Waste Reduction and Treatment in DoD Operations

SERDP and ESTCP projects are addressing hazardous and solid waste issues associated with military operations or use of weapons systems and platforms.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

Removal, Separation, and Recovery of Heavy Metals from Industrial Wastestreams Using Molecular Recognition Technology (MRT)

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199805
Principal Investigator: Dr. Katherine Ford, Naval Facilities Engineering Services Center
ESTCP Oct 2003

Removal of Chromium (VI) from Wastewater by Anionic Liquid Ion Exchange (A-LIX)

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200001
Principal Investigator: John Dunlap, AFRL/MLQE
ESTCP Oct 2003

Mineralization of TNT, RDX and By-Products in an Anaerobic Granular Activated Carbon-Fluidized Bed Bioreactor

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200004
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Maloney, U.S. Army ERDC/CERL
ESTCP Oct 2003

Sodium Hydroxide Recycling System

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199801
Principal Investigator: Mr. Philip Darcy, U.S. Army Benet Laboratories
ESTCP Oct 2002

Control of Biofouling Using Biodegradable Natural Products

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1277
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kathleen Fallis, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
SERDP Oct 2002

Pulsed Acoustic Sparker Bio-Fouling Control in Heat Transfer Equipment (SEED Project)

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1279
Principal Investigator: Dr. Raymond Schaefer, Phoenix Science & Technology, Inc.
SERDP Oct 2002

Environmentally Advantaged Substitutes for Ethylene Glycol for Aircraft Ice Control

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1111
Principal Investigator: Ms. Carolyn Westmark, Foster-Miller, Inc.
SERDP Oct 2002

Thermally Actively Controlled Sludge Treatment

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1132
Principal Investigator: Dr. Timothy Parr, NAVAIRWARCENWPNDIV
SERDP Aug 2002

Safe Deactivation of Energetic Materials and Use of Byproduct as Epoxy Curing Agents

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1079
Principal Investigator: Ms. Pamela Walker, Sandia National Laboratories
SERDP Nov 2001

Genetic Enhancement of an Anti-Freeze Protein for Use as a Substitute for Ethylene Glycol for Aircraft Deicing

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1110
Principal Investigator: Dr. John Henry, Aspen Systems Inc.
SERDP Oct 2001

Purification of Oily Wastewaters by a One-Step Advanced Biodegradation Process that Produces No Secondary Wastestreams

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1136
Principal Investigator: Mr. Michael Cushman, Infoscitex Corporation
SERDP Oct 2001

Novel Nonporous Fouling-Resistant Composite Nanofiltration Membranes and Membrane Separation Systems for Wastewater Treatment

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1108
Principal Investigator: Dr. Benny Freeman, Univ of TX at Austin
SERDP Sep 2001

Electrochemical Advanced Oxidation Process for Shipboard Final Purification of Filtered Black Water, Gray Water, and Bilge Water

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1107
Principal Investigator: Dr. Oleh Weres, Sonoma Research Company
SERDP Aug 2001

Plasma Arc Destruction of DoD Hazardous Waste

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199509
ESTCP Oct 2000

Use of Sorbent Materials for Treating Hazardous Wastes

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199515
Principal Investigator: Mr. Garry Kosteck, ARDEC Industrial Ecology Center
ESTCP Oct 2000

Enzymes for Degradation of Energetic Materials and Demilitarization of Explosives Stockpiles

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1078
Principal Investigator: Dr. Steve Goheen, Pacific Northwest Laboratory
SERDP Sep 2000

Kinetics of Supercritical Water Oxidation

Project Information
Project ID: WP-364
Principal Investigator: Dr. Steven Rice, Sandia National Laboratories MS-9052
SERDP Oct 1999

Recycle and Reuse of Industrial Rags Using Liquid CO2 and Surfactant Additives as a Cleaning Agent

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1112
Principal Investigator: Mr. Charles Darvin, US EPA
SERDP Oct 1999

Compact, Closed-Loop Controlled Waste Incinerator

Project Information
Project ID: WP-34
Principal Investigator: Dr. Timothy Parr, NAVAIRWARCENWPNDIV
SERDP Aug 1999

Spent Acid Recovery Using Diffusion Dialysis

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199705
Principal Investigator: Mr. Nicholas Stencel, Naval Research Laboratory
ESTCP Apr 1999

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