Nanobubble Technology

Oxygen, Delivered Where the Water Needs It Most.

A nanobubble generator dissolves air, oxygen or ozone into water as bubbles of 50 to 200 nanometres. Instead of rising and bursting at the surface, they stay suspended, raising dissolved oxygen. That supports the aerobic breakdown of organic load and suppresses algae, without chemicals.

Discuss Nanobubble Technology

The NICO nanobubble generator, with its pressure gauge, flow meter and inlet and outlet couplings.

Where It Is Used

Lakes, ponds and temple tanks that lack oxygen
Stretches of river with low oxygen levels
Sewage and drains, where more oxygen helps the bacteria work (NICO VARUNA)
Aquaculture ponds, where steady oxygen supports the fish (NICO MATSYA)

How small

Bubbles Hundreds of Times Thinner Than a Hair.

Too small to float up and burst, they stay in the water and carry oxygen all the way down.

Bubble size: NICO Nanobubble India product information (niconanobubbles.com).

50–200nanometresA human hair is roughly 70,000 nm wide.

See the difference

Give a Lake Its Breath Back.

Illustration of the same lake, clear, with two floating nanobubble units and families on the path.

Illustration of a city lake covered in algae, with dead fish at the edge and a jogger covering her nose.

Starved of oxygenWith nanobubbles

Algae over the surface
Fish kills in the hot months
Odour along the shore

Oxygen through the whole water column
Algae held back without chemicals
A shore people use again

Illustrations.

Myth vs fact

What People Believe About Aeration

Myth~~More aerators means more oxygen.~~

Big bubbles rise and burst in seconds. Nanobubbles stay.

Myth~~Chemicals are the quickest fix.~~

They treat symptoms. Oxygen lets the water recover itself.

Myth~~Aeration alone cleans a polluted lake.~~

Not if sewage keeps flowing in. Treat that first.

The science, simply

Why Tiny Bubbles Work Better.

Same water, two ways of putting air into it. Hover a number to see each part: terracotta for an ordinary diffuser, petrol for NICO.

Cutaway of two water columns. Left: a disc diffuser releases large bubbles that rise in a narrow plume and burst at the surface; the water is green and dull. Right: a slim nanobubble outlet releases a fine haze that spreads through the whole column; the water is clear with fish.

Ordinary Diffuser

Ordinary diffuserPushes air out as bubbles you can see, millimetres across.
A narrow plumeBig bubbles are buoyant. They race straight up, touching little water on the way.
Burst at the surfaceMost of the air escapes back into the sky within seconds.
Deep water stays starvedAway from the plume, and near the bottom, oxygen stays low.

NICO Nanobubbles

NICO nanobubble outletReleases bubbles of 50 to 200 nanometres, too small to see.
A haze that staysNegatively charged (zeta potential up to −43 mV), the bubbles repel each other instead of merging, and hang in the water.
The water recoversWith oxygen everywhere, bacteria break down organic load and algae lose ground. Fish return.

Illustration. Bubble size, charge and transfer efficiency (over 85%): NICO Nanobubble India product information (niconanobubbles.com).

On site

What a NICO System Looks Like on a Lake.

Hardly anything you would notice: a small kiosk on the bank and a float on the water.

Illustration of a restored city lake with two floating nanobubble units, a thin cable to a small kiosk on the shore, egrets in the reeds and people on the lakeside path.

Illustration. Floating and land-based configurations: NICO Nanobubble India product information (niconanobubbles.com).

By the numbers

Small Bubbles. Measurable Results.

50–200nmBubble size

85%+Gas-transfer efficiency

0Chemicals added

100m³/hrLargest standard model

NICO Nanobubble India product information (niconanobubbles.com). Results depend on what flows into the water.

The range

One Technology, Sized to the Water

From a temple tank to a city lake, the same generator comes in six standard sizes.

NICO VYOM model	0.05	01	05	10	30	100
Water flow (m³ an hour)	0.054	1.35	5	10	30	100
Gases	Air, oxygen	Air, oxygen, ozone	Air, oxygen, ozone
Oxygen feed (litres a minute)	0.7	1.5	7	14	40	133
Working pressure (bar)	2	2 to 3
Pipe size, in / out (inch)	–	1.5 / 1	1.5 / 1	2 / 2	3 / 3	4 / 4
Bubble size	50 to 200 nm on every model; zeta potential up to −43 mV

NICO VYOM for lakes and ponds, NICO VARUNA for sewage and drains, with the same model sizes. Larger and custom sizes (20, 50, 250, 500 and 1,000) are made to order. NICO Nanobubble India product information (niconanobubbles.com). NICO does not publish power use per model; we confirm it for your water body during the assessment.

Where it is used

Wherever Water Is Short of Oxygen

Lakes and pondsNICO VYOM, floating or on the bank.

Temple tanksOdour and algae controlled without chemicals.

River stretchesOxygen raised where levels are low.

Sewage and drainsNICO VARUNA helps the bacteria work.

At a Glance

Gas used: Air, oxygen or ozone
Equipment: NICO VYOM for lakes and ponds; NICO VARUNA for sewage and drains
Bubble size: 50 to 200 nm; gas-transfer efficiency above 85%
Unit sizes: NICO VYOM models from 0.054 to 100 m³ an hour (54 to 1,00,000 litres an hour), floating or land-based
Site needs: A power supply; floating or bank-mounted, with minimal civil work

NICO Nanobubble India product information (niconanobubbles.com). NICO's published references include Manchikere Lake, Karnataka, and the Krishna Matha temple pond, Udupi.

Questions

Is it safe for fish and plants?

The process adds oxygen, which fish and plants need, and NICO lists better fish survival among its benefits for lakes and fish ponds. We choose the gas and the dose for each water body and track dissolved oxygen against a baseline test.

Does it replace treating the sewage that flows in?

No. If sewage is entering the water, the lasting fix is to treat it before it arrives. Nanobubbles help the water recover; they do not stop what pollutes it.

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