Xylem has produced two new, technical handbooks under its Flygt brand that share engineering expertise in sludge pumping and wastewater treatment mixing. The Flygt Handbook of Sludge Pumping and Flygt Handbook of Mixing describe how to best manage those wastewater treatment processes.
The sludge pumping handbook includes details about the advantages of different pump types for transporting sludge and how to estimate the required pump head pressure in a sludge transportation system. It also includes case histories from Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands and the UK.
Magnus Fahlgren, M.Sc., mechanical engineer and executive editor at Xylem, said, “Increasing awareness about environmental issues is
