Detonation Technology to Replace the Hard Chrome Plating

Not Available This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project is the development of an on-board wastewater treatment system for naval vessels. Presently, ships collect and hold all sewage and wastewater, then discharge the waste while in port at pierside connections. While at sea, waste is emptied directly into the ocean. Because of the rising cost of pierside off-loading and stricter environmental regulations, a water treatment system is needed on the ship that provides independence from shore facilities and produces and environmentally benign discharge. Lynntech's proposed method for water treatment is based on a unique combination of microwave technology, membrane filtration, and ozone disinfection. This integrated system will meet all effluent discharge goals including total suspended solids of 100 mg/liter, biological oxygen demand of 50 mg/liter, and fecal coliform of 200 colonies/100 mL. It is affordable, compact, safe, and can be easily installed and integrated with the Navy's present collection, hold, and transfer system (CHT). In Phase I, we will design and optimize the waste treatment system to produce an environmentally safe discharge. In Phase II, we will build and install the new microwave treatment facility on a ship to handle all the sewage and gray water streams in an environmentally safe manner.