| Miniproposals | ||||||||||
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| Operators | |
| Session leader(s): | Yijun Lin |
| Physics operator(s): | Steve Wukitch |
| Engineering operator(s): | Roza Tesfaye,Gary Dekow,Thomas Toland |
| Engineering Operator Run Comment |
| Condition the antennas and work towards reducing H/D; PO: Wukitch, SL: L |
| Session Leader Plans |
| Physics Operators Plans |
| Entered: May 9 2012 04:32:49:103PM |
| Author: Steve Wukitch |
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Engineering Setup ----------------- Run begins at 09:00 and ends at 17:00 Power systems as on: 1120509025 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 gate-valves and shutters: ECE, VUV, HiREX Sr, Xeus/LoWEUS 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): no Cryopump (yes/no): no DNB (yes/no): not needed Vessel temperature: 35/35/35 ------------------------------ ECDC Parameters ------------------------------ gas and pressure: D2 at 2e-4 Torr sweep: 44/45/103 cm scan: 20/120 s ------------------------------ Run plan: Condition the antennas and work towards reducing H/D. Start with 1120509025 and bring antennas up to ~1 MW/transmitter. |
| Session Leader Summaries |
| Entered: May 10 2012 05:00:30:830PM |
| Author: Yijun Lin |
| J antenns was broken after reaching power of 2.4 MW (shot 10)
The damage is likely on J3 transmission line. We will have to open the transmission to repair it. Then we ran D+E at about 1.6 MW total to clearn up the machine (to remove H). D/E are able to run 1.5 MW separately. Because of the low absorption at high H/D level, overlapping them at high power incured some operational challenge, e.g., 'talking' to each other in the control system and arc protection system. |
| Physics Operator Summaries |
| Entered: May 10 2012 05:03:42:487PM |
| Author: Steve Wukitch |
| Plasma breakdown was reasonable throughout the day although we had
runaways in 002-005,019,024,030 and 029 was a aborted runaway plasma. The H/H+D started at ~10% and rose to greater than 30% by the end of the day. At the end of the day, we had 3 USN discharges. The first ran well but hard x-rays increased on the next few discharges. The FA-J antenna reached 2.5 MW before a persistent arc prevented further operation. |
| Session Leader Comments |
| Physics Operator Comments | |||
| May 10 2012 09:09:49:690AM | 1120510001 | Steve Wukitch | 001 reload using 1120509032 startup in seg 1
use seg 2 from 1120509025 Load at 9-May-2012 18:19:17.00 result: plasma into rampdown next: lower BT to 5.2 T reduce TF current from 150 kA to 142 kA Load at 10-May-2012 09:08:27.00 |
| May 10 2012 09:22:32:137AM | 1120510002 | Steve Wukitch | 002 demand: repeat with lower BT~5.2 T I_TF=142 kA
result: plasma few hards at startup BT~5.18 T next: raise I_TF=142.5 kA enable Ar (B-side lower) |
| May 10 2012 09:40:06:580AM | 1120510003 | Steve Wukitch | 003 demand: repeat with I_TF raised to 142.5 kA
result: plasma into rampdown still have hards next: raise pg3 prepuff at -0.001 s to 70 V from 60 V Load at 10-May-2012 09:32:28.00 |
| May 10 2012 10:08:31:680AM | 1120510004 | Steve Wukitch | 004 demand: repeat with bit more pre-puff
result: plasma into rampdown BT is ~5.3 T ?! next: set I_TF to 142.5 kA instead of 145 kA - need to learn to type Load at 10-May-2012 09:52:16.00 |
| May 10 2012 10:17:56:720AM | 1120510005 | Steve Wukitch | 005 demand: repeat
result: plasma into rampdown but hards came back BT is ~5.2 next: raise pg3 to 80 V at -0.001 s and 70 V at 0.008 Load at 10-May-2012 10:15:16.00 |
| May 10 2012 10:23:16:513AM | 1120510006 | Steve Wukitch | 006 demand: repeat with more pre-puff from pg3
result: plasma - no hards this time next: raise Ip to 0.9 MA Load at 10-May-2012 10:22:55.00 |
| May 10 2012 10:47:25:477AM | 1120510007 | Steve Wukitch | 007 demand: raise Ip to 0.9 MA
result: plasma - no hards - distuption - vertically unstable strike point went higher on the vertical plate next: reduce Ip to 800 kA Load at 10-May-2012 10:45:37.00 |
| May 10 2012 11:06:56:153AM | 1120510008 | Steve Wukitch | 008 demand: lower Ip to 0.8 MA
result: plasma - no hards - disruption - vertically unstable late strike point went higher on the vertical plate next: move ZXL down 1.5 cm from 0.5-1.5 s (from -0.01 to -0.025 and -0.02 to -0.03) Load at 10-May-2012 11:05:10.00 |
| May 10 2012 11:22:13:733AM | 1120510009 | Steve Wukitch | 009 demand: move ZXL down 1.5 cm
result: plasma - no hards - no disruption - n/n_crit stays low but it is high early next: change ZXL at 0.5 s to -0.0125 Load at 10-May-2012 11:21:06.00 |
| May 10 2012 11:51:54:353AM | 1120510010 | Steve Wukitch | 010 demand: move ZXL at 0.5 s
result: plasma - n/n_crit looks better early but not as good late next: ramp ZXL earlier - add point at 1 s set to -0.03 Load at 10-May-2012 11:31:40.00 |
| May 10 2012 12:01:49:377PM | 1120510011 | Steve Wukitch | 011 demand: ramp ZXL earlier - add point at 1 s set to -0.03
result: plasma - n/n_crit looks good density ramp despite little RF next: repeat |
| May 10 2012 12:25:25:857PM | 1120510012 | Steve Wukitch | 012 demand: repeat
result: plasma density ramp despite little RF next: repeat |
| May 10 2012 12:31:20:800PM | 1120510013 | Steve Wukitch | 013 demand: repeat
result: plasma elongation is getting a bit high next: ZXL up and ZXU up, ZCUR ramp to avoid plasma from floating up Load at 10-May-2012 12:30:55.00 |
| May 10 2012 12:45:20:267PM | 1120510014 | Steve Wukitch | 014 demand: lower elongation - raise ZXL(1.5 cm) and ZXU (1.2 cm),
ramp ZCUR (-0.5 cm) to prevent plasma from rising during discharge result: plasma elongation down to 1.6 n/n_crit below 1 Zmag stays flatter next: raise Ip to 0.9 MA Load at 10-May-2012 12:44:48.00 |
| May 10 2012 01:01:21:470PM | 1120510015 | Steve Wukitch | 015 demand: Ip to 0.9 MA
result: plasma next: raise Ip to 1.0 MA Load at 10-May-2012 13:00:12.00 |
| May 10 2012 01:16:14:727PM | 1120510016 | Steve Wukitch | 016 demand: Ip to 1 MA
result: plasma into rampdown next: repeat |
| May 10 2012 02:11:09:330PM | 1120510017 | Steve Wukitch | 017 demand: repeat
result: plasma into rampdown next: repeat |
| May 10 2012 02:13:15:190PM | 1120510018 | Steve Wukitch | 018 demand: repeat
result: plasma into rampdown next: repeat |
| May 10 2012 02:19:53:830PM | 1120510019 | Steve Wukitch | 019 demand: repeat
result: plasma into rampdown hard x-rays came back next: tweak pg3 again Load at 10-May-2012 14:19:30.00 |
| May 10 2012 02:50:22:820PM | 1120510021 | Steve Wukitch | fizzle |
| May 10 2012 03:16:56:320PM | 1120510022 | Steve Wukitch | next: looks like dirt about 10 ms after breakdown stopped the current rise
022 demand: repeat with plasma hopefully result: plasma into rampdown no hard x-rays next: repeat |
| May 10 2012 03:31:59:547PM | 1120510023 | Steve Wukitch | 023 demand: repeat
result: plasma into rampdown H/H+D is reaching 35% next: repeat |
| May 10 2012 03:46:17:947PM | 1120510024 | Steve Wukitch | 024 demand: repeat
result: plasma into rampdown hards are back next repeat without hards I hope |
| May 10 2012 03:58:58:097PM | 1120510025 | Steve Wukitch | 025 demand: repeat
result: plasma into rampdown but disrupted at ~1.6 s hards went away next: switch to USN, 5.4 T, 0.8 MA enable seg4, disabled seg2 Load at 10-May-2012 15:58:20.00 |
| May 10 2012 04:01:57:467PM | 1120510026 | Steve Wukitch | fizzle |
| May 10 2012 04:12:35:780PM | 1120510026 | Steve Wukitch | 026 demand: repeat
result: fizzle breakdown initiates well CII indicates (Z meter does not) snow flake about ~5 ms later current quenches next: retry with plasma |
| May 10 2012 04:30:10:700PM | 1120510027 | Steve Wukitch | 027 demand: USN
result: plasma into rampdown inner strike point is in the corner after 1 sec next: repeat |
| May 10 2012 04:54:14:777PM | 1120510029 | Steve Wukitch | 029 demand: repeat USN with RXU ramped by 2 cm after 1 s
result: ugly - runaway abort next: repeat sans runaways |
| May 14 2012 09:55:29:380AM | 1120510030 | Yijun Lin | there is a delay due to alternator problem. |
| Engineering Operator Comments | ||||
| Shot | Time | Type | Status | Comment |
| 1 | 08:56:35:500AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 2 | 09:09:46:640AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 3 | 09:27:13:700AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 4 | 09:45:25:897AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 5 | 09:58:37:050AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 6 | 10:16:42:917AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 7 | 10:30:02:050AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 8 | 10:48:21:530AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 9 | 11:09:00:860AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 10 | 11:24:00:717AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 11 | 11:47:55:813AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 12 | 12:02:49:217PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 13 | 12:17:44:750PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 14 | 12:32:10:280PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 15 | 12:48:00:287PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 16 | 01:08:02:123PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 17 | 01:28:58:803PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 18 | 01:56:48:160PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 19 | 02:11:16:673PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 20 | 02:25:38:040PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 21 | 02:40:12:103PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 22 | 02:55:49:087PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 23 | 03:10:22:527PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 24 | 03:27:25:797PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 25 | 03:40:49:927PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 26 | 03:59:10:233PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 27 | 04:12:18:880PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 28 | 04:25:48:947PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 29 | 04:40:18:447PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 30 | 04:53:28:533PM | Plasma | Ok | |
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| Until this shot, MSE was set up for 5.4 Tesla, 50 keV. But the TF waveforms were being varied from about 5.4 to 5.0 Tesla.
Going forward, the PO assured me that the TF will remain at 5.2 Tesla, so I have instructed the panel to fix the filters for 5.2 Tesla, 50 keV operation. I verified that the APDs were correctly set at 1750 volts on this shot. Not sure whether or not the PEMs had been turned on, but since I didn't turn them off yesterday, I assume the PEMs were on for all shots today. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||