Device for revaporizing natural gas

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9308507-B2
Application number	US-201013818433-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2010
Priority date	Aug 23, 2010
Publication date	Apr 12, 2016
Grant date	Apr 12, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed is a device for revaporizing natural gas. Provided is a device for revaporizing natural gas hydrate pellets, comprising: a pellet charging portion for charging pellets which is formed with an upper valve and a lower valve so as to divide space for adjusting pressure; a storing portion, which communicates with the lower portion of the pellet charging portion, for receiving pellets when the lower valve is opened; a transfer screw, one end of which couples to the lower portion of the storing portion, for transferring the pellets in the storing portion; and a dissolving reaction tub, which is coupled to the other end of the transfer screw, receives pellets from the lower portion of the dissolving reaction tub, and which accommodates heating water.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for revaporizing natural gas, the device being configured to revaporize natural gas hydrate pellets, the device comprising:
(i) a pellet charging portion configured to have the pellets charged therein and having an upper valve and a lower valve formed therein so as to divide a pressure adjusting space;
(ii) a storing portion communicating with a lower portion of the pellet charging portion and configured to have the pellets flowed therein when the lower valve is opened and have the pellets in flow therefrom when a water level of heating water is dropped below a lower portion of the storing portion;
(iii) a transfer screw having one end thereof coupled with the lower portion of the storing portion and configured to transfer the pellets in the storing portion;
(iv) a dissolving reaction tub coupled to the other end of the transfer screw and having the pellets flowed in from a lower portion thereof and having heating water accommodated therein;
(v) a pressure adjusting valve configured to open and close communication between the pressure adjusting space and the storing portion; and
(vi) a pressurized water supply portion configured to supply pressurized water to the pressure adjusting space to return high-pressure gas in the pressure adjusting space back to the storing portion and recover the supplied pressurized water;
wherein the pressurized water supply portion comprises:
(a) an atmospheric pressure tank being in an atmospheric pressure state and configured to have the pressurized water recovered thereto;
(b) a high-pressure tank having high-pressure gas and pressurized water stored therein and configured to supply the pressurized water to the pressure adjusting space; and
(c) a pump configured to supply the pressurized water in the atmospheric pressure tank to the high-pressure tank.

2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a pulverizing portion arranged in between the other end of the transfer screw and the dissolving reaction tub and configured to pulverize the transferred pellets.

3. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a heating water circulating line configured to recover the heating water from an upper portion of the dissolving reaction tub and supply the heating water to the lower portion of the dissolving reaction tub;
a circulating pump arranged in the heating water circulating line and configured to circulate the recovered heating water; and
a heater arranged in the heating water circulating line and configured to heat the recovered heating water.

4. The device of claim 3 , further comprising a heating water supply line branched at a downstream of the heater in the heating water circulating line and configured to supply the heating water to the one end portion of the transfer screw.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein a pressure inside the dissolving reaction tub is between 50 bar and 70 bar.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the dissolving reaction tub has a mesh net formed therein below a surface of the heating water for filtering pulverized pellets.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the mesh net is provided in plurality, depending on a height of the dissolving reaction tub, and the size of mesh in the plurality of mesh nets becomes gradually smaller toward a top.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the dissolving reaction tub has an agitator installed inside thereof so as to agitate the heating water and pulverized pellets.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the dissolving reaction tub has a supersonic vibrator attached to a surface thereof.

Assignees

• Song Myung Ho
• Yoon Yong Seok
• Hong Hye Jung
• Ahn Jung Huyk
• Ha Mun Keun
• Jeon Seok Ku
• Ahn Hoon
• Woo Ta Kwan
• Univ Dongguk Ind Acad Coop
• Samsung Heavy Ind
• Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd
• Sung Il Turbine Co Ltd
• Daewoo Eng & Constr Co Ltd

Inventors

• Song Myung Ho
• Yoon Yong Seok
• Hong Hye Jung
• Ahn Jung Huyk
• Ha Mun Keun
• Jeon Seok Ku
• Ahn Hoon
• Woo Ta Kwan

Classifications

• B01J3/04 Primary

  Pressure vessels, e.g. autoclaves · CPC title

• F17C7/04 Primary

  with change of state, e.g. vaporisation · CPC title

• F17C9/04 Primary

  Recovery of thermal energy · CPC title