Family of Hawkmoor Limited Burners (Army)
Abstract
This project will test a family of Hawkmoor burners that could eliminate the need for a High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) or a two kilowatt (kW) generator when operating Company-sized, mobile Army field feeding systems and components in forward and remote locations. These burners will reduce the fuel comsumption and improve the overall reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) characteristics of mobile field feeding systems. The primary outputs and efficiencies are as follows: (1) high RAM characteristics for integrated system of Hawkmoor burner and Self-powered Tray Ration Heater (STRH); (2) 40-Watt or less power requirement by burner; (3) no reduction in ration heating time for integrated burner and heater tank system. RDT&E cost savings is $1.500 million. Procurement cost savings is expected to be at $0.318 million. Operations and Support cost savings is expected to be at $33.900 million. Other benefits includes capabilities to integrate burner/STRH combination into field feeding systems used by multiple services.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 36613654e6151a0db4aa3e146d1391c3