Course description
In Overview of UV Disinfection for the Drinking Water Industry , you'll learn ...
- The components of UV equipment and monitoring systems
- How ultraviolet (UV) light works to render microbial harmless in drinking water
- The differences between UV intensity, UV dose and UV dose distribution
- How microbial respond to UV, as well as factors that impact UV dose-response
Overview
Credit: 3 PDH
Length: 42 pages
This course provides a thorough introduction to ultraviolet (UV) light technology used to disinfect drinking water. The course includes a description of basic chemical and physical principles, the components of UV equipment, and performance monitoring for UV facilities.
You will learn how the mechanism of disinfection by UV light differs considerably from the mechanisms of chemical disinfectants such as chlorine and ozone. You’ll learn how UV light causes microbial inactivation, how microorganisms can repair the damage, and you’ll be introduced to the concept of UV dose-response. The material covers many aspects for consideration when implementing a UV disinfection system.
The course will be beneficial for a student with basic knowledge of water treatment design and is interested in learning about how UV disinfection is now being applied as a disinfection alternative. It is also an excellent overview for those professionals working in the field of water treatment.
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Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 20 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
Training content
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- The history of UV light for drinking water disinfection
- How UV light renders microbial harmless in drinking water systems
- How UV light is generated and propagated to serve as a disinfectant
- How UV dose distribution is estimated and measured
- How microbial response varies as a function of wavelength of the UV light
- UV reactor configuration types
- Various UV lamp types, and their relative merits
- UV lamp sensitivity to power factor
- How to account for lamp degradation over time
- Comparison of electronic vs. magnetic lamp ballasts
- Lamp sleeve vulnerabilities to cracking and fouling
- Lamp sleeve cleaning technology options
- How UVT analyzers work
- Different UV reactor dose-monitoring strategies
- How water quality affects UV performance
- UV disinfection byproducts
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