F17C2221/036

NATURAL GAS HYDRATE TANK CONTAINER LOADING SYSTEM ENABLING SELF-POWERED POWER GENERATION AND BOIL-OFF GAS TREATMENT
20180009511 · 2018-01-11 ·

The present disclosure relates to a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system for transporting natural gas hydrate, and the present disclosure provides a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system, enabling self-powered power generation and boil-off (BOG) gas treatment, includes: a refrigerator for inhibiting the generation of boil-off gas which naturally generates in a natural gas hydrate tank container during transportation; and a solar cell, a battery, and a generator, which operates by means of the boil-off gas, for supplying electric power to the refrigerator, thereby ensuring a generation capacity sufficient to operate the refrigerator by means of the solar cell, the generator, and the battery, and thus always maintaining a stable phase equilibrium (self-preservation) in the natural gas hydrate tank container even during long-distance transportation and solving problems of fire, environmental pollution, or the like which occur when the boil-off gas (BOG) is discharged to the outside.

NATURAL GAS HYDRATE TANK CONTAINER LOADING SYSTEM ENABLING AUTOMATED CONNECTION OF ELECTRIC POWER LINE AND BOIL-OFF GAS PIPE

The present invention relates to a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system for transporting natural gas hydrate, and the present invention provides a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system which enables automated connection of an electric power line and a boil-off pipe, and may automatically connect an electric power line and automatically connect the pipe by simultaneously stacking respective natural gas hydrate tank containers, in order to solve problems of a transportation method using the existing natural gas hydrate tank containers in the related art in that an operation of connecting an electric power line to a refrigerator for minimizing the occurrence of boil-off gas and maintaining a phase equilibrium condition in the tank containers and an operation of connecting the pipe for discharging the boil-off gas need to be manually and individually performed for long-distance transportation of a large amount of natural gas hydrate by using a ship, which causes an inconvenience.

Natural gas hydrate tank container loading system enabling self-powered power generation and boil-off gas treatment

The present disclosure relates to a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system for transporting natural gas hydrate, and the present disclosure provides a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system, enabling self-powered power generation and boil-off (BOG) gas treatment, includes: a refrigerator for inhibiting the generation of boil-off gas which naturally generates in a natural gas hydrate tank container during transportation; and a solar cell, a battery, and a generator, which operates by means of the boil-off gas, for supplying electric power to the refrigerator, thereby ensuring a generation capacity sufficient to operate the refrigerator by means of the solar cell, the generator, and the battery, and thus always maintaining a stable phase equilibrium (self-preservation) in the natural gas hydrate tank container even during long-distance transportation and solving problems of fire, environmental pollution, or the like which occur when the boil-off gas (BOG) is discharged to the outside.

Natural gas hydrate tank container loading system enabling automated connection of electric power line and boil-off gas pipe

The present invention relates to a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system for transporting natural gas hydrate, and the present invention provides a natural gas hydrate tank container loading system which enables automated connection of an electric power line and a boil-off pipe, and may automatically connect an electric power line and automatically connect the pipe by simultaneously stacking respective natural gas hydrate tank containers, in order to solve problems of a transportation method using the existing natural gas hydrate tank containers in the related art in that an operation of connecting an electric power line to a refrigerator for minimizing the occurrence of boil-off gas and maintaining a phase equilibrium condition in the tank containers and an operation of connecting the pipe for discharging the boil-off gas need to be manually and individually performed for long-distance transportation of a large amount of natural gas hydrate by using a ship, which causes an inconvenience.

System and method for loading, storing and offloading natural gas from ships

A system for loading and storing CNG onboard of a ship and for unloading it therefrom comprises CNG loading facilities for loading CNG on board of the ship, CNG storage facilities for storing the loaded CNG on board of the ship at nominal storage pressure and temperature, and CNG unloading facilities for unloading CNG to a delivery point. The delivery point requires the unloaded CNG to be at delivery pressure and temperature generally different from the storage pressure and temperature. Thus, the CNG unloading facilities comprise a CNG heater for heating the to-be-unloaded CNG prior to unloading, and a lamination valve for allowing the to-be-unloaded CNG to expand from its storage pressure to the delivery pressure. A compressor may also be provided to compress CNG that would not otherwise be spontaneously delivered.

METHOD FOR STORING AND TRANSPORTING HYDRATE WITH HIGH NATURAL GAS STORAGE CAPACITY

A method for storing and transporting a hydrate with high natural gas storage capacity is provided. The method adopts a mode of generating the hydrate at a low temperature and storing the hydrate at a high temperature, and specifically includes: in a mode that a hydrate reaction tank is used as a transportation tank at the same time, introducing a mixed hydrate reaction liquid into the hydrate reaction tank matched with a transportation vehicle; introducing natural gas; enabling a hydrate generation reaction at a temperature of 273.65-283.15 K; in case of equilibrium of the reaction, heating to a temperature of less than or equal to 298.15 K for storage for long-distance transportation. By adopting the present method, the hydrate with high natural gas storage capacity can be synthesized within a relatively short period of time, and the hydrate can be safely, economically and efficiently transported to a destination.

PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR NATURAL GAS HYDRATES

A production and transportation system for natural gas hydrates includes a gas storage reservoir, a plurality of hydrate storage and transportation tanks, a refrigerator, a pressure regulating valve, a liquid storage tank, a living quarter/surrounding user, a hydrate storage reservoir, a plurality of connecting pipes, a plurality of one-way gas valves, one-way liquid valves, and optional liquid pumps. The plurality of hydrate storage and transportation tanks are connected in parallel through the connecting pipes and then connected with an output end of the gas storage reservoir through the pressure regulating valve, the liquid storage tank is connected with the optional liquid pump and then sequentially connected with the plurality of hydrate storage and transportation tanks, and the plurality of hydrate storage and transportation tanks are connected in parallel and then connected with an input end of the living quarter/surrounding user through the optional liquid pump.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING GENERATION OF GAS HYDRATES BY WALL-CLIMBING PROCESS

A system and method for promoting generation of gas hydrates by a wall-climbing process is provided. The hydrate is induced to grow upward along a wall surface, in this process, the initially generated hydrate will form many capillary channels, a reaction liquid will move upward along these capillary channels under the action of a capillary force until the front end contacts with a gas-rich phase to form the hydrate, and so on until the reaction of all the reaction liquid is finished. In the reaction process, the hydrate needs to be induced to climb the wall upward to be generated, rather than grow into a liquid phase, which can enhance not only a gas-liquid mass transfer, but also a gas-hydrate mass transfer.