LTC Brad Hodge's PPT Slides

PM Force Sustainment Systems SUSTAINING WARFIGHTERS AWAY FROM HOME

Energy Efficiency Initiatives

PM FSS/FT Devens Base Camp Integration Laboratory

(BCIL)

LTC H. Brad Hodge

Assistant Product Manager Force Provider

Product Manager Force Sustainment Systems

Natick, MA

PM Force Sustainment Systems Sustaining Warfighters Away from Home

Force Provider – 600 person camps

Base Life Support System providing deployed forces:

• Billeting with Environmental Control • Showers • Latrines • Batch Laundry • Kitchen and Dining Facilities • Power Generation and Distribution • Water Storage & Distribution • Wastewater Collection & Storage • Fuel Storage • Administration Facilities • Area Lighting • Morale Welfare and Recreation • Shower Water Reuse

Configured in four 150 person C-17 transportable camp modules


Force Provider Incremental Targets of Opportunity (Resources – Water)

Reduce water resupply Reduce Deaths & Injuries Major O&M Cost Reductions Force Multiplier Effect

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TOMORROW – Continue to reduce water resupply

TODAY

• Fully Burdened Cost of Fuel & Water ~ $5 to $20 / gal (Theatre dependent)

• Every gallon of generator fuel consumed or gallon of water delivered requires on average

seven (7) gallons of fuel to supply it (Source: COL Vavrin CERL Briefing – 16 June 2010)

• Sustainment costs include non-drinking water supply, fuel supply, gray water disposal, black

water disposal, solid waste disposal and disease and non-battle injuries due to waste issues

• Force Provider Shower water reuse allows for reuse of 75% of shower water

• Reduce gray and black water disposal by recycling up to 95% of waste water

• Generate water on site (e.g., wells, water from air)

• Develop and field technologies to eliminate/reduce resupply of non-drinking water

o Reuse/recycle gray water from showers, laundries and kitchens and black water from latrines

o Capture water from combustion sources and air to offset recycle inefficiencies


Force Provider Incremental Targets of Opportunity (Resources – Water)

Shower Water Reuse System

• 12,000 Gallons Per Day capacity - 75% recovery

• Saves 9,000 gallons/day per system

• Leveraged off of existing technology integrated into the Force

Provider system

• Produces reuse level of shower water quality in accordance with

Surgeon General standards

• Housed within an ISO 8’ x 8’ x 6.5’ Tricon

TODAY

TOMORROW – Continue to reduce water resupply

Solar Powered Wastewater Recycling – integration of

Technologies for treatment of sewage and wastewater


Force Provider Incremental Targets of Opportunity (Energy - Power)

• Operational Energy policy changes

• Improved heating, cooling & functional systems efficiency

• Improved soft wall shelter liners

• Rigid Wall shelters with increased R value

• Power Management -- intelligent micro-grid (efficient supply)

• Renewable energy sources supply

TOMORROW - Continue to reduce fuel consumed both supply and demand

Reduce Supply Convoys Reduce Deaths & Injuries Major O&M Cost Reductions Force Multiplier Effect

TODAY

• Fully Burdened Cost of Fuel & Water ~ $5 to $20 / gal (Theatre dependent)

• Every gallon of generator fuel consumed or gallon of water delivered requires seven (7)

gallons of fuel to get it there (Source: COL Vavrin CERL Briefing – 16 June 2010)

• Harsh, austere, and hostile environment combined with high OPTEMPO present challenges

for reducing energy and power consumption

• CB personnel size can grow rapidly and base engineers are more concerned about meeting

the power demand rather than the energy efficiency



Microgrid – Currently assessing at BCIL

- Efficient use of available power

- Replaces spot power generation

- Links 6 - 60 KW Tactical Quiet Generator (TQG)

- Manages supply of power based on demand

- Automatically shuts down and restarts generators

- Reduces generator run time and “wet stacking”

- Less wear and tear – increase generator life

- Reduces necessary maintenance

TODAY

Soft Wall Shelter Energy Efficiency Kit

- Tent Liner increases insulation R value

- Solar shade reduces thermal (solar loading)

- Right sized efficient Environmental Control

Units (ECUs) and self powered heaters



TOMORROW - Continue to reduce fuel consumed both supply and demand

• Light-Emitting Diode (LED) lighting – Reduces energy demand with a longer lifecycle

• Rigid Structures as Tent Replacements – Higher insulation R Values range from 10 to 33

• Smart and Green Energy (SAGE) Micro Grid/Renewable Energy Sources –commercial hybrid micro

grid system integrating generator, renewable power (wind, solar) with energy storage system (batteries)

• SAGE Photovoltaic - photovoltaic system feeding to a commercial hybrid micro grid system

• SAGE Solar Hot Water - Evaluate and determine energy savings (fuel) through use of a solar hot water

production to supplement conventional water heat


Force Provider Incremental Targets of Opportunity (Environment - Waste)

Reduce solid waste disposal Reduce Deaths & Injuries Major O&M Cost Reductions Force Multiplier Effect

• Open waste sites and burn pits result in soldier health hazards

• Evaporation lagoons and local waste dumping result in environmental liabilities

• Logistics support requirements reduce tooth-to-tail and increase soldier exposure in

convoys

TODAY

TOMORROW - Reduce solid waste disposal

• Thermally decompose solid waste to reduce volume

• Develop and field technologies to minimize solid waste in deployed areas

o Convert solid (waste) products (e.g., food, plastics, wood, cardboard, etc.) into usable

energy

o Redesign packaging to eliminate non-usable solid waste (e.g., metals and glass)


Force Provider Incremental Targets of Opportunity (Environment - Waste)

TOMORROW - Reduce solid waste disposal

TODAY

• Incinerators sized for Platoon & Company Camps - Reduce the volume of non-hazardous solid

waste generated and the health risks associated with open burning of solid waste. Working

MA EPA approval to begin assessment of commercial off the shelf products at Devens BCIL

• Deployable waste to energy systems

• Gasification system which takes mixed solid wastes, and covert into a syngas that can

fuel a standard generator

• Low oxygen thermal destruction which takes the heat and converts to power or the ability

to heat water



Backup Slides

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Billeting

Dining Facility

With Kitchen

Laundry

Shower

Latrine

(SWRS)

Shower Water

Reuse System

Kitchen

• Cook and Hold Oven

• Steam and Hold

Counter Top Steamer

• Steam Kettle (6

gallon)

• Under Counter

Refrigerator

2 Latrine units

• 8 Commercial Toilets

• 4 Urinals

• 4 Sinks w/Mirrors

• Soap Dispenser

• Onboard Hot Water Heater

2 Shower units

• 8 Shower Stalls

• 4 Sinks w/Mirrors

• 4 Soap Dispensers

• Onboard Hot Water

Heater

SWRS

• Treats 12,000 Gallons per Day

with a 75% recovery rate of

shower/laundry wastewater

• Unattended automatic

operation (7 Days without

operator interface)

Billeting

• 7 Air Beam

Tents, House 150

Personnel

•Climate

Controlled for the

Environment

Laundry

• 1 Commercial Uni-Mac

50lb Washer and Unimac

75lb Dryer

• Onboard Hot Water

Heater

• Onboard Supply and

Gray Water Pumps

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* Reduction in Footprint

* Quick Set-up

* Reduction water/Fuel


Tent Cooling: R-Value vs. BTU/hr vs. Fabric Temp

Field Feeding

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Tent Heating: R-Value vs. BTU/hr vs. Ambient/Interior Temps

Field Feeding

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