Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and an apparatus for producing a molded article with suppressed variations in quality and a high filling factor of a gas hydrate in compression molding of the gas hydrate. SOLUTION: The method for molding a gas hydrate comprises subjecting a raw material gas and water to hydration reaction to produce a gas hydrate c1, supplying the gas hydrate c1 produced in the production process to the first-stage molding section 1 having pressure rollers 1a and 1b to carry out pressure molding, and supplying the resultant gas hydrate plate c2 in the form of an approximate plate to the second-stage molding section 2 having pressure rollers 2a and 2b provided with ridges formed on the circumferential surface thereof, to form splitting grooves on the gas hydrate plate in the second-stage molding section 2. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gas hydrate production apparatus equipped with a generating vessel that generates the gas hydrate by blowing a raw material gas as bubbles into raw material water with stirring, and characterized in high efficiency of the gas hydrate production. SOLUTION: The generating vessel 1 is equipped therein with a ribbon screw blade 16 having a plurality of through holes 20 on a surface of the blade. A generated gas hydrate 2 is subjected to gravitational dehydration in the through holes 20 while moving upward and is carried out by using a carrying machine 5. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for producing gas hydrate pellets designed to accurately control the temperature in producing the pellets. SOLUTION: The apparatus for production is obtained as follows. A heating means obtained by forming a roll 1 into a hollow form and fitting heaters 12 into groove parts 11 formed on the surface and/or both end faces 13 and 14 of the hollow part 5 thereof is installed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for compression molding a powdery gas hydrate which enables smooth continuous compression molding of the hydrate produced by a hydration reaction of a raw gas with water. SOLUTION: The molding apparatus comprises a hopper 1 containing the powdery gas hydrate n manufactured, compression molding rolls 6a and 6b arranged below the bottom opening 5 of the hopper 1 and a pressing unit 3 supplying the gas hydrate n in the hopper 1 to the compression rolls 6a and 6b. The pressing unit 3 is composed of pushers 11a and 11b vertically movable along the inside wall surface 1a of the hopper 1 and driving units 12a and 12b driving the pushers 11a and 11b. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for controlling the decomposition amount of gas hydrate and a system for controlling a decomposition gas amount of gas hydrate, with which the decomposition amount of gas hydrate is controlled according to the decomposition gas amount demanded in storing a gas hydrate. SOLUTION: The method for controlling the decomposition amount of gas hydrate in storing a gas hydrate under a condition to develop self-preservation effect of gas hydrate comprises obtaining a decomposition ratio β of gas hydrate based on a prescribed numerical expression and controlling the decomposition amount of the gas hydrate. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for gas hydrate production by scraping the gas hydrate powder adhered on the inside of a secondary generator with simultaneous granulation or agglomeration. SOLUTION: The gas hydrate production apparatus chemically removes adhered water on the gas hydrate n by a reaction of the adhered water and a raw material gas g. The horizontal generator vessel 12 is equipped with a rotary axis 14 along with an axis center 13, and stirring blades 15 on the rotary axis 14, and releasing and granulating blades 17 supported with radial direction arms 16 in the downstream side of the stirring blades 15. The releasing and granulating blades 17 are made of plate form main body of releasing and granulating blades 18 and the ends of releasing and granulating blades 18 facing to the aforementioned generator vessel 12 are equipped with edge parts 19 scraping the gas hydrate n adhering to the inside of aforementioned generator vessel 12, and further equipped with a granulating part 20 with J-form cross sections at the ends of main releasing and granulating blades 18 facing to the aforementioned rotary axis 14. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a method for inhibiting the premature polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising adding to said monomers an effective amount of a mixture comprising:A) at least one stable hindered nitroxyl compound having the structural formula:wherein R1 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, and heteroatom-substituted alkyl and R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl and heteroatom-substituted alkyl; and X1 and X2 (1) are independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, cyano, COOR7, -S-COR7, -OCOR7, (wherein R7 is alkyl or aryl), amido, -S-C6H5, carbonyl, alkenyl, or alkyl of 1 to 15 carbon atoms, or (2) taken together, form a ring structure with the nitrogen; andB) at least one inhibitor selected from the group consisting of ortho-quinone, ortho-hydroquinone, para-quinone, para-hydroquinone, and derivatives of the foregoing.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the height of a cylinder of a dehydration column while maintaining the through-put of the dehydration column at the level of the through-put of the conventional dehydration column and to thereby reduce the construction cost, running cost, etc. SOLUTION: The gravity dehydrating type dehydrator is designed to introduce a gas hydrate (a) produced by reacting a gas (g) with water (w) together with the unreacted water into the dehydration column 5, lift the gas hydrate from the lower side of the dehydration column 5 to the upper side thereof and discharge the unreacted water from a filtration part 7 provided in the sidewall surface of the dehydration column 5 to the outside of the column during the lifting. The dehydration column 5 is a dehydration column 22 of a double cylindrical structure composed of two cylinders of an inner cylinder 23 and an outer cylinder 24. Filters 26a and 26b for dehydration are provided in both sidewall surfaces of the inner cylinder 23 and outer cylinder 24, respectively and the unreacted water is discharged from the two filters of the filter 26a provided in the inner cylinder and the filter 26b provided in the outer cylinder to the outside of the column. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI