Search Results - "Tester, Jefferson"

A practical approach to predict soil temperature variations for geothermal (ground) heat exchangers applications by Ozgener, Onder, Ozgener, Leyla, Tester, Jefferson W.

“…The paper aims at improving a model predicting daily soil temperatures depending on depth and time. The thermal behavior of the ground (near the surface) as a…”
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Combining anaerobic digestion and hydrothermal liquefaction in the conversion of dairy waste into energy: A techno economic model for New York state by Kassem, Nazih, Sills, Deborah, Posmanik, Roy, Blair, Calum, Tester, Jefferson W.

“…[Display omitted] •Using a retail electricity price yielded an NPV of $1.5 billion for 260,000 cows in NY State.•The hybrid AD/HTL system produces 607 million…”
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Coupling hydrothermal liquefaction and anaerobic digestion for energy valorization from model biomass feedstocks by Posmanik, Roy, Labatut, Rodrigo A., Kim, Andrew H., Usack, Joseph G., Tester, Jefferson W., Angenent, Largus T.

“…[Display omitted] •Anaerobic digestion was tested as a complementary step to hydrothermal conversion.•Hydrothermal liquefaction (200–350°C) of model feed…”
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Hydrothermal carbonization of anaerobic digestate and manure from a dairy farm on energy recovery and the fate of nutrients by Belete, Yonas Zeslase, Mau, Vivian, Yahav Spitzer, Reut, Posmanik, Roy, Jassby, David, Iddya, Arpita, Kassem, Nazih, Tester, Jefferson W., Gross, Amit

“…[Display omitted] •Raw and anaerobically digested manure were hydrothermally carbonized.•Using whey for HTC increased the net energy gain and available…”
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Ultrasonic cavitation for disruption of microalgae by Greenly, Justin M., Tester, Jefferson W.

“…•We study ultrasonic cell disruption as a processing step that fractionates microalgae.•A range of species types with different sizes and cell wall…”
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Inert and Adsorptive Tracer Tests for Field Measurement of Flow‐Wetted Surface Area by Hawkins, Adam J., Becker, Matthew W., Tester, Jefferson W.

“…Field tests in a discrete rock fracture validated a combined inert/adsorbing tracer test method to estimate the contact area between fluids circulating through…”
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Integrating electrochemical, biological, physical, and thermochemical process units to expand the applicability of anaerobic digestion by Angenent, Largus T., Usack, Joseph G., Xu, Jiajie, Hafenbradl, Doris, Posmanik, Roy, Tester, Jefferson W.

“…[Display omitted] •AD is a mature technology and innovation comes by integrating with process units.•Biogas can be upgraded to biomethane.•Cooling power can be…”
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Kinetic Evidence of the Maillard Reaction in Hydrothermal Biomass Processing: Glucose−Glycine Interactions in High-Temperature, High-Pressure Water by Peterson, Andrew A, Lachance, Russell P, Tester, Jefferson W

“…Kinetic and mechanistic evidence is presented of the occurrence of a Maillard-type reaction under conditions of interest to hydrothermal biomass processing…”
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Characterization of the solid products from hydrothermal liquefaction of waste feedstocks from food and agricultural industries by Cantero-Tubilla, Borja, Cantero, Danilo A., Martinez, Celia M., Tester, Jefferson W., Walker, Larry P., Posmanik, Roy

“…[Display omitted] •Eight waste feedstocks were hydrothermally converted to oil and hydro-char.•Hydro-char characterization provides information of chemical…”
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Wet oxidation of aqueous phase byproducts from uncatalyzed and acid-catalyzed hydrothermal liquefaction of manure by Prasad Vadlamudi, Dharani, Gen Lei, Xin, Goldfarb, Jillian L., William Tester, Jefferson

“…[Display omitted] •Higher HHV biocrude from acid-catalyzed Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) of poultry manure.•Following Wet Oxidation (WO) of Aqueous Phase…”
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Hybrid ground-source heat pump systems for cooling-dominated applications: Experimental and numerical case-study of cooling for cellular tower shelters by Beckers, Koenraad F., Aguirre, Gloria A., Tester, Jefferson W.

“…•Experimental hybrid GSHP for cellular tower shelter operates reliably and efficient.•GSHP-based systems can be significantly more efficient than ASHP-based…”
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Cost analysis of oil, gas, and geothermal well drilling by Lukawski, Maciej Z., Anderson, Brian J., Augustine, Chad, Capuano, Louis E., Beckers, Koenraad F., Livesay, Bill, Tester, Jefferson W.

“…This paper evaluates current and historical drilling and completion costs of oil and gas wells and compares them with geothermal wells costs. As a starting…”
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Characterization of 14-Crown‑4 Ethers for the Extraction of Lithium from Natural Brines: Synthesis, Solubility Measurements in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, and Thermodynamic Modeling by Pálsdóttir, Arna, Alabi, Christopher A, Tester, Jefferson W

“…Improving lithium mining methods is key to furthering lithium’s use as an energy metal. Current mining methods from brines are slow and inefficient and have…”
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Prospects for energy recovery during hydrothermal and biological processing of waste biomass by Gerber Van Doren, Léda, Posmanik, Roy, Bicalho, Felipe A., Tester, Jefferson W., Sills, Deborah L.

“…[Display omitted] •Biological and thermochemical processes were compared for post-HTL processing.•Gas utilization as combined heat and power or as heat only…”
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Uncertainty analysis of geothermal well drilling and completion costs by Lukawski, Maciej Z., Silverman, Rachel L., Tester, Jefferson W.

“…Geothermal well costs are presented as functions of well depth. Probability distributions of geothermal well costs are denoted with the grey shaded areas and a…”
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Production of upgraded biocrude from hydrothermal liquefaction using clays as in situ catalysts by Ma, Qiulin, Wang, Kui, Sudibyo, Hanifrahmawan, Tester, Jefferson W., Huang, Guangqun, Han, Lujia, Goldfarb, Jillian L.

“…[Display omitted] •Catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction using montmorillonite, dolomite, kaolin, and sand.•Clay catalyst enhanced water-soluble and insoluble…”
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Techno-economic analysis of decarbonizing building heating in Upstate New York using seasonal borehole thermal energy storage by Durga, Siddarth, Beckers, Koenraad F., Taam, Milton, Horowitz, Frank, Cathles, Lawrence M., Tester, Jefferson W.

“…[Display omitted] •Waste heat seasonally stored in the subsurface provides a source of renewable energy.•Borehole thermal energy storage (BTES) can reduce…”
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Retrofitting Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facilities toward a Greener and Circular Economy by Virtue of Resource Recovery: Techno-Economic Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment by Tian, Xueyu, Richardson, Ruth E, Tester, Jefferson W, Lozano, José L, You, Fengqi

“…A promising route to transition wastewater treatment facilities (WWTFs) from energy-consuming to net energy-positive is to retrofit existing facilities with…”
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Coupling hydrothermal liquefaction and membrane distillation to treat anaerobic digestate from food and dairy farm waste by Rao, Unnati, Posmanik, Roy, Hatch, Lindsay E., Tester, Jefferson W., Walker, Sharon L., Barsanti, Kelley C., Jassby, David

“…[Display omitted] •Hydrothermal liquefaction is used to convert food and dairy waste into biocrude oil.•Membrane distillation can be driven by residual heat…”
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Quantitative Uncertainty Analysis of Life Cycle Assessment for Algal Biofuel Production by Sills, Deborah L, Paramita, Vidia, Franke, Michael J, Johnson, Michael C, Akabas, Tal M, Greene, Charles H, Tester, Jefferson W

“…As a result of algae’s promise as a renewable energy feedstock, numerous studies have used Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to quantify the environmental…”
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