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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2012
Toru Iwasaki, Ichihara, JP;
Takashi Arai, Tamano, JP;
Kiyoshi Horiguchi, Ichihara, JP;
Akira Tokinosu, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Iwasaki, Ichihara, JP;
Takashi Arai, Tamano, JP;
Kiyoshi Horiguchi, Ichihara, JP;
Akira Tokinosu, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gas hydrate production apparatus capable of reacting a raw gas with a raw water to thereby form a slurry gas hydrate and capable of removing water from the slurry gas hydrate by means of a gravitational dewatering unit. The gravitational dewatering unit is one including a cylindrical first tower body; a cylindrical dewatering part disposed on top of the first tower body; a water receiving part disposed outside the dewatering part; and a cylindrical second tower body disposed on top of the dewatering part, wherein the cross-sectional area of the second tower body is continuously or intermittently increased upward from the bottom.