GAS HYDRATE PRODUCTION APPARATUS

• Main Authors: EMI HIROSHI, KANDA HAJIME, YAMAMOTO YOSHITAKA, TAKANO TSUKASA, OBARA MITSUHIRO, KAWAMURA TARO, UCHIDA KAZUO, TANAKA SUSUMU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.10.2006
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; APPARATUS THEREFOR; BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; FIRELIGHTERS; FUELS; FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; GENERAL METHODS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEATING; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LUBRICANTS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEAT; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gas hydrate production apparatus capable of producing a 10 μm or smaller superfine solid gas hydrate at a low cost. SOLUTION: Raw material water 2 together with an assist gas 3 is sparged into an ice-making tower 1 by means of a two-fluid nozzle 4 to form 10 μm or smaller superfine ice 6. The superfine ice 6 is transferred to a reaction tank 10, where it is agitated by means of an agitation means 13 and is reacted with a raw material gas 19, whereupon a 10 μm or smaller superfine solid gas hydrate 23 can be formed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT