Title:
DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURE OF GAS HYDRATE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/134077
Kind Code:
A2
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device for continuous manufacture of a gas hydrate using potential hydrate crystals. More specifically, the present invention relates to a device for continuous manufacture of a gas hydrate comprising: a pipe-shaped ice machine for injecting potential hydrate crystals in a surfactant-containing aqueous solution into a pipe-shaped reactor; and the pipe-shaped reactor, a reactor shaped like a long pipe, for generating gas crystals by inducing a reaction between the injected potential hydrate crystals and a gas, and transporting the generated gas crystals in a circular motion through the entire length of the interior of the reactor, thereby maximizing a rate of conversion. In the present invention, the pipe-shaped reactor is provided with pig-balls, which are connected to each other at predetermined intervals, and move in a circular motion inside the pipe-shaped reactor, thereby transporting, in a circular motion, the gas hydrate inside the pipe-shaped reactor. By abandoning the conventional method of dehydrating after generating a gas hydrate slurry, and adopting the continuous manufacture of a gas hydrate without a dehydration process, the device for continuous manufacture of a gas hydrate in the present invention avoids, from the beginning, a problem of additionally requiring a device for washing a strainer or a filter, as well as a difficulty posed for mass production for commercialization due to an increase in equipment size necessitated by allowing the dehydration process to occur inside the reactor.
Inventors:
KIM CHEOL-HO (KR)
KIM HO-KYOUNG (KR)
LEE JAE-IK (KR)
JEONG TAE-SEOK (KR)
HEO JOO-HO (KR)
SHIN JAE-WOONG (KR)
KIM HO-KYOUNG (KR)
LEE JAE-IK (KR)
JEONG TAE-SEOK (KR)
HEO JOO-HO (KR)
SHIN JAE-WOONG (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2012/001822
Publication Date:
October 04, 2012
Filing Date:
March 13, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
STX OFFSHORE & SHIPBUILDING CO (KR)
KIM CHEOL-HO (KR)
KIM HO-KYOUNG (KR)
LEE JAE-IK (KR)
JEONG TAE-SEOK (KR)
HEO JOO-HO (KR)
SHIN JAE-WOONG (KR)
KIM CHEOL-HO (KR)
KIM HO-KYOUNG (KR)
LEE JAE-IK (KR)
JEONG TAE-SEOK (KR)
HEO JOO-HO (KR)
SHIN JAE-WOONG (KR)
International Classes:
B01J19/00; B01F3/04; C01B31/08; C10L3/00
Foreign References:
| KR20100081501A | 2010-07-15 | |||
| JP2006282694A | 2006-10-19 | |||
| JP2006274140A | 2006-10-12 | |||
| US4199834A | 1980-04-29 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SHIN, Dong-Gee (KR)
신동기 (KR)
신동기 (KR)
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