| Miniproposals | ||||||||||
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| Operators | |
| Session leader(s): | Greg Wallace |
| Physics operator(s): | Yijun Lin |
| Engineering operator(s): | Bill Cochran,Gary Dekow,Ed Fitzgerald |
| Engineering Operator Run Comment |
| Conditioning LH launcher |
| Session Leader Plans |
| Entered: May 12 2012 06:22:31:507AM |
| Author: Greg Wallace |
| SL Plan for 1120514
LH Setup: 90 deg phasing, 50 kW/klystron, 40 kV, 0.5 s pulse. 1) Start from good LSN shot from 1120510. Set Ip=800 kA, nl_04=~3.5e19. LH on from 0.7-1.2 s. Adjust outer gap and launcher position as necessary to reduce reflection coefficients. If necessary reset CPS trip levels. (3-5 shots) 2) Repeat at 60, 120 deg phasing. If 120 deg phasing does not work, use 105 instead. (5-8 shots) 3) Increase LH power slowly at 90 deg phasing. If arcs occur, reduce power and try again. 4) If time allows, extend pulse length to 750, then 1000 ms. |
| Physics Operators Plans |
| Entered: May 11 2012 02:51:09:967PM |
| Author: Yijun Lin |
| Session: LH conditioning
SL: Greg Wallace, PO: Yijun Lin ----------------- Engineering Setup ----------------- Run begins at 10:00 and ends at 17:00 Power systems as on: 1120510001 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 (piggyback, D and E only) LH(yes/no): yes 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: Conditioning LH launcher. ICRF D/E antennas can piggyback and help reduce the H/D level. |
| Session Leader Summaries |
| Entered: May 14 2012 05:34:32:423PM |
| Author: Greg Wallace |
| SL_Summary for 1120514
A slow start to the day due to alternator and computer issues. Things progressed very well from that point with the LH power getting up to 800 kW by the end of the day. No signs of arcing up to 650 kW. There was an arc which was shut down quickly at 800 kW on shot 14. The system recovered from the arc after a few retries and continued for the rest of the pulse. Strong signs of current drive were seen at 800 kA. Loop voltage was reduced by over 50% with lots of non-thermal electrons. Synchrotron emission on WIDE2, ECE, and lots of HXR. Baseline drift on HXR suggests that maybe we need more stainless shielding on the camera window. |
| Physics Operator Summaries |
| Entered: May 14 2012 05:36:11:163PM |
| Author: Yijun Lin |
| An alternator problem delayed the run to about noon time.
computer problems also caused some delay in the afternoon. But the LH group got good result. last shot 15 was a beam to gas shot for the DNB group. No fizzles. One early disruption. the machine ran well. |
| Session Leader Comments | |||
| May 14 2012 04:16:15:633PM | 1120514002 | Greg Wallace | First plasma shot of the day. Clean LH pulse at 40 kW/klystron, 90 deg. Refco about 23% steady during pulse. Density is a bit high at ~1e20. Next shot will increase power to 60 kW/klystron and decrease density to ~5e19. |
| May 14 2012 04:16:34:930PM | 1120514003 | Greg Wallace | Continuous faulting from CPS due to high reflections. Need more density at launcher.
Next shot: Increase RCUR by 2.5 mm. Move launcher to 0.25 mm behind limiter. |
| May 14 2012 04:16:49:523PM | 1120514004 | Greg Wallace | More faulting. Outer gap reduced by 5mm from shot 3, LH launcher moved in from 0.6mm to 0.3 mm behind limiter since shot 3. No data. |
| May 14 2012 04:17:01:963PM | 1120514006 | Greg Wallace | LH breaker opened before shot due to ACS computer error caused by unplugged network cable. Fixed for next shot. Also moved in LH launcher from 0.3 mm behind limiter to 0.1 mm behind limiter. |
| May 14 2012 04:17:14:987PM | 1120514007 | Greg Wallace | Density at LH launcher is a bit higher. No LH power on this shot. Problem with Python prevented ACS from driving VMs. Looks like one of the CPS boards overheated and went unresponsive, which caused Python to fail. Rebooted and reestablished communication and will try again. |
| May 14 2012 04:17:23:853PM | 1120514008 | Greg Wallace | Disruption at 0.45 s. |
| May 14 2012 04:17:37:743PM | 1120514009 | Greg Wallace | All klystrons fired on this shot! Unfortunately all trips, too. Density is low (~3-5e17) on the LH Langmuir probes.
Next shot decrease outer gap by 4mm and increase nl_04 demand from 3.5 to 4e19. Increase IDC fault threshold from 35 to 55 %. |
| May 14 2012 04:12:42:773PM | 1120514010 | Greg Wallace | Good shot! 275 kW for 0.5 s. Lots of current drive. Go up to 80 kW/klystron for next shot. |
| May 14 2012 04:27:13:867PM | 1120514011 | Greg Wallace | Another great shot. 350 kW net power at 90 deg phasing. Reflections about 25%. Launcher is ~.18 mm behind limiter. Some slight heating on LH septa of B and C rows, may just be reflection from plasma. Increase power to 110 kW/klystron for next shot with ramp starting at 50 kW. |
| May 14 2012 04:44:23:277PM | 1120514012 | Greg Wallace | Another good shot. About 50% reduction in loop voltage. 110 kW/klystron, 90 deg phasing, 0.5 s pulse. 500 kW net power. Go on to 140 kW/klystron. Slight "glow" from the B row on LH camera, but might just be reflection---no afterglow. |
| May 14 2012 05:03:02:457PM | 1120514013 | Greg Wallace | Good shot at 140 kW/klystron, 90 deg. About 650 kW net power. Next shot will be 170 kW/klystron. |
| May 14 2012 05:15:50:670PM | 1120514014 | Greg Wallace | Breakdown in front of LH launcher, B row? Caused a few trips in the middle of the pulse but recovered nicely. 170 kW/klystron, 90 deg. Last shot of the day. |
| Physics Operator Comments | |||
| May 14 2012 09:56:46:880AM | 1120514001 | Yijun Lin | there is a delay due to an alternator problem. |
| May 14 2012 11:35:21:197AM | 1120514001 | Yijun Lin | there is a delay due to alternator problem. Estimated to be 1 hour. First plasma attempt at ~11:20 am.
Update: alternator at 1144...~30 minutes to go. shot 1 is a no power test shot...after a network glitch. |
| May 14 2012 12:11:42:620PM | 1120514002 | Yijun Lin | 5.4 T, 0.8 MA, nl04 = 3.5e19 m^-2,
result: plasma, full length. nl04 - 0.5, slightly higher than demanded. got LH and ICRF. Next: repeat. (Greg noticed I was actually running segment 4!.USN plasma and the density much higher than programed) Switch off segment 4, and switch segment 2, and reload Load at 14-May-2012 12:10:02.00 Open tree /home/ylin/pcs_scratch -1 Open tree done |
| May 14 2012 12:26:55:173PM | 1120514003 | Yijun Lin | 5.4 T, 0.8 MA, nl04 = 3.5e19 m^-2, LSN
result: plasma, full length. startup ok. Next: repeat. reduce outer gap by 5 mm. Load at 14-May-2012 12:26:44.00 Open tree /home/ylin/pcs_scratch -1 Open tree done |
| May 14 2012 12:50:32:097PM | 1120514004 | Yijun Lin | 5.4 T, 0.8 MA, nl04 = 3.5e19 m^-2, LSN
result: plasma, full length. startup ok. Data system problem... |
| May 14 2012 01:24:54:627PM | 1120514005 | Yijun Lin | this was no power shot due to a data system problem during init.
another shot 5, another no power shot (critical failure during init) |
| May 14 2012 01:42:03:333PM | 1120514006 | Yijun Lin | 5.4 T, 0.8 MA, nl04 = 3.5e19 m^-2, LSN
result: plasma, full length. startup ok. (No ICRF...reason not clear. ) Got some data. next: repeat. same plasma. no PCS change. |
| May 14 2012 03:14:06:577PM | 1120514007 | Yijun Lin | 5.4 T, 0.8 MA, nl04 = 3.5e19 m^-2, LSN
result: plasma, full length. startup ok. Got ICRF, no LH. next: repeat. same plasma. no PCS change. LH computer problems, long delay. |
| May 14 2012 03:46:53:383PM | 1120514008 | Yijun Lin | 5.4 T, 0.8 MA, nl04 = 3.5e19 m^-2, LSN
result: disruption at 0.45 sec during ramp-up. next: repeat. no PCS change. |
| May 14 2012 04:02:08:707PM | 1120514009 | Yijun Lin | 5.4 T, 0.8 MA, nl04 = 3.5e19 m^-2, LSN
result: plasma, full length got ICRF, got LH (but not much power). next: repeat. reduce outergap by 4 mm. increase programed nl04 to 4.0e19 m^-2. Load at 14-May-2012 16:01:22.00 Open tree /home/ylin/pcs_scratch -1 Open tree done |
| May 14 2012 04:11:32:653PM | 1120514010 | Yijun Lin | 5.4 T, 0.8 MA, nl04 = 3.5e19 m^-2, LSN
result: plasma, full length got ICRF, got LH next: same plasma. no PCS change. |
| May 14 2012 04:41:06:880PM | 1120514012 | Yijun Lin | 5.4 T, 0.8 MA, nl04 = 3.5e19 m^-2, LSN
result: plasma, full length got ICRF, got LH next: same plasma. no PCS change. |
| May 14 2012 05:00:18:570PM | 1120514013 | Yijun Lin | 5.4 T, 0.8 MA, nl04 = 3.5e19 m^-2, LSN
result: plasma, full length got ICRF, got LH, 640 kW... good. next: same plasma. no PCS change. |
| May 14 2012 05:10:59:560PM | 1120514014 | Yijun Lin | 5.4 T, 0.8 MA, nl04 = 3.5e19 m^-2, LSN
result: plasma, full length got ICRF, got LH next: load shot 1110318010, beam-to-gas shot. |
| May 14 2012 05:36:08:637PM | 1120514015 | Yijun Lin | reload shot 1110318010
segment 1 on...segment 2,3,4 off. with PG4 puff 600 ms in segment 1. result: got gas. got beam. end of run. |
| Engineering Operator Comments | ||||
| Shot | Time | Type | Status | Comment |
| 1 | 11:36:51:420AM | Test | Ok | Cycle test |
| 2 | 12:01:16:867PM | Test | Ok | |
| 3 | 12:14:39:333PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 4 | 12:28:05:803PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 5 | 01:07:34:010PM | Plasma | Bad | Datasystem problems |
| 6 | 01:33:04:153PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 7 | 01:57:14:677PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 8 | 03:39:49:050PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 9 | 03:53:02:290PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 10 | 04:06:22:780PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 11 | 04:20:31:473PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 12 | 04:35:48:773PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 13 | 04:54:14:293PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 14 | 05:07:37:340PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 15 | 05:33:01:623PM | Test | Ok | |
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