Pioneers in the development of ultrafine bubble technology

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Pioneers in the development of Nanobubble technology

Nanogentech Ltd is a UK engineering technology company. We are pioneering the development of ultrafine bubble technology for water oxygenation and other applications.

Existing technical solutions are slow, inefficient and excessively energy consuming, with implications for operating costs as well as CO2 emissions.

Our disruptive technology provides accelerated and more efficient process delivery, as well as opening up new areas of application caused by the unique properties of nanobubbles.

Nanobubble Opportunities

Efficiency, cost and productivity gains across a number of application areas

The unique characteristics of nanobubbles present opportunities in a number of areas of application. In municipal and industrial wastewater treatment, they offer the prospect of vastly increased oxygen transfer efficiencies, similarly in aquaculture and watercourse remediation applications. Nano-aerated water has been shown to improve soil condition and associated plant health in hydroponics facilities, enhancing crop yield.

The physics

Nanobubbles lack enough buoyancy to reach the surface and instead follow Brownian motion, travelling randomly throughout the body of water into which they are introduced. The effect is that nanobubbles remain suspended almost indefinitely, allowing plenty of time for them to perform their function. This is as compared to conventional millimetre sized bubbles, which rapidly rise to the surface, transferring as little as 10-20% of their contained gas to the surrounding water.

Increased efficiency

This unique behaviour enables nanobubbles to provide a stable and homogenous distribution of oxygen throughout a water body, with prospect to dissolve over 90% of the contained gas into the surrounding water, with dissolved oxygen measured at the deepest points matching that recorded near the surface , significantly enhancing process efficiencies and saving energy.

Flexible application

The technology can be applied as a standalone process or to supplement existing processes, improving overall efficiencies in both cases. It can be used in conjunction with atmospheric air and blowers, or tanked, pressurised gas, including pure oxygen, or alternative gases for more specialist applications.

Small is beautiful

The bubbles generated are microscopic in size, producing a very large surface area to support gas-exchange processes; in illustration, a volume of gas divided into 100nm bubbles produces an area 10,000 times that for the same volume divided into 1mm bubbles. A further unique property is that they naturally repel one another, compared to larger bubbles which tend to coalesce into larger bubbles. As well as enhancing gas transfer efficiencies, this also means smaller total gas volumes are required to meet process objectives.

Our leadership team

Over 100 years of cumulative experience

Douglas Denham St Pinnock

EXECUTIVE CHAIR AND FOUNDER

Experience in finance and investment management as well as company management (Owengate Capital, Vice Chair at London South Bank University, Tullet & Tokyo International Securities - main board director). Honorary Doctor of Law
Email: ddp@nanogentech.com
Phone: +44 (0)7785 288554

Mike Faram

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

PhD, MBA, 25+ years of experience in water, energy and process-tech innovation, IP management and product commercialisation (eeTEQ, Water Management Solutions, Rota Val, Nexus Water, Acoustic Sensing Technology, Hydroventuri, Hydro International).
Email: mike.faram@nanogentech.com
Phone: +44 (0)7725 242115

Trupti Patel

NON-EXEC DIRECTOR
/ COMMERCIALISATION

20+ years of experience as a senior director at several companies (IT IS 3D, A1 Technologies, Unimatic Engineers, Founze). Extensive experience working at board level with a focus on commercialisation, sales and marketing.

Martin Stevens

NON-EXEC DIRECTOR
/ OPERATIONS

MBA (London Business School), worked extensively in the engineering and manufacturing industries (35+ years in Companies like IT IS 3D, A1 Technologies), and also in the public and charitable sectors.

Frank Ciaurro

NON-EXEC DIRECTOR
/ DELIVERY

Serial entrepreneur and founder, owner and Chairman of CEMA Ltd, a leading provider of electrical engineering equipment and M&E installation services, primarily to the UK water industry.

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