Preventing infectious diseases using UV LEDs for water disinfection

Thea Hein Petersen; Michael Linde Jakobsen; Yiyu Ou; Paul Michael Petersen; Ravi Kumar Chhetri; Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen

Preventing infectious diseases using UV LEDs for water disinfection

Thea Hein Petersen, Michael Linde Jakobsen, Yiyu Ou, Paul Michael Petersen, Ravi Kumar Chhetri, Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen

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Access to safe drinking water is crucial for promoting human health and well-being. Contaminated drinking water represents a significant risk for waterborne infections. Water disinfection using Ultraviolet Light- Emitting Diodes (UV LEDs) is a new method to disinfect water effectively without adding chemicals to the water. Compared to mercury lamps, which are traditionally used for UV water disinfection, UV LEDs offer the advantage of a longer lifespan, compact devices that can be integrated into other systems, and customized wavelengths, which can be used to target different pathogens specifically. Furthermore, UV LEDs do not contain toxic mercury

Original language	English
Publication date	2023
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	5^th Edition of World Congress on Infectious Diseases - Hilton Boston, Boston, United States Duration: 23 Oct 2023 → 25 Oct 2023

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Conference	5^th Edition of World Congress on Infectious Diseases
Location	Hilton Boston
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	23/10/2023 → 25/10/2023

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