Gas hydrate production device and gas hydrate dehydrating device
First Claim
1. A gas hydrate production apparatus comprising:
- a gas hydrate generating reactor which generates gas hydrate slurry from a raw material gas; and
a gas hydrate dewatering apparatus which dewaters the generated gas hydrate slurry, wherein said gas hydrate dewatering apparatus comprises;
a physical dewatering device which physically dewaters the generated gas hydrate slurry; and
a hydration dewatering device which reacts water contained in the gas hydrate with the raw material gas to form hydrate, during a dewatering process by the physical dewatering device or after the dewatering.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a gas hydrate dewatering cooling and outputting apparatus which dewaters and solidifies gas hydrate slurry and takes out the solidified gas hydrate under ambient pressure. The apparatus comprises an output apparatus body 31 having a supply port 32 for the gas hydrate slurry on an upper part of a pressure vessel, a screw extruder 33 provided at a lower part inside the output apparatus body 31 and having a drain 37 and an outlet sealing device, and a cooling device 41 which cools the vicinity of the outlet 39 of the screw extruder 33. According to such a construction, slurry gas hydrate can be efficiently and continuously dewatered, cooled and solidified, and gas hydrate powder can be consolidated into blocks and taken out to the atmosphere.
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17 Claims
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1. A gas hydrate production apparatus comprising:
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a gas hydrate generating reactor which generates gas hydrate slurry from a raw material gas; and
a gas hydrate dewatering apparatus which dewaters the generated gas hydrate slurry, wherein said gas hydrate dewatering apparatus comprises;
a physical dewatering device which physically dewaters the generated gas hydrate slurry; and
a hydration dewatering device which reacts water contained in the gas hydrate with the raw material gas to form hydrate, during a dewatering process by the physical dewatering device or after the dewatering.
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2. A gas hydrate dewatering apparatus which dewaters and solidifies gas hydrate slurry supplied from a gas hydrate generating reactor and takes out the solidified gas hydrate under ambient pressure, comprising:
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an output apparatus body having a supply port for the gas hydrate slurry on an upper part of a pressure vessel, a screw dewatering, compacting and molding device provided below said output apparatus body and having a drain and an outlet sealing device, and a cooling device which cools the vicinity of the outlet of said screw dewatering, compacting and molding device. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A gas hydrate dewatering apparatus which dewaters gas hydrate slurry, comprising:
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a container having an internal space for accommodating said gas hydrate, a gas supply device which supplies raw material gas before being hydrated, to said internal space, a cooling device which cools gas hydrate accommodated in said internal space, and a stirring device which stirs and brings the raw material gas into contact with gas hydrate in said internal space. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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