National Defense Center for Energy & Environment (NDCEE)

ENVIRONMENTAL, SAFETY, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & ENERGY PROJECTS

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NDCEE advances technologies by performing demonstration, validating, and transitioning technologies for military application at DoD installations. NDCEE’s active projects are listed below. 

Environmental

• Sustainable Management of Operational Waste Streams
• Evaluation of Automated Aquatic EDNA Sampling Systems for Surveying Threatened and Endangered Species on Military Installations
• On-Site Disposal of Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) using Hydrothermal Destruction + PFAS Effluent Treatment System – (PETS)
• Non-Biological Expeditionary Blackwater Treatment System

Energy

• Distributed Low-Energy Wastewater Treatment (D-LEWT) 2.0 to Enhance Energy and Water Security and Resiliency
• Intelligent Battery Tray for Small-and Medium-sized EOD Robots
• Direct Current (DC) Ground Microgrid Architecture
• Waste Oil Disposal and Energy Recovery
• Advanced Refrigerated Container System – (ARCS)
• Lightweight, Small Form-Factor Vehicle Mounted Hybrid Auxiliary Power Unit
• Cobalt (Co) & Chromium (Cr) Free Conversion Coatings for Cadmium and Low Hydrogen Embrittlement (LHE) Zn-Ni Electroplating

Safety and Occupational Health

• Airborne Malfunction Automatic Detection & Notification
• UNMANNED Helicopter Sling Load (HSL) Hookup Device
• Self-Decontaminating Interior Paints to Prevent Mold Growth
• Demonstration and Validation of Robotic Pulsed Water Jet De-Painting of Aircraft Confined Spaces
• Galvanic Corrosion (GC) Mitigation using Blockade GC Fastener Coatings
• Coated Explosive Material (CXM) Manufacturing via Resonant Acoustic Mixing (RAM)
• Fire Limiting & Arresting Materials Enhancing Li-Ion Energy Storage Safety (FLAMELESS)