CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR HYDRATE MANUFACTURING AND METHOD THEREOF

摘要

The present invention relates to a continuous manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing hydrate and a method thereof and, more specifically, to a process for continuously manufacturing hydrate by using batch or semibatch reactors utilizing pressure change. The continuous manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing hydrate comprises a plurality of reactors each of which includes gas for forming hydrate in a container and a hydrate-forming medium; a first valve for forming hydrate by supplying the hydrate-forming medium and the gas to the reactor through a pipe with an on/off control; a cold and hot circulation part which is attached to the outer wall of the reactor and cools the reactor with hydrate formed; and a gas-transferring valve transferring unreacted gas in the reactor to another reactor through a gas-transferring pipe and changing pressure for pressurization. The cold and hot circulation part is detached from the reactor by heating hydrate formed after pressure change. The pressure change is continuously and directly transferred to other reactors so a reactor for forming gas hydrate is pressurized. By the continuous manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing hydrate in the present invention, clogging by hydrate, which is caused in the conventional hydrate continuous process, can be removed, and gas-transition rate can be increased when hydrate is formed. [Reference numerals] (210) Gas/medium source