www.PDHonline.com - Your Gateway to Lifelong Learning   |   Email: PDHonline@Gmail.com   
 
Current
Price
Course
Number
PDH Online Course Description PDH Units/
Learning Units (Hours)
Buy
Course
Take
Quiz
$119

Buy Now

View Course

View or Take Quiz

add_to_cart

save_for_later
C453
An Introduction to Sludge Handling, Treatment and Disposal

J. Paul Guyer, P.E., R.A., Fellow ASCE, Fellow AEI

This course will introduce you to processes and equipment for handling, treating and disposing of sludge produced by wastewater treatment plants. You will learn about sludge pumping, thickening, conditioning, dewatering, digestion, storage and final disposition. You will learn about loading parameters for gravity thickeners and operational parameters for air flotation thickeners. You will learn guidelines for chemical conditioning of sludges; and advantages, disadvantages and shortcomings of filter presses, basket centrifuges, and solid bowl decanter centrifuges. You will learn about design parameters for aerobic and standard and high-rate anaerobic sludge digesters.

This course includes a multiple choice quiz at the end, which is designed to enhance the understanding of the course materials.


View Course Content

NY PE & PLS: You must choose courses that are technical in nature or related to matters of laws and ethics contributing to the health and welfare of the public. NY Board does not accept courses related to office management, risk management, leadership, marketing, accounting, financial planning, real estate, and basic CAD. Specific course topics that are on the borderline and are not acceptable by the NY Board have been noted under the course description on our website.

4