JFE Engineering has developed
a highly efficient gas hydrate formation process
using micro-bubbles with a tubular reactor.
Higher formation rate over conventional systems
has been obtained by this process. Through
experiments of the new method by using propane
and methane, it is confirmed that hydrate
formation rate is exceedingly high, the use
of high-pressure vessels are unnecessary and
the method is suitable for production on an
industrial scale. This paper describes the
results of basic and bench-scale experiments.
