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Miniproposal:604
Date Filed: 6/9/2010
Title:Effect of Elongation on the Generation of Disruption Runaway Electrons Using LH-driven Seed
First Author:Robert Granetz
Session Leader:Robert Granetz (shots 1-30)

Operators
Session leader(s):Robert Granetz
Physics operator(s):Ian Hutchinson
Engineering operator(s):Bill Cochran,Sam Pierson,Bill Byford

Engineering Operator Run Comment
MP604 - Effect of Elongation on the Generation of Disruption Runaway

Session Leader Plans
Entered: Sep 8 2010 08:48:45:123AM
Author: Robert Granetz

MP604 - Effect of Elongation on the Generation of Disruption Runaway
        Electrons Using LH-driven Seed

Session leader: R. Granetz
Physics operator: I. Hutchinson

Overnight: standard ECDC and 60 C bake.

Run will start at 09:00 and end at 17:00.

Power systems as on 1100217019 (0.8 MA, limited, low elongation)

A-coil configuration: +Dtop -Dbot -Jtop +Jbot; Hybrid enabled (standard
configuration)

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

Enable the following gate valves and shutters, assuming no vacuum problems:
  ECE, VUV, Z-bolo, HIREX-Sr, B-spectrometer GV
 
Torvac setup: keep gate valves open during pulse

LHCD: P_LH >= 0.7 MW, t=0.80-1.05 s; 90 deg phasing or whatever is
  best for driving suprathermal electrons; ready to go on shot 1.

LBO: laser blowoff loaded with tungsten slide and focused so that enough
  impurity will be injected to reliably disrupt an 0.8 MA plasma.  LBO
  trigger should be set for t=1.000 s.  LBO should be DISABLED for the
  start of the run.

Gas jet: filled with 50 bar mixture of 85% He, 15% Ar.  Should be DISABLED
  for the start of the run

ICRF: none

Cryopump: not needed

DNB: not needed

Necessary diagnostics:
  LH hard x-ray array
  WIDE1, WIDE2, and LH video cameras; GHLIM camera is desirable
  Thermocouples on limiters
  Divertor IR camera is desirable
  Plasma current Rogowski

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Run plan: We want to trigger disruptions in a series of plasmas with
  decreasing elongation.  The goal is to determine if low-elongation,
  limited plasmas have a propensity for current quenches with significant
  runaway electron (RE) populations.  LHCD will be used to seed the plasma
  with suprathermal electrons prior to the disruption.  Reproducible
  disruptions will be generated by two different methods: (1) gas jet, and
  (2) tungsten injection.  A plateau in the plasma current decay will be
  the principal signature of RE's.  Hard x-ray diagnostics (HXR monitor,
  HXR array, forward visible emission) will provide information on
  suprathermal electrons, and limiter thermocouples (and maybe the divertor
  IR camera) will diagnose energy deposited to first wall structures.
  Melting of limiters is not desirable, and if this is observed, this
  experiment will be modified or terminated accordingly.  Kinetic profiles
  before and during the disruption are desired for use with NIMROD modeling.

  A relatively recent low-elongation limited discharge is 1100217019, for
  which kappa=1.15.  But I want to start with near-normal elongations and
  step down to lower and lower elongations.

Step 1:
  Load seg 1 from a recent standard non-cryopump startup.
  Load seg 2 of 1100217019, but set CLEARIN to -2.5 cm to make a
  barely-limited equilibrium, adjusting RCUR to get a 15 mm outboard
  gap.  Also keep Ip at 0.8 MA for the entire flattop, and set Btor to 5.3
  T.  Inject LH during t=0.8-1.05 s. (2 shots)

  Repeat, adjusting outer gap and LH in order to generate a large
  suprathermal population. (2 shots)

Step 2:
  Trigger a disruption at t=1.00 s with the gas jet.  Confirm lack of RE
  current in CQ. (1 shot)

Step 3:
  Trigger a disruption at t=1.00 s with LBO W injection.  Confirm lack of
  RE current in CQ. (1 shot)
  
Step 4:
  Reduce CLEARIN to -4.5 cm, adjusting RCUR to keep outer gap unchanged.
  Inject LH during t=0.8-1.05 s.  Repeat, adjusting outer gap and LH in
  order to generate a large suprathermal population (3 shots)

Step 5:
  Trigger a disruption at t=1.00 s with the gas jet.  Check for RE current
  plateau in CQ, and limiter tile heating.  If no RE plateau is observed,
  repeat one time (2 shots)

If no RE plateau is observed, or tile heating is minimal and Mo production
is minimal, then
Step 6:
  Trigger a disruption at t=1.00 s with LBO W injection.  Check for RE
  current plateau in CQ, and limiter tile heating. (1 shot)

If no RE plateau is observed, or tile heating is minimal and Mo production
is minimal, then
Step 7:
  Reduce CLEARIN to -7.0 cm, adjusting RCUR to keep outer gap unchanged.
  Inject LH during t=0.8-1.05 s.  Repeat, adjusting outer gap and LH in
  order to generate a large suprathermal population (3 shots)
  
Step 8:
  Trigger a disruption at t=1.00 s with the gas jet.  Check for RE current
  plateau in CQ, and limiter tile heating.  If no RE plateau is observed,
  repeat one time (2 shots)

If no RE plateau is observed, or tile heating is minimal and Mo production
is minimal, then
Step 9:
  Trigger a disruption at t=1.00 s with LBO W injection.  Check for RE
  current plateau in CQ, and limiter tile heating. (1 shot)

If we get through all of this and tile heating and Mo production is
minimal, then I would like to try a low-elongation diverted configuration.


Physics Operators Plans

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Sep 8 2010 05:50:24:047PM
Author: Robert Granetz

Although decreasing the plasma elongation to 1.5, 1.3, 1.15, and finally 1.0 resulted in
clear signs of LH-seeded suprathermal electrons existing in the current quench, the runaway
population was not enough to effect the current quench in a significant way.

We ran inboard limited plasmas all day, with LH power of 0.55-0.65 on most shots.  The gas
jet system worked extremely reliably, and was able to reproducibly disrupt the plasma with
a 1.7 ms valve pulse of 50 bar of 85% He, 15% Ar.  The gas jet shots at the lower elongations
showed a clear dump of RE's at the end of the current quench.  We also used laser blowoff of
tungsten to disrupt some plasmas, but these didn' show any signs of RE's in the CQ.  We even
disrupted a single shot with a large argon puff, with results similar to the LBO W injections.

So, even though we ran C-Mod with low-elongation, even circular plasmas, with LH seeding of
suprathermals, and the same field and size as FT-U, we don't ever see significant runaway
plateaux in the current quench.  This is also unlike every other low-elongation and/or
limited tokamak, including DIII-D.

Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Sep 8 2010 05:17:22:933PM
Author: Ian Hutchinson
Summary
=======

Accomplished all the plan (and a bit more). Controlled disruptions as
required. Only 4 fizzles. Not bad considering most shots are deliberate
disruptions.

Scorecard

  Shot,Duration(s),Ipmax(MA),Result  Shot,Duration(s),Ipmax,Result
  |   01   0.000   0.002   Dud     |   02   1.773   0.806   Plasma  |
  |   03   1.954   0.821   Plasma  |   04   1.955   0.817   Plasma  |
  |   05   1.957   0.816   Plasma  |   06   1.007   0.846   Plasma  |
  |   07   0.000   0.038   Fizzle  |   08   1.015   0.836   Plasma  |
  |   09   1.954   0.814   Plasma  |   10   1.007   0.859   Plasma  |
  |   11   1.007   0.847   Plasma  |   12   0.000   0.039   Fizzle  |
  |   13   1.007   0.823   Plasma  |   14   1.015   0.842   Plasma  |
  |   15   1.946   0.806   Plasma  |   16   1.954   0.808   Plasma  |
  |   17   1.007   0.880   Plasma  |   18   1.007   0.879   Plasma  |
  |   19   1.007   0.887   Plasma  |   20   1.933   0.803   Plasma  |
  |   21   0.806   0.872   Plasma  |   22   0.694   0.854   Plasma  |
  |   23   0.000   0.037   Fizzle  |   24   1.007   0.651   Plasma  |
  |   25   1.007   0.651   Plasma  |   26   1.007   0.661   Plasma  |
  |   27   1.016   0.653   Plasma  |   28   0.000   0.035   Fizzle  |
  |   29   1.019   0.652   Plasma  |   30   1.007   0.858   Plasma  |
 
Date 1100908:  30 shots.  25 plasmas.   4 fizzles.   1 dud (gas cycle)

Session Leader Comments
Nov 2 2010 03:55:54:513PMRobert Granetz
Run 1100908
                                   HXR       HXR peak    HXR peak  HXR @CQ dump
Shot    Ip    kappa    P_LH      @1.0025 s     @TQ       @CQ dump   /HXR @TQ
       (MA)            (MW)       10^14/s    10^14/s     10^14/s
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 06    0.81   1.45     0.50       0.792       1.73        0.304       0.18
 10    0.80   1.29     0.57       0.306       0.43        0.024       0.06
 11    0.80   1.30     0.58       1.03        1.42        1.02        0.72
 13    0.80   1.30     0.57       1.08        1.96        1.86        0.95
 17    0.80   1.16     0.56       2.35        4.23        0.427       0.10
 18    0.80   1.16     0.57       8.23        4.67        0.206       0.04
 24    0.60   1.01     0.59       4.3         4.10        4.01        0.98
 25    0.60   1.02     0.61       3.3         4.65        3.10        0.67
 26    0.60   1.03     0.60       3.0         3.80        5.16        1.36
 30    0.80   1.31     0.70       4.5         2.03        1.22        0.60

Sep 8 2010 08:58:32:480AM1100908001Robert Granetz
Shot 01 -- No-power test of PG3 fueling valve.  Looks like it opened.

Next shot: go for first plasma

Sep 8 2010 09:13:56:667AM1100908002Robert Granetz
Shot 02 -- Plasma, good equilibrium until t=0.4 s, and then the shot mistakenly switches from segment 2
           to segment 3, which has undesired programming.  Prior to t=0.4 s, the equilibrium was
           just barely limited, with an elongation of 1.48 and an outer gap of 14 mm.

Next shot: repeat with seg 3 turned off

Sep 8 2010 09:26:04:833AM1100908003Robert Granetz
Shot 03 -- Plasma, full length.  Exactly what we want.  Inboard limited, kappa=1.47, outer gap = 10 mm.
           nl_04=0.6e20 m-2

Next shot: turn on 500 kW of LH from t=0.80 to 1.05 s.

Sep 8 2010 09:37:18:650AM1100908004Robert Granetz
Shot 04 -- Plasma, full length.  0.8 MA, 5.4 T, 0.8e20 m-2, limited.  P_LH=0.3 MW.  There are a few
           hard x-rays, but not as much as I was expecting.

Next shot: raise P_LH to 0.5 MW

Sep 8 2010 10:07:23:750AM1100908005Robert Granetz
Shot 05 -- Plasma, full length.  0.8 MA, 5.4 T, 0.8e20 m-2, inboard limited, kappa=1.47, outer gap=10 mm.
           P_LH=0.5 MW, very clean.  Andrea and Greg report very good signals on the central chords of
           the HXR array, despite the small increase on the neuts_hards signal.

Next shot: fire the gas jet at t=1.00 s.  50 bar of 85% He, 15% Ar

Sep 8 2010 10:34:56:720AM1100908006Robert Granetz
Shot 06 -- Plasma.  Gas jet disruption at t=1.005.  Gas jet system worked perfectly.  There were
           two very clear bursts on the neuts_hards signal, the first (bigger one) at the thermal
           quench, and the 2nd at the end of the current quench.  The first is undoubtedly the dump
           of the seed, but some RE's must remain to give the 2nd dump.

           Gas jet plenum started at 51 bar and dropped to 45 bar.  85% He, 15% Ar

Next shot: Use LBO W injection at t=1.001 s to disrupt the plasma.  (gas jet turned off)

Sep 8 2010 10:37:08:100AM1100908007Robert Granetz
Shot 07 -- Fizzle.

Next shot: try again with LBO W injection

Sep 8 2010 11:08:17:220AM1100908008Robert Granetz
Shot 08 -- Plasma, disrupted at t=1.013 s by LBO W injection triggered at t=1.001 s.  kappa=1.45.
           The W injection causes a large increase in neuts_hards, and it takes 10 ms to cause a
           thermal quench.  But the large neuts_hards signal disappears at the thermal quench, and
           no spikes are seen during the CQ.  However, there are spikes seen on the edge x-ray array
           (array_4).

Next shot: reduce elongation by reducing CLEARIN to -4.5 cm.  No disruption planned.  LH will be on
           from t=0.80 to 1.01 s (note reduced duration, at Atma's request).

Sep 8 2010 11:23:46:060AM1100908009Robert Granetz
Shot 09 -- Plasma, full length.  0.8 MA, 5.4 T, 0.7e20 m-2, inner limited, kappa=1.29, outer
           gap=11 mm.  P_LH=0.55 MW.  HXR array data looks good.

Next shot: repeat, but with gas jet disruption

Sep 8 2010 11:50:58:783AM1100908010Robert Granetz
Shot 10 -- Plasma, gas jet disruption at t=1.005.  kappa=1.30.  neuts_hards show a large dump
           at the thermal quench, but only a miniscule bump at the end of the CQ.  No sign of
           a plateau during the CQ.  But the edge soft x-ray array shows a roughly linearly 
           decaying signal throughout the current quench.  P_LH=0.55 MW.

           Andrea is doing a full analysis of this shot.

           Gas jet plenum went from 53 bar to 46 bar (85% He, 15% Ar).
           LH is set to fire to t=1.010 s, but is actually turning off at t=1.004 s

Next shot: repeat with gas jet injection

Sep 8 2010 12:12:04:303PM1100908011Robert Granetz
Shot 11 -- Plasma, gas jet disruption at t=1.005 s.  0.8 MA, 5.4 T, 0.7e20 m-2, inner limited,
           kappa=1.30.  P_LH=0.57 MW.  Strong 2nd peak on neuts_hards; good signal on edge SXR,
           but still no sign of any plateau in the CQ.

Next shot: repeat with the gas jet, but reduce gas jet pulse to 1.5 ms

Sep 8 2010 12:35:01:150PM1100908012Robert Granetz
Shot 12 -- Fizzle.  Gas jet trigger fired, but no gas came out with the
           1.5 ms pulse width.

Next shot: gas jet disruption with 1.7 ms valve pulse; kappa=1.30

Sep 8 2010 12:52:30:920PM1100908013Robert Granetz
Shot 13 -- Plasma, disrupted by gas jet at t=1.0055 s.  Much much smaller amount of gas was
           injected because the valve pulse was 1.7 ms instead of 2.0 ms.  kappa=1.30.  Very
           large 2nd peak seen on neuts_hards throughout much of the CQ.  Same on edge SXR.
           But still no plateau.

Next shot: disrupt with LBO W injection; turn off gas jet

Sep 8 2010 01:06:55:847PM1100908014Robert Granetz
Shot 14 -- Plasma, disrupted by LBO W injection triggered at t=1.001 s.  kappa=1.29.  The TQ doesn't
           start until 10 ms after the laser fires.  The neuts_hard signal goes away long before the
           TQ, and the CQ proceeds in discrete steps.  The edge SXR shows spikes at each of the steps,
           but it's nearly all gone by halfway down the CQ.

Next shot: decrease kappa to 1.15; no disruption

Sep 8 2010 01:19:34:403PM1100908015Robert Granetz
Shot 15 -- Plasma, full length.  0.8 MA, 5.4 T, 0.7e20 m-2, inner limited, kappa=1.15.
           P_LH=0.64 MW.  Greg reports that the density is higher with this equilibrium,
           perhaps because the nl_04 path length is reduced, so nl_04 feedback results in
           higher nebar.

Next shot: reduce nl_04 programming by 30%

Sep 8 2010 01:32:05:577PM1100908016Robert Granetz
Shot 16 -- Plasma, full length.  kappa=1.16.  nl_04=0.57e20 m-2.  P_LH=0.65 MW.

Next shot: disrupt with gas jet pulse set for 1.7 ms; also decrease P_LH=0.55-57 MW.

Sep 8 2010 02:23:29:240PM1100908017Robert Granetz
Shot 17 -- Plasma, gas jet disruption at t=1.005 s using a short 1.7 ms valve pulse.  kappa=1.16.
           Similar to earlier shots today with moderate kappa.  The CQ, neuts_hards, edge SXR signals
           aren't any different at this very low elongation.  Note: the gas jet plenum
           pressure started at 53 bar and dropped to 52 bar.

Next shot: repeat, no changes

Sep 8 2010 02:19:24:667PM1100908018Robert Granetz
Shot 18 -- Plasma, gas jet disruption with 1.7 ms valve pulse.  kappa=1.16.  Similar to
           preceding shot.

Next shot: repeat, but turn off LH to see if the spikes we see in the CQ are due to
           LH seed or to acceleration during the disruption

Sep 8 2010 02:39:44:133PM1100908019Robert Granetz
Shot 19 -- Plasma, gas jet disruption, but without any LH.  Result: no sign of hard x-rays.
           So the LH is definitely creating the seed and some of those electrons are surviving into
           the CQ on the previous shots.  The edge SXR still showed finite signal,however.

Next shot: reduce kappa again, maybe to 1.0 or below.  No disruption.  LH on.

Sep 8 2010 02:45:57:447PM1100908020Robert Granetz
Shot 20 -- Plasma.  Tried to get elongation lower than 1.15, but didn't succeed because the change hadn't
           been loaded into DPCS.

Next shot: Try again for very low elongation (CLEARIN = -10 cm)

Sep 8 2010 03:02:59:470PM1100908021Robert Granetz
Shot 21 -- Plasma, but disrupted unexpectedly at t=0.804 ms, right at the start of the LH.  kappa=1.00 !

Next shot: repeat, with LH, and with gas jet.

Sep 8 2010 03:11:25:720PM1100908022Robert Granetz
Shot 22 -- Plasma, but disrupted unexpectedly at t=0.69 s, before LH turned on.  Gas jet fired after
           the plasma was gone.

Next shot: decrease Ip to 0.6 MA and try for circular shape again

Sep 8 2010 03:21:32:213PM1100908023Robert Granetz
Shot 23 -- Fizzle.

Next shot: try again for circular plasma with LH and gas jet

Sep 8 2010 03:43:08:550PM1100908024Robert Granetz
Shot 24 -- Plasma, disrupted by gas jet.  Ip=0.6 MA, kappa=1.01, but LH didn't couple so well.
           Large 2nd peak on neuts_hards, and the CQ is not smooth, but it's duration is not
           extended at all.

Next shot: repeat, adjusting outer gap to better suit LH.

Sep 8 2010 04:05:11:990PM1100908025Robert Granetz
Shot 25 -- Plasma, disrupted by gas jet.  P_LH=0.61 MW.  Strong 2nd peak on neuts_hards, but
           nothing noticeable on CQ.

Next shot: tweak outer gap to help LH reduce heating of grill in preparation for a higher
           power shot after the next one

Sep 8 2010 04:19:22:583PM1100908026Robert Granetz
Shot 26 -- Plasma, disrupted by gas jet.  P_LH=0.60 MW.  kappa=1.02.  2nd neuts_hards peak is
           higher than the peak at the TQ.  No effect on CQ though.  LH grill still has a few
           hot spots.

Next shot: disrupt with LBO W injection; delay start of LH to reduce grill hot spot heating

Sep 8 2010 04:36:14:873PM1100908027Robert Granetz
Shot 27 -- Plasma, disrupted with LBO W injection.   Slow disruption, but the neuts_hards signal
           goes away before the TQ, just as in all previous W injection shots today.  Kappa=1.02.

Next shot: same circular equilibrium, but disrupt by puffing lots of argon

Sep 8 2010 04:40:13:300PM1100908028Robert Granetz
Shot 28 -- Fizzle

Next shot: kappa=1.02, disrupted by argon puff

Sep 8 2010 04:55:38:670PM1100908029Robert Granetz
Shot 29 -- Plasma, disrupted at t=1.02 s with argon puff.  kappa=1.03.  Neuts_hards signal is
           lost by the TQ, with no sign of RE's in the CQ.

Next shot: for the last shot, repeat shot 13, which had kappa=1.30 and a large neuts_hard signal
           in the CQ.  Turn on gas jet.  P_LH as high as possible.

Sep 8 2010 05:10:19:910PM1100908030Robert Granetz
Shot 30 -- Plasma, disrupted by gas jet.  kappa=1.31.  P_LH=0.68 MW.  Ip=0.8 MA.  Similar to
           shot 13, i.e. 2nd peak in neuts_hards, but no different to CQ waveform.  I think we
           have conclusively shown that C-Mod is much, much less prone to disruption runaways
           than any other tokamak, no matter the elongation.

End of run.

Physics Operator Comments
Sep 8 2010 08:37:39:703AMIan HutchinsonUse segment one we inherited from 1100903. Non cryopump.
Load from 1100217019. Check it was using segment 2.
Load from 1100903015. Last week.
Import Seg 2 from 1100217019. This shot is rather circular and fills the
radius with an outer clearance of about 1cm (right gap).
During flat top clearin is -0.07.
Plan calls for clearin=-0.025m. Set this. But it will give a much more
elongated plasma.This adjustment should not change right gap much.
move plasma RCUR in by 2mm to .656.
Flatten Ip to 0.8MA throughout.
Set TF current to 150kA.
Load
Sep 8 2010 09:36:35:757AM1100908002Ian HutchinsonPlasma to rampdown.
Segment 3 accidentally was left on starting at .4s
This is the cause of the sudden z-change. Turn off.

Reduce Ar puff to 50ms.
Load.
Sep 8 2010 09:38:13:493AM1100908004Ian HutchinsonPlasma to rampdown. 300kW LH.
Sep 8 2010 10:16:58:433AM1100908005Ian HutchinsonPlasma. Some runaways again.

Raise fill puff to 23ms from 21ms.
Sep 8 2010 10:30:31:060AM1100908006Ian HutchinsonPlasma disruption triggered at 1s by gas puff.
Sep 8 2010 10:56:45:890AM1100908007Ian HutchinsonFizzle. Base pressure is rather high prior to fill puff.

Fill puff back to 21ms. Load.
Sep 8 2010 11:31:50:420AM1100908008Ian HutchinsonPlasma disrupted by Tungsten injection.

clearin to -.045m. Load.
ICEF4 to -1285 from -1280A. Load
Sep 8 2010 11:32:26:547AM1100908009Ian HutchinsonReduced elongation plasma to rampdown.
Sep 8 2010 12:05:00:410PM1100908010Ian HutchinsonDisrupted by gas puff at 1s.
Sep 8 2010 12:08:30:900PM1100908011Ian HutchinsonRepeat. Gas disruption.
Sep 8 2010 12:44:51:800PM1100908012Ian HutchinsonFizzle.
Sep 8 2010 12:55:34:930PM1100908013Ian HutchinsonPuff disruption.

ICef4 to -1290A. Load.
Sep 8 2010 01:16:18:297PM1100908014Ian HutchinsonPlasma disrupted by tungsten blow off.

Clearin to -0.07m
Sep 8 2010 01:56:19:290PM1100908015Ian HutchinsonLow elongation plasma.

nl04 to .4 from .6e20 to compensate for the shorter path length. Load.
Sep 8 2010 02:24:42:073PM1100908018Ian HutchinsonPlasma disrupted by gas puff.
Sep 8 2010 02:45:14:073PM1100908019Ian HutchinsonDisrupted by gas. No LH.

Clearin to -0.10m.
Ask for OH2 limits of [-30,30] (was [-26,30]) to avoid saturation.
Forgot to load.
Sep 8 2010 02:57:09:060PM1100908020Ian HutchinsonRepeat without disruption.

Load.
Sep 8 2010 03:11:19:820PM1100908021Ian HutchinsonPlasma disrupts at .8s seems to be hit by a brick.

Adjust ICEF4 programming to reduce gain earlier and to target zero current.
Sep 8 2010 03:20:10:480PM1100908022Ian HutchinsonPlasma disrupts early at .68s.

Lower current to 0.6MA.
ICEF4 tweaks more.
Sep 8 2010 03:38:25:483PM1100908023Ian HutchinsonFizzle.
Sep 8 2010 04:01:41:847PM1100908024Ian HutchinsonDisrupted by gas puff.

Decrease RCUR by 2mm to .654
Further ICEF4 moderation. Load.
Sep 8 2010 04:09:15:490PM1100908025Ian HutchinsonPlasma disrupted by gas puff.


RCUR to .652 from .654 to increase outer gap some more.
Tweak Ip ramp.
Sep 8 2010 04:20:29:723PM1100908026Ian HutchinsonPlasma disrupted by gas puff.
Sep 8 2010 04:37:31:463PM1100908027Ian HutchinsonPlasma disrupted by tungsten injection.

Increase Ar pressure to 8psi
Program puff at .93s to 1.13s Load
Sep 8 2010 04:51:19:200PM1100908028Ian HutchinsonFizzle.
Sep 8 2010 05:14:09:920PM1100908029Ian HutchinsonPlasma disrupts at 1.01

Import segment 2 from shot 13. Load
RCUR moved in 2mm.
Disable argon.

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
108:54:30:097AMTestOkGas System Test
209:02:06:900AMPlasmaOk
309:17:31:280AMPlasmaOk
409:30:31:597AMPlasmaOk
509:47:39:023AMPlasmaOk
610:14:44:230AMPlasmaOk
710:33:40:190AMPlasmaOk
810:49:26:193AMPlasmaOk
911:11:09:533AMPlasmaOk
1011:29:12:123AMPlasmaOk
1112:02:18:003PMPlasmaOk
1212:22:59:037PMPlasmaOk
1312:36:41:063PMPlasmaOk
1412:53:23:713PMPlasmaOk
1501:07:35:140PMPlasmaOk
1601:22:40:530PMTestBad
1701:52:54:090PMPlasmaOk
1802:07:38:453PMPlasmaOk
1902:22:19:797PMPlasmaOk
2002:35:44:480PMPlasmaOk
2102:49:58:963PMPlasmaOk
2203:03:42:443PMPlasmaOk
2303:17:59:003PMPlasmaOk
2403:30:56:780PMPlasmaOk
2503:50:24:530PMPlasmaOk
2604:05:59:350PMPlasmaOk
2704:20:19:840PMPlasmaOk
2804:34:27:127PMPlasmaOk
2904:47:24:090PMPlasmaOk
3005:01:57:283PMPlasmaOk

System Availability
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Active MHDnosecured - tagged outJun 02 2008 11:03AM (sears)Joe SnipesActive MHD Antennasears,snipes
BESnoBES system is ready for Up-to-air (Apr, 2010)Mar 31 2010 10:36AM (bespam)Bill RowanBeam Emission Spectroscopybespam,liao,rowan
Bolometersyes2pi (D+F) working. All midplane and off-midplane diode arrays working except WB1AX. Midplane foils calibrated and PRAD_MAIN is being filled. Divertor/Ledge foils not yet ready.Jul 15 2010 08:27AM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeBolometershutch,mlreinke
Boronizationno3/26/10 Bottle Removed From Cell, monitors powered down, Autodialer function bypassedMar 26 2010 05:29PM (dekow)Jim IrbyBoronizationdekow,irby
CNPAnoSingle channel CNPA available as of 12/1707Jun 10 2009 10:22AM (twf)Ron ParkerCompact Neutral Analyzerparker
Cryopump - Upper DivertornoShut down. Helium dewar removed. LN2 manual valve and solenoid valves are closed and tagged.Apr 06 2010 10:51AM (labombard)Brian LaBombardUpper Divertor Cryopumpirby,labombard
CXRSnoWide-view CXRS system is power down and ready for up-to-air (Apr, 2010)Mar 31 2010 10:36AM (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; new calibrations (relative brightness and position) not yet implementedJun 29 2010 10:27AM (marmar)Earl MarmarVisible Bremsstrahlungmarmar
Disruption Mitigationyesoperational, but turned offNov 03 2009 04:59PM (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
DNBnoin test mode onlyNov 03 2009 05:01PM (granetz)Robert GranetzDiagnostic Neutral Beamdterry,granetz,gung
ECDCyesOperationalJun 26 2010 09:28PM (irby)Jim Irby2.45 GHz, 3 kW, discharge cleaning systemdekow,irby,pfeiffer
FRC-ECEyesAll channels working and calibrated.Jul 30 2010 08:13AM (phillips)Perry PhillipsHeterodyne ECE-32 channelsphillips
G-Side RatiomaticyesGauges are operational.Jun 28 2010 08:02PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardG-side ratiomatic ionization gaugelabombard,toland
Glow DischargenoPlugs for Power Supply and Controls have been unplugged and red tagged making system safe for In-Vessel Access.Apr 05 2010 11:18AM (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. Ch 5 preamp replaced 6/18.Jun 22 2010 03:03PM (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/Dyesoperating normallyJun 29 2010 10:26AM (marmar)Earl MarmarH/D Ratiomarmar
HEATyes Jun 26 2010 11:19PM (dekow)Gary Dekow - Machine Heaters -burke,dekow
Hirex JryesHirex-Jr has been installedJun 28 2010 03:36PM (rice)John RiceHigh Resolution X-Rayince,rice
Hirex SryesSystem installed and aligned. Inverted profiles are still not available.Jul 22 2010 08:41AM (ypodpaly)John RiceHigh Resolution X-Rayince,rice,ypodpaly
HXRyes Jun 28 2010 12:12PM (schmidt)Ron ParkerHard X-Ray Arrayparker,schmidt
ICRF D-Antennayessystem checked out ok on 11006728. Jun 28 2010 04:57PM (ylin)Steve WukitchD-port antennawukitch,ylin
ICRF E-Antennayessystem checked out ok on 1100628Jun 28 2010 04:57PM (ylin)Steve WukitchE-port antennawukitch,ylin
ICRF J-Antennayessystem checked out ok. conditioned to vacuum. Jun 28 2010 04:58PM (ylin)Steve WukitchJ-port antennawukitch,ylin
Laser Blow-Offyesoperational and testedJul 20 2010 04:42PM (g)Martin GreenwaldImpurity Injection Systemg,nthoward
Lower HybridyesLH was tested into dummy loads synced to shot. Shorts have been removed. Probe Cal. 6/29/10 evening.Jun 29 2010 03:51PM (dterry)Ron ParkerLower Hybriddterry,parker,wallaceg
Lower Hybrid Reflectometeryes60 GHz system to detect upshifted signalJul 28 2010 01:39PM (sgbaek)Arturo DominguezLower Hybrid Reflectometerdominguez,marmar,parker,sgbaek
LPInoBeam line removedMay 30 2008 02:09PM (bose)Earl MarmarLithium Pellet Injectorbose,marmar
Ly-alphanoWB4LY and LLY working but not during ICRF. WB1LY not attached due to pickup problems. LYMID attached but have profile problems.Aug 24 2010 09:17AM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeLyman alpha cameraslabombard,mlreinke
McPhersonyesSpectra being collected and tree filled. Wavelength scan is broken so fixed on the Mo XXXI and XXXII lines.Jul 15 2010 08:28AM (mlreinke)Jim TerryVUV Spectrometermlreinke,terry
MichelsonyesOperational. Start at reduced speed.Jun 22 2010 03:02PM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Te Profileshubbard,schmidt
MKSyesGauges are operationalJun 28 2010 08:02PM (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
NeutronsyesAll systems are on and functionalJun 29 2010 12:56PM (fiore)Catherine FioreNeutron Detectorsfiore
Neuts and HardsyesPMT Neuts_hards, ssd_x01, ssd_x02, ssd_x03Jun 26 2010 09:21PM (irby)Jim IrbyX-Ray/Neutron Detectors at K-Horirby
NINJAnoCapillaries tested in-vessel.Jun 28 2010 08:08PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardNINJA gas pufflabombard,terry
PCIyesOperational. AM (2 * 39.51) MHz.Jul 19 2010 05:54PM (ntsujii)Miklos PorkolabPhase Contrast Imagingarai,ennever,ntsujii,porkolab
Penning GaugesnoHigh voltage power supplies are turned off, waiting for work at A-port horizontal to be finished.Jun 28 2010 08:07PM (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 Switchyes Jun 26 2010 11:19PM (dekow)Gary Dekowfeeds all the other suppliescochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power - PEIyes Jun 26 2010 11:19PM (dekow)Gary DekowPEI Systemcochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power - TMXyes Jun 26 2010 11:19PM (dekow)Gary DekowEf2s,. EFCs and A-Coilsbyford,cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power Systemsyes Jun 26 2010 11:20PM (dekow)Jim IrbyC-Mod Magnet Suppliesbyford,cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Probe Array - ISDyesOperational.Jun 28 2010 08:03PM (labombard)Brian LabombardInner Lower Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - LHyesOperational.Jun 28 2010 08:03PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardLower Hybrid Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - OSDyesF and J outer divertor probes are operational.Jun 28 2010 08:04PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardOuter Lower Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - UDIVyesOperational, except probe#13Jun 28 2010 08:04PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardUpper Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
ReflectometeryesOn 1100817xxx the system is fully connected. These are still some noise issues but the system should be in better shape than the previous week.Aug 17 2010 08:53AM (dominguez)Earl MarmarReflectometerdominguez,marmar
Scanning Probe - ASPyesOperational. New Langmuir-Mach probe head installed.Jun 28 2010 08:05PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardA-Port Scanning Probelabombard
Scanning Probe - FSPyesOperational.Jun 28 2010 08:05PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardF-Port Scanning Probelabombard
Scanning Probe - WASPyesBoth A and K units are operational. Coil polarity needs to be checked.Jun 28 2010 08:06PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardInner Wall Scanning Probelabombard,nsmick
SparkeryesHV supply on, cable run to sparker at k-horJun 23 2010 02:41PM (irby)Jim IrbyField Emission Preionization for C-Moddekow,irby,parkin
Surface Science StationnoSSS installed and leak tested, individual probes not installedJun 28 2010 01:28PM (ochoukov)Bruce LipschultzRadially scanning probe located on K-portblip,ochoukov
TCIyesNo new CO2 detector, so still missing edge channelsJun 23 2010 02:40PM (irby)Jim IrbyTwo-Color Interferometerirby,murray
TS - CoreyesOperating with 2 lasers, but density is **uncalibrated**Jul 14 2010 11:54AM (jwhughes)Jerry HughesCore Thomson scatteringjwhughes,yma
TS - EdgeyesOperationalJul 14 2010 11:54AM (jwhughes)Jerry HughesMillimeter resolution edge Thomson scatteringjwhughes,yma
Vispecno350 and 670 nm, 4 spatial channelsNov 28 2007 09:58AM (agraf)Alex GrafVisible Spectrometeragraf
XEUSyesOperational. Raw spectra stored but not line brightness time histories are going into the tree yet.Aug 24 2010 09:17AM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeX-ray Extended Ultraviolet Spectrometermlreinke
XTOMOyesCore system working. Edge system waiting for H-modes.Jul 01 2010 11:55AM (mlreinke)Bob GranetzX-Ray Tomographygranetz,mlreinke