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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2008
Yuichi Katoh, Ichihara, JP;
Kiyoshi Horiguchi, Ichihara, JP;
Toru Iwasaki, Ichihara, JP;
Shigeru Nagamori, Ichihara, JP;
Yuichi Katoh, Ichihara, JP;
Kiyoshi Horiguchi, Ichihara, JP;
Toru Iwasaki, Ichihara, JP;
Shigeru Nagamori, Ichihara, JP;
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process for producing gas hydrate pellets includes generating a gas hydrate by reacting raw gas and raw water under predetermined temperature and pressure conditions, and then shaping the gas hydrate into pellets by means of a pelletizer. Newly-formed gas hydrate or still-moist gas hydrate that has been partially dehydrated is shaped into pellets by means of a pelletizer, the shaping being conducted under conditions of the gas hydrate formation temperature and formation pressure. Subsequently, the shaped pellets are cooled to a sub-zero temperature by means of a refrigerating machine.