Development of a cavitating jet apparatus to treat wastewater using multiple jets

• Grant number: 11/16347-4
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Effective date (Start): March 01, 2012
• Effective date (End): February 28, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Civil Engineering
• Principal Investigator: José Gilberto Dalfré Filho
• Grantee: Maiara Pereira Assis Gratieri
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FEC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The discussion on water scarcity and water quality for human consumption are essential to the water resources management. The domestic and industrial sewage released in water bodies are a threat to public health. However, water quality can be improved by controlling pollution and improving the techniques of disinfection and degradation of compounds. Those consist of the destruction of microorganisms and chemicals. The objective of this project is to develop a cavitating jet apparatus for the disinfection of water, using a new configuration with multiple jets. The new configuration will be tested and compared with the existing one (Process FAPESP 2009/53553-1 and 2009/54278-4), searching for an optimum efficiency. In order to obtain the apparatus parameters it will be used a non-pathogenic bacterium Escherichia coli. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DALFRE FILHO, JOSE GILBERTO; ASSIS, MAIARA PEREIRA; BONI GENOVEZ, ANA INES. Bacterial inactivation in artificially and naturally contaminated water using a cavitating jet apparatus. JOURNAL OF HYDRO-ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH, v. 9, n. 2, SI, p. 259-267, JUN 2015. Web of Science Citations: 9.