Review of Selected Army-Funded Research on Fog Oil Smoke Characteristics as Related to Clean Air Act Issues

Abstract

The endurance of fog oil (FO) as a choice training smoke is credited to its advantageous characteristics, which lead to optimum obscuration of troops and mechanized equipment as well as its cost efficiency, safety, and ease of handling. Fog oil's popularity, however, has been impacted by environmental regulation of smoke aerosol emissions under the Clear Air Act (CAA). Potential violation of the CAA by use of FO has lead to a request for further understanding of technical data describing the characteristics and behavior of FO droplets/particles and plumes. Selected sources of Army-funded research have been reviewed and summarized in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA344419

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People

  • Nancy A. Chester

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  • Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

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  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aromatic Compounds
  • Aromatic Hydrocarbons
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemistry
  • Dispersions
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Geography
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Organic Compounds
  • Particles
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Turbines
  • Volatile Organic Compounds

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