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nano-porous solutions Limited win Business
for Life Technology Award
November 2009
THE top performing businesses in the North East
of Englands' healthcare and life sciences sector were recognised
at an awards ceremony on the evening of November 19th, 2009. Seven
companies topped the bill at the Business for Life Awards, hosted
by Cels.
nano-porous solutions limited was awarded the
Technology Award (sponsored by KITE Innovation Limited) for the
development of the new, heat regenerable adsorbent hollow fibre
technology. This new, patented platform technology will provide
a step change across a wide range of industries (including healthcare)
and will lead to significant improvements in product performance,
reduction in the physical size of adsorbent beds and significant
energy consumption.
Colin Billiet, Chief Executive said "We
are delighted to recieve this prestigious award and would like to
take the opportunity to thank CELS and Bruce Watson and Cay Green
of Northumbria Universitys' Center for Design for their assistance
with the development work".
For further information, see attached link (CELS
press release).
http://www.celsgroup.com/news/north-east-celebrates-industry-talent.html
Adsorbent hollow fibres with
conductive outer layer,
facilitates rapid heating and regeneration
nano-porous solutions Limited technology
featured in New Scientist Magazine
September 2009
Ask someone in the street to list the major ways
in which we consume energy, and it's a fair bet they won't mention
compressed air. Yet compressing and filtering air accounts for 10
per cent of the electricity used by UK industry. Improving energy
efficiency here would not only make a serious dent in greenhouse
gas emissions but also save businesses a chunk of money.
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here to view article online
nano-porous solutions Limited technology
featured in Jane's International Defence Review
Technology Report - CBRN Protection
June 2009
nano-porous solutions Limited win One
North East Technology Transfer Award
March 2009
n-psl has been awarded two Research and Development
Grants by One North East in 2007/8, which are associated with the
novel, adsorbent hollow fibre technology being transferred from
the University of Bath.
Each year, One North East honour the region's
brightest innovators through the Grant for Research and Development
Awards. At this years' ceremony (which took place on February 5,
2009) nano-porous solutions limited won the Technology Transfer
Award.
On hearing the news regarding the One North East
award, Colin Billiet, Chief Executive of nano-porous solutions limited
commented "2008 was a significant year for n-psl, following
its formation in July 2007, the company moved into new purpose built
facilities in May. Concurrently carrying out the programme of transferring
the adsorbent hollow fiber technology from the University of Bath.
This was successfully completed due to hard work, planning and much
co-operation. TheProject Manager, John Pearson, deserves a lot of
credit for the successful outcome. Since the transfer took place
development continues, procedures have been established which will
allow the development to progress towards commercialisation. A development
grant has been awarded by One North East to support this activity
and plans are in place to have ISO 9001 accreditation of the facility".
Click on the attached link, for further information
http://www.onenortheast.co.uk/page/news/article.cfm?articleId=3581
Carbon Trust Research Grant Awarded
December 2007
A new ‘green’ technology company that
aims to provide the compressed air industry with more energy efficient
ways of reducing its carbon footprint has been awarded a grant of
almost £250K from the Carbon Trust.
The funding will enable recently established
company Nano-porous Solutions Ltd (n-psl) to develop and in the
future, commercialise ground-breaking technology, which utilises
a new type of regenerative adsorbent hollow fibre.
Originally developed by scientists at the University
of Bath, the fibre will have its main use in compressed air treatment
(CAT) systems where it has the potential to lower energy consumption
by up to half that used by current technology. It is estimated that
this could translate into minimum accumulated savings of over 4million
tonnes of CO² by the year 2050.¹
Neil McPherson, Business Development Director
for Nano-porous Solutions Ltd, is confident that the new technology
will have a major beneficial effect on the environment.
"Compressed air generation accounts for
10% of the total electricity used by UK industry². Up to 20%
of this energy is taken up by air treatment systems, which remove
contaminants in compressed air - e.g. water, oil and particulates
- before use. "Given that there are around 85,000 air compressors
currently used in manufacturing processes today, even if only a
fraction of these were to convert to the new technology, the energy
savings would be enormous," he said.
Nano-porous Solutions Ltd has been set up as
a new company to develop this technology and make it commercially
available. In the first instance, this will include pilot scale
manufacture of the fibre to confirm that the technology is transferable,
and the facilities to create products that can then be fully tested
and evaluated.
After that, the company - based in Gateshead
- plans to move into commercial-scale manufacturing that will make
the product readily available to a world-wide market. n-psl already
has a strong grounding within the industry having been set up by
Colin Billiet, former chief executive of North-East filtration giant
domnick hunter Group plc, which became the world leader in compressed
air treatment under his leadership.
See attached article for further information
relating to the Carbon Trust Award Program:-
Announcement of Company Formation
September 2007
nano-porous solutions limited was established
July 4, 2007 to commercialize novel, adsorbent hollow fibre technology
which was developed by University of Bath Scientists.
The company is based in Low Fell, Tyne and Wear,
UK and managed by a highly experienced team headed by Colin Billiet,
former CEO of domnick hunter group plc.
The technology has significant market potential
due to its superior performance and operating characteristics over
existing adsorption technology. N-psl fibres can be manufactured
from a wide range of materials (from adsorbents to ceramics and
polymers), enabling n-psl to deliver product designed to meet specific
application requirements.
The fibres can be used for the efficient removal
and recovery/separation of a range of contaminants that include
carbon dioxide (CO2), volatile organic compounds (VOC's) and moisture.
The systems have numerous applications, in multi-billion dollar
markets.
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