Alcator C-Mod Run 990420 Information

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Miniproposals
Miniproposal:214
Date Filed: 1/5/1999
Title:D and E-port RF System Commissioning
First Author:Steve Wukitch
Session Leader:Steve Wukitch (shots 1-21)

Operators
Session leader(s):Steve Wukitch
Physics operator(s):Earl Marmar
Engineering operator(s):Frank Silva

Engineering Operator Run Comment
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Session Leader Plans

Physics Operators Plans

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 03:49:20:180PM
Author: To Be Determined
Run plan and engineering setup for Tuesday, 990420

Engineering Setup for Tuesday, 990416

Load from 990416006

The run will not start until 9:00 am, in order to allow 1 hour of ICRF antenna
conditioning prior to start of plasma operation.

2 hours of ECDC in D2, stopping in time to begin antenna conditioning at 08:00.

Gas setup - fill B-top with 6 psi of D2 Hybrid enabled
fill B-side lower with 1 psi of Ar Hybrid enabled
fill B-side upper with 6 psi of H2 Hybrid DISABLED
fill C-side with 30 psi of D2 Hybrid enabled
leave J-bottom as is Hybrid DISABLED

Replace the ethylene bottle with hydrogen.


The following gate valves should be enabled, assuming no vacuum problems:

ECE, VUV Load

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Run Plan for 990420
MP 214: ICRF conditioning

After vacuum conditioning, a series of fiducial plasmas will be needed
as target plasmas for increasing RF power.


Vacuum Conditioning

D and E-port coefficients:
-1.30896,.273598,-2.19695
0,-1,0

shot D bira pwr volt E bira pwr volt
517 1.5-1.6 20 20 0-0.6
520 1.5-1.6 20 20 0-0.6 0 0
520 1.5-1.6 20 20 0.6-1.2 0 0
528 1.5-1.6 20 20 0.6-1.2 0 0
530 0 0 0 0.6-1.9 0 0
532 0 0 0 0.6-1.9 0 0
536 1.5-1.6 20 22 0.6-1.3 60 33
phase of E_I1 and EI2 is off (~.94pi)
537 1.6-1.7 1.3-1.3 60
faulting on E-port
538 1.6-2 60 1.3-1.3 60
faulting on E-port
539 1.6-2 60 34 1.3-1.4 87 39
faulting on E-port
540-542 faulting on E-port

543 1.3-1.35
good shot
544 1.3-1.4 39
good shot

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*** Plasma Shots ***
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001 cycle test
002 cycle test
003 OH test

004 plasma
low power on E
0.5-1. MW ramp on D

next shot: improve tune for both E and D
raise ramp to 1.25 MW on D

005 plasma, late H-mode
0.8-1.25 MW
80 kW on E-port

next shot: square off D-port at 1.25 and slow ramp to 1.4

006 plasma - H-mode throughout ~0.85-1.2
600 kW on E and a few trips on D-port
EN-mode at RF trips

next shot: raise E-port final power

007 plasma - H-mode throughout
faults on D port
0.2-0.9 MW on E port

008 plasma - H-modes
no faults
0.2-1.25 MW

next shot: use calculated MW coefficients for E-port
small adjustments in tuning

010 plasma - EDA
faulting after 1 sec
2.75 MW injected

011 plasma
#1 had no high voltage
1.5 MW from E with a few faults
target density was increased by ~5%

next shot: increase target density and turn #1 on

012 plasma
many faults on D and E-port

next shot: repeat with retune

013 plasma H-mode
fewer faults

next shot: repeat

014 plasma
many faults
E-port stops after 0.98 sec - retries

next shot: repeat with lower power on D and E-port

015 plasma
faults
1.1 MW each

next shot: repeat with 1.25 MW from each antenna

016 plasma
faults
more phase balance faults

next shot: reload 990420010

Do we recover good waveforms with lower density?

017 plasma
early D-port termination - all MIT arc detector faults.

D-port was signficantly retuned

018 plasma
almost entirely all MIT arc detector faults.

019 plasma
D-port ran cleanly

next shot: raise density again (reload 990420015)
retuned to 15

020 plasma
D-port had multiple phase balance trips

appears that an increase in density (more gas) results in more D-port
phase balance trips.

next shot: change gas fueling location to J-bottom from C-side

021 fizzle EF3 breaker pulled

Back to vacuum conditioning:

MW_coefficients:

D: [-1.30896,.273598,-2.19695]
E: [-.950962,.129875,-2.01167]

shot D_bira [kW] [kV] E_bira [kW] [kV]
555 1.5-1.6 33 25 0.6-1. 20 19
556 1.7-1.8 60 33.5 1.1-1.2 38 25
557 1.8-1.9 80 33.5 1.3-1.35 60 35
fault on #1
558 1.85-1.9 60 33.5 1.3-1.35
559


Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Jul 7 2004 04:37:00:940PM
Author: To Be Determined
Physop run summary
990420

MP 214 -- ICRF conditioning

SL: Wukitch
PO: Marmar
EO: Silva/DeKow

Load from 990416006

2 hours of ECDC in D2, stopping in time to begin antenna conditioning at
08:00.

Gas setup - fill B-top with 6 psi of D2 Hybrid enabled
fill B-side lower with 1 psi of Ar Hybrid enabled
fill B-side upper with 6 psi of H2 Hybrid DISABLED
fill C-side with 30 psi of D2 Hybrid enabled
leave J-bottom as is Hybrid DISABLED

Replace the ethylene bottle with hydrogen.

The run started late, but after we got going, the machine ran well. We had 17
good plasmas in a row. The only PCS changes involved minor density tweaks.

Shot 21 was programmed to run the main segment 2 gas puff through PG5,
J-Bottom. The shot fizzled, because of a trip of the EF3 power supply. However,
the gas programming did as was expected, switching from C-side to J-bottom at
0.1 seconds. This was the last attempt of the day, as fuses were blown on the
EF3 supply.

Shot 19 had a flux loop problem

\mag_flux_full.signals:f03 has a baseline offset -1.3E-01

and this apparently caused the plasma to move, at least according to Brian, who
complained that his probe saw greatly increased heat flux. Also, efit did not
work properly for this shot, with mostly unconverged equilibria. The loop was
ok on the subsequent shots.

The RF made some progress today, with both D and E port running together on
some shots. Maximum power was on shot 10, with about 2.7 MW. For details, see
the session leader's run summary and entries in the logbook.

Score Card:

3 tests
17 plasmas
1 power supply fizzle

21 cycles

Session Leader Comments
Apr 20 1999 12:53:46:997PM990420004Steve Wukitch004 plasma
low power on E
0.5-1. MW ramp on D
Apr 20 1999 12:54:04:403PM990420005Steve Wukitchnext shot: improve tune for both E and D
raise ramp to 1.25 MW on D

005 plasma, late H-mode
0.8-1.25 MW
80 kW on E-port
Apr 20 1999 12:54:24:950PM990420006Steve Wukitchnext shot: square off D-port at 1.25 and slow ramp to 1.4

006 plasma - H-mode throughout ~0.85-1.2
600 kW on E and a few trips on D-port
EN-mode at RF trips

next shot: raise E-port final power
Apr 20 1999 12:55:09:903PM990420007Steve Wukitch007 plasma - H-mode throughout
faults on D port
0.2-0.9 MW on E port

next shot: increase E-port power ramp
Apr 20 1999 12:55:35:390PM990420008Steve Wukitch008 plasma - H-modes
no faults
0.2-1.25 MW

next shot: use calculated MW coefficients for E-port
small adjustments in tuning

Apr 20 1999 01:25:54:187PM990420009Steve Wukitch009 plasma - EDA
faulting after 1 sec
2.75 MW injected

next shot: raise target density about 20%
Apr 20 1999 01:41:53:403PM990420010Steve Wukitch010 plasma - EDA
faulting after 1 sec
2.75 MW injected

next shot: increase target density
Apr 20 1999 01:42:12:327PM990420011Steve Wukitch011 plasma
#1 had no high voltage
1.5 MW from E with a few faults
target density was increased by ~5%

next shot: increase target density and turn #1 on
Apr 20 1999 02:18:16:827PM990420012Steve Wukitch012 plasma
many faults on D and E-port

next shot: repeat with retune
Apr 20 1999 02:28:02:123PM990420013Steve Wukitch013 plasma H-mode
fewer faults

next shot: repeat

Apr 20 1999 05:04:47:607PM990420014Steve Wukitch014 plasma
many faults
E-port stops after 0.98 sec - retries

next shot: repeat with lower power on D and E-port

Apr 20 1999 05:05:05:763PM990420015Steve Wukitch015 plasma
faults
1.1 MW each

next shot: repeat with 1.25 MW from each antenna

Apr 20 1999 05:05:34:090PM990420016Steve Wukitch016 plasma
faults
more phase balance faults

next shot: reload 990420010
Apr 20 1999 05:06:00:343PM990420017Steve Wukitch017 plasma
early D-port termination - all MIT arc detector faults.

D-port was signficantly retuned
Apr 20 1999 05:06:25:937PM990420018Steve Wukitch018 plasma
almost entirely all MIT arc detector faults.
Apr 20 1999 05:06:46:280PM990420018Steve Wukitch019 plasma
D-port ran cleanly

next shot: raise density again (reload 990420015)
retuned to 15
Apr 20 1999 05:07:02:467PM990420019Steve Wukitch019 plasma
D-port ran cleanly

next shot: raise density again (reload 990420015)
retuned to 15
Apr 20 1999 05:07:24:233PM990420020Steve Wukitch020 plasma
D-port had multiple phase balance trips

appears that an increase in density (more gas) results in more D-port
phase balance trips.

next shot: change gas fueling location to J-bottom from C-side
Apr 20 1999 05:07:34:950PM990420021Steve Wukitch021 fizzle EF3 breaker pulled

Physics Operator Comments
Apr 20 1999 09:08:44:687AMEarl MarmarICRF Conditioning

MP 214 -- ICRF conditioning

SL: Wukitch
PO: Marmar
EO: Silva
Apr 20 1999 09:23:19:997AM990420002Earl MarmarHybrid Coldstart
no errors
all matrices respond

Tuesday OH test -- PLC control

Power supplies not enabled
Apr 20 1999 09:38:20:700AM990420003Earl MarmarOH test retry

test ok
Apr 20 1999 11:07:35:047AM990420004Earl MarmarLoad from 990416006

B_R offset to 2 mT from 2.5


plasma

0.6 MW RF

Z-Bolo shutter was closed; background only on Dalsa
Apr 20 1999 12:03:53:297PM990420005Earl MarmarRepeat

plasma

1 MW RF

short H-Mode
Apr 20 1999 12:03:10:750PM990420006Earl Marmarrepeat

plasma

1.15 MW

Several little H-Modes
Apr 20 1999 12:25:50:170PM990420007Earl Marmarrepeat

plasma

1.1 MW

several H-modes
Apr 20 1999 12:51:39:577PM990420008Earl Marmarrepeat

plasma

1.1 MW RF

4 H-mode periods
Apr 20 1999 01:00:04:450PM990420009Earl Marmarrepeat

plasma

1.5 MW

many H-Modes
Apr 20 1999 01:24:45:607PM990420010Earl Marmarrepeat

plasma

2.7 MW RF

EDA H-Mode
Apr 20 1999 01:41:11:623PM990420011Earl MarmarRaise density
aiming for 1.2e20

nl_04 prog to 1.22 e20

increase PG3 program voltage a tad

plasma

density went up a bit

1.5 MW from E-Port only

EDA H-Mode plus dithers


Apr 20 1999 02:04:43:107PM990420012Earl Marmarraise PG3 preprog voltage to almost 60 V between .2 and .55 s

plasma

2.7 MW RF
Apr 20 1999 02:41:31:717PM990420013Earl Marmarrepeat

Brian puffing ethylene from the fast probe

plasma
Apr 20 1999 02:41:43:200PM990420014Earl MarmarRepeat

plasma
Apr 20 1999 03:09:34:780PM990420015Earl MarmarRepeat

Helium puff from A-B limiter

plasma

saw the helium on Dalsa
Apr 20 1999 03:12:11:513PM990420016Earl Marmarrepeat

plasma

Helium puff from inner wall capillary

not seen on Dalsa
Apr 20 1999 03:41:12:543PM990420017Earl Marmarload from 990420010 (lower density)

plasma
Apr 20 1999 04:01:04:843PM990420018Earl Marmarrepeat

plasma
Apr 20 1999 04:01:23:000PM990420019Earl Marmarrepeat

plasma
Apr 20 1999 04:21:09:937PM990420020Earl Marmarback up in density

load from 990420016

plasma
Apr 20 1999 04:38:15:873PM990420021Earl MarmarSwitch to PG5 (30 PSI deuterium, J Bottom) for main fuel in segment 2.
Leave segment 1 gas unchanged; still on PG3, C-Side

fizzle

no EF3; breaker pulled

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
108:03:09:187AMTestOkcycle test OK
209:12:43:700AMTestBadoh supplies not enabled
309:25:16:420AMTestOkOH Test AOK
410:52:32:047AMPlasmaOkno faults/plasma
511:42:52:763AMPlasmaOkno faults/plasma
611:56:09:997AMPlasmaOkno faults/plasma
712:13:44:047PMPlasmaOkNo Faults
812:34:53:967PMPlasmaOkNo Faults
912:53:46:153PMPlasmaOkNo Faults
1001:12:25:437PMPlasmaOkNo Faults
1101:30:54:217PMPlasmaOkNo Faults
1201:49:28:310PMPlasmaOkNo Faults
1302:11:17:560PMPlasmaOkNo Faults
1402:29:07:263PMPlasmaOkNo Faults
1502:46:04:217PMPlasmaOkNo Faults
1603:03:53:980PMPlasmaOkNo Faults
1703:21:03:200PMPlasmaOkNo Faults
1803:38:01:373PMPlasmaOkNo Faults
1903:55:43:403PMPlasmaOkNo Faults
2004:14:16:497PMPlasmaOkNo Faults
2104:31:29:890PMPlasmaBadEF3 Problem