Emergent Logistics R&D Requirements
Abstract
The Energy Readiness Program (ERP) continued working with Military Service customers and technical offices to improve specifications and standards for fuel and additive quality, engage in modeling and simulation of the energy supply chain and identifying alternative energy sources for military customers. - Initiated a project with the University of Hawaii, “Investigation of Waste-Based Feedstocks for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production” to investigate the use and behavior of urban solid waste (e.g., wood residue from construction and demolition operations) for potential conversion of the materials into renewable fuels. This study will develop modeling to validate the use of the materials for use in gasification/Fischer-Tropsch process conversion into commercial and military grade fuels. - Completed “Dual Fuel Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME) Quantification Instrument” project which built on an Army Phase II SBIR effort to develop a field portable, durable, accurate, an dependable instrument to measure fuel quality. This enhanced instrument allows for faster detection of poor fuel quality and faster mitigation efforts when necessary. The Army is currently coordinating deployment of the units for initial use in service and DLA Energy operations. - Completed “Hydrazine Propellant Evaluation Study”. The purpose of this project, under contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc., was to independently evaluate the performance of two high purity hydrazine aerospace propellants that were produced through two different production processes. The study confirmed that the there was no difference in the performance of propellants, given the conditions of the study. Further work is recommended to further to increase confidence in the use of ketazine process-derived hydrazine as equivalent to Raschig process derived hydrazine. - Completed “Determination and Mitigation of the Role of Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Scavengers in Jet Fuel Thermal Stability (1st Phase)” to examine the role and risk of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) scavenger by-products causing jet fuel thermal stability failures in the US fuel supply system. Until now, little was known of the effect on fuel thermal stability. The study will continue to further understand the capacity of the by-products to degrade jet fuel thermal stability. The Supply Chain Management (SCM) program partnered with the Navy’s Battlespace Exploitation of Mixed Reality (BEMR) Lab to acquire and install a prototype demonstration of an Augmented Reality (AR) remote expert capability at DLA. SCM continued its work on a supply chain simulator that simulates the flow of supply through DLA’s supply chain network in support of theoretical or planned contingency operations, such as the support of OPLANs. SCM studied available solutions that provide multi-tiered vendor supply chain management and determine their viability for items, components, and raw materials of DLA’s known NSNs with castings, forgings, and specialty metals.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 44459ef7bca273aea6da1db2e1c509cb