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

Life Cycle Engineering and Design Program

Project Information
Project ID: WP-304
SERDP Sep 1996

Recycle Boiler Nitrite Solution

Project Information
Project ID: WP-69
Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Lee, Naval Facilities Engineering Services Center
SERDP Oct 1996

Capacitive Deionization (CPI) for Elimination of Wastes

Project Information
Project ID: WP-436
SERDP Oct 1996

Recycling/Purification of Plating/Cleaning Baths

Project Information
Project ID: WP-70
Principal Investigator: Mr. Nicholas Stencel, Naval Research Laboratory
SERDP Oct 1996

Shipboard Non-Oily Wastewater Treatment System

Project Information
Project ID: WP-29
Principal Investigator: Dr. John Benson, Naval Surface Warfare Center
SERDP May 1997

Solid State Metal Cleaning

Project Information
Project ID: WP-116
SERDP Oct 1997

Venturi/Vortex Scrubber to Recycle Chromium Electroplating Emissions

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199707
Principal Investigator: Ms. Rene Dunnam, US Army CERL
ESTCP Nov 1998

Waste Acid Detoxification and Reclamation

Project Information
Project ID: WP-199501
Principal Investigator: Mr. Philip Darcy, U.S. Army Benet Laboratories
ESTCP Apr 1999

Spent Acid Recovery Using Diffusion Dialysis

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

Compact, Closed-Loop Controlled Waste Incinerator

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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