iMAST Quarterly, Number 4, 1999

Abstract

Shipyards within the United States Department of the Navy and the commercial sector have placed a major emphasis on developing more efficient operations having minimal adverse impacts on the surrounding environment. Thirty-five shipyards are considered major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP), and compliance with the latest NPDES discharge limits for copper is unlikely without the implementation of paint overspray control procedures. The iMAST Center of Excellence (COE) at the Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State (ARL) supports the U.S. Navy in its efforts to improve shipyard operations and address the indicated environmental issues. Over the past three years, the Environmental Technology Group within iMAST, along with faculty at Penn State, have studied various issues of paint application (transfer efficiency), paint overspray, and overspray capture and treatment as related to shipyard dry-dock hull painting operations. Such efforts have been supported by the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Carderock (NSWC-CD) and the Navy ManTech program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA497315

Entities

People

  • Robert E. Keay

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advanced Materials
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Computer Programs
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Systems Engineering
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Surface Coatings Technology.