Dr. Arno Laesecke

Dr. Arno Laesecke

Diploma Engineer, Chemical Engineering, University of Stuttgart (Germany), 1977

Doctor Engineer, Chemical Engineering, University of Stuttgart (Germany), 1985 summa cum laude

Advisors:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. h. c. mult. Karl Stephan, University of Stuttgart (Germany)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Wagner, Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany)

Dr. Laesecke came to the Physical and Chemical Properties Division of NIST in 1988 with support from the German Science Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) and the Joy L. Barton Charitable Trust. He joined the corporate research of Daimler-Benz AG (now Daimler AG) in 1991 where he participated in the early development of a fuel-cell-powered electric car. He returned to NIST in 1992 and became a staff member after his naturalization in 1993.
   He conducts extensive viscosity measurements on cryogenic fluids, on alternative refrigerants and their mixtures, lubricants, and biofuels with torsionally vibrating crystals, open and sealed capillary flow instruments, oscillating disks, and vibrating wires. He has developed the free-decay measurement mode for torsional crystal viscometers.
   Also, he carried out an extensive experimental program to determine the thermal conductivity of alternative refrigerants with hot-wire instruments. During this research he conceived and codeveloped the steady-state mode for these instruments for improved measurements on gases, and the polarization technique for polar liquids.
   Besides viscosity and thermal conductivity measurements, density, speed of sound, and dielectric permittivity of liquids and liquid mixtures are other properties under investigation.
   The current research focuses on biofuels, the properties of nonpolar + polar systems, and rapid characterization methods to probe molecular interactions in new ways.

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Professional Activities

Fellow, Int. Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
Elected member AIChE Area 1a (Thermodynamics and Transport Properties) Programming Committee (2008-2011).
American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM), voting member of Subcommittees D02 Petroleum Products and Lubricants and D0207 Flow Properties.

2007 Build Tomorrow's Workplace Award by the Director of the NIST Boulder Laboratories (sole recipient).
Guest researcher at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig, Germany, September to November 2006.
2005 Build Tomorrow's Workplace Award by the Director of the NIST Boulder Laboratories (co-recipient).
2004 ASHRAE Symposium/Technical Paper Award (see publications below).
2003 Best Paper Award of the journal Measurement Science and Technology.

Member Editorial Board, Journal of Molecular Liquids

Session organizer
AIChE Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, November 8-13, 2009 .
Experimental Phase Equilibria and PVT I
Experimental Phase Equilibria and PVT II
Scientific committee
Third IIR Conference on Thermophysical Properties and Transfer Processes of Refrigerants
Boulder, Colorado, USA, June 23-26, 2009.
Organizer and chair of Fluid Property Measurements sessions
17th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties, Boulder, Colorado, June 21-26, 2009.
Session organizer
AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 16-21, 2008.
Co-director of the inaugural Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program at the NIST Boulder Laboratories, June 1 to August 6, 2004.

Coordinator, IUPAC project on "Thermochemical, Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Halogenated Organic Compounds and Mixtures." With J. Dymond (Glasgow, UK), U. K. Deiters (Cologne, Germany), A. Heintz (Rostock, Germany), and D. Richon (Paris, France), 1997-2003.

Member, Advisory Board, Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data (2001-2003).

Member, Editorial Review Board, NIST Thermodynamic Research Center Thermodynamics Tables Project.

Guest Editor of Special Issue of Fluid Phase Equilibria with contributions to the 3rd International Workshop on Thermochemical, Thermodynamic, and Transport Properties of Halogenated Hydrocarbons and Mixtures held at Rostock, Germany, July 28 - August 2, 2002 (jointly with U. K. Deiters).

Session organizer

AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, November 16-21, 2003

Scientific organizing committee

3rd International Workshop on Thermochemical, Thermodynamic, and Transport Properties of Halogenated Hydrocarbons and Mixtures

Scientific organizing committee

2nd International Workshop on Thermochemical, Thermodynamic, and Transport Properties of Halogenated Hydrocarbons and Mixtures

Organizer of special sessions on "Properties of Metastable Fluids"

14th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties

Scientific organizing committee

1st International Workshop on Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Halogenated Hydrocarbons And Mixtures

Abstractor of German, English and Russian chemical engineering literature for Verfahrenstechnische Berichte a weekly information service published by BASF AG, Bayer Technology Services, and DECHEMA.

Reviewer for

- NIST Advanced Technology Program (ATP),
- AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer,
- ASHRAE HVAC&Refrigeration Research Journal,
- Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering,
- Chemical Physics Letters,
- Fluid Phase Equilibria,
- Industrial Engineering and Chemistry Research,
- Int. Journal of Refrigeration,
- Int. Journal of Thermophysics,
- Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data (until 2007),
- Journal of Chemical Physics,
- Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering,
- Journal of Molecular Liquids,
- Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data,
- Journal of Physical Chemistry B,
- Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics,
- Journal of Supercritical Fluids,
- Measurement Science and Technology,
- Metrologia,
- Molecular Physics,
- National Science Foundation,
- Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society
- PhysMatCentral,
- Review of Scientific Instruments.

National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Advisor.
SURF NIST Boulder student mentor.
NIST Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) Advisor.
Notary Public in the State of Colorado.

Other Research Interests

Viscosity, thermal conductivity, and dielectric properties measurements of liquids and gases.
Improved viscometry standards.
Microscale thermophysical properties sensors (the "Laptop-Lab").
Metastable phases and phase stability limits (measurements and molecular simulation).
Critical phenomena.
Equations of state that represent the gaseous, liquid, and solid phase.
Equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of transport properties of fluids.
History of Thermodynamics.

Computational chemistry and visualization of molecular structures.

Methane-derived Halocarbons (C, H, Cl, F).

space-filling fused spheres

electron density distributions

Ethane-derived Halocarbons (C, H, Cl, F).

space-filling fused spheres

Structures of compounds in the 1st Industrial Fluid Simulation Challenge 2002.

electron density distributions

Visualization of thermophysical properties (see examples).

Evolutionary Optimization Methods and Genetic Algorithms ("Biotechnology").

Languages

German (außer Hochdeutsch ;-)
English
French
Russian
Latin

Publications
pauca sed matura
(few, but ripe. Motto of Carl Friedrich Gauss, 1777-1855. See his coat of arms)

S. L. Outcalt, A. Laesecke, and K. J. Brumback. Thermophysical Properties Measurements of Rocket Propellants RP-1 and RP-2. AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power, 25(2009)5, 1032-1040.

M. L. Huber, R. A. Perkins, A. Laesecke, D. G. Friend, J. V. Sengers, M. J. Assael, I. M. Metaxa, E. Vogel, R. Mares, and K. Miyagawa. New International Formulation for the Viscosity of H₂O. J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 38(2009)2, 101-125.

S. Outcalt, A. Laesecke, and M. B. Freund. Density and Speed of Sound Measurements of Aviation Turbine Fuels. Energy & Fuels 23(2009)3, 1626-1633.

A. Laesecke. Comments on “Excess molar volumes and excess viscosities for mixtures of N,N-dimethylformamide with methanol, ethanol and 2-propanol at different temperatures” by M. M. H. Bhuiyan and M. H. Uddin, J. Mol. Liquids, 138(2008)1-3, 139-146. J. Mol. Liquids, 145(2009)1, 51-53.

A. Laesecke, S. Outcalt, and K. Brumback. Density and Speed of Sound Measurements of Methyl- and Propylcyclohexane. Energy&Fuels 22(2008)4, 2629-2636.

H.-W. Xiang, A. Laesecke, and M. L. Huber. A New Reference Correlation for the Viscosity of Methanol. J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 35(2006)4, 1597-1620.

T. J. Bruno, M. L. Huber, A. Laesecke, E. W. Lemmon, and R. A. Perkins (2006). Thermochemical and Thermophysical Properties of JP-10 (National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST IR 6640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 66 pages.

M. L. Huber, A. Laesecke, and D. G. Friend. Correlation for the Vapor Pressure of Mercury. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 45(2006)21, 7351-7361.

M. L. Huber, A. Laesecke, and D. G. Friend (2006). The Vapor Pressure of Mercury National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST IR 6634, Gaithersburg, MD, 59 pages.

M. L. Huber and A. Laesecke. Correlation for the Viscosity of Pentafluoroethane (R125) from the Triple Point to 500 K with Pressures up to 60 MPa. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 45(2005)12, 4447-4453.

J. A. Widegren, A. Laesecke, and J. W. Magee. The Effect of Dissolved Water on the Kinematic Viscosities of Three Hydrophobic Ionic Liquids. ChemComm (2005)12, 1610-1612.

K. Meier, A. Laesecke, and S. Kabelac. Transport coefficients of the Lennard-Jones model fluid. III. Bulk viscosity. J. Chem. Phys., 122(2005)1, 014513.

M. L. Huber, A. Laesecke, and H.-W. Xiang. Viscosity correlations for minor constituent fluids in natural gas: n-octane, n-nonane and n-decane. Fluid Phase Equilib., 224(2004) 263-270.

K. Meier, A. Laesecke, and S. Kabelac. Transport coefficients of the Lennard-Jones model fluid. II. Self-diffusion. J. Chem. Phys., 121(2004)19, 9526-9535.

K. Meier, A. Laesecke, and S. Kabelac. Transport coefficients of the Lennard-Jones model fluid. I. Viscosity. J. Chem. Phys., 121(2004)8, 3671-3687.

A. Laesecke, Viscosity Measurements and Model Comparisons for the Refrigerant Blends R-410A and R-507A. ASHRAE Trans. Res., 110(2004), part 2, 1-19.
This paper was selected for a 2004 ASHRAE Technical Symposium Paper Award of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers.

J. D. Olson, S. M. Smith, R. E. Morrison, and A. Laesecke. Fluid Properties Simulation Challenge. Recommendations for Problem III: Viscosity of 2-Propanol, n-Nonane, and their Mixtures. Fluid Phase Equilib., 217(2003), 49–51.

M. L. Huber, A. Laesecke, and R. A. Perkins. Transport Properties of n-Dodecane. Energy Fuels, 18(2004), 968-975.

M. L. Huber, A. Laesecke, and R. A. Perkins. Model for the Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity of Refrigerants, Including a New Correlation for the Viscosity of R134a. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 42(2003)13, 3163-3178.

U. K. Deiters and A. Laesecke. Preface to the Special Issue on the Third Workshop on Thermochemical, Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Halogenated Hydrocarbons and Mixtures. Fluid Phase Equilib., 210(2003)1, 1-3.

R. F. Hafer, A. Laesecke, "Extension of the Torsional Crystal Viscometer to Measurements in the Time Domain," Meas. Sci. Technol., 14(2003)5, 663-673.
This paper was selected for the 2003 Best Paper Award of this journal.

A. Laesecke, "Through Measurement to Knowledge. The Inaugural Lecture of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1882)," J. Res. NIST., 73(2002)3, 261-277.

A. H. Harvey and A. Laesecke, "Fluid Properties and New Technologies: Connecting Design with Reality," Chem. Eng. Prog., 98(2), 34-41 (2002).

A. Laesecke, "Micro, Nano, Combi, Pronto—What Thermophysicists (Can) Learn from Genomics," pp. 90-92 in "Report on Forum 2000: Fluid Properties for New Technologies—Connecting Virtual Design with Physical Reality," J. C. Rainwater et al. (Eds.), (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Special Publication 975, Boulder, Colorado, September 2001).

J. C. Rainwater, D. G. Friend, H. J. M. Hanley, A. H. Harvey, C. D. Holcomb, A. Laesecke, J. W. Magee, and C. D. Muzny, "Report on Forum 2000: Fluid Properties for New Technologies—Connecting Virtual Design with Physical Reality," (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Special Publication 975, Boulder, Colorado, September 2001).

J. C. Rainwater, D. G. Friend, H. H. J. M. Hanley, A. H. Harvey, C. D. Holcomb, A. Laesecke, J. Magee, and C. Muzny, "Forum 2000: Fluid Properties for New Technologies, Connecting Virtual Design with Physical Reality," J. Chem. Eng. Data, 46(5), 1002-1006 (2001).

K. Meier, A. Laesecke, and S. Kabelac, "A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of the Self-Diffusion Coefficient and Viscosity of the Lennard-Jones Fluid," Int. J. Thermophys., 22, 161-173 (2001).

A. Laesecke, R. F. Hafer, and D. J. Morris, "Saturated Liquid Viscosity of Ten Binary and Ternary Alternative Refrigerant Mixtures. Part I: Measurements," J. Chem. Eng. Data, 46, 433-445 (2001).

R. A. Perkins, L. Cusco, J. Howley, A. Laesecke, S. Matthes, and M. L. V. Ramires, "Thermal Conductivity of Alternatives to CFC-11 for Foam Insulation," J. Chem. Eng. Data, 46, 428-432 (2001).

H. M. Roder, R. A. Perkins, A. Laesecke, and C. A. N. de Castro, "Absolute Steady-State Thermal Conductivity Measurements using a Transient Hot-Wire System," J. Res. NIST, 105, 221-253 (2000).

A. Laesecke, T. O. D. Lüddecke, R. F. Hafer, and D. J. Morris, "Viscosity Measurements of Ammonia, R32, and R134a. Vapor Buoyancy and Radial Acceleration in Capillary Viscometers," Int. J. Thermophys., 20, 401-434 (1999).

M. E. Baltatu, R. A. Chong, M. L. Huber, and A. Laesecke, "Transport Properties of Petroleum Fractions," Int. J. Thermophys., 20, 85-95 (1999).

E. Vogel, C. Küchenmeister, E. Bich, and A. Laesecke, "Reference Correlation of the Viscosity of Propane," J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 27, 947-970 (1998).

A. Laesecke and R. F. Hafer, "Viscosity of fluorinated propane isomers. 2. Measurements of three compounds and model comparisons," J. Chem. Eng. Data 43, 84-92 (1998).

S. A. Klein, M. O. McLinden, and A. Laesecke, "An improved extended corresponding states method for estimation of viscosity of pure refrigerants and mixtures," Int. J. Refrig. 20, 208-217 (1997).

A. Laesecke and D. R. Defibaugh, "Viscosity of 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane and 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane at saturated-liquid conditions from 262 K to 353 K," J. Chem. Eng. Data 41, 59-62 (1996).

A. Laesecke, R. A. Perkins, and J. B. Howley, "An improved correlation for the thermal conductivity of HCFC-123 (2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane)," Int. J. Refrig. 19, 231-238 (1996).

D. E. Diller, A. S. Aragon and A. Laesecke, "Measurements of the viscosities of saturated and compressed liquid chlorodifluormethane (R22)," Int. J. Refrig. 16, 19-22 (1993).

A. Laesecke, "Correlation of the ideal gas properties of five aromatic hydrocarbons," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 32, 759-761 (1993).

R. A. Perkins, A. Laesecke, and C. A. Nieto de Castro, "Polarized transient hot wire thermal conductivity measurements," Fluid Phase Equil. 80, 275-286 (1992).

A. Laesecke, R. A. Perkins, and C. A. Nieto de Castro, "Thermal conductivity of R134a," Fluid Phase Equil. 80, 263-274 (1992).

D. E. Diller, A. S. Aragon, and A. Laesecke, "Measurements of the viscosity of compressed liquid air at temperatures between 70 and 130 K," Cryogenics 31, 1070-1072 (1991).

B. Kaiser, A. Laesecke, and M. Stelbrink, "Measurements of the viscosity of liquid toluene in the temperature range 218-378 K," Int. J. Thermophys. 12, 289-306 (1991).

A. Laesecke, R. Krauss, K. Stephan, and W. Wagner, "Transport Properties of Fluid Oxygen," J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 19, 1089-1122, (1990).

B. Kaiser, A. Laesecke, and M. Schmeck, "Experimental Study and Correlation of the Viscosity of 2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol (TFE)-Water Mixtures," Int. J. Thermophysics, 10, 713-726 (1989).

K. Stephan, R. Krauss, and A. Laesecke, "Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity of Nitrogen for a Wide Range of Fluid States," J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 16, 993-1023 (1987).

A. Laesecke and K. Stephan (1987). Representation of the Viscosity of Water in Terms of Pressure and Temperature. In V. V. Sytchev & A. A. Aleksandrov (Ed.), 10th International Conference on the Properties of Steam, 1 (pp. 398-414). Moscow, USSR: MIR Publishers.

A. Laesecke, K. Stephan, and R. Krauss, "The MIDAS Data-Bank System for the Transport Properties of Fluids," Int. J. Thermophys., 7, 973-986 (1986).

A. Laesecke and K. Stephan, "Eine Datenbank für Stoffeigenschaften - Einsatz bei neuen Technologien," forschung - Mitteilungen der DFG, 11-13, (1986).

A. Laesecke (1986). Viskosität und Wärmeleitfähigkeit als thermodynamische Zustandsgrössen und ihre Darstellung durch Zustandsgleichungen Fortschr.-Ber. VDI, Series 3, No. 117. Düsseldorf, FRG: VDI-Verlag GmbH. 154 p. ISBN 3-18-141703-3.

K. Stephan and A. Laesecke, "The Thermal Conductivity of Fluid Air," J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 14, 227-34 (1985).

Dr. Arno Laesecke
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Thermophysical Properties Division
Experimental Properties of Fluids Group
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