• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.15-21
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• 2009

Gas hydrate is an ice-like crystalline compound that forms at low temperature and high pressure conditions. It consists of gas molecules surrounded by cages of water molecules. Although hydrate formation was initially found to pose serious flow-assurance problems in the gas pipelines or facilities, gas hydrates have much potential for application in a wide variety of areas, such as natural gas storage and transportation. Its very high gas-to-solid ratio and remarkably stable characteristics makes it an attractive candidate for such use. However, it needs to be researched further since it has a slow and complex formation process and a high production cost. In this study, formation experiments have been carried out to investigate the effects of pressure, temperature, water-to-storage volume ratio, SDS concentration, heat transfer and stirring. The results are presented to clarify the relationship between the formation process and each factor, which consequently will help find the most efficient production method.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.259-264
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• 2011

Gas hydrate is formed by physical binding between water molecule and gas such as methane, ethane, propane, or carbon dioxide, etc., which is captured in the cavities of water molecule under the specific temperature and pressure. $1\;m^3$ hydrate of pure methane can be decomposed to the methane gas of $172\;m^3$ and water of $0.8\;m^3$ at standard condition. If this characteristic of hydrate is reversely utilized, natural gas is fixed into water in the form of hydrate solid. Therefore, the hydrate is considered to be a great way to transport and store of natural gas in large quantity. Especially the transportation cost is known to be 18~25% less than the liquefied transportation. However, when methane gas hydrate is artificially formed, its reaction time may be too long and the gas consumption in water becomes relatively low, because the reaction rate between water and gas is low. Therefore, for the practical purpose in the application, the present investigation focuses on the rapid production of hydrates and the increment of the amount of captured gas by adding zeolite into pure water. The results show that when the zeolite of 0.01 wt% was added to distilled water, the amount of captured gas during the formation of methane hydrate was about 4.5 times higher than that in distilled water, and the methane hydrate formation time decreased at the same subcooling temperature.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.73-76
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• 2008

[ $SF_6$ ] gas has been widely used as an insulating, cleaning and covering gas due to its outstanding insulating feature and because of its inert properties. However, the global warming potential of $SF_6$ gas is extremely high relative to typical global warming gases such as $CO_2$, CFCs, and $CH_4$. For these reasons, it is necessary to separate and collect waste $SF_6$ gas. In this study, the effects of a surfactant (Tween) on the formation rate of $SF_6$ gas hydrates were investigated. The $SF_6$ gas hydrate formation rate increased with the addition of Tween and showed a nearly 6.5 times faster hydrate formation rate with an addition of 0.2 wt.% Tween compared to an addition of pure water. This is believed to be due to the increased solubility of $SF_6$ gas with the addition of the surfactant. It was also found that $SF_6$ gas hydrate in the surfactant solution showed two-stage hydrate formation rates with a formation rate that increased rapidly in the 2nd stage.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.711-711
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• 2009

Global warming has been widely recognized as a serious problem threatening the future of human beings. It is caused by the buildup in the atmosphere of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). Particularly, SF6 has extremely high global warming potential compare to those of other global warming gases. One option for mitigating this greenhouse gas is the development of an effective process for capturing and separating these gases from anthropogenic sources. In general, gas hydrates can be formed under high pressure and low temperature. However, SF6 gas is known to form hydrate under relatively milder conditions. Therefore, technological and economical effects could be expected for the separation of SF6 gas from waste gas mixtures. In this study, we carried out morphological study for the SF6 hydrate crystals to understand its formation and growth mechanisms. The observations were made in high-pressure optical cell charged with liquid water and SF6 gas at constant pressure and temperature. Initially SF6 hydrate formed at the surface between gas and liquid regions, and then subsequent dendrite crystals grew at the wall above the gas/water interface. The visual observations of crystal nucleation, migration, growth and interference were reported. The detailed growth characteristics of SF6 hydrate crystals were discussed in this study.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.50-53
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• 2006

Regional geophysical surveys and geological cal studies on natural gas hydrate (NGH) in the East Sea were carried out by the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) from 2000 to 2004. 16 piston cores, 2270 L-km of multi-channel reflection seismic (MCRS) data and 730 L-km of 3.5kHz Chirp data obtained from the southwestern part of the deep-water Ulleung Basin were analyzed in this study. In piston cores, cracks generally developed parallel to bedding suggest significant gas content. The core analyses showed high total organic carbon (TOC) content, sedimentation rate and heat flow of sediments. These are in favor of the general ion of substantial biogenic methane, which can form the NGH within the stability zone of the near seafloor sediments in the study area. The cores generally show also high residual hydrocarbon gas concentrations for the formation of natural gas hydrates The geophysical indicators of the presence of gas and/or NGH such as bottom simulating reflectors (BSRs), seismic blank Bones, pockmarks and gas seeping features were well defined on the MCRS and Chirp data.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.53 no.1
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• pp.103-110
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• 2015

In this work, the performance of various promoters was investigated used in $CO_2$ separation from the gases emitted from steel-making process using gas hydrate technology. The studied promoters are tetrahydrofuran (THF), propylene oxide and 1,4-dioxane, which are all expected to form a structure II hydrate, and the target gases include $CO_2/N_2$ mixed gases ($CO_2/N_2$ = 20/80 and 40/60) and Blast Furnace Gas (BFG). The phase equilibrium points were measured when each promoter was added with various concentrations. For fast acquisition of abundant data, the "continuous" Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) method was employed. In addition, the crystal structure of each gas hydrate was analyzed by Powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD).

• New & Renewable Energy
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.24-32
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• 2012

Natural gas hydrates have a high potential as the 21st century new energy resource, because it have a large amount of deposits in many deep-water and permafrost regions of the world widely. Natural gas hydrate is formed by physical binding between water molecule and gas mainly composed of methane, which is captured in the cavities of water molecules under the specific temperature and pressure. $1m^3$ methane hydrate can be decomposed to the methane gas of $172m^3$ and water of $0.8m^3$ at standard condition. Therefore, there are a lot of practical applications such as separation processes, natural gas storage transportation and carbon dioxide sequestration. For the industrial utilization of methane hydrate, it is very important to rapidly manufacture hydrate. However, when methane hydrate is artificially formed, its reaction time may be too long and the gas consumption in water becomes relatively low, because the reaction rate between water and gas is low. So in this study, hydrate formation was experimented by adding natural zeolite and Synthetic zeolite 5A in distilled water, respectively. The results show that when the Synthetic zeolite 5A of 0.01 wt% was, the amount of gas consumed during the formation of methane hydrate was higher than that in the natural zeolite. Also, the natural zeolite and Synthetic zeolite 5A decreased the hydrate formation time to a greater extent than the distilled water at the same subcooling temperature.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.217.1-217.1
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 실제 천연가스 구성성분인 메탄 (90%)+에탄 (7%)+프로판 (3%) 혼합기체를 사용하여 심해저 퇴적부에 존재하는 천연가스 하이드레이트 개발과 가스 하이드레이트 형성법을 이용한 천연가스 수송 및 저장법 개발을 위한 열역학적 특성을 살펴보았다. 천연가스 하이드레이트 개발 연구에서는 심해저 퇴적층의 영향을 살펴보기 위해 기공의 직경이 6.0, 15.0, 30.0, 100.0 nm인 다공성 실리카 젤을 사용하여 기공 직경에 따른 3상(하이드레이트 (H)-물 (LW)-기상 (V)) 평형을 측정하였다. 천연가스 하이드레이트 수송/저장법 연구에서는 천연가스 하이드레이트 형성 압력을 낮추어 줄 수 있는 열역학적 촉진제인 TBAB(농도: 5, 10, 40, 60 wt%)와 THF(농도: 1, 5.56, 10 mol%)를 첨가하여 각각의 농도에 따른 혼합 가스 하이드레이트의 3상 평형을 측정하였다. 그 결과 다공성 매질인 실리카 젤의 경우 기공 직경의 크기가 작아질수록 벌크상태의 하이드레이트에 비해 평형 온도는 낮아지고, 평형 압력은 높아져 저해효과가 커짐을 알 수 있었고, 열역학적 촉진제를 첨가했을 경우 TBAB의 농도가 40 wt%, THF의 농도가 5.56 mol%일 경우 촉진 정도가 가장 크게 나타났으며, 그 이상의 농도일 경우 가스 하이드레이트 형성 반응에 참여하지 않은 TBAB와 THF에 의해 오히려 촉진 정도가 감소하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 $^{13}C$ NMR 분석을 통해 혼합 가스 하이드레이트의 격자 형성과 기체 포집에 따른 구조적인 변화에 대해서도 살펴보았다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.149.2-149.2
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 하이드레이트 형성시 촉진효과를 갖는 것으로 보고되고 있는 TBAB, TBAF를 첨가한 천연가스 하이드레이트의 열역학적 특성 분석과 $^{13}C$ NMR을 통한 구조 및 동공점유에 관한 분석을 하였다. 천연가스 혼합기체 ($CH_4$ (90%) + $C_2H_6$ (7%) + $C_3H_8$ (3%))에 10, 40, 60 wt%의 TBAB 또는 10, 34, 45 wt%의 TBAF 용액을 첨가하여 하이드레이트(H) - 물(Lw) - 기상(V)의 3상 평형을 측정하였다. 3상 평형 측정결과 순수한 천연가스 하이드레이트보다 평형조건이 더 낮은 압력과 더 높은 온도영역에서 나타났다. 특히 양론비에 해당하는 TBAB 40 wt%, TBAF 34 wt%의 농도에서 가장 뛰어난 촉진효과가 나타났으며 그 이상의 농도에서는 촉진효과가 이전보다 저하되는 것을 알 수 있었다. $^{13}C$ NMR 분석 결과 천연가스 + TBAB (또는 TBAF) 하이드레이트의 격자에는 TBAB (또는 TBAF)와 $CH_4$만이 포집되어 있으며 $CH_4$이 포집되어 있는 동공이 순수한 $CH_4$ 하이드레이트의 작은 동공과 유사하다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이상의 결과를 통하여 TBAB 또는 TBAF가 천연가스 하이드레이트의 열역학적 촉진제로 뛰어난 효과를 나타내었으며, 또한, 혼합 기체의 분리 연구에도 적용될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.710-710
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• 2009

$SF_6$ 가스는 높은 절연 특성으로 인해 산업공정에서 순수 또는 $N_2$ 나 $CO_2$ 가스를 혼합시켜 광범위하게 사용되고 있다. 그러나 $SF_6$ 가스의 지구온난화지수는 $CO_2$ 대비 23,900배로 환경에 치명적인 영향을 줄 수 있으므로, $SF_6$ 가스에 대한 분리 및 처리에 관한 연구가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 조성에 따른 $SF_6-N_2$ 혼합기체의 3상평형(물-하이드레이트-기체)점을 측정하였다. 측정결과 $N_2$가 더 많이 첨가된 혼합기체일수록 순수 $SF_6$의 상평형 조건보다 더 높은 압력, 더 낮은 온도에서 형성됨을 알 수 있었고 라만분석으로 실제 만들어진 하이드레이트 내에 혼합기체를 확인하였다. 또한 하이드레이트 형성속도 및 회수기체의 조성을 측정하여 분리 및 회수의 효율을 살펴보았다. 본 실험에서 얻어진 결과는 $SF_6$ 혼합기체의 분리 및 처리에 관한 연구의 중요한 기초 자료가 될 것이다.