METHOD OF FORMING GRANULES OF GAS HYDRATE Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC C10L3/06 B01J2/22 B30B9/04 C10L3/10 C10L5/08 C10L5/36 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to method implementations for forming gas hydrate granules in apparatus for forming gas hydrate, which includes generator, whereto initial gaseous material and water are fed, and enabled to ensure reaction of starting gaseous material with water at high pressure in order to produce gas hydrate suspension, and to remove water from gas hydrate suspension, which is performed in order to form gas hydrate suspension into gas hydrate granules of required size. At that said method includes following steps on which in one version, gas hydrate suspension is fed cylindrical compression chamber equipped with compression plunger able to move to and fro in cylindrical compression chamber in axial direction of compression chamber, and compression plunger is moved for applying compression for extrusion of water from gas hydrate suspension and forming gas hydrate granules; speed of compression plunger is minimised while water is forced out from gas hydrate suspension so that connection between gas hydrate particles strengthens and formed gas hydrate granules have high shear resistance.

EFFECT: produced gas hydrate granules have high shear resistance, which is convenient for handling during transportation and storage.

2 cl, 5 dwg