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Miniproposal:613
Date Filed: 7/23/2010
Title:LHCD Effectiveness in high Te and confinement plasmas
First Author:Amanda Hubbard
Session Leader:Amanda Hubbard (shots 1-26)

Operators
Session leader(s):Amanda Hubbard
Physics operator(s):Steve Wolfe
Engineering operator(s):Bill Parkin,Ed Fitzgerald,Gary Dekow

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Session Leader Plans
Entered: Sep 9 2010 02:35:42:580PM
Author: Amanda Hubbard
Run plan for 1100910. MP 613: LHCD into higher Te, high confinement plasmas
aka "LHCD into I-mode or bust."

*** RUN WILL START AT 8 AND END AT 3 ***

Session Leader Amanda Hubbard
Physics Operator Steve Wolfe

Required: cryopump, ICRF, LHCD, DNB. ETS (possibly will need change in fibre positions), ECE.
Neon available for puffing in case of tile heating or ICRF difficulties.
Desired: MSE, CXRS

This run will follow up on 1100813, in which we coupled LH into ICRF heated L-modes, but failed to make an I-mode at the chosen conditions (1.1 MA). A large part of the reason was unexpected difficulty combining LHCD with E-port ICRF, severely restricting the power to that from J-port. We also tried to cover several configurations in one run day.

The next attempt will be informed by recent runs 1100817, which made I-modes at 0.8 and 1.1 MW, and 1100912, which showed a consistent increase in non-thermal emission with small inner gap. To maximize chances of success, we will first make a suitable I-mode target, then take the time needed to couple LHCD to it (proceeding somewhat in parallel). Then try to move to higher Ip, hotter, I-modes.

Step 1. Optimize 800 kA I-modes for LHCD

Start by reproducing a good, moderate ne and power I-mode 1100817019 (USN, 5.65 T, 0.8 MA). Got prompt I-mode with 3 MW ICRF at nebar 1.4e20m-3 (programmed target was a little lower). This time ramp ICRF 2-3.5 MW.

Once I-mode is achieved, reduce target density shot to shot to find minimum for I-mode density, and reduce ICRF power to minimum needed (ideally all J-port).

Step 2. Inject LHCD into steady I-mode. May well require few shots to adjust launcher position, puff gas etc (we will use edge reflectometer and probes as a guide). Monitor non-thermal ECE, HXR etc.

Step 3: Try to increase ICRF power, for a hotter I-mode while maintaining LH coupling (will depend on whether we succeed in combining with E-port. Also try D-port for short period, to see the effect on coupling.

Step 4: Shot to shot, decrease inner gap to 3-4 mm, checking I-mode is maintained. Do non-thermals increase as in ohmic target cases?


Increase Ip to 0.9 or 1.0 MA. How high will depend on how much success we've had in combinging with E-port, and therefore how much headroom we have on threshold power (which we know increases with Ip). The advantage of higher Ip is that edge and core Te are significantly higher. Repeat some of above steps to optimize I-mode and LHCD, ideally making a significant change to loop voltage.

This should bring us to Ron's party...


Physics Operators Plans
Entered: Sep 10 2010 07:50:51:807AM
Author: Steve Wolfe
Physop Plan and Engineering setup for Friday, Sept. 10, 2010
MP#613 LHCD Effectiveness in high Te and confinement plasmas
SL: Hubbard
PO: Wolfe

Run begins at 08:00 and ends at 15:00
NOTE: unusual start and ending times!

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Engineering Setup
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Power systems as on: 1100817019

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 with 40 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG3)
fill H-bottom with 2psi Neon Hybrid DISABLED (PG5)
fill NINJA with 10 psi D2 DISABLED

Enable gate-valves and shutters: ECE, VUV, HiREX Sr, Xeus
Leave z-bolo shutter as is (should be open)

Torvac gatevalve toggle (yes/no): no

Boronization(yes/no): no
Overnight ECDC (yes/no): YES
ICRF(yes/no): YES
LH(yes/no): YES
Cryopump (yes/no): YES - Required for first shot
DNB (yes/no): YES

Vessel temperature: 50/50/50

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ECDC Parameters (if requested)
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gas and pressure: D2 at 2e-4 Torr
sweep: 44/45/103 cm
scan: 20/120 s

Physics Operator Plan:
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Start from an 800kA shot 1100817019
1) Establish I-mode, bringing up neon puff as indicated (cf #20)
According to SL plan, decrease nl04 looking for minimum consistent with
I-mode and reduce ICRF to minimum required for I-mode, preferably
all power from J-port.
2) Turn on LHCD, monitor non-thermals with the usual tools
3) If there is headroom with J, or we can use E or D along with
the LH, try increasing ICRF to get a hotter I-mode
4) Decrease inner gap to ~4mm, as demonstrated to improve LH last week.
5) Increase current (0.9 or 1MA) and adjust ICRF to maintain I-mode

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Sep 13 2010 11:02:00:387AM
Author: Amanda Hubbard
Run summary for 1100910. MP 613: LHCD into higher Te, high confinement plasmas
aka "LHCD into I-mode or bust." Note: easier to read in session summary page

Session Leader Amanda Hubbard
Physics Operator Steve Wolfe

This was a very successful run day and accomplished much of what was hoped for. We coupled LHCD into high Te USN plasmas with ICRF powers up to the L-H threshold, at two currents: 800 kA and 900 kA. It was found that LHCD could be combined with ICRF from J and E port, at N//=1.9. However, reflections increased, and became more noisy, particularly with E-port. Does this reflect increase density fluctuations, and could these be related to SOL losses?? A single attempt late in the run at N//=2.3 had high reflections and trips. LHCD performed well. As on run 1100813, when power was increased about about 0.6 MW we saw tungsten injections(eg shot 10) ; it is conjectured that in conditions of lower core absorption, SOL power is heating the divertor shelf. We therefore limited power to 0.5-0.6 MW, below the max available.

Shots 1-16 were at 800 kA. ICRF was progressively increased to the H-mode threshold, which was at about 2.6 MW (eg shots 5, 9). It was noted that the extra power from LHCD often triggered an H-mode, so we started reducing E-port power by the amount of the LH power when it was applied at 1 second. Minor changes were made to density, impurity puffing etc.

A good example is shot 11, which had no H-mode transition, and 0.6 MW LH added at 1 second. Core Te reached 4 keV and edge Te about 0.5 keV. It is not clear whether the confinement was L or I-mode; there is a modest edge Te gradient in the edge, but no evident changes in turbulence.
Shots 16 and 17 were reference discharges with no ICRF and much colder Te (Te0 1.9 keV, Tedge ~100 eV). Shoty 16 had ICRF, and the inner gap was scanned to smaller values to see the effect on non-thermals, which did not appear large.

The remainder of the discharges were at 0.9 MA, scanning ICRF power. At this condition the H-mode transition occurred at 4 MW ICRF (see shot 20) and very hot plasmas were achieved at powers just below this. Best examples are shots 21 and 22, with Te0 > 5 keV, clear edge Te pedestal up to about 0.8 keV (r/a 0.9). Energy confinement was high, with H98 ~ 1.1. In these discharges there was a clear decrease in edge turbulence, (eg reflectometer 75 GHz channel), when ICRF was turned on, indicating a thermal transport barrier and I-mode. However the usual 'weakly coherent mode' at higher frequency was not evident at least on this diagnostic; others remain to be examined. This will be of interest for I-mode physics. The high input power and low densities led to high temps on K-limiter, though no apparent injections. RF and LH pulse lengths were reduced from shot 22 to minimize this.

Shot 23 was an attempt at N//=2.3, to ensure full accessibility (though calculations show that N//=1.9 should also be accessible); we got excessive trips due to high R. Shot 24 was an ohmic reference comparison shot, with several LH trips. Shot 25 was at N//=1.9 with ICRF and a small inner gap. This had slightly higher density and was L-mode, with no decrease in turbulence and lower edge Te (about 0.4 keV) and no gradient change. This contrast makes clearer that prior shots were indeed I-mode. Perhaps due to the higher n and/or lower Te, non-thermal emission was reduced. Shot 26 was a locked mode shot for calibration of HIREX rotation, which apparently showed interesting and unusual changes duirng LHCD.

To summarize, we obtained a good dataset with which to compare LH effects at different core and pedestal Te, up to values approaching the highest feasible on C-Mod, adding to the 1.1 MA L-mode dataset from 1100813. This will require processing of HXR spectra and careful comparison of achieved densities given the known nonlinear dependence. However, preliminary control room comparison of non-thermal ECE signatures during LHCD (eg GPC2 Ch 6) indicates that any increase in the hotter plasmas is modest. There was also little if any change in loop voltage with LHCD. If borne up by more complete analysis, this would dimish the prospects for advanced scenarios using LHCD.

I will add and circulate a more complete list of good shots and time windows soon.

Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Sep 13 2010 11:53:56:183AM
Author: Steve Wolfe
Physics Operator Summary for Friday, Sep 10, 2010
MP#613: LHCD in high Te (I-mode)
SL: Hubbard
PO: wolfe
EO: Parkin,

Run time 08:00 to 15:00 

The machine ran well today, although cooling was a little slow, and
there were a few delays in cell access because of O2 alarms. 

Startups were pretty good. I did the usual amount of fiddling to try to
get rid of bounces and runaways. The bounce seemed to be unusually sensitive
to the IC_EF4 current. Best results, relatively robust, were achieved with 
a setting of -1270Amps, used successfully for the last 9 shots as well as some
earlier in the day.

Disruptions in rampdown seemed to be associated with vertical instability
related to increasing li, and were partially ameliorated by running lower
elongation limited rampdowns. The damaged inner wall tile between F and G port
was lighting up on essentially all ramp-ups, and on the limiter ramp-downs,
but did not cause any disruptions and didn't even seem to be sourcing much Mo
during the discharges. We also ran an inner gap scan down to ~zero gap (#16)
and a small gap case (#25). 

The final shot of the day (and the FY10 campaign) was a locked mode
calibration shot for the Hirex_SR diagnostic, which disrupted in flattop. 
Aside from this shot, the only shot which did not make it into ramp-down was
#2, which was shut down by the dpcs_xjump procedure because of a big runaway
burst in ramp-up. 

The main PO difficulty on this run was keeping the density constant from shot
to shot, to better than 1e19, since small changes in nebar seem to have more
of an impact on the LH than major changes in Te, which was supposed to be the
knob being investigated today. Changes in ICRF power and in gap led to
variation in the actual density with identical programming. Setting the
Integral gain on nl04 to 2 (from 1) after 0.6sec seemed to be useful earlier
in the run, but led to some instability later on in the day and was removed on
shot#17. It may actually be useful to do a system id study on the particle
feedback with the cryopump operating to try to come up with a set of PID
gains, using a Zeigler-Nichols sort of method. The problem is that the gain
settings are probably going to be dependent on the target density as well as
the equilibrium (through the connection to the pumping duct), even for
L-mode plasmas. 

Cooling was rather slow today, which Gary believes is due to partial blockage
of the sump filters, probably by ice. This will be helped by the warm-up over
the next 3 weeks, one way or another. There were also problems with low oxygen
in the cell which delayed the run a couple of times for cell access, followed
by longer magnet cooling. 

The data system was pretty robust, although there was some confusion early in
the day over the status of the HXR system. This turned out to be due to the LH
tree having been left as /NOINCLUDE, further obfuscated by the presence of
test shots which had inadvertantly been given C-Mod shot numbers
(i.e. 1100910001 and 1100910002).

RF ran well up to the 3MW level (E and J only, since the D-antenna is known to
be problematic with LH). The LH ran very reliably at 90degree phasing, but
faulted repeatedly on the one attempt to vary the n||. 

We managed some very hot L- and/or I-mode discharges
at 800 and 900kA with H98 in the vicinity of 1.0. There is some controversy
over whether these were "really" I-mode because the fluctuation signatures
were not clearly present, especially at 800kA. At any rate, the temperatures
required for the experiment were obtained. See the SL_SUMMARY for the physics
results. 

At the higher RF power and lower densities (nl04 6 to 7e19), one tile on the K-port 
limiter reported high temperature and energy flux, into the red on the
display color scale. We reduced the RF pulse length for the last several 
shots to try to prevent melt damage. The GH limiter temps did not show any signs of distress, 
although the camera view was showing the usual 
signature of heating of loosely bound boron films. 

Scorecard:
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          Test/No Power          0
          Duds                   0
          Fizzles                0
          Plasmas               26 (one dpcs_xjump abort)
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          Shots                 26

Total plasma duration: 45.75 sec	

Session Leader Comments
Sep 10 2010 08:14:27:710AM1100910001Amanda HubbardGood plasma. 5.64 T, 818 kA.

Got ICRF ramp from J, to 1.6 MW, but not E. Not surprisingly, looks like an L-mode. Retune and retry.
Sep 10 2010 08:15:10:933AM1100910002Amanda HubbardShort (0.2 s) and non-thermal.
Sep 10 2010 08:40:12:173AM1100910003Amanda HubbardGood plasma. RF ramp to near 3 MW, with a trip near the end. Not an obvious I-mode, though there were hints it was heading in that direction after 1 s (2 MW). Went straight to H-mode 1.3 s after the RF trip.

Next shot, square up ICRF at 2.5 MW, might make transients more obvious.

Sep 10 2010 09:03:39:503AM1100910004Amanda HubbardGood plasma. Constant ICRF 2.5 MW. Looks like a pretty warm L-mode, not an evident I-mode. Te_95 is about 500 eV, so this might be an I-mode; hard to tell since the transient at the beginning follows an RF trip.

Next shot: Increase ICRF to 3 MW.
Sep 10 2010 09:26:04:687AM1100910005Amanda HubbardGood plasma. Programmed 3 MW (J+E). But J is tripping a lot. Yijun reports a big change in coupling, as though it were H-mode, though there isn't a clear H-mode until nearly 0.9 s. Gradual increase in edge Te until the H-mode, but the transition value is about the Te we got on shot 4. This indicates we were about at the limit.

Next shot: Go back to power of shot 4 (2.5 MW). And add some LH (or try to) late in the flat top.
Sep 10 2010 09:46:01:263AM1100910006Amanda HubbardGood plasma. RF stays on, until a late H-mode (> 1.2 s) which is likely triggered by the lower hybrid.

I think this is I-mode or as close as we are going to get at this target condition. Edge Te 500 eV, H98 only 0.8 (and H89 only 1.17).

Good news is LH stays on even with 1 MW E-port. Bad news is it inconveniently causes an H-mode (which presumably means that power is getting in). Next shot try to use more J and less E, and turn E off earlier to see effect on LH coupling.
Sep 10 2010 09:55:12:280AM1100910007Amanda HubbardJ-port tripped a lot at the higher power. Plasma was a little cooler generally; no H-mode. LH stayed on at 0.3 MW level, Greg reports R is lower without E, but acceptable.

next shot: Move LH earlier, go back to 1.5 J + 1 E, reduce target density.
Sep 10 2010 10:18:10:053AM1100910008Amanda HubbardGood. RF steady, LH on at 1.0 secs and couples OK, until it makes an H-mode.

Getting clear increase in ECE, including some non-thermal (see eg GPC2 Ch 6 today). Maybe also an inrease in Te, which is likely triggering the H-mode.

Next shot: reduce E-port by 1 MW when LH turns on, hopefully avoiding the H-mode. Also modifying shape.
Sep 10 2010 10:30:07:770AM1100910009Amanda HubbardGood. An early H-mode with ICRF only, but L or I mode before LHCD comes on.
Good news is significant non-thermals with LH, at nebar=1.3 s.

Repeat with more LH power.
Sep 10 2010 10:55:12:103AM1100910010Amanda HubbardLH coupled up to 0.8 MW. But we got a big W injection (perhaps due to unabsorbed power hitting shelf? Or was it the shape tweak? Also got an H-mode, and lower non-thermals.

Back off to about 0.6 MW LHCD. And reduce ICRF by 0.6 when it comes on.
We will also reduce the inner gap a little.
Sep 10 2010 11:09:46:123AM1100910011Amanda HubbardGood reference shot for this run: Power and target plasmas stayed nice and steady. Edge Te was about 500 eV before LH, similar to prior shots. Not a really clear I-mode, unfortunately.

Did get non-thermal ECE when LH on, about 1 keV. Not as strong as shot 9. Note nebar rises a little with LH, to nebar =1.35.

For those monitoring edge Te, note that the channels at r/a =0.95 (eg FRCECE ch 4, GPC Ch 9) are getting a non-thermal contribution. Ones further in (eg GPC ch 8) appear to be thermal.
Sep 10 2010 11:28:52:443AM1100910012Amanda HubbardReduced target density. Edge Te is actually lower now, looks less like an I-mode.

Go back to ne of shot 11, turn off argon. After that we may want to increase ne, see if a classic I-mode appears.
Sep 10 2010 11:42:13:163AM1100910013Amanda Hubbard
Basically a repeat of shot 11. Reducing Argon did not raise edge Te (if anything a little colder). Got nice steady density, nebar about 1.3. non-thermal Trad 1.5 keV. I think this is high for the density. Next shot we will turn off LHCD to get a reference for comparison.

And reenable Argon.
Sep 10 2010 12:04:26:083PM1100910014Amanda HubbardOhmic target reference. Trad up to 2 keV (higher) but nel dropped to 1.2e20. Transiently was 1.34, when Trad was 0.5 keV; lower than shots 11 (about the same as shot 13, which for some reason was lower).

Given it is so ne-sensitive, repeat with higher target ne.
Sep 10 2010 12:16:53:057PM1100910015Amanda HubbardOhmic target. Got a lot of MARFEing at the higher ne. LH on part of the time, nebar 1.4e20 and higher. Essentially no non-thermals.

Go back to ICRF, move LH a bit earlier (0.95) and program an inner gap scan as per Greg's run to see if non-thermals increase.
Sep 10 2010 12:41:13:533PM1100910016Amanda HubbardICRF target. Edge Te again 500 eV (L or I-mode?). Not very high non-thermals in gap scan, perhaps due to higher (and rising) density at the same time. A lot of shot to shot variation unfortunately. But if there is a gap effect it is not large.

Next: Increase Ip to 0.9 MA in the hopes of a clearer I-mode.
Sep 10 2010 12:52:15:593PM1100910017Amanda Hubbard0.9 MA. 2.5 MW ICRF, 0.6 MW LH. Looks like L-mode, big injection at 1 sec (from LH launcher?)
Significant non-thermals (0.8 keV on GPC2_6) at nebar 1.38

Repeat with higher ICRF.
Sep 10 2010 01:11:30:427PM1100910018Amanda Hubbard0.9 MA. 3 MW ICRF, 0.6 MW LH. Much cleaner.

Still not an evident I-mode (or H-mode). So increase power. Edge Te about 500 eV. Non-thermals 1.4 keV @ nebar 1.27.

Note H98 is close to 1 before LHCD, and there is some Te barrier. But no fluctuation signature.
Sep 10 2010 01:18:24:933PM1100910019Amanda Hubbard0.9 MA. 3.5 MW ICRF, 0.6 MW LH. Much cleaner.

Good shot, but still not an evident I-mode (or H-mode). So increase power. Edge Te about 500 eV. Non-thermals 1.8 keV @ nebar 1.29, an increase.

Increase ICRF, and nel a little; have a feeling we are close to I-mode now. Edge Te is about 700 eV, with a clear gradient.


Sep 13 2010 09:20:34:233AM1100910020Amanda HubbardGood 900 kA shot, with some short H-mode phases and also some hot L or I mode phases. 3.8 MW ICRF, tripping during H-modes. Appears we have found the upper limit for I-mode.
Sep 10 2010 01:56:06:987PM1100910021Amanda Hubbard0.9 MA. 4.0 MW ICRF, 0.6 MW LH.
Very good shot. I'd call it an I-mode. H98 > 1, turbulence drops, though no WCM appears. And edge Te is roughtly 1 keV (broad "pedestal"; Te9 is 580 eV)

K limiter is also smoking, unfortunately. So we will shorten up LH and ICRF pulses for the next shot.



Sep 10 2010 02:14:06:287PM1100910022Amanda Hubbard0.9 MA. 4.0 MW ICRF, 0.6 MW LH.

Well, we have succeeded in coupling LHCD into a hot, high confinement plasma.
Te0 5.5 keV, edge Te roughly 1 keV. And H98=1.1 ; whether or not we call this an I-mode (I tentatively do) it is a good LH target.

The non-thermal signatures are there but not large; Te6 1.3 keV at nebar 1.37.

Next shot LH will increase N// to make sure it is accessible.

Sep 10 2010 02:43:42:053PM1100910023Amanda Hubbard0.9 MA. 4.0 MW ICRF,

Tried N//=2.3 but it tripped out pretty badly. Possibly due to E-port but we don't have enough shots left to explore.
Sep 10 2010 02:47:38:083PM1100910024Amanda Hubbard0.9 MA. LH only. N// 1.9

LH tripped a lot, but I think there are periods long enough to be usable. And an overlapping ne range; nebar 1.25 to 1.32.

First order result is Te6 up to 1 keV. Not very different from the hot plasmas. But we need to analyse properly since it is so ne-dependent.




Sep 10 2010 03:06:28:840PM1100910025Amanda Hubbard0.9 MA. LH only + 4 MW ICRF. N// 1.9

Tried small inner gap, 2-4 mm. Ran well, but nebar ended up higher, up to 1.6e20.
Likely as a result, non-thermals were lower, 0nly 0.3 keV.

And edge Te is also much lower. about 0.5 keV. This shot has a much different fluctuation spectrum, standard L-mode turbulence. And H98 down to 0.7.
So we indavertly got our L-mode comparison. Though not very definitive a comparison of LHCD vs gap.

Next shot: Locked mode calibration shot for HIREX guys. Everyone else can go to the party now.






Sep 10 2010 03:18:52:347PM1100910026Amanda HubbardGot the locked mode shot - though it disrupted a bit after LM.

That's all for the FY10 campaign, thanks, everyone!



Physics Operator Comments
Sep 10 2010 07:33:04:177AMSteve Wolfe
Setting up for MP#613:LHCD in I-mode
SL: Hubbard
PO: wolfe

Startup from yesterday looks ok, except pg4=40msec seems too low. 
Import seg 2 from 1100817019 seg2
change title to 800kA upper null
 note: nl04 programmed 8e19,
       zcur=-.005, may want to raise back to 0
       RXU -.015, ZXU=+.015
Turn on seg2, off seg3 !
Changes:
Seg1: Pg4 from 40 to 45msec
      Leave rcur offset 3500, BR_0=0, EF4=-1280
Seg2: Acoil_cur last point from 30A to 0 (??)
dpcs_piezo_chopper OUTPUTS to ["pulse_gas3","H-bot"] (prepare for adding neon)
Load at 10-Sep-2010 07:32:09.00



Sep 10 2010 08:07:50:080AM1100910001Steve Wolfe
Shot#1: Enable bside-lower for first shot (75msec Argon)
plasma full length, early marfe
no runaways, startup ok, bz looks positive, br negative
J ramps to 1.6MW, with a couple of dropouts
nl04 drops to 7e19, after overshoot, gas is on through EOF,
may need more gain. 

Next: BR_0 from 0 to .0005
EF4 from -1280 to -1290
Increase I gain on nl04 from 1 to 2 after 0.6sec

Sep 10 2010 08:19:34:693AM1100910002Steve Wolfe
Shot#2: BR_0 from 0 to .0005
EF4 from -1280 to -1290
Increase I gain on nl04 from 1 to 2 after 0.6sec
Leave early pg3 alone, see if marfe changes on its own

Big runaway burst early. Xjump shutdown
looks like some early injections, current got to 600kA,
first bounce may be at .01sec, then a big one after .03sec

Next: ef4 back to -1280


Sep 10 2010 08:36:23:043AM1100910003Steve Wolfe
Shot#3: EF4 from -1290 to -1280
Drop pg3 in seg1 from 60 to 40 after .01sec
probably should have increased pg4, but maybe the disruption will take care of it

plasma full length, nice and quiet, no marfe, 
looks like one rf fault, one h-mode (not necessarily in that order)
E-port ran this time, rf gets to 2.8MW, with some faulting
We're diverting around .31sec, inner wall tile is lighting up, but not 
exploding. RF is coming on .6sec, just into flattop. 

Next: square up the rf power

Sep 10 2010 08:44:44:173AM1100910004Steve Wolfe
Shot#4:square up the rf power
No dpcs changes, although I'm tempted to raise pg4 some more

Result: plasma full length, some early runaways, big bounce
no h-mode this time, possible I-mode ?

Next: increase pg4 from 45 to 50msec



Sep 10 2010 09:21:47:830AM1100910005Steve Wolfe
Shot#5:increase pg4 from 45 to 50msec
Reduce clearin sweep to wall in rampdown, since inner wall lights up again
Increasing RF to 3MW

Cell access for Greg, Jerry, the polar bears, etc. 
Also lab access for Amanda
Low Oxy alarm in cell again, pump turned off; there seems to be
an exhaust problem this week? 
TF cooling after cell access takes to 27minutes in recool
then cryo had to cool down again; INIT at 30 minutes

Result: plasma full length, couple of h-modes
no runaways,  rf highly variable
Stays diverted to 1.76sec

Next: reduce rf, fire LH late in discharge, no dpcs changes

Sep 10 2010 09:33:34:363AM1100910006Steve Wolfe
Shot#6: reduce rf, fire LH late in discharge, no dpcs changes

Result: plasam full length, some early runaways, bounce
H-mode around 1.25 during LH
Bit of a marfe or injection just after RF comes on, otherwise
pretty quiet; some rf trips early and late. LH trippy as well.
Possible I-mode (?) 

Next: increase pg4, 10Amps positive on ef4
SL directing RF changes

Sep 10 2010 09:50:56:477AM1100910007Steve Wolfe
Shot#7: increase pg4 from 5to 55msec,
EF4 from -1280 to -1270 
Try ICRF from J only, no seg2 changes yet. 

plasma to 1.6sec, disrupts in rampdown, looks like it went vertically unstable
injection at 1.15sec
Actually had both J and E, J faulting at 2MW; LH stays on

Next: reduce nl04 from 8 to 7e19

Sep 10 2010 10:09:44:083AM1100910008Steve Wolfe
Shot#8: reduce nl04 from 8 to 7e19
slow down rise of zxl in rampdown,
Changes to rf and LH 

Result: plasma to 1.6sec, 2 h-modes, 1.01 and 1.46sec
ICRF steady until H-modes. LH trippy around 500kW
Very late breakdown, 9msec, slow current rise. 

Next: ef4 back to -1280, drop clearin again in rampdown. 


Sep 10 2010 10:21:03:880AM1100910009Steve Wolfe
Shot#9:  ef4 back to -1280, drop clearin again in rampdown. 
pg4 from 55 to 50msec; leave br0 for now, although it's drifting +ve
Increase triangularity: RXU from -.015 to -.005

plasma full length, early runaways, bounce is back 
breakdown time is back to normal. 
H-mode at .8sec or so, 
Moved the xpoint the wrong way, oprator error. 
Next: rxu from -.005 to -.025!


Sep 10 2010 10:43:23:637AM1100910010Steve Wolfe
shot#10:  rxu from -.005 to -.025, really increase triangularity this time.
No startup changes, see if it gases up with no rampdown disruption,
before I add the pg4 back. 

plasma to 1.35sec, injection/marfe kills it 
Still had early runaways, bounce. 
LH power was up. Triang was up as intended, 
Injection at 1.04 and then an H=mode at 1.15sec
Matt claims both are W. Could be a probe tip from the top,
but it seems to correlate with LH rather than ICRF. 

Next: raise ef4 and br0, not sure what SL will want for flattop changes

Sep 10 2010 11:02:08:140AM1100910011Steve Wolfe
shot#11:  raise ef4 from -1280 to -1275
and br0 down from .0005 to 0, 
Reduce inner gap 3mm: Clearin from -.0025 to -.0055,Rcur from .6545 to .6530
Less RF power. 

Result: plasma full length, no runaways, no h-mode, 
RF clean, LH clean, no obvious CD but SL says there are non-thermals on the ECE
Breakdown is a little late again, 7msec

Next: EF4 back to -1280


Sep 10 2010 11:17:21:473AM1100910012Steve Wolfe
shot#12:  EF4 back to -1280
NL04 from 7e19 to 6e19 per SL request

Result: plasma full length, some early runaways, bounce, bd time back to 5msec
Some non-thermals during LH.

Next: raise pg4, put nl04 back to 7e19

Sep 10 2010 11:34:18:467AM1100910013Steve Wolfe
shot#13: pg4 from 50 to 55msec, nl04 from 6 to 7e19 (as on #11)
disable bside-lower (no argon this shot)

result: plasma full length, still has early runaways and bounce
Shot looks very similar, very small drop in Vloop during LH, but there are
some non-thermals. 

Next: one more step in PG4
Ref shot with ICRF off


Sep 10 2010 11:55:19:917AM1100910014Steve Wolfe
shot#14: pg4 from 55 to 60msec,
Ref shot with ICRF off, 
turn argon back on

Result: plasma full length, no runaways, no bounce, bd at 6msec
Bit of a hesitation between 10 and 15msec.
Still getting non-thermals during LH, doesn't seem to notice that 
Te is down a factor of 2? 
nl04 is just a tad low before LH, then rises, then sags. All this is within
1e19, but the LH is very sensitive.

Next: leave startup alone, raise nl04 target.

Sep 10 2010 12:09:55:717PM1100910015Steve Wolfe
shot#15:leave startup alone, raise nl04 target from 7 to 8e19
plasma full length, marfes 
Bad bounce but no runaways. 
Something initiates a marfe at .8sec, but the density feedback doesn't
turn off. Looks like it went unstable on the Integral gain? 

Next: back to density of #14 (7e19)
put in a gap scan

Sep 10 2010 12:35:12:413PM1100910016Steve Wolfe
shot#16: back to density of #14 (7e19)
put in a gap scan 1cm to 0 between 1.1 and 1.4sec
CLEARIN from -.0025 to -.0125
RCUR from .6545 to .6495
raise pg4 from 60 to 65msec

Result: early runaways, plasma full length
Magnetics errors on f13,f27,bp07jk, bp11jk. May be a real problem?
Seems to have gotten the sweep,
density is higher by 1e19, up to 8e19 during LH. 

Next: reduce nl04 Int gain to 1
Remove gap scan, raise Ip to 900kA


Sep 10 2010 12:51:58:653PM1100910017Steve Wolfe
shot#17:  reduce nl04 Int gain to 1, increase D from 6 to 10
Remove gap scan: clearin to -.0025, Rcur to .6545
 raise Ip to 900kA
Leave startup alone, see if it gets better on its own.

plasma to 1.65sec, still bounces in startup, runaway dump at .35sec
Big Prad increase starts at 1sec, possibly associated with LH. 
Takes a big bite out of Te, current. mlr claims tungsten. 

Next: EF4 to -1270

Sep 10 2010 01:04:26:123PM1100910018Steve Wolfe
shot#18:  EF4 to -1270, no seg2 changes
plasma to 1.68sec, no bounce no runaways, bd is a little later again
A few RF faults, but pretty clean at 3MW before LH, 2.5 during
Still seems to be going vertically unstable in rampdown
K limiter is getting orange.

Next: ramp rcur in more in rampdown 

Sep 10 2010 01:14:46:003PM1100910019Steve Wolfe
shot#18:  ramp rcur in more in rampdown, 
No startup changes, no flattop changes. 

plasma to 1.6sec, marfe in the middle, around .45sec
Neuts are up, still no runaways
Rampdown is worse, so undo the RCUR move

Sep 10 2010 01:43:37:707PM1100910020Steve Wolfe
shot#20:  undo the RCUR move in rampdown; ramp clearin -ve faster
raise nl04 from 7 to 8e19
No seg1 changes

Result: plasma full length, h-modes during ICRF, 
Got f13 and f27 warnings again, both 1e-3Wb level 
No runaways, startup looks ok, a tad late bd. 
Klim still showing orange/red
Inner wall tile is lighting up in rampdown again

Nl04 back down to 7e19

Sep 10 2010 01:54:49:993PM1100910021Steve Wolfe
shot#21: Nl04 back down to 7e19 from 8e19
No startup or rampdown changes

Result: plasma full length, no runaways, 
f27 and f13 warnings up to 1.1e-3
E faults at around .8sec, causing a drop in
density and stored energy, but overall hot and not too radiative L/I-mode
K limiter is now into the red, we need to back off on RF energy (pulse length)

Next drop RF and LH on-times, keep RF at 4MW from .6 to 1.1sec,
LH from .8 to 1.1sec

Sep 10 2010 02:11:37:277PM1100910022Steve Wolfe
shot#22: drop RF and LH on-times, keep RF at 4MW from .6 to 1.1sec,
LH from .8 to 1.1sec
No PCS changes

plasma to 1.7sec, Prad is a little higher, gets to H98~1.1,
signatures of I-mode not all present (no WCM). Not much in nonthermals
K-limiter is still red! Matt's claiming it does drop. 

Next: Change n||, leave everything else

Sep 10 2010 02:23:08:470PM1100910023Steve Wolfe
shot#23:Change LH n||, leave everything else as on 22

Result: plasma full length, no runaways, 
Nice square neuts hard pulse, some injections in rampdown
LH faulting continuously 
Couple of small injections, hardly visible on Te0

Next: do an ohmic reference shot, make a tweak on density

Sep 10 2010 02:41:55:720PM1100910024Steve Wolfe
shot#24:do an ohmic reference shot (LH on from .8 to 1.3sec, no ICRF), 
make a tweak on density, step from 7e19 to 8e19 at 1.0sec, 

plasma full length, got lh but trippy late
Injections during lh

Next: try repeating 23 but with a small inner gap


Sep 10 2010 02:57:45:003PM1100910025Steve Wolfe
shot#25:Decrease inner gap:
clearin from -.0025 to -.0105, rcur from .6545 to .6505
plasma full length, densuty is up to 9e19, gas mostly off
it's all coming from the rf. Prad is high, Not much on non-thermals, LH stays
on ok. Te0 is down to ~4keV. Why doesn't the cryo suck when you want it to? 

Next: locked mode cal shot for HIREX (seg3)


Sep 10 2010 03:12:29:407PM1100910026Steve Wolfe
shot#26: locked mode cal shot for HIREX: 
turn off seg2 turn on seg3,. which was shot#30 from yesterday.
RF off, LH off. This should be LSN 800kA, falling density from 5e19
Acoil on full.

Result: plasma to 1sec, locked mode at .74sec

End of RUN
End of FY10 Campaign!


Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
107:58:23:420AMPlasmaOk
208:12:16:090AMPlasmaOk
308:25:43:163AMPlasmaOk
408:40:22:220AMPlasmaOk
509:13:01:787AMPlasmaOk
609:26:06:290AMPlasmaOk
709:43:55:630AMPlasmaOk
810:00:00:163AMPlasmaOk
910:16:19:653AMPlasmaOk
1010:33:59:153AMPlasmaOk
1110:53:53:017AMPlasmaOk
1211:09:37:260AMPlasmaOk
1311:27:15:130AMPlasmaOk
1411:45:43:433AMPlasmaOk
1512:02:54:370PMPlasmaOk
1612:21:41:220PMPlasmaOk
1712:39:49:330PMPlasmaOk
1812:55:13:867PMPlasmaOk
1901:09:52:237PMPlasmaOk
2001:26:47:343PMPlasmaOk
2101:42:01:423PMPlasmaOk
2201:59:07:680PMPlasmaOk
2302:16:04:670PMPlasmaOk
2402:33:48:287PMPlasmaOk
2502:50:37:980PMPlasmaOk
2603:08:12:303PMPlasmaOk

System Availability
Sep 10 2010 07:58:02:007AM
SystemAvailableCommentAvailability
Changed
OwnerDescriptionWho Can
Change
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