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BioPreferred Champions: Sustainable Operations – Clean Green, Maintain Green, Serve Green

BioPreferred Champions: Sustainable Operations – Clean Green, Maintain Green, Serve Green. Tim Trittschuh Automotive Mechanic Fort Custer National Cemetery National Cemetery Administration (NCA) Department of Veterans Affairs. Advantages of Bio.

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BioPreferred Champions: Sustainable Operations – Clean Green, Maintain Green, Serve Green

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  1. BioPreferred Champions: Sustainable Operations – Clean Green, Maintain Green, Serve Green Tim TrittschuhAutomotive Mechanic Fort Custer National CemeteryNational Cemetery Administration (NCA)Department of Veterans Affairs

  2. Advantages of Bio • Spills in the field are not as big of a concern for groundwater and soil contamination. • Hydraulic and fuel systems are scoured clean due to the natural cleansing effects. • Cost of product stays at home.

  3. Disadvantages May react with rubber parts on older equipment (hoses & seals). Bio fuel may initially clog filters until system is clean. Cost Will leave hard to remove residue where it can lay and collect dirt.

  4. Hydraulic Oils • We have been using Bio Universal Transdraulic (J20C) and Bio Hydrostatic (J20D) in 17 pieces of equipment with no problems.

  5. 2-Cycle Engine Oil We have been using Bio TC-W3 2-cycle engine oil in 37 pieces of our small equipment with no increase of lubrication issues.

  6. Penetrating Oil • The Bio Penetrating Oil (BPL) is used for door hinges, locks, and various pivot points on the equipment. It does the job of lubricating but has the same disadvantages as the hydraulic oils- hard to remove build up around use points and swelling of rubber parts it comes in contact with.

  7. Gear oil • Gear oil is a GL5 80W90 that has replaced all gear oils except 1 at Fort Custer. It has worked well with no unusual problems. • This is a low turn-over oil that has been in the systems for 4 years so far. • (Used in 27 pieces of our equipment)

  8. Bar and Chain Oil • This is a 5W30 or a 15W40 depending on season of use in the saws. Guide, drive sprocket and chain wear have not been a problem. • Cold pour points have not been a problem. • We are not putting a petroleum product into the environment using this product. • (Used in 6 chainsaws)

  9. Fuel Treatments • Diesel Bio Power treatment is used in our fuel to improve stability, clean injectors, and help disperse water in our B20 summer and B5 winter blends. An additional anti gel is used in the winter. • We were advised that there may be fuel filter clogs until the fuel systems were cleansed- we did not experience this problem. The only problem we had was fuel supply hoses swelling on older (1980) equipment. • The gasoline is treated with Bio Power gasoline treatment- no problems with gasoline.

  10. Purchasing • There are several companies that sell Bio. Fort Custer uses Renewable Lubricants in Hudson, Ohio as our supplier. www.renewablelube.com • They were helpful with the research to make sure that the product was compatible and met manufacturer specifications.

  11. NCA Green Purchasing Procedures, NCA Handbook 0058 • Greening VA – Green Purchasing webpage, www.va.gov/environment/GreenPurchasing.asp

  12. Environmental Management Points of Contact • Valerie Barlow, Logistics Management Service, NCA, VA • 703-441-1009, valerie.barlow@va.gov • Don Campbell, Office of Construction Management, NCA, VA • 202-461-8989, donald.campbell@va.gov • Tim Trittschuh, Fort Custer National Cemetery, NCA, VA • 269-731-4173, tim.trittschuh@va.gov • Sue Nogas, Office of Asset Enterprise Management, VA • 202-461-7776, sue.nogas@va.gov • United Soybean Board, 800-989-8721, www.unitedsoybean.org

  13. Biopreferred Champions: Sustainable Operations – Clean Green, Maintain Green, Serve Green Carmela A. BaileyNational Program Leader,Agricultural MaterialsNational Institute for Food and AgricultureUSDA

  14. Biobased Functional Fluids • Overview • USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture: USDA’s link to academia • What does sustainability mean? • Success stories • Hydraulic fluid • Transformer oil • Greases and lubricants

  15. USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture • Mission: To advance knowledge for agriculture, the environment, human health and well being, and communities • Multifunctional linkage: RESEARCH EDUCATION EXTENSION • NIFA is unique within the Federal government

  16. Land Grant Colleges and Universities

  17. WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY? • Meeting the needs of the current generation while preserving the ability of future generations to meet their needs • The needs are economic, environmental, and social • Philosophy that focuses on the necessity of an integrated approach to addressing economic, environmental and social issues

  18. USDA PERSPECTIVE • New business opportunities • Economic development in rural areas • Value-added products • Diversification in agriculture • Sustainable development - renewable resources • Stimulation of R&D SIGNIFICANCE OF BIOBASED PRODUCTS

  19. PROCUREMENT PERSPECTIVE • performance advantage - as good as or better than conventional counterparts • meet environmental goals - enable agencies to purchase less toxic and non-hazardous products that support solid waste reduction and other objectives SIGNIFICANCE OF BIOBASED PRODUCTS

  20. NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE U.S. can have a reliable supply of industrial products for defense, industry and the consumer, based on renewable raw materials supplied by the American farmer SIGNIFICANCE OF BIOBASED PRODUCTS

  21. Field Demonstration of Military Bio-based Hydraulic Fluids Using Construction Equipment at Fort Leonard Wood Dr. In-Sik Rhee Fuels and Lubricants Technology TeamU.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Developmentand Engineering Center

  22. Projected Benefits for Biobased Fluids • Reduce hazardous waste by natural recycling - Reduce petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in landfill - Preserve ground water and soil - Reduce disposal costs of hazardous waste - Reduce clean up costs of soil and ground water • Reduce petroleum consumption • Alternative lubrication resource • Accomplish P2 program • Others

  23. Field Demonstration • Field tests initiated using ten pieces of construction equipment ( i.e., Crane, Bulldozer, Scraper, Grader, Loader, Excavator, etc.) at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. • Five (5) BHFs qualified under MIL-PRF-32073 Bio-based hydraulic fluid specification selected as field demonstration samples. • Evaluation criteria used in this demonstration are their field operational performances and vehicle system compatibility such as seal leaking, and field sample evaluation. • Evaluate Storage Stability (Shelf Life) of Bio-based Fluids. • Duration of tests was designed for three (3) year. • Cooperate with PM of Construction Equipment and TARDEC Construction Team. • If field demonstration successes, fluids will be permanently introduced into military system

  24. Test Protocol for Laboratory Evaluation

  25. Conclusions • Field demonstration has completed using five MIL-PRF-32073 bio-based fluids and ten types of construction equipment at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. • Field test results indicated that bio-based fluids did not show any abnormal behavior nor incompatibility with hydraulic systems such as oil leaking or operational problem. • In addition, laboratory results from field samples indicated only normal degradation during demonstration period as compared to petroleum products. • Bio-based fluids are compatible with existing petroleum based fluids. Fluids can be interchanged without major cleaning effort. • Bio-based fluids did not change their properties for three years of storage periods. Their shelf life are longer than three years. • Bio-based fluids can be used in military construction Equipment. Performance is the same as Petroleum based fluids.

  26. Transition from Petroleum-based Hydraulic Fluids to Bio-based Fluids • Recommended to Military Construction Equipment Managers to use Bio-based fluids as military alternative operational fluids for Construction Equipment. • This recommendation is in process within Army.

  27. Determining Environmental Preferability of a Biobased Transformer Oil • University of Northern Iowa • Waverly Power and Light • National Institute for Standards and Technology • Environmental Protection Agency

  28. BEES BMODEL 3.0

  29. BEES Results:Transformer Oils

  30. BEES Results:Transformer Oils

  31. BEES Results:Transformer Oils

  32. BEES Results:Transformer Oils

  33. Results and Outcomes • BEES model has been optimized for biobased products • BioTrans is environmentally preferable • Biobased transformer oils are a commerical success

  34. NABL – University of Northern Iowa Rail curve grease • Truck greases • Gear oils • Bar and chain oil • Drilling fluid • Environmental Lubricants Manufacturing (ELM) • www.elmusa.com • Lubrimatic products

  35. Conclusions • Biobased products: • Have been demonstrated to perform as well as or better than conventional products • Are environmentally preferable • Help federal agencies meet environmental goals

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