Alcator C-Mod Run 960803 Information

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Session Leader: Unknown (shots 1-17)

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Physics operator(s):Steve Wolfe
Engineering operator(s):William Burke

Engineering Operator Run Comment
pulse gas bd. test wolfe/burke

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Aug 3 1996 04:07:05:050PMSteve WolfeDone with gas tests. State to stdby, log frank out.
Load 960227003 into model for Monday.

Aug 3 1996 11:53:40:660AM960803001Steve WolfeTest shots for willy to check out gas system. Seg 1 only.
Board seems to work, but there is a 150msec delay before gas show up
on ratiomatic.

Aug 3 1996 12:04:10:720PM960803001Steve Wolfe960803002. Test of Willy board in bypass mode
Pulses again. and a decay after the fizzle detector shuts it down

Aug 3 1996 12:04:18:510PM960803002Steve Wolfe960803002. Test of Willy board in bypass mode
Pulses again. and a decay after the fizzle detector shuts it down

Aug 3 1996 12:11:14:090PM960803003Steve Wolfe960803003. Test of Willy board in bypass mode
100msec ramp from 0- 100V
looks like a slow turn-off reponse

Aug 3 1996 12:12:21:560PM960803003Steve Wolfe960803003. Test of Willy board in bypass mode
100msec ramp from 0- 100V
looks like a slow turn-off reponse
Still no gas on ratiomatic till .11, after drive pulse is off.

Aug 3 1996 12:22:57:120PM960803004Steve Wolfe960803004. Test of Willy board in bypass mode
100msec ramp from 0- 100V, start high, go low this time
Pressure starts up at 60msec. There still seems to be a lag in
turn-on and turn-off.

Aug 3 1996 12:30:41:140PM960803005Steve Wolfe960803005. Test of Willy bypass (wire) board

Seems to be about 1msec delay from Mout to downstairs (AFOL)
Gas on ratiomatic comes in at ~45msec.

Aug 3 1996 01:24:51:640PM960803006Steve Wolfe960803006. Test of Willy pulse board
Removed 10uF cap at input to comparator. Response now is as advertised.

Aug 3 1996 01:31:41:990PM960803007Steve Wolfe960803007. Test of Willy pulse board
30V/300msec ramp No gas on IGT . Forgot the fd, only got to 17%

Aug 3 1996 01:44:27:360PM960803008Steve Wolfe960803008. Test of Willy pulse board
30V/300msec ramp No gas on IGT Move waveform earlier to avoid fiz.

3e-7T comes very late. Had been getting 5e-5T

Aug 3 1996 01:57:41:700PM960803009Steve Wolfe9608030009. Test of Willy pulse board
60V/300msec ramp No gas on IGT Move waveform earlier to avoid fiz.

It seems to open somewhere between 40-50% width, i.e 2.5-3msec minimum
width. Willy wants to try setting the minimum width to 2msec.

Aug 3 1996 02:37:49:210PM960803010Steve Wolfe9608030010. Test of Willy pulse board
back to 30V/300msec ramp Move waveform earlier to avoid fiz.

Minimum width set to ~2msec. Valve seems to be opening with
about 10 "volt" programming, now.

Aug 3 1996 02:45:02:160PM960803010Steve Wolfe9608030011. Test of Willy pulse board
20V, 100msec square pulse.
Minimum width set to ~2msec.

2.6e-5 peak pressure

Aug 3 1996 02:45:10:200PM960803011Steve Wolfe9608030011. Test of Willy pulse board
20V, 100msec square pulse.
Minimum width set to ~2msec.

2.6e-5 peak pressure

Aug 3 1996 02:49:14:860PM960803012Steve Wolfe9608030012. Test of Willy pulse board
10V, 100msec square pulse.
Minimum width set to ~2msec.
1.75e-5 peak pressure

Aug 3 1996 03:08:49:740PM960803013Steve Wolfe9608030013. Test of Willy pulse board
5V, 100msec square pulse.

1.2e-5 Torr peak
It is quite linear, which Willy thinks is great, but I think this is
too sensitive. It will probably put out some gas at zero, although
a negative will turn it off hard.

Try to reduce the minimum pulse width a bit more.

Aug 3 1996 03:22:00:710PM960803014Steve Wolfe9608030014. Test of Willy pulse board
5V, 100msec square pulse.
Reduce minimum to 0.8msec (there seems to be nothing between 2 and .8?)
I expect this to give no gas

No visible rise on IGT.
Got small pulses but no rise on ratiomatic

Aug 3 1996 03:27:58:200PM960803015Steve Wolfe9608030015. Test of Willy pulse board
20V, 100msec square pulse.
Reduce minimum to 0.8msec (there seems to be nothing between 2 and .8?)

Got 5e-7 peak pressure. This is essentially the threshold level.
Actual voltage out is 1.75V out of the AFOL

Aug 3 1996 03:33:47:360PM960803016Steve Wolfe9608030016. Test of Willy pulse board
40V, 100msec square pulse.
Reduce minimum to 0.8msec (there seems to be nothing between 2 and .8?)

2.65e-5 T peak

Aug 3 1996 03:42:05:550PM960803017Steve Wolfe9608030017. Test of Willy pulse board
60V, 100msec square pulse.
Reduce minimum to 0.8msec (there seems to be nothing between 2 and .8?)

5.8 e-5 peak.

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
111:47:17:320AMTestOk
211:53:51:140AMTestOkPulse Gas Test -- Bypass Mode
312:05:25:950PMTestOklooks like slow turn-off
412:16:35:050PMTestOk60msec lag to pressure
512:25:40:890PMTestOkPulsed Gas Test -- Wire Bypass
601:14:21:400PMTestOkPulsed Gas Test -- Fixed the delay on the pulser board
701:28:34:730PMTestOkPulsed Gas Test -- 30 V 300 ms
801:34:02:530PMTestOkSame as Shot 7
901:47:23:850PMTestOkok - 40-50% is minimum
1002:28:58:720PMTestOkPulsed Gas Test -- 2 ms minimum pulse width
1102:41:03:440PMTestOkPulsed Gas Test -- 20 V 100ms
1202:46:31:110PMTestOkPulsed Gas Test -- 10 V 100 ms
1303:01:11:090PMTestOkStill 1.2e-5 at 5Volts!
1403:19:01:600PMTestOkPulsed Gas Test -- .8 ms minimum pulse width
1503:24:03:650PMTestOkPulsed Gas Test
1603:30:39:000PMTestOkPulses Gas Test
1703:37:25:760PMTestOkPulsed Gas Test