This course introduces the basics of residential and small-scale commercial rainwater harvesting systems design. It is intended to serve as a first step in considering options for constructing a rainwater harvesting system or implementing a harvesting program.
This 4 PDH online course provides guidance on the design and construction of conduits, culverts, and pipes, and design procedures for trench/embankment earth loadings, highway loadings, railroad loadings, surface concentrated loadings, and internal/external fluid pressures.
This 4 PDH online course provides an integrated approach to manage the solids generated in urban wet weather flows (WWFs), both on the land surface and in drainage sewer systems.
This course discusses the activated sludge process employed extensively throughout the world in its conventional form and modified forms, all of which are capable of meeting secondary treatment effluent limits at wastewater treatment plants.
Wastewater Treatment I – Activated Sludge course provides background on biological wastewater treatment and design calculations for an activated sludge aeration tank
This course provides discussion of and detailed examples of process design calculations for a single stage BOD removal MBBR system, a two-stage BOD removal MBBR system, a single stage tertiary nitrification MBBR system, a two-stage BOD removal/Nitrification MBBR system a post-anoxic denitrification MBBR system and a pre-anoxic denitrification MBBR system.
This course includes discussion of process design calculations for the membrane module used in an MBR system, for an MBR aeration tank designed to provide BOD removal and nitrification, and for a pre-anoxic tank to go with an MBR BOD removal and nitrification system.
This course is about measurement of the flow rate of a fluid flowing under pressure in a closed conduit. Several categories of pipe flow measurement devices are described and discussed, including some associated calculations.
The Manning Equation for Open Channels course provides guidelines for uniform open channel flow, where channel slope, water velocity and water depth remain constant.
The Partially Full Pipe Flow Calculations course includes a review of the Manning equation, along with presentation of equations for a pipe of known diameter.
The course discusses Rational Method equation calculations for determination of the design rainfall intensity and time of concentration of the drainage area
This course introduces the framework for applying sustainable design principles. You will learn the goals of each, opportunities you can use to pursue them, and resources that will help you reach them.
The Filtration and Air-Cleaning Systems course provides guidance on selecting and using filtration and air-cleaning systems in response to man-made threats
This course is an introduction to passive solar technology to heat buildings. You will learn the fundamentals that will allow you to move forward design cost-effective and efficient passive solar buildings.
The Mechanical Engineering Drawings course provides guidelines on how engineering drawings are laid out, and how to interpret mechanical engineering drawings
This Fire Protection and Prevention online PDH course provides guidance on the fire protection and prevention for protection against potential fire hazards
This course presents many of the fundamental concepts in the fields of hydraulics and pneumatics. It covers the characteristics of liquids and the factors affecting them.
The course covers the hydraulic pump, the component in the hydraulic system which generates the force required for the system to perform its design function.
A Fluid Power Part 3 online PDH course provides guidance on the operation of devices used to measure and regulate the pressure of fluids and to measure the temperature of fluids
This course provides an introduction to the special considerations to be addressed in design and construction of utility distribution systems in arctic and subarctic regions.
An Introduction to Solar Water Heating Systems course provides an introduction to the systems, equipment, and materials of solar hot water heating systems
Ion Exchange Techniques for Water Desalination The Ion Exchange Techniques for Water Desalination online PDH course is a part of the Mechanical Engineering category of courses. Water desalination systems may employ different technologies depending on a variety of technical and economic factors. One of the most important systems relies on ion exchange technology. This course will introduce…
This course provides an introduction to design criteria for treated water storage requirements at facilities, gives typical design analysis for elevated tanks, standpipes, and reservoirs, and provides guidance on the procedures to be followed in selecting sites for such storage works
This course will give environmental and civil engineers and other design and construction professionals an introduction to the design, construction and process control considerations for microbiological and corrosion control in cooling water systems.
Fire Protection Systems The Fire Protection Systems online 4 PDH course is a part of the Mechanical Engineering category of courses. This course describes the operation, testing, and maintenance of fire protection systems commonly used in buildings and other structures. Fire protection systems include automatic sprinkler systems, standpipe and hose systems, foam extinguishing systems, gaseous extinguishing…
This course identifies R&D activities across several building applications where further investigations for NG equipment, efficiency, and technologies could result in impactful savings
This course introduces the physical nature and mechanics of floods and explains how flood probabilities are determined and how flood hazard areas are identified.