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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1992
Matsushige Sakai, Nagoya, JP;
Akira Saji, Nagoya, JP;
Hidetomo Noda, Nagoya, JP;
Takeo Hondoh, Sapporo, JP;
Tadaaki Tanii, Takasago, JP;
Masaru Ishibashi, Takasago, JP;
Masaaki Negoro, Takasago, JP;
Yutaka Kawata, Takasago, JP;
Takefumi Murakami, Takasago, JP;
Hikaru Kitamura, Kobe, JP;
Toshihiro Kamata, Kobe, JP;
Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Aichi, JP;
Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A carbon dioxide clathrate having a lump diameter enough to precipitate on a desired abyssal position of the sea without being drifted by a seawater flow of the abyss can be produced by bringing an aqueous solution into contact with carbon dioxide with the interposition of an interface in a reactor and retaining this contact; adjusting the pressure in the reactor to 13 atm or more, the temperature of the aqueous solution to a level of more than 5.degree. C. to 10.degree. C., the temperature of the interface to a level of more than 10.degree. C. to 15.degree. C. and the temperature of a lug inserted into the aqueous solution to a level of more than 0.degree. C. to 5.degree. C.; producing/growing the carbon dioxide clathrate on the lug; and then heating the lug to a temperature of more than 10.degree. C. to 30.degree. C. to separate/drop the carbon dioxide clathrate therefrom.