearly disruption
Aug 11 2009 03:57:22:693PM1090811023Steve Wukitchplasma

H-modes - not steady

raise density to nl04~1
Aug 11 2009 04:08:23:470PM1090811024Steve Wukitchplasma - disruption

raise strike point another 1/2 tile
Aug 11 2009 04:23:34:247PM1090811025Steve Wukitchplasma - disrupted late

H-modes were mildly EDA

on Yijun Lin's 1.0 scale the performance is poor (<150 kJ for 3 MW ICRF)

strike point back to 014 - will it disrupt earlier?
Aug 11 2009 04:35:10:537PM1090811026Steve Wukitchplasma - disruption - reproducible strike point low results in early disruption

raise density and strike point
Aug 11 2009 04:52:23:393PM1090811027Steve Wukitchplasma - another disruption

separate D&E from J where J is later
Aug 11 2009 05:00:37:243PM1090811028Steve Wukitchplasma - another disruption

keep plasma machining

maybe tomorrow will be a better day.


Physics Operator Comments
Aug 11 2009 07:50:29:237AMSteve Wolfe
Setting up for boronization recovery, evaluation run
We're probably going to have a late start, the boronization just 
finished, no ecdc yet. ICRF will want to condition before we
get started. 

Load from 1090805001
 Check dpcs_fizzle, shot=1090731017
 seg1: 
  rcur offset from 1000 to 1500
  BR_0=.0005 (leave it)
  IC_EF4U=-1295 (leave it)
  Add pg3 puff in seg1 starting .02sec (for D2 startup)
  Pg4 from 18 to 15msec
 seg2:
  nl04 from 6.5e19 to 1.0e20 at 0.5sec
  Leave pg3 off in seg2 for now
Load at 11-Aug-2009 07:50:02.00
Open tree /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch      -1
Open tree done


Aug 11 2009 08:59:37:773AMSteve Wolfe
The start of the run will be delayed until about 10:30AM so
that we can complete RF conditioning and post-boronization ECDC.


Aug 11 2009 10:16:18:760AMSteve Wolfe
Helium ecdc completed one hour at ~9:00AM
RF conditioning ran into problems with J4, gave up
at 10:00 getting up to ~20kV.
Started D2 ecdc at 10:00AM, will shut it down at 10:30 and see
how we do. 

Aug 11 2009 11:01:46:000AM1090811001Steve Wolfe
Shot#1: short plasma, to .28sec
prad comes up, big marfe at 0.25sec
lots of gas coming in during startup, zmeter shows a bounce
density gets to 6e19 and hangs up
Something comes in at .25sec

Next: Drop pre-puff and reduce pg3 in seg1

Aug 11 2009 11:12:16:147AM1090811002Steve Wolfe
Shot#2: Pg4 from 15 to 13msec, reduce pg3 in seg1
longer plasma, to .75sec 
Got to 1e20. Some rf faulting on all antennas.
Some hards building up during pulse, up to 1e13?

Next: pg4 back to 15msec, put back some pg3

Aug 11 2009 11:25:12:097AM1090811003Steve Wolfe
Shot#3: Pg4 from 13 to 15msec, increase pg3 in seg1
plasma full length, gets an h-mode, kicked in by rf which
then faults out, h-mode continues. 
Injections all through, almost lost it at .1sec,
bouncy startup. 
Gas system camac is showing pg4 puff on b-side upper again.

Next: increase pg4, 

Aug 11 2009 11:39:56:777AM1090811004Steve Wolfe
Shot#4: Pg4 from 15 to 19msec
plasma to 1.04sec, short h-mode at .7sec
density starts up again at 0.92, get a small gas puff from feedback

Next: enable argon puff, no pcs changes

Aug 11 2009 11:51:10:490AM1090811005Steve Wolfe
Shot#5: enable argon puff, no pcs changes
short plasma, to 0.9sec, still getting injections.
Got 2MW rf, h-mode gets to 100kJ. 

Next: drop nl04 from 1 to 0.8

Aug 11 2009 12:05:10:767PM1090811006Steve Wolfe
Shot#6:  drop nl04 from 1 to 0.8e20
plasma full length, h-modes from .7 to 1.1sec
rf to 3MW for part of pulse, D faults after 1.1sec
A few hards (< 5e12) early. 

Next: pg4 to 21msec

Aug 11 2009 12:24:36:810PM1090811007Steve Wolfe
Shot#7: pg4 from 19 to 21msec
plasma to 1.1sec, multiple h-modes
gets to 135kj, does not look eda to me. 
3MW max, D trips out early. 
Not clear why this one disrupts. 

repeat

Aug 11 2009 12:31:40:817PM1090811008Steve Wolfe
Shot#8: No changes
short plasma, only to 0.5sec, this one had a lot of hards. 
oh1 crowbarred after the disruption
No obvious bounce in startup, but runaways are up to 6e13

Next: pg4 up 2msec


Aug 11 2009 12:47:33:330PM1090811009Steve Wolfe
Shot#9:  pg4 from 21 to 23msec, raise pg3 in seg1 
Disable argon puff. 
Full runaway startup, disrupts at .4sec

Next: pg4 to 30msec, rcur offset to 2000


Aug 11 2009 01:01:35:107PM1090811010Steve Wolfe
Shot#10: pg4 from 23 to 30msec, rcur offset to 2000
plasma to 0.75sec, startup still running out with 
a pause at 30msec, 120kA. hards to 3e13. 
rf steps up to 3MW just before the disruption (D comes on)

Next: move zxl down to try to get the strike off the W tiles
increase pg4 again. 

Aug 11 2009 01:11:41:097PM1090811011Steve Wolfe
Shot#11: pg4 from 30 to 33msec,  
move zxl from -.005 to -.015 to try to get the strike off the W tiles
fizzle. Finally raised it too far. 

Aug 11 2009 01:36:42:540PM1090811012Steve Wolfe
Shot#12: pg4 from 33 to 31msec,  
move zxl from -.005 to -.015 to try to get the strike off the W tiles
plasma to .8sec, still lots of runaways. 
Got an h-mode before it disrupts. strikepoint was on the floor
lots of fireworks from the divertor on most video views. 

There is an uncommanded glitch on the EF1U voltage at rf turnon,
seeing big pickup on the EF1U supply current, about 1kA 
that isn't on the bus rog, right as it goes through zero.

Next: try a slope on rf waveform.

Aug 11 2009 01:42:08:077PM1090811013Steve Wolfe
Shot#13: try a slope on rf waveform.
increase pg3 puff in seg1
fizzle. big ciii signal spike, never burns out on halpha.

Next: tweak ef4 more positive. 

Aug 11 2009 01:52:39:037PM1090811014Steve Wolfe
Shot#14:  Ic_ef4u from -1295 to -1280
 plasma to 0.9sec, less runaways.
 some hesitation in startup. 

Next: go to upper single null. 

Aug 11 2009 02:03:10:060PM1090811015Steve Wolfe
Shot#15: Import seg3 fron 1090728032 (upper null) 
Adjust Ip from 900kA to 1MA, seg2 off seg3 on
move zcur in seg1 to zero at 0.1sec

fizzle, need to reduce pg4 now.

Aug 11 2009 02:19:49:400PM1090811016Steve Wolfe
Shot#16: Pg4 from 31 to 28msec
Import seg3 fron 1090728032 (upper null) 
Adjust Ip from 900kA to 1MA, seg2 off seg3 on
move zcur in seg1 to zero at 0.1sec

plasma full length, getting hards again. 
multiple H-modes. Got up to 5MW, radiation is high.

Next: raise nl04 to 1e20

Aug 11 2009 02:35:34:740PM1090811017Steve Wolfe
Shot#17:  raise nl04 to 1e20, lose the pg3 puff in seg3
turn on D gain to 3 on nl04 until 0.5sec in seg3
No change to startup, see if it will come around on its own.

Disrupts at 1.05sec. No H-mode. hards down.
No Dport, maxes out at 3MW. big injection, not sure of what.

Next: repeat?


Aug 11 2009 02:43:15:090PM1090811018Steve Wolfe
Shot#18: repeat
fizzle. drop the fill and hope it doesn't runaway

Aug 11 2009 02:59:54:823PM1090811019Steve Wolfe
Shot#19: pg4 from 28 to 27msec
plasma full length, 4h-modes. no runaways to speak of. 
Just over 4MW, over 160kJ, all h-modes look elm-free
Prad gets to 4MW.  

Aug 11 2009 03:11:17:987PM1090811020Steve Wolfe
Shot#20: pg4 from 27 to 26msec
plasma full length, No h-mode
D faults out, J quits after 1.3sec

Next: go back to LSN, raise strike point

Aug 11 2009 03:29:28:267PM1090811021Steve Wolfe
Shot#21: seg2 on seg3 off, ZXL from -.015 to +.005
nl04 to 9e19, off at 1.2sec 
plasma to 1.4sec, possible EDA on the 3rd H-mode, 1.0to 1.3sec 
gets unhappy on step above 4MW. 
140 to 150kJ during h-modes. 

Next: drop the fill a bit.

Aug 11 2009 03:37:30:553PM1090811022Steve Wolfe
Shot#22: pg4 from 26 to 25msec
leave zxl alone this time.
early disruption. 2 early marfes, second one killed it; 
that one looks like an injection. 

Back off seg1 pg3 puff 

Aug 11 2009 03:52:05:130PM1090811023Steve Wolfe
Shot#23: pg4 from 25 to 24msec
back off pg3 in seg1
plasma full length!
Lots of H-modes. Early hards are back. 
lots of injections too. Ugly shot.
RF stayed in pretty well, 3MW to 1.1sec, then 4MW as programmed

Aug 11 2009 04:04:59:043PM1090811024Steve Wolfe
Shot#24: nl04 from .9 to 1e20
plasma to .7sec, rf on at 0.6sec
hmode to the end. 

Next raise strike point again.

Aug 11 2009 04:18:23:757PM1090811025Steve Wolfe
Shot#25: raise zxl from .005 to .015
pg4 from 24 to 23msec
plasma to 1.4sec, some early hards
three h-modes, sort of eda-ish, but prad increasing linearly.
Last one gets a fatal injection.
first h-mode ~145kJ at 3MW.

Next: move strike back down as on 14 

Aug 11 2009 04:32:04:470PM1090811026Steve Wolfe
Shot#26: lower zxl from .015 to -.015 (against Matt's advice)
No change to startup
disrupts at 0.8sec, still 100msec after rf. 
gets to 130kJ or so, looks like W again. 

Next: raise density and strike point


Aug 11 2009 04:51:09:080PM1090811027Steve Wolfe
Shot#27: zxl -.015 to -.01, nl04 from 1 to 1.1e20
leave pg4 alone at 23msec. 
plasma to 0.8sec, got to 1.05e20, some hards early (1e13)
looks almost like a re-run of 26. H-mode looks like eda until it
crashes, still looks like W. 
Getting glitches on the EF1U voltage again, just after 0.7sec
injection happens at 0.8sec. 

Next: repeat the discharge, separate the RF 

Aug 11 2009 04:59:26:807PM1090811028Steve Wolfe
Shot#28: repeat the discharge, separate the RF
plasma to 0.9sec, hards went away. 
Two h-modes neither very eda-ish.
RF very ratty, both D and E, didn't make it to J. 

END OF RUN.  

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
110:52:41:350AMPlasmaOk
211:05:44:110AMPlasmaOk
311:18:31:527AMPlasmaOk
411:31:18:943AMPlasmaOk
511:46:21:860AMPlasmaOk
611:59:42:403AMPlasmaOk
712:12:18:163PMPlasmaOk
812:25:17:610PMPlasmaOk
912:43:00:420PMPlasmaOk
1012:55:50:040PMPlasmaOk
1101:08:29:720PMPlasmaOk
1201:21:02:607PMPlasmaOk
1301:35:56:163PMPlasmaOk
1401:48:37:610PMPlasmaOk
1502:01:28:120PMPlasmaOk
1602:14:49:163PMPlasmaOk
1702:27:40:767PMPlasmaOk
1802:40:24:980PMPlasmaOk
1902:53:04:880PMPlasmaOk
2003:06:45:157PMPlasmaOk
2103:21:03:493PMPlasmaOk
2203:33:27:130PMPlasmaOk
2303:46:01:437PMPlasmaOk
2404:00:13:180PMPlasmaOk
2504:12:40:893PMPlasmaOk
2604:25:05:700PMPlasmaOk
2704:42:03:150PMPlasmaOk
2804:54:31:270PMPlasmaOk

System Availability
Aug 11 2009 10:52:19:053AM
SystemAvailableCommentAvailability
Changed
OwnerDescriptionWho Can
Change
Active MHDnosecured - tagged outJun 02 2008 11:03AM (sears)Joe SnipesActive MHD Antennasears,snipes
BESyes7 horizontal views spread out R_maj=[0.72-0.9m], 3 cm over the tokamak midplane (beam) Jul 09 2009 05:12PM (bespam)Bill RowanBeam Emission Spectroscopybespam,liao,rowan
Bolometersyes2pi (diode+foil), AXA, AXJ, WB3AX, WB4AX, LEDGE-AX working fine. MID/LEDGE/DIV foils still need calibrations appliedJul 28 2009 09:59AM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeBolometershutch,mlreinke
BoronizationnoBottle Removed from the Cell, Piezo box on Igloo Removed. System in safe mode for In-Vessel AccessMay 30 2008 02:25PM (dekow)Jim IrbyBoronizationdekow,irby
CNPAnoSingle channel CNPA available as of 12/1707Jun 10 2009 10:22AM (twf)Ron ParkerCompact Neutral Analyzerparker
Cryopump - Upper DivertornoCyopump hardware is not yet reinstalled in the cell.Jul 14 2009 09:21PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardUpper Divertor Cryopumpirby,labombard
CXRSyesThe wide-view toroidal array was installed, spatially and absolutely calibrated. There are 7 toroidal chords intersect the beam at the major_R_range=[74.2:83.6]cm. Spatial resolution: 1.2 cm. The F-top wide-view poloidal array was installed and spatially calibrated. There are 19 chords intersect the beam at the major_R_range=[0.65:0.9.]m. Spatial resolution: 1.22 cm.Jul 09 2009 05:16PM (bespam)Bill RowanCharge Exchange Spectroscopybespam,blip,liao,rachmcd,rowan
D Alphayes\ha2_bright is available; \SPECTROSCOPY::TOP.VUV.VIS_SIGNALS:MCP_VIS_SIG1 is not availableJul 01 2009 09:45AM (terry)Jim TerryBalmer Alpha Monitorirby,terry,wolfe
Dalsayessystem is aligned and operating; not yet calibratedJul 14 2009 02:22PM (marmar)Earl MarmarVisible Bremsstrahlungmarmar
Disruption Mitigationnosafely disabled; ready to be dismantledMay 28 2008 10:22AM (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
DNBnopower locked & tagged out; gate valve disabledMay 28 2008 10:03AM (granetz)Robert GranetzDiagnostic Neutral Beamdterry,granetz,gung
ECDCno6/10/09 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 ActivityJun 10 2009 02:35PM (dekow)Jim Irby2.45 GHz, 3 kW, discharge cleaning systemdekow,irby,pfeiffer
FRC-ECEyesThe lower freq. 16 channels are ready. Still need calibration and signal level adjustmentsJul 14 2009 12:15PM (phillips)Perry PhillipsHeterodyne ECE-32 channelsphillips
G-Side RatiomaticyesGauge installed. Problem with controller - signal noisy.Jul 14 2009 09:11PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardG-side ratiomatic ionization gaugelabombard,toland
Glow Dischargeno6/10/09: 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 AccessJun 10 2009 01:47PM (dekow)Jim Irby1 kV, 5 A, glow discharge systemdekow,dterry,irby
GPCyesOperational.Jul 28 2009 04:23PM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Polychromaterhubbard,schmidt
GPC2yesMost channels operational.Jul 28 2009 04:23PM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Polychromaterhubbard,schmidt
GPIyesThe 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 TerryGas Puff Imagingterry,zweben
H/Dyesposes no safety hazard for people working around the machineJun 18 2009 01:04PM (marmar)Earl MarmarH/D Ratiomarmar
HEATnoDisconnect 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 JryesHirex-Jr has been installed and testedJun 17 2009 11:54AM (rice)John RiceHigh Resolution X-Rayince,rice
Hirex Sryescurrently only one detector is operational, off-axis He-like argon emissionJul 14 2009 10:01AM (rice)John RiceHigh Resolution X-Rayince,rice
HXRnoIn safe mode (high voltage turned off)May 27 2008 09:19PM (schmidt)Ron ParkerHard X-Ray Arrayparker,schmidt
ICRF D-Antennayesoperational at 80 MHzJul 21 2009 04:49PM (wukitch)Steve WukitchD-port antennawukitch,ylin
ICRF E-Antennayesantenna and FFT operationalJul 21 2009 04:49PM (wukitch)Steve WukitchE-port antennawukitch,ylin
ICRF J-Antennayesavailable for conditioning and testingJul 21 2009 04:50PM (wukitch)Steve WukitchJ-port antennawukitch,ylin
Lower HybridnoBreaker locked and tagged out. Waveguide disassembly started. Open Waveguides have been shorted.May 28 2008 09:47AM (dterry)Ron ParkerLower Hybriddterry,parker,wallaceg
LPInoBeam line removedMay 30 2008 02:09PM (bose)Earl MarmarLithium Pellet Injectorbose,marmar
Ly-alphayesMidplane, WB4-LY, LEDGE-LY all collecting data but processed data not in tree. WB1-LY not attached.Jul 07 2009 01:01PM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeLyman alpha cameraslabombard,mlreinke
McPhersonyesCollecting spectra but control system problem is not reporting voltages to treeJul 28 2009 10:00AM (mlreinke)Jim TerryVUV Spectrometermlreinke,terry
MichelsonyesOperational. Recalibrated 7/27/09.Jul 28 2009 04:22PM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Te Profileshubbard,schmidt
MKSyesGauges are on. B-bottom is not operating - bad sensor head?Jul 14 2009 09:12PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardBaratron pressure gaugeslabombard
MLPnoSystem is in edge lab. Version 2 drivers ready to test. Needs a student to help work on it.Jul 14 2009 09:20PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardMirror Langmuir Probe Electronics Systemlabombard
MSEnoAs of 6/10/09, MSE is calibrated & ready to go. Awaiting DNB.Jun 10 2009 10:34AM (sscott)Steve ScottMotional Stark Effectjinseok,sscott
NeutronsyesNeutron detectors are calibrated and ready to go. Voltages will be turned on prior to first plasma.Jun 10 2009 10:35AM (fiore)Catherine FioreNeutron Detectorsfiore
Neuts and HardsyesOperational --- Uncalibrated and needs to be positioned at portJun 25 2009 05:08PM (irby)Jim IrbyX-Ray/Neutron Detector at K-Horirby
NINJAnoCapillaries were tested in-vessel. Plenum has a leak and needs fixing.Jul 14 2009 09:14PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardNINJA gas pufflabombard,terry
PCIyesSystem is operable. Channels 7 and 9 (of 32) are dead.Aug 05 2009 02:48PM (edlund)Miklos PorkolabPhase Contrast Imagingarai,edlund,ennever,ntsujii,porkolab
Penning GaugesyesHigh voltage is enabled (on during INIT, off during RECOOL).Jun 30 2009 09:42PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardPenning Ionization Gaugeslabombard
Plasma TVyesWIDE1, WIDE2 (chan 33), DANT, JANT and DIV are operational.Jul 01 2009 09:46AM (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 - Alternator Air SwitchyesChecked and Operational as of 06/18/09Jun 19 2009 08:04AM (irby)Gary Dekowfeeds all the other suppliescochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power - PEIyesOperational ---- ECDC running as required Jun 19 2009 08:06AM (irby)Gary DekowPEI Systemcochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power - TMXyesChecked out and ready for Magnet Tests as of 06/18/09Jun 19 2009 08:07AM (irby)Gary DekowEf2s,. EFCs and A-Coilsbyford,cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power SystemsyesChecked out and ready for Magnet Tests as of 06/18/09Jun 19 2009 08:07AM (irby)Jim IrbyC-Mod Magnet Suppliesbyford,cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Probe Array - ISDyesArray is operational with new cPCI data system. Probe 14 has open circuit.Jul 14 2009 09:17PM (labombard)Brian LabombardInner Lower Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - LHnoLH launcher not installed. Cables are unplugged at the A-port rack.Jul 14 2009 09:16PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardLower Hybrid Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - OSDyesArray is operational with new cPCI data system.Jul 14 2009 09:16PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardOuter Lower Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - UDIVyesArray is operational with new cPCI data system. Probe 13 has a bad cable (open).Jul 14 2009 09:17PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardUpper Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
ReflectometeryesAs of 7/21/09, all channels are operational (50, 60, 75, 88, 88usb, 88lsb, 110, 140 and 110-140 swept frequency)Aug 04 2009 11:20AM (dominguez)Earl MarmarReflectometerdominguez,marmar
Scanning Probe - ASPyesProbe is operational. Needs plasma conditioning.Jul 14 2009 09:18PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardA-Port Scanning Probelabombard
Scanning Probe - FSPyesProbe is operational. Needs plasma conditioning.Jul 14 2009 09:18PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardF-Port Scanning Probelabombard
Scanning Probe - WASPyesSystem connected to A-port WASP. Needs plasma testing.Jul 14 2009 09:19PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardInner Wall Scanning Probelabombard,nsmick
SparkeryesSparker now at K-Hor. Set for 100 uA of current. Will up to 200 uA before first plasmaJun 18 2009 01:01PM (irby)Jim IrbyField Emission Preionization for C-Moddekow,irby,parkin
TCIyesSystem restarted and aligned. Several chords available including NL04. Density Feedback available. Ready for plasma.Jun 18 2009 09:15AM (murray)Jim IrbyTwo-Color Interferometerirby,murray
TS - Coreyes2 lasers working. 15 spatial channels operational. Initial (NOT final) Te calibration applied. ***No ne calibration yet*** Aug 05 2009 08:44AM (jwhughes)Jerry HughesCore Thomson scatteringjwhughes,yma,zhang
TS - EdgeyesOperational, but ***uncalibrated***Aug 05 2009 12:13PM (jwhughes)Jerry HughesMillimeter resolution edge Thomson scatteringjwhughes,yma,zhang
Vispecno350 and 670 nm, 4 spatial channelsNov 28 2007 09:58AM (agraf)Alex GrafVisible Spectrometeragraf
XTOMOyescables attached, DAQ test run, ready for first plasmaJun 17 2009 03:42PM (mlreinke)Bob GranetzX-Ray Tomographygranetz,mlreinke

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SystemAvailableCommentAvailability
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OwnerDescriptionWho Can
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Active MHDnosecured - tagged outJun 02 2008 11:03AM (sears)Joe SnipesActive MHD Antennasears,snipes
BESyes7 horizontal views spread out R_maj=[0.72-0.9m], 3 cm over the tokamak midplane (beam) Jul 09 2009 05:12PM (bespam)Bill RowanBeam Emission Spectroscopybespam,liao,rowan
Bolometersyes2pi (diode+foil), AXA, AXJ, WB3AX, WB4AX, LEDGE-AX working fine. MID/LEDGE/DIV foils still need calibrations appliedJul 28 2009 09:59AM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeBolometershutch,mlreinke
BoronizationnoBottle Removed from the Cell, Piezo box on Igloo Removed. System in safe mode for In-Vessel AccessMay 30 2008 02:25PM (dekow)Jim IrbyBoronizationdekow,irby
CNPAnoSingle channel CNPA available as of 12/1707Jun 10 2009 10:22AM (twf)Ron ParkerCompact Neutral Analyzerparker
Cryopump - Upper DivertornoCyopump hardware is not yet reinstalled in the cell.Jul 14 2009 09:21PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardUpper Divertor Cryopumpirby,labombard
CXRSyesThe wide-view toroidal array was installed, spatially and absolutely calibrated. There are 7 toroidal chords intersect the beam at the major_R_range=[74.2:83.6]cm. Spatial resolution: 1.2 cm. The F-top wide-view poloidal array was installed and spatially calibrated. There are 19 chords intersect the beam at the major_R_range=[0.65:0.9.]m. Spatial resolution: 1.22 cm.Jul 09 2009 05:16PM (bespam)Bill RowanCharge Exchange Spectroscopybespam,blip,liao,rachmcd,rowan
D Alphayes\ha2_bright is available; \SPECTROSCOPY::TOP.VUV.VIS_SIGNALS:MCP_VIS_SIG1 is not availableJul 01 2009 09:45AM (terry)Jim TerryBalmer Alpha Monitorirby,terry,wolfe
Dalsayessystem is aligned and operating; not yet calibratedJul 14 2009 02:22PM (marmar)Earl MarmarVisible Bremsstrahlungmarmar
Disruption Mitigationnosafely disabled; ready to be dismantledMay 28 2008 10:22AM (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
DNBnopower locked & tagged out; gate valve disabledMay 28 2008 10:03AM (granetz)Robert GranetzDiagnostic Neutral Beamdterry,granetz,gung
ECDCno6/10/09 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 ActivityJun 10 2009 02:35PM (dekow)Jim Irby2.45 GHz, 3 kW, discharge cleaning systemdekow,irby,pfeiffer
FRC-ECEyesThe lower freq. 16 channels are ready. Still need calibration and signal level adjustmentsJul 14 2009 12:15PM (phillips)Perry PhillipsHeterodyne ECE-32 channelsphillips
G-Side RatiomaticyesGauge installed. Problem with controller - signal noisy.Jul 14 2009 09:11PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardG-side ratiomatic ionization gaugelabombard,toland
Glow Dischargeno6/10/09: 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 AccessJun 10 2009 01:47PM (dekow)Jim Irby1 kV, 5 A, glow discharge systemdekow,dterry,irby
GPCyesOperational.Jul 28 2009 04:23PM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Polychromaterhubbard,schmidt
GPC2yesMost channels operational.Jul 28 2009 04:23PM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Polychromaterhubbard,schmidt
GPIyesThe 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 TerryGas Puff Imagingterry,zweben
H/Dyesposes no safety hazard for people working around the machineJun 18 2009 01:04PM (marmar)Earl MarmarH/D Ratiomarmar
HEATnoDisconnect 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 JryesHirex-Jr has been installed and testedJun 17 2009 11:54AM (rice)John RiceHigh Resolution X-Rayince,rice
Hirex Sryescurrently only one detector is operational, off-axis He-like argon emissionJul 14 2009 10:01AM (rice)John RiceHigh Resolution X-Rayince,rice
HXRnoIn safe mode (high voltage turned off)May 27 2008 09:19PM (schmidt)Ron ParkerHard X-Ray Arrayparker,schmidt
ICRF D-Antennayesoperational at 80 MHzJul 21 2009 04:49PM (wukitch)Steve WukitchD-port antennawukitch,ylin
ICRF E-Antennayesantenna and FFT operationalJul 21 2009 04:49PM (wukitch)Steve WukitchE-port antennawukitch,ylin
ICRF J-Antennayesavailable for conditioning and testingJul 21 2009 04:50PM (wukitch)Steve WukitchJ-port antennawukitch,ylin
Lower HybridnoBreaker locked and tagged out. Waveguide disassembly started. Open Waveguides have been shorted.May 28 2008 09:47AM (dterry)Ron ParkerLower Hybriddterry,parker,wallaceg
LPInoBeam line removedMay 30 2008 02:09PM (bose)Earl MarmarLithium Pellet Injectorbose,marmar
Ly-alphayesMidplane, WB4-LY, LEDGE-LY all collecting data but processed data not in tree. WB1-LY not attached.Jul 07 2009 01:01PM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeLyman alpha cameraslabombard,mlreinke
McPhersonyesCollecting spectra but control system problem is not reporting voltages to treeJul 28 2009 10:00AM (mlreinke)Jim TerryVUV Spectrometermlreinke,terry
MichelsonyesOperational. Recalibrated 7/27/09.Jul 28 2009 04:22PM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Te Profileshubbard,schmidt
MKSyesGauges are on. B-bottom is not operating - bad sensor head?Jul 14 2009 09:12PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardBaratron pressure gaugeslabombard
MLPnoSystem is in edge lab. Version 2 drivers ready to test. Needs a student to help work on it.Jul 14 2009 09:20PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardMirror Langmuir Probe Electronics Systemlabombard
MSEnoAs of 6/10/09, MSE is calibrated & ready to go. Awaiting DNB.Jun 10 2009 10:34AM (sscott)Steve ScottMotional Stark Effectjinseok,sscott
NeutronsyesNeutron detectors are calibrated and ready to go. Voltages will be turned on prior to first plasma.Jun 10 2009 10:35AM (fiore)Catherine FioreNeutron Detectorsfiore
Neuts and HardsyesOperational --- Uncalibrated and needs to be positioned at portJun 25 2009 05:08PM (irby)Jim IrbyX-Ray/Neutron Detector at K-Horirby
NINJAnoCapillaries were tested in-vessel. Plenum has a leak and needs fixing.Jul 14 2009 09:14PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardNINJA gas pufflabombard,terry
PCIyesSystem is operable. Channels 7 and 9 (of 32) are dead.Aug 05 2009 02:48PM (edlund)Miklos PorkolabPhase Contrast Imagingarai,edlund,ennever,ntsujii,porkolab
Penning GaugesyesHigh voltage is enabled (on during INIT, off during RECOOL).Jun 30 2009 09:42PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardPenning Ionization Gaugeslabombard
Plasma TVyesWIDE1, WIDE2 (chan 33), DANT, JANT and DIV are operational.Jul 01 2009 09:46AM (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 - Alternator Air SwitchyesChecked and Operational as of 06/18/09Jun 19 2009 08:04AM (irby)Gary Dekowfeeds all the other suppliescochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power - PEIyesOperational ---- ECDC running as required Jun 19 2009 08:06AM (irby)Gary DekowPEI Systemcochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power - TMXyesChecked out and ready for Magnet Tests as of 06/18/09Jun 19 2009 08:07AM (irby)Gary DekowEf2s,. EFCs and A-Coilsbyford,cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power SystemsyesChecked out and ready for Magnet Tests as of 06/18/09Jun 19 2009 08:07AM (irby)Jim IrbyC-Mod Magnet Suppliesbyford,cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Probe Array - ISDyesArray is operational with new cPCI data system. Probe 14 has open circuit.Jul 14 2009 09:17PM (labombard)Brian LabombardInner Lower Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - LHnoLH launcher not installed. Cables are unplugged at the A-port rack.Jul 14 2009 09:16PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardLower Hybrid Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - OSDyesArray is operational with new cPCI data system.Jul 14 2009 09:16PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardOuter Lower Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - UDIVyesArray is operational with new cPCI data system. Probe 13 has a bad cable (open).Jul 14 2009 09:17PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardUpper Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
ReflectometeryesAs of 7/21/09, all channels are operational (50, 60, 75, 88, 88usb, 88lsb, 110, 140 and 110-140 swept frequency)Aug 04 2009 11:20AM (dominguez)Earl MarmarReflectometerdominguez,marmar
Scanning Probe - ASPyesProbe is operational. Needs plasma conditioning.Jul 14 2009 09:18PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardA-Port Scanning Probelabombard
Scanning Probe - FSPyesProbe is operational. Needs plasma conditioning.Jul 14 2009 09:18PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardF-Port Scanning Probelabombard
Scanning Probe - WASPyesSystem connected to A-port WASP. Needs plasma testing.Jul 14 2009 09:19PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardInner Wall Scanning Probelabombard,nsmick
SparkeryesSparker now at K-Hor. Set for 100 uA of current. Will up to 200 uA before first plasmaJun 18 2009 01:01PM (irby)Jim IrbyField Emission Preionization for C-Moddekow,irby,parkin
TCIyesSystem restarted and aligned. Several chords available including NL04. Density Feedback available. Ready for plasma.Jun 18 2009 09:15AM (murray)Jim IrbyTwo-Color Interferometerirby,murray
TS - Coreyes2 lasers working. 15 spatial channels operational. Initial (NOT final) Te calibration applied. ***No ne calibration yet*** Aug 05 2009 08:44AM (jwhughes)Jerry HughesCore Thomson scatteringjwhughes,yma,zhang
TS - EdgeyesOperational, Te calibration is thought to be good. Density is ***uncalibrated***Aug 11 2009 02:31PM (jwhughes)Jerry HughesMillimeter resolution edge Thomson scatteringjwhughes,yma,zhang
Vispecno350 and 670 nm, 4 spatial channelsNov 28 2007 09:58AM (agraf)Alex GrafVisible Spectrometeragraf
XTOMOyescables attached, DAQ test run, ready for first plasmaJun 17 2009 03:42PM (mlreinke)Bob GranetzX-Ray Tomographygranetz,mlreinke