| US 7,541,009 B2 | ||
| Apparatus for producing hydrate slurry | ||
| Shingo Takao, Yokohama (Japan); Shigenori Matsumoto, Yokohama (Japan); Hidemasa Ogoshi, Yokohama (Japan); and Naoyuki Furumoto, Yokohama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to JFE Engineering Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/514,981 PCT Filed Mar. 14, 2003, PCT No. PCT/JP03/03049 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Apr. 06, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO03/102474, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 11, 2003. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2002-159042 (JP), filed on May 31, 2002; and application No. 2002-256900 (JP), filed on Sep. 02, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0163681 A1, Jul. 28, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. B01J 19/00 (2006.01); F17C 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 422—198 [62/54.1; 62/434] | 22 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for generating a hydrate slurry, wherein the hydrate slurry is a mixture of an aqueous solution containing
a guest compound and a hydrate of the guest compound, the hydrate being generated by cooling the aqueous solution at a temperature
of more than 0° C.,
the apparatus comprising a first heat exchanger, at least one second heat exchanger and a canceling device,
the first heat exchanger being configured for supercooling the aqueous solution to generate a supercooled aqueous solution,
while holding the aqueous solution in a liquid state,
the canceling device being provided on the downstream side of the first heat exchanger, the canceling device being configured
to cancel the supercooling of the aqueous solution, and
the at least one second heat exchanger being provided on the downstream side of the first heat exchanger, the at least one
second heat exchanger being configured to cool the hydrate slurry generated from the aqueous solution, the supercooling of
which is canceled by the canceling device.
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