METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS MANUFACTURE OF GAS HYDRATE

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for continuous manufacture of a gas hydrate using potential hydrate crystals. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for continuous manufacture of a gas hydrate comprising: an eleventh step for injecting potential hydrate crystals in a surfactant-containing aqueous solution into a pipe-shaped reactor; a twelfth step for producing gas hydrates by injecting a gas into the pipe-shaped reactor into which potential hydrate crystals have been injected in the eleventh step; and the thirteenth step for maximizing a conversion rate by transporting, in a circular motion, the gas hydrates produced in the twelfth step through the entire length of the interior of the pipe-shaped reactor. In the present invention, the thirteenth step comprises transporting the gas hydrates in the pipe-shaped reactor in a circular motion by the actions of pig-balls, which are connected to each other at predetermined intervals moving in a circular motion 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.