Biodegradable Grease Technology for Future Army Combat Systems

Abstract

Environmental safety and compliance has recently become the most significant worldwide issue. Over the past decades, many Army installations throughout the United States have been contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbon-based fuels and lubricants. The generation of the potentially hazardous wastes by Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricant (POL) products not only cause both short and long term liability with respect to environmental damage, but can result in deteriorated mission performance and high cleanup costs. For this reason, the Army is currently soliciting a technology that can be used to minimize waste stream of POL products utilized in the current and Future Combat Systems. This paper presents the results of development of Army's biodegradable greases. laboratory biodegradation tests. and field demonstrations including bioremediation tests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA432093

Entities

People

  • In-sik Rhee

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bacteria
  • Biodegradation
  • Chemistry
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Fungi
  • Hazardous Waste
  • High Temperature
  • Low Temperature
  • Lubricants
  • Lubrication
  • Materials
  • Petroleum
  • Synthetic Oils
  • Test Methods
  • United States

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Petroleum Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biotechnology - Bioremediation