Ultraviolet LED technology for the disinfection of human consumption water: CFD modeling of reactors and study of kinetic processes

All organisms, including humans, need water to survive. Therefore, guaranteeing an adequate water supply is essential for human well -being. However, the lack of access to safe drinking water is one of the biggest challenges that humanity faces in the 21st century. According to WHO, 2004, water consumption contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms increases the risk of diseases. Throughout the world there were approximately 2 million deaths due to diarrhea related to water and sanitation, which represents almost 4% of the global disease load. Due to this, the Millennium Development objective 6 states: "Guarantee the availability of water and its sustainable management and sanitation for all" (UNICEF, 2017), the idea of safe water to drink (or drinking water for drinking) is proposed, and with it, and with it the need to use appropriate technologies for water disinfection. UV disinfection is an alternative to traditional disinfection treatments. Therefore, the central objective will be the study of alternative technologies for wastewater disinfection, experimentation at the laboratory level, for subsequent scaling at the pilot plant level at the facilities of the Ucubamba wastewater treatment plant in conjunction with the other institutions involved in macro research.

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