DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURE OF GAS HYDRATE

摘要

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.