Hydrate production apparatus and water treatment apparatus using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017304841-A1
Application number	US-201515520219-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 2, 2015
Priority date	Oct 24, 2014
Publication date	Oct 26, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A hydrate production apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a main body unit having a reaction space in which a hydrate is produced therein; an inlet pipe unit connected to one side of the main body unit so as to introduce, into the reaction space, a host material and a guest material for producing the hydrate; an outlet pipe unit connected to the other side of the main body unit so as to discharge the hydrate produced in the reaction space to the outside; and a pulverizing device unit provided inside the reaction space so as to increase a reaction area for producing the hydrate by pulverizing, into fine-sized particles, an object to be pulverized, which is at least one of the introduced host material and guest material.

First claim

1 . A hydrate forming apparatus comprising:
a main body in which a reaction space in which hydrates are formed is provided; an inlet pipe connected to one side of the main body and through which a host material and a guest material for forming the hydrates flow into the reaction space; an outlet pipe connected to another side of the main body and through which the hydrates formed in the reaction space are discharged outward; and a pulverizer installed in the reaction space and configured to transfer a target material of pulverization, which is at least one of the host material and the guest material that flow into the reaction space, toward the outlet pipe through a narrow path using a rotational centrifugal force and pulverize the target material of pulverization into micro-sized particles to increase a reaction area for forming the hydrates.

2 . The hydrate forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pulverizer comprises:
a stator fixedly installed in the reaction space and with a center connected to the inlet pipe, through which the target material of pulverization flows into the stator; and a rotor installed at the center of the stator to be rotatable and configured to accommodate the target material of pulverization that flows into the reaction space in the rotor, and wherein an outer surface of the rotor and an inner surface of the stator are spaced apart at a certain gap, and a plurality of flow channels through which the target material of pulverization accommodated in the rotor is discharged into the gap by a rotational centrifugal force are formed at a side surface of the rotor.

3 . The hydrate forming apparatus of claim 2 , wherein a plurality of flow channels through which the target material of pulverization discharged into the gap is discharged into the reaction space are formed at a side surface of the stator.

4 . The hydrate forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pulverizer comprises a rotor installed in the reaction space to be rotatable and configured to accommodate the target material of pulverization that flows through a center connected to the inlet pipe in the rotor, and
wherein an outer surface of the rotor and an inner surface of the main body are spaced apart at a certain gap, and a plurality of flow channels through which the target material of pulverization accommodated in the rotor is discharged into the gap by a rotational centrifugal force are formed at a side surface of the rotor.

5 . The hydrate forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the host material is contaminated water or seawater that is target water of treatment, and wherein the guest material is at least one of gaseous or liquid SF6, CFC-based materials, HCFC-based materials, PFC-based materials, and HFC-based materials.

6 . The hydrate forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a thermoelement module that maintains a temperature inside the inlet pipe or the reaction space to be within a predetermined temperature range is installed on at least one side of the inlet pipe and the main body, and
wherein a cooling surface of the thermoelement module is installed toward the inside of the inlet pipe or toward the reaction space, and an exothermic surface of the thermoelement module is installed toward the outer surface of the inlet pipe or the main body.

7 . The hydrate forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the main body comprises:
a first body that forms the reaction space therein; a second body formed in a jacket structure at an outer surface of the first body to form a cooling space between the first body and the second body; and a cooling module that allows a cooling fluid to flow through the cooling space to maintain a temperature inside the reaction space to be within a predetermined temperature range.

8 . The hydrate forming apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the main body further comprises a thermoelement module installed on at least one side of the first body, and
wherein a cooling surface of the thermoelement module is installed toward the reaction space and an exothermic surface of the thermoelement module is installed toward the cooling space.

9 . A water treatment apparatus comprising:
a chemical reactor that forms hydrates in a reaction space therein and discharges the hydrates through an outlet pipe; a host material supplier that supplies target water of treatment that is a host material for forming the hydrates to the reaction space in the chemical reactor; a guest material supplier that supplies a guest material for forming the hydrates to the reaction space in the chemical reactor; a dehydrator that dehydrates the discharged hydrates; and a dissociator that separates the dehydrated hydrates into treated water and the guest material and discharges the treated water and the guest material, wherein the chemical reactor comprises a main body that forms a reaction space therein and a pulverizer installed in the reaction space and configured to transfer a target material of pulverization, which is at least one of the host material and the guest material that flow into the reaction space, toward the outlet through a narrow path using a rotational centrifugal force and pulverize the target material of pulverization into micro-sized particles to increase a reaction area for forming the hydrates

10 . The water treatment apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the main body comprises:
a first body that forms the reaction space therein; a second body formed in a jacket structure at an outer surface of the first body to form a cooling space between the first body and the second body; and a cooling module that allows a cooling fluid to flow through the cooling space to maintain a temperature inside the reaction space to be within a predetermined temperature range.

11 . The water treatment apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the main body further comprises a thermoelement module installed on at least one side of the first body, and
wherein a cooling surface of the thermoelement module is installed toward the reaction space and an exothermic surface of the thermoelement module is installed toward the cooling space.

12 . The water treatment apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the dissociator has a jacket structure in which a heating space is formed between an internal body that forms a dissociation space in the dissociator and an external body formed on an outer surface of the internal body, and
wherein the cooling module is configured to circulate a cooling fluid through the cooling space of the main body of the chemical reactor and the heating space of the dissociator.

13 . The water treatment apparatus of claim 9 , wherein a thermoelement module that maintains a temperature inside the reaction space to be within a predetermined temperature range is installed on at least one side of the main body, and
wherein a cooling surface of the thermoelement module is installed toward the reaction space and an exothermic surface of the thermoelement module is installed toward an outer surface of the main body.

14 . The water treatment apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising a collector that collects the guest material discharged from the dissociator and supplies the guest material to the guest material supplier again.

15 . The water treatment apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the guest material supplied to the reaction space is at least one of liquid SF 6 , CFC-based materials, HCFC-based materials, PFC-based materials, and HFC-based materials, and wherein the collector liquefies a gaseous guest material collected from the dissociator and supplies the guest material to the guest material supplier again.

Assignees

• Korea Ind Tech Inst

Inventors

• Lee Ju Dong
• Kang Kyung Chan
• Cho Seong Jun
• Kim Joung Ha
• Kim Hyoung Chan

Classifications

• C02F2001/5218

  Crystallization · CPC title

• B02C19/0018 Primary

  using a rotor accelerating the materials centrifugally against a circumferential breaking surface (rotors with beater elements B02C13/09, B02C13/1807) · CPC title

• C02F1/22 Primary

  by freezing · CPC title

• C02F1/265

  Desalination · CPC title

• B02C18/062

  with rotor elements extending axially in close radial proximity of a concentrically arranged slotted or perforated ring · CPC title