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| Session leader(s): | Ian Hutchinson,Ian Hutchinson,Ian Hutchinson |
| Physics operator(s): | Robert Granetz |
| Engineering operator(s): | Vinny Bertolino,Joe Daigle |
| Engineering Operator Run Comment |
| cross field drifts etc. |
| Session Leader Plans |
| Physics Operators Plans |
| Session Leader Summaries |
| Entered: Jul 7 2004 03:49:15:820PM |
| Author: To Be Determined |
| Run summary 960301 part B (last run of the campaign) MP124 ASDEX U dimen. sim. 5.6T, 1.0MA, low triangularity plasma The run started at 5:00pm. We tried to produce a low triangularity plasma, but it was clear that getting lower than deltau=0.25 and deltal=0.5 was difficult (ideally we wanted deltau=0.1 and deltal=0.3). A density rise was observed when RF power was injected. On some shots H-mode was observed (which we didn't want). We tried to avoid the H-mode by lowering the RF power and increasing the Ar puff. The Ti profile was measured by scanning HIREX at nel=1.5 (during high power pulse). A more limited scan was performed at nel=1.2. The run ended early (around 8:30pm) due to an EF4 problem. *36 pla good RF, deltau=0.25, deltal=0.52, kappa=1.64, nl_04=1.0 (target) *37 pla good RF, deltau=0.25, deltal=0.51, kappa=1.67, plasma all the way down *38 pla one RF trip (H-mode), deltau=0.25, deltal=0.48, kappa=1.72 *39 pla Mo brick, deltau=0.35, deltal=0.49, kappa=1.72 40 pla undo RXU change, Mo brick earlier (before high power RF) *41 pla load shot 037, deltau=0.25, deltal=0.51, kappa=1.67, H-mode, then inj *42 pla lower power, weak H-mode *43 pla bigger H-mode *44 pla increase Ar puff (25->25ms), no H-mode, 1.5, 2.9, 3.8MW *45 pla no H-mode, 100kJ @ 3.8MW, nl_04=1.1 (target) *46 pla lower density nl_04=1.0 (target), disrupt 47 pla nl_04=0.7 (target), earlier disruption *48 pla nl_04=0.9 (target), good shot *49 pla repeat, good shot, but Mo injections 50 pla repeat, disrupt (Mo inj) 51 pla repeat, disrupt 52 EF4 test 53 EF4 test |
| Entered: Jul 7 2004 03:49:15:837PM |
| Author: To Be Determined |
| Session Leader's Summary 960301 Part 1. MP145 Positive Field Drifts. MP140A Density Scan and Collisionality. _______________________________________________________________________ Two density scans were performed with inner gap 1.4cm and equilibrium essentially as 960125025. Data was tolerable but almost all shots disrupted at the end of the shot. The following table summarizes the scans. Most shots were probed during OH, between the two steps, and at the end. OH 1.5MW 3MW ICRF Shot nl04 nl04 nl04 (e20) Ip=0.8MA, 7 0.9 1.1 1.3 9 0.64 0.79 0.84 11 0.43 0.58 0.74 12 0.4 0.5 0.6 13 0.67 0.82 16 0.74 0.93 1.0 17 1.4 1.2 1.6 18 1.49 1.56 1.2 19 1.7 1.7 Ip=1.1MA 21 1.0 1.2 22 1.0 1.2 23 0.85 1.0 24 0.8 0.95 28 0.38 29 1.1 1.25 30 1.2 1.3 31 1.2 1.4 1.4 32 1.4 1.52 1.7 33 1.7 1.8 34 0.85 1.05 1.25 Brief H-modes were observed on shots 7 and 27: our first with positive Bt. Shot 27 is suspected of showing giant ELMS (if so, for the first time with any field direction). Radiation was rather high in all the shots that disrupted. Minor tweaks on strike-points etc. did not seem to help. ________________________________________________________________________ Blow by Blow: 1 Fid Good shot. Prad fairly high, .6MW during OH. X-point rather far in at 1s. 2 PSdud No TF 3 Dis at 1.15s. Many Mo injections. Clearin a bit lower than the reference. Current rise way too fast. Loop voltage was moved in wrong direction. 4 Dis at 1.13s. Current rise more sensible. 5 Fiz Vertical position lost in ramp. 6 Dis at 1.13s. Otherwise quite good 7 Dis at 1.13s. Probed by FSP. nl04=.9,1.1,1.3 (OH,1.5MW,3MW) Looks like an H-mode at RF turn off (1s) 8 Fiz Same as before 9 Dis 1.14s. nl04=.64,.79,.84. No H-mode. Mo level goes very high during RF. 10 PSdud 11 Dis 1.2s nl04=.43,.58,.74. 12 Dis .95s nl04=.4,.5,.6 Mo injection at .4s, influx at .8s. 13 PSdud 14 Dis 1.16s. nl04=.67,.82,.78. Hot spot observed on TV, reported as inner nose. 15 Fiz 16 Dis 1.s. nl04=.74,.93,1. Mo injection at .53s. 17 Dis 1.02s. Big marfe during OH phase, absorbed by RF at .7s. nl04=1.4. 18 Dis at 1.03s. nl04=1.49,1.56,1.2 marfe absorbed by RF at .8s. 19 Dis at .85s nl04=1.7,1.7,0 20 Dis at 0.76s. 1.1MA. Limits on outboard limiter at 0.44s Possibly caused by Mo injection at .4s, or EF3 current limit. 21 Dis at 1.04s. nl04=1.0,1.2,1.2. Second RF step only 1.3MW. 22 Dis at 1.03s nl04=1.0,1.2,1.2. Second RF step only 1.3MW. Magnetics data corrupted. 23 Dis at .98s. nl04=.85,1.0,.9, no second RF pulse. 24 Dis at 1.03s nl04=.8,.95 . Second RF pulse only 1.5MW 25 Dis at .75s. Central cooling/disruption problem. 26 Dis at 1.17s Ip=.8MA, fiducial-like. 27 OK repeat. Ip=.8MA ramps down. H-mode at .91s. Giant ELMS. 28 Dis at .73s. Ip=1.1MA nl04=.38, Central cooling problem. 29 Dis at 1.0 s. nl04=1.1,1.25, second RF only 1.4MW 30 Dis at 1.0s Changes to x-point. nl04=1.2,1.3. 31 Dis at 1.0s. Old equilibrium. nl04=1.2,1.4,1.4. 32 OK Ramp-down! 2pi bolo is way down. nl04=1.4,1.52,1.7 Minor disruptions at .25s are survived better. They look like current-rise disruptions. No obvious proper sawteeth beforehand. 33 Dis at 1.22s nl04=1.7,1.8 34 Dis at 1.04s nl04=.85,1.05,1.25. Has sawteeth from very early. Didn't help. 35 Dis at 0.35s. End of Density scan MPs. |
| Physics Operator Summaries |
| Entered: Jul 7 2004 04:36:56:333PM |
| Author: To Be Determined |
| Physics operator's summary for run 960301A: MP #145, Cross-field drift studies with reversed field, and MP #140A, Density scan to get L-mode confinement data (piggyback) SL: Hutchinson PO: Granetz EO: Bertolino/Daigle Today's primary run will study edge flows with reversed field and boronized walls, for comparison to the normal field case. The piggyback run is to get L-mode confinement data, which is best done in this reversed field configuration, so as to avoid H-modes. The plan is to run +0.8 MA plasmas at +5.3 tesla for the first half of the run, and +1.1 MA plasmas for the latter half. Density will be scanned from 0.5 < nebar < 2.5e20 m-3 (or as wide a range as we can get). We want as much RF power as can be RELIABLY (i.e. repeatibly) obtained. We will also being doing small field ramps, in order to get better spatial resolution of edge Te profiles. Summary: Succeeded in doing density scans at both 0.8 and 1.1 MA, but nearly all shots disrupted. The 0.8 MA shots tended to disrupt during the rampdown. The 1.1 MA shots tended to disrupt during the flattop, or right at the end of flattop. The exceptions were shots 032 and 033, which were at much higher density. Shot 032 is our trophy shot for 1.1 MA in reversed field. Because the only difference between these shots and most of the other 1.1 MA shots was the excessive gas puffing (including 2 NINJA capillaries), it may be that the disruptions were not caused by equilibrium problems, but rather by impurities introduced during minor current rise disruptions. No good plasmas at the lowest desired densities were obtained at 1.1 MA. Despite the frequent disruptions, plasma startup was very reliable after a Br tweak was made on shot 015. Shot 001 was a good fiducial, and shot 027 was similar, with a slightly slowed-down current rise. The RF worked well today, with most shots having 3 MW. We even had some short H-modes on shot 007 shot 027. I haven't seen much concerning flows in the SOL (which was the point of this run). Brian did mention that the flow reversal that is sometimes seen near the separatrix in normal fields was not seen in this reversed field run. Scorecard: 29 plasmas 3 fizzles 0 tests 3 duds (all due to power supply problems ---------- 35 total Run plan: Load a fiducial from yesterday's reversed field run (960229031). After that, load in a shot based on 960125025, except with all necessary signals flipped, and Ip reduced to +0.8 MA. Do a density scan with high RF power. Hopefully we will stay in L-mode. Next, increase the plasma current to +1.1 MA and repeat the density scan with high RF power. In order to improve the spatial resolution of edge profile measurements, we may "tweak" the Btor a little from shot-to-shot. This will be done under hybrid control. Engineering setup for Friday 01 Mar 1996: No discharge cleaning was done, due to a problem with the PEI supply. A-side (actually K-side) plenum: 20 psi of deuterium B-top plenum: 5 psi of deuterium. B-side-lower plenum: 4 psi of argon. B-side-upper plenum: don't touch. NINJA plenum: make sure this is pumped out. Enable hybrid control of A-side, B-top, and B-side-lower valves for start of run. Enable the ECE, VUV, Moly monitor, PCX, and TCX valves, assuming status of each is okay. Start with engineering settings from shot 960229031 for the fiducial. Detailed shot log: Shot 01 -- Setup from yesterday's fiducial (960229031), except reduce OH1 early voltage by 100 volts, and the OH2's by 20 volts. Also increase early gas puffing. Note: no discharge cleaning was done due to a problem with the PEI. Good shot. Good RF. No H-modes. Shot 02 -- Load in segment 2 from 960125025. Change RCUR offset to -2000 (same as segment 2 from yesterday). Add in a 5 kA decreasing ramp on the TF from t=0.8 to 1.0 s. Also further reduce early OH1 and OH2 voltages by another 100 & 20 volts respectively, in order to further reduce the (high) rate of current rise. (Hybrid now has control of the TF.) Dud. No TF. Shot 03 -- Plasma. Disrupted in rampdown at 1.15 s. Current rise was way too fast. Oops, I should have been increasing the OH1 and OH2 voltages. Bt field ramp was 2.4% from 0.8 to 1.0 s. Next shot: Set OH1 and OH2 early voltages +100 and +20 volts respectively compared to yesterday's fiducial.) Also, increase CLEARIN by 5 mm. Shot 04 -- Plasma. Better current rise. Still disrupts in rampdown. Next shot: raise ZCUR by 2 mm. Also rampdown the Ip and CLEARIN faster. Also move RXL out by 3 mm. Shot 05 -- Fizzle. Shot 06 -- Plasma. Still disrupts in rampdown. Next shot: repeat for scanning probe. Start Ip rampdown at 1.1 s, rather than 1.2 s. Also increase CLEARIN another 3 mm. Shot 07 -- Plasma. Disrupts in rampdown at 1.14 s. There might have been an H-mode just as the RF is turning off. Next shot: Reduce density to nl_04=0.5e20 m-2. Also tweak RXL after 1.0 s, and start Ip rampdown at 1.05 s. Shot 08 -- Fizzle. 50 kA plasma went upwards at about 20 ms...same as on previous fizzle. Next shot: add in a -1 mT blip in BR_0 from t=0.010 to 0.030 s. Also tweak CLEARIN up 1.5 mm. Shot 09 -- Plasma. Disrupts in rampdown at 1.15 s. Density was lower, but not quite as low as we want. Next shot: decrease density to nl_04=0.4e20 m-2, and decrease valve voltages in both segment 1 and 2, starting from about t=0.070 s. Also, start CLEARIN rampdown at 1.05 s. Shot 10 -- Dud. No TF nor PF supplies, except for EF2's and EFC. Magnet resistance fault. Shot 11 -- Plasma. Got nl_04=0.5e20 m-2. No H-modes. Disrupted at 1.20 s. Next shot: repeat, except tweak CLEARIN to rampdown even faster. Shot 12 -- Plasma. Hard disruption at t=0.96 s. Not the same as the rampdown disruptions that we have had on every other shot. TF crowbarred. Next shot: raise density to nl_04=0.7e20 m-2. Shot 13 -- Dud. Most of the PF supplies didn't fire. Shot 14 -- Plasma. Got nl_04=0.65-0.75e20 m-2. Disrupted at 1.17 s. Next shot: increase density to nl_04=0.85e20 m-2. Shot 15 -- Fizzle. Br looks a bit negative. Next shot: increase Br offset by 0.6 mT Shot 16 -- Plasma. Lots of molybdenum. Disrupted at 0.996 s. Jim Terry reports a bright spot on the inner divertor nose. Next shot: raise nl_04 to 1.4e20 m-2, and increase gas valve voltage in both segments 1 and 2. Also tweak ZXL by -1 mm from 0.75-1.2 s. Shot 17 -- Plasma. Big marfe on inboard wall until 0.7 s, when it moves down to the divertor. Disrupted at 1.02 s. Next shot: a little more gas valve voltage around 0.1 s in both segments 1 and 2. Shot 18 -- Plasma. Got the density we wanted until 0.8 s, when the marfe movement changes the interferometer signal. Still disrupts at 1.03 s Next shot: increase nl_04 to 1.6e20 m-2. In order to help get to this density, we'll turn on NINJA puffing from the outboard midplane. NINJA plenum will be filled to 20 psi (960 torr) of deuterium. Shot 19 -- Plasma. Lots of gas puffing. Disrupts at 0.85 s. Maybe due to some kind of radiative event. Next shot: raise Ip to 1.1 MA. Lower density back to nl_04=1.0e20 m-2. Turn off NINJA puff. Shot 20 -- Plasma. Disrupts at 0.76 s. Next shot: increase EF3 PLC limits from 12 to 15 kA. Also tweak RCUR programming around 0.1 s. Shot 21 -- Plasma. Disrupts at 1.05 s. RF high power pulse wasn't as good as previous shots. Next shot: repeat w/slight downwards tweak on ZXL around 0.6 s, at Brian's request. Shot 22 -- Plasma. Disrupts at 1.03 s. Very similar to previous shot. Magnetics traq_1 data corrupted. Next shot: decrease nl_04 to 0.8e20 m-2. Also, remove the second RF pulse (3 MW, ending at 1.0 s) to see if that affects the disruptions that we have been getting. Shot 23 -- Plasma. Still disrupted, at 0.99 s, so it has nothing to do with the RF. Next shot: get rid of small TF ramp. We're really grasping at straws with this one. Turn the second RF pulse back on. Also tweak ZXL a bit again for Brian's probe. Shot 24 -- Plasma. Disrupted at 1.03 s. TF ramp didn't go away. I must not have OK'd it. Second RF pulse didn't go. Next shot: lower density to nl_04=0.6e20 m-2. Also, this time I definitely got rid of the TF ramp. Also disable the argon valve. Shot 25 -- Plasma, but disrupted at 0.74 s. Next shot: run a fiducial to check and see if it disrupts. Load segment 2 from shot 001 today. Shot 26 -- Fiducial-like plasma. Disrupts at 1.17 s, just like all the other 0.8 MA shots today, except for the initial fiducial shot. Lots of moly injections. Shot 27 -- Repeat of previous fiducial-like plasma. Good shot, ramped all the way down. Short little H-modes with giant ELM's. Next shot: go back to 1.1 MA, with nl_04=0.4e20 m-2. Decrease gas valve voltages in segment 1 and 2 also. Put TF ramp back in. Shot 28 -- Plasma. 1.1 MA, nl_04 gets down to 0.4e20 m-2, but starts to rise at the RF pulse. Next shot: raise nl_04 to 1.2e20 m-2. Return the gas valve voltage to the normal higher levels in both segments 1 and 2. Shot 29 -- Plasma. Disrupts at 1.01 s. Didn't get high RF power. Next shot: repeat, except move x-point 5 mm down and 5 mm in (to better match the fiducial-like shot). Shot 30 -- Plasma. Still disrupts at 1.01 s. Moving the x-point to be more like the fiducial didn't help. Next shot: increase nl_04 to 1.5e20 m-2. Return the x-point to the position it had prior to this shot. Shot 31 -- Plasma. nl_04=1.2-1.4e20 m-2. Disrupted at 1.01 s. Got 3 MW of RF for part of the second pulse. Next shot: try for nl_04=1.6e20 m-2. Turn on NINJA outboard valve to help get the density up. Shot 32 -- Good plasma! Ramped all the way down! nl_04=1.5-1.6e20 m-2. Trophy shot. Next shot: higher density. Try for nl_04=2.0e20 m-2. Increase gas valve voltage in both segments 1 and 2. Turn on a second NINJA valve (near the outer strike point). Shot 33 -- Plasma. Makes it about halfway down the current ramp. Density reached nl_04=1.8e20 m-2. Didn't get high power RF Next shot: Try for very low density. nl_04=0.4e20 m-2. Reduce gas valve voltage in both segment 1 and 2. Turn off NINJA. Shot 34 -- Plasma. Disrupts at 1.05 s. nl_04=0.9e20 m-2. Next shot: try for lower density again. Reduce gas valve voltage programming some more in both segments. Shot 35 -- Plasma, but disrupted at only t=0.35 s. Density was very low. End of this MP. The run will continue for a 2nd shift on another MP. |
| Session Leader Comments |
| Physics Operator Comments | |||
| Mar 1 1996 08:29:12:690AM | Robert Granetz | MP #145, Cross-field drift studies with reversed field, and
MP #140A, Density scan to get L-mode confinement data (piggyback) SL: Hutchinson PO: Granetz EO: Bertolino Today's primary run will study edge flows with reversed field and boronized walls, for comparison to the normal field case. The piggyback run is to get L-mode confinement data, which is best done in this reversed field configuration, so as to avoid H-modes. The plan is to run +0.8 MA plasmas at +5.3 tesla for the first half of the run, and +1.1 MA plasmas for the latter half. Density will be scanned from 0.5 < nebar < 2.5e20 m-3 (or as wide a range as we can get). We want as much RF power as can be RELIABLY (i.e. repeatibly) obtained. We will also being doing small field ramps, in order to get better spatial resolution of edge Te profiles. | |
| Mar 1 1996 08:29:32:570AM | Robert Granetz | Run plan:
Load a fiducial from yesterday's reversed field run (960229031). After that, load in a shot based on 960125025, except with all necessary signals flipped, and Ip reduced to +0.8 MA. Do a density scan with high RF power. Hopefully we will stay in L-mode. Next, increase the plasma current to +1.1 MA and repeat the density scan with high RF power. In order to improve the spatial resolution of edge profile measurements, we may "tweak" the Btor a little from shot-to-shot. This will be done under hybrid control. | |
| Mar 1 1996 08:30:49:190AM | Robert Granetz | Engineering setup for Tuesday 01 Mar 1996:
No discharge cleaning was done, due to a problem with the PEI supply. A-side (actually K-side) plenum: 20 psi of deuterium B-top plenum: 5 psi of deuterium. B-side-lower plenum: 4 psi of argon. B-side-upper plenum: don't touch. NINJA plenum: make sure this is pumped out. Enable hybrid control of A-side, B-top, and B-side-lower valves for start of run. Enable the ECE, VUV, Moly monitor, PCX, and TCX valves, assuming status of each is okay. Start with engineering settings from shot 960229031 for the fiducial. | |
| Mar 1 1996 09:27:25:380AM | 960301001 | Robert Granetz | Shot 01 -- Setup from yesterday's fiducial (960229031), except reduce OH1 early
voltage by 100 volts, and the OH2's by 20 volts. Also increase early gas puffing. Note: no discharge cleaning was done due to a problem with the PEI. Good shot. Good RF. No H-modes. |
| Mar 1 1996 09:36:43:940AM | 960301002 | Robert Granetz | Shot 02 -- Load in segment 2 from 960125025. Change RCUR offset to -2000 (same
as segment 2 from yesterday). Add in a 5 kA decreasing ramp on the TF from t=0.8 to 1.0 s. Also further reduce early OH1 and OH2 voltages by another 100 & 20 volts respectively, in order to further reduce the (high) rate of current rise. (Hybrid now has control of the TF.) Dud. No TF. |
| Mar 1 1996 10:01:31:310AM | 960301003 | Robert Granetz | Shot 03 -- Plasma. Disrupted in rampdown at 1.15 s. Current rise was way too
fast. Oops, I should have been increasing the OH1 and OH2 voltages. Bt field ramp was 2.4% from 0.8 to 1.0 s. Next shot: Set OH1 and OH2 early voltages +100 and +20 volts respectively compared to yesterday's fiducial.) Also, increase CLEARIN by 5 mm. |
| Mar 1 1996 10:10:39:960AM | 960301004 | Robert Granetz | Shot 04 -- Plasma. Better current rise. Still disrupts in rampdown.
Next shot: raise ZCUR by 2 mm. Also rampdown the Ip and CLEARIN faster. Also move RXL out by 3 mm. |
| Mar 1 1996 10:25:30:580AM | 960301005 | Robert Granetz | Shot 05 -- Fizzle.
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| Mar 1 1996 10:35:34:070AM | 960301006 | Robert Granetz | Shot 06 -- Plasma. Still disrupts in rampdown.
Next shot: repeat for scanning probe. Start Ip rampdown at 1.1 s, rather than 1.2 s. Also increase CLEARIN another 3 mm. |
| Mar 1 1996 11:27:22:390AM | 960301007 | Robert Granetz | Shot 07 -- Plasma. Disrupts in rampdown at 1.14 s. There might have been
an H-mode just as the RF is turning off. Next shot: Reduce density to nl_04=0.5e20 m-2. Also tweak RXL after 1.0 s, and start Ip rampdown at 1.05 s. |
| Mar 1 1996 11:07:03:960AM | 960301008 | Robert Granetz | Shot 08 -- Fizzle. 50 kA plasma went upwards at about 20 ms...same as on
previous fizzle. Next shot: add in a -1 mT blip in BR_0 from t=0.010 to 0.030 s. Also tweak CLEARIN up 1.5 mm. |
| Mar 1 1996 11:19:33:650AM | 960301009 | Robert Granetz | Shot 09 -- Plasma. Disrupts in rampdown at 1.15 s. Density was lower, but
not quite as low as we want. Next shot: decrease density to nl_04=0.4e20 m-2, and decrease valve voltages in both segment 1 and 2, starting from about t=0.070 s. Also, start CLEARIN rampdown at 1.05 s. |
| Mar 1 1996 11:26:37:170AM | 960301010 | Robert Granetz | Shot 10 -- Dud. No TF nor PF supplies, except for EF2's and EFC. Magnet
resistance fault. |
| Mar 1 1996 11:38:29:840AM | 960301011 | Robert Granetz | Shot 11 -- Plasma. Got nl_04=0.5e20 m-2. No H-modes. Disrupted at 1.20 s.
Next shot: repeat, except tweak CLEARIN to rampdown even faster. |
| Mar 1 1996 11:51:06:640AM | 960301012 | Robert Granetz | Shot 12 -- Plasma. Hard disruption at t=0.96 s. Not the same as the rampdown
disruptions that we have had on every other shot. TF crowbarred. Next shot: raise density to nl_04=0.7e20 m-2. |
| Mar 1 1996 11:57:44:090AM | 960301013 | Robert Granetz | Shot 13 -- Dud. Most of the PF supplies didn't fire.
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| Mar 1 1996 12:21:53:920PM | 960301014 | Robert Granetz | Shot 14 -- Plasma. Got nl_04=0.65-0.75e20 m-2. Disrupted at 1.17 s.
Next shot: increase density to nl_04=0.85e20 m-2. |
| Mar 1 1996 12:28:04:800PM | 960301015 | Robert Granetz | Shot 15 -- Fizzle. Br looks a bit negative.
Next shot: increase Br offset by 0.6 mT |
| Mar 1 1996 12:42:43:830PM | 960301016 | Robert Granetz | Shot 16 -- Plasma. Lots of molybdenum. Disrupted at 0.996 s. Jim Terry
reports a bright spot on the inner divertor nose. Next shot: raise nl_04 to 1.4e20 m-2, and increase gas valve voltage in both segments 1 and 2. Also tweak ZXL by -1 mm from 0.75-1.2 s. |
| Mar 1 1996 01:00:19:780PM | 960301017 | Robert Granetz | Shot 17 -- Plasma. Big marfe on inboard wall until 0.7 s, when it moves down
to the divertor. Disrupted at 1.02 s. Next shot: a little more gas valve voltage around 0.1 s in both segments 1 and 2. |
| Mar 1 1996 01:26:41:620PM | 960301018 | Robert Granetz | Shot 18 -- Plasma. Got the density we wanted until 0.8 s, when the marfe
movement changes the interferometer signal. Still disrupts at 1.03 s Next shot: increase nl_04 to 1.6e20 m-2. In order to help get to this density, we'll turn on NINJA puffing from the outboard midplane. NINJA plenum will be filled to 20 psi (960 torr) of deuterium. |
| Mar 1 1996 01:36:19:100PM | 960301019 | Robert Granetz | Shot 19 -- Plasma. Lots of gas puffing. Disrupts at 0.85 s. Maybe due to
some kind of radiative event. Next shot: raise Ip to 1.1 MA. Lower density back to nl_04=1.0e20 m-2. Turn off NINJA puff. |
| Mar 1 1996 01:51:36:900PM | 960301020 | Robert Granetz | Shot 20 -- Plasma. Disrupts at 0.76 s.
Next shot: increase EF3 PLC limits from 12 to 15 kA. Also tweak RCUR programming around 0.1 s. |
| Mar 1 1996 02:02:50:080PM | 960301021 | Robert Granetz | Shot 21 -- Plasma. Disrupts at 1.05 s. RF high power pulse wasn't as good
as previous shots. Next shot: repeat w/slight downwards tweak on ZXL around 0.6 s, at Brian's request. |
| Mar 1 1996 02:14:38:780PM | 960301022 | Robert Granetz | Shot 22 -- Plasma. Disrupts at 1.03 s. Very similar to previous shot.
Magnetics traq_1 data corrupted. Next shot: decrease nl_04 to 0.8e20 m-2. Also, remove the second RF pulse (3 MW, ending at 1.0 s) to see if that affects the disruptions that we have been getting. |
| Mar 1 1996 02:27:38:950PM | 960301023 | Robert Granetz | Shot 23 -- Plasma. Still disrupted, at 0.99 s, so it has nothing to do with
the RF. Next shot: get rid of small TF ramp. We're really grasping at straws with this one. Turn the second RF pulse back on. Also tweak ZXL a bit again for Brian's probe. |
| Mar 1 1996 02:36:42:190PM | 960301024 | Robert Granetz | Shot 24 -- Plasma. Disrupted at 1.03 s. TF ramp didn't go away. I must not
have OK'd it. Second RF pulse didn't go. Next shot: lower density to nl_04=0.6e20 m-2. Also, this time I definitely got rid of the TF ramp. Also disable the argon valve. |
| Mar 1 1996 03:23:46:960PM | 960301025 | Robert Granetz | Shot 25 -- Plasma, but disrupted at 0.74 s.
Next shot: run a fiducial to check and see if it disrupts. Load segment 2 from shot 001 today. |
| Mar 1 1996 03:23:59:700PM | 960301026 | Robert Granetz | Shot 26 -- Fiducial-like plasma. Disrupts at 1.17 s, just like all the other
0.8 MA shots today, except for the initial fiducial shot. Lots of moly injections. |
| Mar 1 1996 03:24:13:160PM | 960301027 | Robert Granetz | Shot 27 -- Repeat of previous fiducial-like plasma. Good shot, ramped all
the way down. Short little H-modes with giant ELM's. Next shot: go back to 1.1 MA, with nl_04=0.4e20 m-2. Decrease gas valve voltages in segment 1 and 2 also. Put TF ramp back in. |
| Mar 1 1996 03:24:25:270PM | 960301028 | Robert Granetz | Shot 28 -- Plasma. 1.1 MA, nl_04 gets down to 0.4e20 m-2, but starts to rise
at the RF pulse. Next shot: raise nl_04 to 1.2e20 m-2. Return the gas valve voltage to the normal higher levels in both segments 1 and 2. |
| Mar 1 1996 03:40:56:420PM | 960301029 | Robert Granetz | Shot 29 -- Plasma. Disrupts at 1.01 s. Didn't get high RF power.
Next shot: repeat, except move x-point 5 mm down and 5 mm in (to better match the fiducial-like shot). |
| Mar 1 1996 03:58:11:350PM | 960301030 | Robert Granetz | Shot 30 -- Plasma. Still disrupts at 1.01 s. Moving the x-point to be more
like the fiducial didn't help. Next shot: increase nl_04 to 1.5e20 m-2. Return the x-point to the position it had prior to this shot. |
| Mar 1 1996 04:13:51:080PM | 960301031 | Robert Granetz | Shot 31 -- Plasma. nl_04=1.2-1.4e20 m-2. Disrupted at 1.01 s. Got 3 MW of
RF for part of the second pulse. Next shot: try for nl_04=1.6e20 m-2. Turn on NINJA outboard valve to help get the density up. |
| Mar 1 1996 04:28:16:780PM | 960301032 | Robert Granetz | Shot 32 -- Good plasma! Ramped all the way down! nl_04=1.5-1.6e20 m-2.
Trophy shot. Next shot: higher density. Try for nl_04=2.0e20 m-2. Increase gas valve voltage in both segments 1 and 2. Turn on a second NINJA valve (near the outer strike point). |
| Mar 1 1996 04:38:58:370PM | 960301033 | Robert Granetz | Shot 33 -- Plasma. Makes it about halfway down the current ramp. Density
reached nl_04=1.8e20 m-2. Didn't get high power RF Next shot: Try for very low density. nl_04=0.4e20 m-2. Reduce gas valve voltage in both segment 1 and 2. Turn off NINJA. |
| Mar 1 1996 04:43:43:420PM | 960301034 | Robert Granetz | Shot 34 -- Plasma. Disrupts at 1.05 s. nl_04=0.9e20 m-2.
Next shot: try for lower density again. Reduce gas valve voltage programming some more in both segments. |
| Mar 1 1996 04:54:34:750PM | 960301035 | Robert Granetz | Shot 35 -- Plasma, but disrupted at only t=0.35 s. Density was very low.
End of this MP. The run will continue for a 2nd shift on another MP. |
| Engineering Operator Comments | ||||
| Shot | Time | Type | Status | Comment |
| 1 | 09:12:57:120AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 2 | 09:31:12:810AM | Plasma | Bad | no tf |
| 3 | 09:42:29:110AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 4 | 09:57:49:120AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 5 | 10:16:15:510AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 6 | 10:26:04:240AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 7 | 10:37:09:450AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 8 | 10:49:36:910AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 9 | 11:07:01:970AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 10 | 11:19:43:120AM | Plasma | Bad | mag resist fault in pulse |
| 11 | 11:27:13:510AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 12 | 11:37:41:220AM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 13 | 11:55:04:690AM | Plasma | Bad | ef4 ioc |
| 14 | 12:10:23:020PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 15 | 12:21:00:430PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 16 | 12:29:23:430PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 17 | 12:48:23:430PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 18 | 01:10:45:720PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 19 | 01:26:13:270PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 20 | 01:38:01:530PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 21 | 01:51:09:340PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 22 | 02:04:27:760PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 23 | 02:14:44:670PM | Plasma | Ok | Comm Fault Bypass OH2u |
| 24 | 02:26:34:460PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 25 | 02:36:38:880PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 26 | 02:47:41:760PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 27 | 02:57:03:090PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 28 | 03:08:54:740PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 29 | 03:30:40:850PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 30 | 03:43:56:050PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 31 | 04:04:18:770PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 32 | 04:16:56:600PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 33 | 04:29:49:980PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 34 | 04:38:26:550PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 35 | 04:49:20:980PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 36 | 04:58:15:070PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 37 | 05:16:49:520PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 38 | 05:32:28:120PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 39 | 05:46:36:160PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 40 | 05:57:51:960PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 41 | 06:06:49:660PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 42 | 06:20:40:940PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 43 | 06:37:41:280PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 44 | 06:50:58:360PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 45 | 06:59:58:060PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 46 | 07:09:18:800PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 47 | 07:22:06:350PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 48 | 07:32:39:500PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 49 | 07:41:15:110PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 50 | 07:50:07:880PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 51 | 07:58:46:100PM | Plasma | Ok | TF self powered fired OH2U comm Fault Bypass. |
| 52 | 08:28:57:580PM | Plasma | Ok | |
| 53 | 08:35:34:620PM | Test | Bad | TF did not go. |
| 54 | 08:49:38:510PM | Test | Ok | |
| 55 | 08:55:58:110PM | Test | Ok | |