2024 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 15:35:29 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Navy Expands Use of PFAS Removal Technology Following ESTCP Demonstration" at Oceana Naval Air Station (VA)
 
Navy Expands Use of PFAS Removal Technology Following ESTCP Demonstration

By Laura Mack
SERDP-ESTCP
July 16, 2024 

ESTCP Principal Investigator Dr. David Reynolds and his project team demonstrated the D-FAS technology, sometimes referred to as in situ foam fractionation (ISFF) technology, which extracts PFAS from the environment as a foam, with the Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana team. The technology removed a significant amount of PFAS within the targeted treatment demonstration area and exhibited a potentially more efficient means of mass source removal than may be accomplished by other traditional technologies.

NAS Oceana remedial project manager, Ms. Jillian Wheeler, said, “[The D-FAS technology demonstration] has been really helpful for my program and its perception – that we're not just studying it, we actually are taking action.”

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Once the PFAS is removed, it is sent off-site for destruction. A small portion from the D-FAS demonstration was sent to Colorado School of Mines, where ESTCP is demonstrating another PFAS destruction technology, hydrothermal alkaline treatment (HALT), for liquid concentrates.

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For the entire article, see
https://serdp-estcp.mil/newsitems/details/11878020-1daf-43d0-bd7e-9af5f9724c3e/navy-expands-use-of-pfas-removal-technology-following-estcp-demonstration

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