ENVIROKLEEN® RANKED #1 IN ALL CATEGORIES
IN US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DUST CONTROL TESTS
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Research and Development Center (ERDC) field-tested 10 leading commercial dust control agents to determine their effectiveness in mitigating dust on helipads subjected to rotary-wing aircraft traffic. The ERDC ranked EnviroKleen® #1.
EnviroKleen®'s performance consistently finished first in all comprehensive test categories, including the critical Pilot Rankings and Observations and Weighted Palliative Ratings, summarized below. EnviroKleen® also outperformed dust control suppressants developed by the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) and the Navy Research Laboratory (NRL).
These tests were conducted at the Marine Corps Yuma, Arizona Air Station by the ERDC and the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS.
| CH-46 Chinook Pilot Rankings and Observations | |||
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| Helipad | Palliative | Pilot Ranking | Test Order |
| 15 | EnviroKleen* | 1 | 9 |
| 16 | Soil-Sement | 2 | 5 |
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*ENVIROKLEEN: Minor dust, almost nothing; |
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Great visibility. |
| CH-53 Sea Stallion Pilot Rankings and Observations | |||
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| Helipad | Palliative | Pilot Ranking | Test Order |
| 15 | EnviroKleen A* | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | EnviroKleen B** | 2 | 12 |
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OBSERVATIONS: | |
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*ENVIROKLEEN A: Best overall, good dust control, |
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excellent contrast. |
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**ENVIROKLEEN B: Good dust control, good color |
| Weighted Palliative Ratings | ||||||
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| Helipad | Palliative | Rotor Wash Resistance (Rating x 5) |
Palliative Durability (Rating x 2) |
*FOD Potential (Rating x 2) | Surface Condition(Rating x 1) | Weighted Rating (Up to 100) |
| 15 | EnviroKleen | A50 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 100 |
| 13 | EnviroKleen B | 45 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 90 |
*FOD = Foreign Object Debris
