Patent References 3510266 Method for production of gas hydrates for transportation and storage Patent #: 5536893 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 09/524753 filed on 03/14/2000US Classes:585/15, HYDRATE OR PRODUCTION THEREOF422/198, Including heat exchanger for reaction chamber or reactants located therein422/199, Electrical type422/200, Indirect heat-exchange tube within reaction chamber with a nonreactant heat-exchange fluid passing therethrough422/201, Tube and shell type422/203, Including fluid-transfer means connecting chamber to heat-exchange jacket422/205, Including baffle or stirring means disposed within jacket or chamber, the baffle means within chamber connected directly to wall thereof422/224, Including internal mixing or stirring means422/225, Mechanical type stirring means422/231, Gas sparger type mixing means submerged in liquid reactant422/234Including external recycle loopExaminersPrimary: Johnson, Jerry D.Assistant: Ridley, Basia Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassF17C 11/00 (20060101)Foreign Application Priority Data1999-03-15 JPAbstractA method for producing hydrate includes supplying hydrate producing substance in a gas state into an aqueous phase in a hydrate producing vessel, thereby providing the hydrate producing vessel having a gaseous phase including the hydrate producing substance and the aqueous phase, and spraying water including methane dissolved therein into the gaseous phase containing the hydrate producing substance in the hydrate producing vessel, thereby reacting the water and the hydrate producing substance to produce hydrate. |
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