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Jefferson W. Tester
Selected Publications and Lectures

Books
Tester, J. W. and Modell, M., Thermodynamics and Its Applications, 3rd ed. Prentice-Hall (1997).

Milora, S. L. and Tester, J. W., Geothermal Energy as a Source of Electric Power: Thermodynamic and Economic Design Criteria, MIT Press, (1976).

Armstead, H. C. H. and Tester, J. W., Heat Mining, E. and F.N. Spon Ltd., (1987).

Tester, J. W., Wood, D. O., and Ferrari, N. A. (eds.), Energy and the Environment in the 21st Century, MIT Press, (1991).

Articles
Tester, J. W., Bivins, R. L., and Herrick, C. C., "Use of Monte Carlo in Calculating the Thermodynamic Properties of Water Clathrates," AIChE J., 18, 1220 (1972).

Tester, J. W., Bivins, R. L., and Potter, R. M., "Interwell Tracer Analyses of a Hydraulically Fractured Geothermal Reservoir," SPE Journal, 22, 537,554 (1982).

Robinson, B. A., Tester, J. W. and Brown, L. F., "Reservoir Sizing Using Inert and Chemically Reacting Tracers," SPE Formation Evaluation, 2, 227,234 (1988).

Sparks, K. A. and Tester, J. W., "Intermolecular Potential Energy of Water Clathrates: The Inadequacy of the Nearest Neighbor Approximation," J. of Physical Chemistry, 96, 11022,11029 (1992).

Wilkinson, M. A. and Tester, J. W., "Experimental Measurement of Surface Temperatures During Flame,Jet Induced Thermal Spallation," Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 26 (1), 29,62 (1993).

Wilkinson, M. A. and Tester, J. W., "Computational Modeling of the Gas,Phase Transport Phenomena During Flame,Jet Thermal Spallation Drilling," Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 36 (14), 3459,3475 (1993).

Tester, J. W., Holgate, H. R., Armellini, F. J., Webley, P. A., Killilea, W. R., Hong, G. T. and Barner, H. E., "Supercritical Water Oxidation Technology: A Review of Process Development and Fundamental Research," in Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management III, (eds.) D. Tedder and F. G. Pohland, ACS Symposium Series #518, Chapter 3, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC (1993).

Holgate, H. R., Meyer, J. C. and Tester, J. W., "Glucose Hydrolysis and Oxidation in Supercritical Water," AIChE J., 41 (3), 637,647 (1995).

Meyer, J. C., Marrone, P. A. and Tester, J. W., "Acetic Acid Oxidation and Hydrolysis in Supercritical Water," AIChEJ., 41 (9), 2108,2121 (1995).

Weinstein, R. D., Renslo, A. R., Danheiser, R. L., Harris, J. G. and Tester, J. W., "Kinetic Correlation of Diels,Alder Reactions in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide," J. of Phys. Chem., 100 (30), 12337,12341, (1996).

Renslo, A. R., Weinstein, R. D., Tester, J. W. and Danheiser, R. L., "Concerning the Regiochemical Course of the Diels,Alder Reaction in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide," Journal of Organic Chemistry, 62, 4530,4533, (1997).

Mock, J. E., Tester, J. W., and Wright, P. M., "Geothermal Energy from the Earth: Its Potential Impact as Environmentally Sustainable Resource." Ann. Rev. of Energy Environ., 22, 305,356, (1997).

Sparks, K. A., Tester, J. W., Cao, Z. and Trout, B. L., "Configurational Properties of Water Clathrates: Monte Carlo and Multi,dimensional Integration versus the Lennard,Jones and Devonshire Approximation," J. Phys. Chem. B 103 (30), 6300,6308, (1999).

Kutney, M., Reagan, M., Smith, K. A., Tester, J. W., and Herschbach, D. R., "The Zeno (Z=1) Behavior of Equations of State: An Interpretation Across Scales from Macroscopic to Molecular," J. Phys. Chem. B., 104 (40) p. 9513,9525 (2000).

Salvatierra, D., Taylor, J. D., Marrone, P. A. and Tester, J. W., "Kinetic Study of Hydrolysis of Methylene Chloride at 246 bar from 100 oC to 500 oC," MIT, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge, MA. Ind. Eng. Chem. Research, 38 (11), 4169,4174, (1999).

DiNaro, J. L., Tester, J. W., Swallow, K. C. and Howard, J. B., "Experimental Measurements of Benzene Oxidation in Supercritical Water," AIChE J. 46 (11), (2000).

Cao, Z., Tester, J.W. and Trout, B. L., "Computation of the Methane-Water Potential Energy Hypersurface via Ab Initio Methods," J. Chem. Phys. (May, 2001).

Taylor, J. D., Steinfeld, J. I. and Tester, J. W., "Experimental Measurement of the Rate of Methyl tert,Butyl Ether (MTBE) Hydrolysis in Sub,and Supercritical Water," Ind. Eng. Chem. Research. (January, 2000).

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