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

Sodium Hydroxide Recycling System

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

Biological Treatment of Solvent-Based Paint

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200520
Principal Investigator: Mr. Tom Torres, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center
ESTCP Jan 2011

Capacitive Deionization (CPI) for Elimination of Wastes

Project Information
Project ID: WP-436
SERDP Oct 1996

Compact, Closed-Loop Controlled Waste Incinerator

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

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

Demonstration of Advanced Oxidation Treatment of Shipboard Blackwater and Graywater

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200802
Principal Investigator: Ms. Tina Lerke, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
ESTCP Dec 2010

Demonstration of NoFoam System Technology for Aircraft Hangar and Fuel Farm Fire Suppression Foam System

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200525
Principal Investigator: Mr. Rance Kudo, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)
ESTCP Jul 2011

Demonstration of an Environmentally Benign and Reduced Corrosion Runway Deicing Fluid

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200924
Principal Investigator: Ms. Mary Wyderski, U.S. Air Force
ESTCP Jan 2011

Demonstration/Validation of an Environmentally Advantaged Aircraft Deicing Fluid as an Alternative to Ethylene and Propylene Glycol

Project Information
Project ID: WP-200409
Principal Investigator: Ms. Mary Wyderski, U.S. Air Force
ESTCP Apr 2008

Development of Environmentally Benign and Reduced Corrosion Runway Deicing Fluid

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1535
Principal Investigator: Dr. Satya Chauhan, Battelle Memorial Institute
SERDP Aug 2009

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

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

Environmentally Benign Aircraft Anti-Icing and Deicing Fluids Based on Cost-Effective, Bio-Based Ingredients

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1678
Principal Investigator: Mr. Satya Chauhan, Battelle Memorial Institute
SERDP Sep 2012

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

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

High-Voltage Polymers for High-Power Supercapacitors

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1359
Principal Investigator: Dr. Nicholas Prokopuk, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
SERDP May 2006

Kinetics of Supercritical Water Oxidation

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

Life Cycle Engineering and Design Program

Project Information
Project ID: WP-304
SERDP Sep 1996

Lightweight and Compostable Packaging for the Military

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1479
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jo Ann Ratto, U.S. Army Natick Soldier RD&E Center (NSRDEC)
SERDP Feb 2012

Magnetically Activated Self-Cleaning Membranes

Project Information
Project ID: WP-1670
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sumith Wickramasinghe, Colorado State University
SERDP Jun 2010

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