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Chad Augustine
Chad Augustine is a member of the Technology Systems and Sustainability Analysis Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center.
Geothermal Energy Engineer/Analyst
On staff since March 2009
Phone number: 303-384-7382
E-mail: chad.augustine@nrel.gov
Analysis expertise
- Techno-economic modeling of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS)
- Geothermal resource assessment
- High pressure, high temperature reaction systems
Primary research interests
- EGS demonstration and deployment
- Advanced drilling systems research
- Thermodynamics and process modeling of binary power plant systems
Education and background training
- Ph.D. in chemical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
- M.S. in chemical engineering Practice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
- B.S. in chemical engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Other affiliations
- Member of Geothermal Resources Council
Selected publications
Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader
Augustine, C. (2009). "Hydrothermal Flame Spallation Drilling and Advanced Energy Conversion Technologies for Engineered Geothermal Systems." Doctoral Thesis, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Augustine, C. and J.W. Tester. (2009). "Hydrothermal Flames: From Phenomenological Experimental Demonstrations to Quantitative Understanding." Journal of Supercritical Fluids, Volume 47, Issue 3, p. 415-430.
Thorsteinsson, H., C. Augustine, B. Anderson, M.C. Moore, and J.W. Tester. (2008). "The Impacts of Drilling and Reservoir Technology Advances on EGS Exploitation." Proceedings of the 33rd Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, CA
Augustine, C., J. Potter, R. Potter, and J.W. Tester, 2007. "Feasibility of Spallation Drilling in a High Pressure, High-Density, Aqueous Environment: Characterization of Heat Transfer from an H2-O2 Flame Jet." Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, Volume 31, p. 241-245.
Augustine, C., B. Anderson, J.W. Tester, S. Petty, and W. Livesay. (2006). "A Comparison of Geothermal with Oil and Gas Drilling Costs." Proceedings of the 31st Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Personal interests/hobbies
Running, traveling, grilling, music, home improvement
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