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

• DBX-1 – Demonstration of Replacement for Lead in Military Munitions Detonators 
• Mobile Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Removal System to Support Warfighter Aircrafts and Carriers
• Remote Emergency Generator Monitoring
• An Innovative Plasma Technology for Treatment of PFAS-Impacted Waters
• Environmental DNA Surveillance of Threatened and Endangered Species
• Improved Efficiency of Artificial Roosts as a Management and Mitigation Tool for Threatened and Endangered Bats
• Destruction of PFAS Contaminated Water using Super Critical Oxidation
• Greywater Reuse Pretreatment Module for the Lightweight Water Purifier
• Deployable Potable Water Production from Contaminated Surface and Ground Waters
• On-Site Disposal of Aqueous Film-Forming Foam (AFFF) using Hydrothermal Destruction + PFAS Effluent Treatment System (PETS)
• Super Critical Water Oxidation (SCWO) of PFAS on Spent Sorbents and Ion Exchange Resins

Energy

• Towable, Load Following 60kW GenSet with Self Contained MicroGrid
• Ruggedized Automatic Critical Power Transfer Switch: Advanced Medium Mobile Power Source Automatic Transfer Switch (AMATS)
• Compact High Density Tactical Energy Storage (CHDTES)
• Distributed Low-Energy Wastewater Treatment (DLEWT) 2.0
• Direct Current Power Distribution to improve efficiency of distributing Small Unit Power
• Honey Badger 50 Fuel Cell System – 50 W Reformed Methanol Wearable Fuel Cell Power System
• Autonomous Robotic Remote Refueling Point System Objective Field Prototype
• Advanced Refrigerated Container System (ARCS)
• Direct Current (DC) Ground Microgrid Architecture

Safety and Occupational Health

• Immediate Response Force (IRF) Soldier Offload
• UNMANNED Helicopter Sling Load (HSL) Hookup Device
• Improved Bucking Bar to Maximize Worker Performance & Health
• Improved Riveting Hammer to maximize worker performance and health