MANUFACTURE OF GAS HYDRATES

• Main Authors: BAKER, TERENCE, PAUL, BEE, RODNEY, DAVID
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 03.02.1994
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; CHEWING GUM; COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; CONFECTIONERY; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; ICE-CREAM; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PREPARATION THEREOF; SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY ASINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

Producing edible gas hydrate by combining an aqueous liquid and a hydrate forming gas in a condensed state at a pressure above the minimum hydrate forming pressure but at a temperature above the maximum hydrate formation temperature, thereafter contacting the liquid with a surface having a temperature below said maximum temperature and moving the liquid with respect to said surface. L'invention concerne la fabrication d'un hydrate de gaz de qualité alimentaire consistant à combiner un liquide aqueux et un gaz formant un hydrate à l'état condensé à une pression supérieure à la pression minimale de formation de l'hydrate mais à une température supérieure à la température de formation de l'hydrate, puis à mettre en contact le liquide avec une surface ayant une température en dessous de ladite température maximum et à déplacer le liquide par rapport à ladite surface.