Professor Jefferson W. Tester

Contact Information

jwt54 at cornell.edu
607-254-7211

Academic Background

• Proctor & Gamble Fellow
  
• Hertz Foundation Fellow
  
• Los Alamos National Laboratory Post-Doctoral Fellow
  
• Ph.D., MIT, 1971
  
• M.S., Cornell University, 1967
• B.S., Cornell University, 1966

Recent Publications

1. Mak, X.Y., R.P. Ciccolini, J.M. Robinson, J.W. Tester, and R.L. Danheiser, "Synthesis of amides and lactams insupercriticial carbon dioxide", J. Organic Chemistry, in press (2010).
2. Tester, J.W., W.S. Joyce, L. Brown, B. Bland, A. Clark, T. Jordan, R. Allmendinger, S. Beyers, D. Blackwell, M. Richards, and Z. Frone, "Co-generation opportunities for lower grade EGS resources", Proceedings of the Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University (2010).
3. Tester, J.W., "Vapor-liquid equilibrium data and predictive correlations for the carbon dioxide-dimethyl carbonate binary mixture", J. Chemical & Engineering Data, accepted 2010.
4. Peterson, A.A., J.W. Tester, and F. Vogel, "Water-in-water tracer studies of supercritical-water reversing jets using neutron radiography", J. Supercritical Fluids, 54, 250-257 (2010).
5. Stern, H., D. Sadoway, and J.W. Tester, "Copper sulfate reference electrode potential as a function of temperature", J. Electroanalytical Chemistry, accepted, 2011.
6. Thorsteinsson, H. and J.W. Tester, "Barriers and Enablers to U.S. Geothermal District Heating System Development in the United States" Energy Policy, 38, 803-813 (2009).
7. Thorsteinsson, H., C. Augustine, B. Anderson, M. Moore, P. von Rohr, T. Rothenfluh, and J.W. Tester, "Sustainable energy opportunities within the geothermal continuum" submitted 2008.

8. Peterson, A.A., P. Vontobel, F. Vogel, J.W. Tester, "Normal-phase dynamic imaging of supercritical -water salt precipitation using neutron radiography," J. Supercritical Fluids, 49, 71-78 (2009).

9. Frey, K., M. Modell, and J.W. Tester, "Density-and-Temperature-Dependent Volume Translation for the SRK EOS: 1. Pure Fluids." Fluid Phase Equilibria, 279, 56-63 (2009).

10. Augustine, C. and J.W. Tester, "Hydrothermal flames: From phenomenological experimental demonstrations to quantitative understanding," Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 47, 415-430 (2009).

11. Thorsteinsson, H., C. Augustine, B.J. Anderson, M.C. Moore, and J.W. Tester, "The impacts of drilling and reservoir technology advances on EGS Exploitation," Proceedings of the 33rd Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, January 28-30, 2008.

12. Peterson, A.A., F. Vogel, R.P. Lachance, M. Froling, M. Antal, and J.W. Tester, "Thermochemical biofuel production in hydrothermal media: A review of sub- and supercritical water technologies," Energy Environ. Sci. 1, 32-65 (2008).

13. Luterbacher, J.S., M. Froling, F. Vogel, F. Marechal, and J.W. Tester, "Hydrothermal gasification of waste biomass: sustainable process development using life cycle assessment," Environmental Science & Technology, 43, 1578-1583 (2009).

14. Peterson, A.A., P. Vontobel, F. Vogel, J.W. Tester, "In situ visualization of the performance of a supercritical-water salt separator using neutron radiography," J. Supercrit Fluid, 43 (3), 490-499 (2008).

15. Augustine, C., J. Potter, R. Potter, J.W. Tester, "Feasibility of spallation drilling in a high pressure, high density, aqueous environment: characterization of heat transfer from an H2-O2 flame jet," Proceedings of Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting, September 30 - October 3, 2007.

16. Frey, K., C. Augustine, R.P. Ciccolini, S.M. Paap, M. Modell, J.W. Tester, "Volume translation in equations of state as a means of accurate property estimation," Fluid Phase Equilibria, 260, 316-325 (2007).

17. Anderson, B.J., B. Peters, B.L. Trout, and J.W. Tester, "Molecular simulations of ice and gas hydrate nucleation," Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Ice, 2007.

18. Ploeger, J.M., W.H. Green, and J.W. Tester, "Co-oxidation of ammonia and ethanol in supercritical water, Part 2: Modeling demonstrates the importance of H2NNOx," Int'l J. Chem. Kinetics 40, 653-662 (2008).

19. Svanstrom, M., M. Froling, and J.W. Tester, "Surrounding system implications on the environmental performance of sewage sludge in supercritical water oxidation," Proceedings of European Biosolids & Organic Resource Conference, Wakefield, United Kingdom, 13-15 November 2006.

20. Ploeger, J.M., M. Mock, and J.W. Tester, "Co-oxidation of ammonia and ethanol in supercritical water: Experimental results," AIChE J., 53 (4), 941-947 (2007).

21. Ploeger, J.M., W.H. Green, J.W. Tester, "Co-oxidation of methylphosphonic acid and ethanol in supercritical water II: Elementary reaction rate model," J. Supercrit. Fluid., 39, 239-245 (2006).

22. Ploeger, J.M., P.A. Bielenberg, R.P. Lachance, and J.W. Tester, "Co-oxidation of methylphosphonic acid and ethanol in supercritical water I: Experimental results," J. Supercrit. Fluid., 39, 233-238 (2006).

23. Tester, J. W. et al, "The Future of Geothermal Energy: Impact of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) on the United States in the 21st century," Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Department of Energy Report, Idaho National Laboratory, INL/EXT-06-11746 (2006).

24. Tester, J.W. et al, "Impact of enhanced geothermal systems on US energy supply in the twenty-first century," Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A., 365, 1057-1094 (2007).

25. Vorum, M. and J.W. Tester, "Potential carbon emissions reductions from geothermal energy by 2030," in Tackling Climate Change in the U.S., American Solar Energy Society, Charles Kutscher, Editor, page 145 (2007).

26. Vorum, M. and J.W. Tester, "Economics and environmental impact of expanded development of geothermal resources," Proceedings of Solar 2006 Conference, Denver, CO, July 2006.

27. Augustine, C.R., J.W. Tester, and B.J. Anderson, "A comparison of geothermal with oil and gas well drilling costs" Proceedings of the 31st Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, January 30-February 1, 2006.

28. Ploeger, J.M., A.C. Madlinger, and J.W. Tester, "Revised global kinetic measurements of ammonia oxidation in supercritical water," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 45, 6842-6845 (2006).

29. Anderson, B.J., J.W. Tester, G.P. Borghi, and B.L. Trout, "Properties of inhibitors of methane hydrate formation via molecular dynamics simulations," J.A.C.S., 127, 17852-17862 (2005).

30. Smith, C.J., M.W.S. Tsang, A.B. Holmes, R.L. Danheiser, and J.W. Tester, "Palladium catalysed aryl amination reactions in supercritical carbon dioxide," Org. Biomol. Chem., 3, 3767-3781 (2005).

31. Timko, M.T., A.J. Allen, R.L. Danheiser, J.I. Steinfeld, K.A. Smith, and J.W. Tester, "Improved conversion and selectivity of a Diels-Alder cycloaddition by use of emulsions of carbon dioxide and water," I&ECR, 45, 1594-1603 (2006).

32. Svanström, M., T.P. Naila, M. Fröling, A. Peterson, and J.W. Tester, "Choosing between green innovative technologies - hydrothermal processing of biowastes," J. Adv. Oxid. Technol. 10 (1), 1-9 (2007).

33. Svanström, M., M. Fröling, and J.W. Tester, "Supercritical water oxidation of sewage sludge - environmental implications of the surrounding system," Proceedings of the Advanced Oxidation Technologies Conference, Chicago, IL, October 2005.

34. Dunetz, J.R., R.P. Ciccolini, M. Fröling, S.M. Paap, A.J. Allen, A.B. Holmes, J.W. Tester, and R.L. Danheiser, "Pictet-Spengler reactions in multiphasic supercritical carbon dioxide/CO2-expanded liquid media. In situ generation of carbamates as a strategy for reactions of amines in supercritical carbon dioxide," Chemical Communications, (no vol #), 4465-4467 (2005).

35. Anderson, B.J., J.W. Tester, and B.L. Trout, "Predictions of the phase behavior of hydrates via ab initio methods and analytical solutions of the van Der Waals-Platteeuw model," Fifth International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Trondheim, Norway, June 13-16, 2005.

36. Timko, M.T., R.L. Danheiser, J.I. Steinfeld, J.W. Tester, and K.A. Smith, "Reaction rates in emulsions of dense carbon dioxide and water formed by power ultrasound," AIChE J., 52 (3), 1127-1141 (2006).

37. Anderson, B.J., R. Radhakrishnan, J.W. Tester, and B.L. Trout, "Molecular computations for predictions of clathrate-hydrate nucleation and phase-behavior of multi-component hydrates," ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005.

38. Fröling, M. and J.W. Tester, "Hydrothermal Processing in Biorefineries - A Case Study of the Environmental Performance," Proceedings of 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Glasgow, Scotland, July 10-14, 2005.

39. Anderson, B.J., M.Z. Bazant, J.W. Tester, and B.L. Trout, "Application of the Cell Potential Method to Predict Phase Equilibria of Multi-Component Gas Hydrate Systems," J. Phys. Chem. B., 109, 8153-8163 (2005).

40. Height, M.J., J.B. Howard, J.W. Tester, and J.B. Vander Sande, "Carbon Nanotube Formation and Growth via Particle-Particle Interaction," J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 12337-12346 (2005).

41. Ploeger, J., R. Lachance, P.A. Sullivan, J.L. Dinaro-Blanchard, J.W. Tester, and W.H. Green, "Modeling of Reaction Networks for Supercritical Water Oxidation," Combust. Sci. Technol. Special Issue, 178, 363-398 (2006).

42. Marks, D.H, Tester, J.W., and Hill, T., "Pathways to a sustainable energy future", Chapter 7.2 of Part 7 in Encyclopaedia of Hydrocarbons, Istituto della Encycloedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani, Rome, Italy, (2006).

43. Vogel, F., J.L DiNaro, P.A. Marrone, S. Rice, W. Peters, K.A. Smith and J. W. Tester, "Critical Review of Kinetic Data for the Oxidation of Methanol in Supercritical Water," J. Supercrit. Fluid. 34, 249-286 (2005).