Disinfection Systems
Optimization, troubleshooting and process control for UV, chlorine and ozone disinfection.
Who it is for
Plant operators and supervisors who run or support effluent disinfection.
Format
Online, self-paced: 10 timed modules with the manual reading, worked examples and a short check after each module, plus the student manual to download.
Length and price
2 hours, $60.
What you will learn
Taught by Brad Musick. 10 modules. Examples are for training only.
- The disinfection barrier chain (10 min)Stable secondary treatment, hydraulic distribution, dose delivery, contact and verification, and why upstream solids matter.
- UV: reactor anatomy and functional sequence (10 min)Channel, lamp banks, sleeves, sensors and gates, and the steps from channel entry to disinfected effluent.
- UV lamps, sleeves and what the signals mean (10 min)Fouling, low intensity, low UVT, high TSS, high flow and bank alarms, and how clarifier upsets shield UV.
- UV troubleshooting and screening math (10 min)A troubleshooting tree for low dose, and flow conversion and theoretical time.
- Chlorination: contact basin and feed system (10 min)Contact basin hydraulics, the functional sequence, and the hypochlorite feed system.
- Dose, demand, residual and CT (15 min)Applied dose equals demand plus residual, with worked CT, chemical feed and pump calibration examples.
- Dechlorination and residual troubleshooting (10 min)Low chlorine residual, and high final residual after dechlorination.
- Ozone: generation, contact and off-gas (10 min)The three linked systems and the functional sequence.
- Operator math toolkit and peak flow (15 min)Pounds per day, detention, effective time, CT, pump output, tank days, log reduction and solution volume, and how peak flow changes the answer.
- Failed samples and the response sequence (10 min)A structure for a failed compliance sample, and the universal response sequence.
What operators take away
- A clear view of how UV, chlorine and ozone systems work and fail.
- Dose, CT and feed math you can check yourself.
- Troubleshooting trees for low UV dose, low residual and high final residual.
- A response sequence to use when a sample fails.
- Timed online modules with a short check after each one, a final quiz that opens when every check is passed and the study time is logged, and a certificate of completion from Wastewater Academy™ when you pass it.
- A student manual to download (comes with the class).
Look inside
A few sample pages from the student manual. Tap a page to open it full size.
These are sample pages only. The full student manual comes with the class.
Register
2 hours, $60.
CEU approval for this class is pending with Indiana IDEM, and CEUs are not approved yet. If you need CEU credit, please wait to buy until we announce approval here.
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After you pay, you are taken to a page where you start the online course and download the student manual. Work through the 10 modules in order; each ends with a 4-question check, and you need 3 of 4 to open the next module. The study timer counts time only while a module page is open and in front, and you have been active in the last 5 minutes. The final quiz opens after every check is passed and 1 hour 50 minutes of study are logged. It has 15 questions; you need 80 percent, with up to 3 attempts. After you pass and fill in a short course evaluation, you get a certificate of completion from Wastewater Academy™ in the name you enroll with. Online access, including the course, manual, quiz, and certificate, lasts 90 days from purchase. To see the style of questions first, try a free practice quiz.
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