Industrial Anaerobic Digester Operator Training Workshop 2023

Hosted by Marquette University and CRB Water

July 19th OR 20th, 2023

(pick one | two identical workshops)

July 19th, 7:30 am - 4:30 pm Central Time

July 20th, 7:30 am - 4:30 pm Central Time

Register Here

 

About the Course

Marquette University and CRB Water are happy to host the second annual training workshop for operators of industrial wastewater anaerobic digesters.  Two identical one-day workshops will be offered on July 19 and July 20, 2023 at Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI.  Choose the day that’s most convenient for you.  Attendees will learn how to test for volatile solids, chemical oxygen demand, volatile acid concentrations, organic loading rate, and biogas composition.  The importance of tracking these parameters will be discussed and examples using them to improve digester operation will be presented.  Plant operators and managers with involved in digester operations should attend.  Registration is limited to 15 people per day.

Please email Dr. Daniel Zitomer if you have any questions at daniel.zitomer@marquette.edu.

 

Location

Marquette University

Engineering Hall

1637 W. Wisconsin Ave.

Milwaukee, WI 53201

Room 423

 

Hotel

A limited block of rooms has been reserved at the DoubleTree Hotel, 611 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53203, 414-273-2950 or 1-866-568-0896. Make reservations early to receive the discount rate ($169/night) and ask for “AD Operator Training” group block. Attendees are responsible for hotel arrangements. Registration fee does not include hotel costs. For other nearby hotels, see https://www.marquette.edu/explore/hotel-recommendations.php

 

Those attending will learn 

• Types of digesters and their operation
• General requirements for good digester operation
• Troubleshooting anaerobic digester problems
• Digester safety
• Hands-on lab analyses and procedures, including COD, biogas methane, biogas hydrogen sulfide, digestate volatile fatty acids, biomass granule microscopy, alkalinity and ammonia-nitrogen as well as reactive phosphorus measurement

Who should attend 

• Operators

• Managers and Designers of industrial anaerobic wastewater treatment systems.

Continuing education credits

6 PDHs (0.6 CEUs) for Wisconsin Professional Engineer license continuing education.