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Back The Money Function - Determining Viable Locales for Waste-to-Energy Technology

Fiscal Year 2015
Division Research & Sponsored Programs
Department Naval Research Program
Investigator(s) Hernandez, Alejandro D.S.
Sponsor NPS Naval Research Program (Navy)
Summary The purpose of this thesis is to improve the Navy's ability to evaluate viable sites for waste-to-energy technologies. Using Systems Engineering methodology, we will build an interactive spreadsheet model that will return recommendations and site considerations in terms of user requirements. The spreadsheet model will display actionable results for the user in an easily digestible format. The team will examine the current Navy systems that evaluate waste-to-energy technologies and identify gaps in comparison with industry standards and active regulations. These gaps will direct the critical areas that require improvement and/or development, including specifying required data and data sources. Through stakeholder engagements the team will design and construct the model. This study can expand the availability of waste-to-water and waste-to-energy technologies to the Navy and DOD. It directly supports SECNAV directives of the IGW task force. The long term goal of this thesis is to enable military installations to achieve higher grid independence and make the Navy as a whole have less of a negative impact on the environment.
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