Shipboard pollution control : U.S. Navy Compliance with MARPOL Annex V / / Committee on Shipboard Pollution Control

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910818704403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D. C., : National Academy Press, 1996
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (68 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.7394
• Soggetti: Ships - Waste disposal - Government policy - United States; Marine pollution - Law and legislation - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""SHIPBOARD POLLUTION CONTROL""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Shipboard Pollution Control: The U.S. Navy and MARPOL, Annex V""; ""Recommendations""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Fleet Overview""; ""Operational Environment""; ""Managerial Aspects""; ""Technology""; ""U.S. Navy 1993 Plan""; ""Compliance Activities of Other Navies""; ""United Kingdom""; ""Germany""; ""U.S. Coast Guard Compliance Plan""; ""2 Mechanical Methods""; ""Shredders and Compactors""; ""Pulpers""; ""Food Contamination""; ""Mechanical Processing Equipment""; ""3 Incineration""""Introduction""; ""Applicability of Incineration to Navy Vessels""; ""Factors in the Use of Incineration""; ""Feed Systems""; ""Incinerator Grates""; ""Combustion Chambers""; ""Cooling Systems""; ""Emissions""; ""Organic Compounds""; ""Particulate Matter""; ""Acid Gas""; ""Health and Air Quality Concerns""; ""Obstacles to Incineration""; ""Short-Term Implementation of the Incineration Option""; ""4 Long-Range Options: Competition for Incineration""; ""Alternative Destruction Technologies/Competitors for Incineration""; ""Pyrolytic Methods""; ""Plasma Arc Thermal Conversion Technology""""Vitrification""; ""Molten Metal Pyrolysis""; ""Oxidative Methods""; ""Supercritical Water Oxidation""; ""Other Oxidation Methods""; ""Molten Salt Oxidation""; ""Shipboard Compatibility""; ""Discussion""; ""5 Integrated Systems Approach""; ""6 Long-Range Options: Advanced Methods for Handling Liquid Waste""; ""Five Sample Methods/Technologies""; ""Biological ; Treatment of Wastewater""; ""Advanced Separationsâ€?Ultrafiltration""; ""Advanced Oxidationâ€?Semiconductor Photocatalysis""; ""Electrohydraulic Cavitation""; ""Pulsed-Power Cold-Plasma Reactors""""Shipboard Compatibility""; ""7 Waste Handling on Submarines""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Waste Stream Characterization ""; ""Appendix B Materials Management""; ""Packaging Reduction Opportunities""; ""Shipping Containers""; ""Soft Drinks""; ""Food Packaging""; ""Nonfood Packaging""; ""Summary""; ""Appendix C Air Emissions and Air Quality""; ""Introduction""; ""Measurements of Shipboard Incinerator Emissions""; ""EPA Standards for Municipal Incinerators""; ""Protocol for Characterization of Air Emissions from Navy Shipboard Incinerators""; ""Gaseous Emissions from Plastics Compactors: R&D Needs""""Pollutant Dispersion in the Marine Boundary Layer""; ""Summary and Conclusions""