A Portable Burn Pan for the Disposal of Excess Propellants

Abstract

Training with munitions will result in the deposition of energetics on ranges. Excess propellant is burned on site as part of the training mission. Research under SERDP ER-1481 established that up to 20 of the propellant in these burns may not burn properly or at all, contaminating the burn point where the training occurred. The United States Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) developed and tested a prototype portable burn pan under SERDP that enabled artillery batteries to conduct training burns while minimizing the environmental impact of the activity. the portable burn pan concept has been refined, tested, and demonstrated to both the Army and the Army National Guard.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1025967

Entities

People

  • Michael R. Walsh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Ecology
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Groundwater
  • Gun Propellants
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Indirect Fire
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Management Personnel
  • Propellant Grains
  • Propellants
  • Training Devices
  • United States

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  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering