THE COMPANY – OUR BUSINESS
NiPhu Ltd is a R&D company commercialising the abstraction of Phosphorus and Nitrogen as a waste recovery for ecological and economic benefit to benefit the global environment and food.
Recovery nutrients from septage will make countries self sufficient for the essential chemicals reducing international transport and reducing the impact of partially treated wastewater entering the acquifer.
For the Utilities the reduction of these chemicals within the treatment process offers the benefit of ensuring a cost reduction in maintenance. Initial international research work in the Philippines, which included Niphu’s partners found that an enhanced biological phosphorus removal and recovery system with downstream photobioreactor (PBR) reduces the impact by 15 % for global warming and 9% for marine eutrophication compared to the conventional wastewater treatment system (Fang et al., 2016). Without the removal of these two chemicals it has been shown that a plant’s operational efficiency begins to reduce and ultimately will be severely compromised. The Nitrogen and Phosphorus combine into Struvite and scale, and crystal rock buildup in pipes, valves and pumps will slow the flow of material.
The mission of Niphu Ltd is to work with municipalities in developing countries, oil companies and waste companies to deliver an infrastructure to gain economic and environmental advantage of septage, create sustainable jobs and access to low cost fertiliser for farmers .
OUR PARTNERS
University of Surrey
NVH Global Ltd
TMCH Group Ltd
OUR TEAM
Devendra Saroj, PhD, CEnv, FHEA
Chief Strategy Officer
His work covers wide areas of water and wastewater treatment systems and processes. His recent works include modified membrane systems for organic micro-pollutants removal, membrane assisted bioreactors for domestic and industrial wastewater treatment and recycling, membrane technology assessment for urban water reuse scenarios, decision support in water supply, reuse and sanitation, adaptation of sewage treatment works for biological nutrient removal, removal of organic micro-pollutants, biofilm biotechnology for advanced wastewater treatment, microbial communities in bioreactors for wastewater treatment, recovery of phosphorus from sewage and anaerobic biodegradation of organic waste materials. He also is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey being involved in RCUK-India project: SMArt CitIES Network for Sustainable Urban Futures (SMARTIES Net) and RCUK Philippines.
Sabastine Obi
Chief Executive Officer
A management scientist, and industrialist with customer-centric and solution-oriented disposition.
Has sterling entrepreneurial and leadership qualities demonstrated at various levels in his career and attested to by his team-profile and trail blazing organization. He is pragmatic and able to navigate challenging situations by his wealth of experience and intuition. He is energetic and has a flair for persistence, discipline, and efficiency. He is a team builder and mentor to many. He is the founder of Sabtech Oilfield Services Limited, a production chemicals, drilling and completion fluids company in the oil and gas sector of the economy. He is an entrepreneur with extensive local and international experience in the private sector. He has succeeded in management of his company from a humble beginning to its enviable heights adding value to stakeholders, including but not limited to its members, clientele, personnel, and community.
Hannah Simcoe-Read BA (Hons) MPhil/PhD, MBA
Chief Operations Officer
During her 30-year career in business and academia, Hannah’s international experience spans the US, India, Africa, eastern and western Europe. Hannah is by training a social and cognitive research psychologist, but mainly worked in the banking sector as Industrial Analyst. She developed and lead as MD a Brussels’s based venture fund set up to fund SMEs across Europe. She acted as MD for several high-tech spin – out companies in Germany and the UK. As an academic she taught entrepreneurship and developed as Founder Publisher an award-winning publishing house. Her work as Project Director includes a portfolio of successful delivered national and international development projects. Her multidisciplinary projects’ key deliverable has always been through community engagement leading to distinct regional growth.
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