PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF GAS HYDRATE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for the treatment of a gas hydrate which apparatus is capable of solidifying by the efficient and continuous dehydrating and chilling of the gas hydrate in the form of a slurry and is capable of discharging the powder of the gas hydrate under an atmospheric pressure. SOLUTION: This treatment apparatus is provided with a dehydration mechanism D (means for dehydrating) comprising a dehydration tank 31 which stores the gas hydrate in the from of a slurry, a liquefying equipment 40 (means for liquefying a mixture) for the mixture M in which a gas hydrate-forming substance is mixed with a boiling point-elevating substance to elevate the boiling point of the gas hydrate-forming substance and a mixture-feeding equipment 50 (means for liquefying the mixture) which feeds the liquefied mixture M to the dehydration tank 31, and further provided with a chilling mechanism F (means for chilling) which chills the gas hydrate by vaporizing as a coolant material the liquefied boiling point-elevating substance contained in the liquefied mixture M.