Navy Oil Recycling

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Three projects to provide $7.6 million annual savings for the U.S. Navy

Business First of Louisville (KY)
September 3, 2004


The McConnell Technology & Training Center will undertake three
additional projects for the U.S. Navy. The Navy estimates that these
projects will provide $7,587,000 in annual cost avoidance, according to
a news release. 

Two of the projects focus on removing contaminants from oils and
lubricants used in diesel engines onboard ships. Oil and lubricant
contamination are a major contributing factor to engine failure and
costly engine repair. All ships in the Navy have at least one diesel
engine. 

The third project focuses on modifying the projectile loading system of
the Phalanx Close-In Weapons System. Failures of the projectile loading
system account for 28 percent of all requisitioned parts for the Phalanx
system in the past year. This project will affect the more than 250
Phalanx systems on board nearly every surface ship in the Navy. 


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http://louisville.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2004/08/30/daily44.html?jst=b_ln_hl
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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