Field Validation of Visual Cleaning Performance Indicator (VCPI) Technology
Abstract
This report summary serves to provide an abbreviated background on the above referenced Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) project, as well as document several issues that were encountered throughout the execution and completion of the project. The contents of this summary were drafted by the Project Manager (PM) at Battelle, and are not intended to reflect the engineering opinions and judgments of the DoD stakeholders that participated in the project. It is the PM s intent to provide a summary of the successes and shortcomings of the project, as well as identify what would be necessary to implement the VCPI technology into the maintenance facilities at both Hill Air Force Base (Hill AFB) and Mayport Naval Station (MNS). The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) office funded a project in FY2000 to demonstrate the feasibility of using environmentally compliant and food safe dyes to selectively label specific contaminants routinely found on the large area surfaces of Air Force aircraft and Navy ships. The cleaning and recleaning of these surfaces is critical to the quality of the corrosion protection system(s) or paint system stack-up applied to these structures to maintain their integrity and end-user availability. The Air Force (i.e., Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)) and Navy (i.e., Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWC-CCD)) stakeholders that participated in the SERDP project agreed to investigate the VCPI technology as a means of replacing the traditional water break cleaning verification test with a more user-friendly, real-time method that is more accurate and potentially represents cleaner surfaces, lower labor costs, and a reduced usage of cleaning materials.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA608276
Entities
People
- John Stropki
Organizations
- Battelle Memorial Institute