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 Separations-Ultrafiltration -- Advanced Oxidation-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.