Method for treating water by using salt desorption process of gas hydrate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9643866-B2
Application number	US-201314421953-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2013
Priority date	Aug 17, 2012
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

A method for treating water using a salt desorption process of gas hydrates according to the present invention includes: (a) introducing water containing impurities and a plurality of guest gases into a reactor; (b) forming gas hydrates by causing the water and the plurality of guest gases to react under a first condition; and (c) dissociating a gas hydrate of one guest gas from among the plurality of guest gases by changing the first condition to a second condition, wherein the first condition refers to temperature and pressure conditions under which all of the plurality of guest gases form gas hydrates and the second condition refers to temperature and pressure conditions under which the gas hydrate of the one guest gas from the mixed gas hydrates is dissociated.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for treating water using a salt desorption process of gas hydrates, comprising:
(a) introducing water containing impurities and a plurality of guest gases into a reactor;
(b) forming gas hydrates by reacting the water with the plurality of guest gases to react under a first condition; and
(c) starting to dissociate a gas hydrate of any one guest gas from among the plurality of guest gases by changing the first condition to a second condition,
wherein the first condition refers to temperature and pressure conditions under which all of the plurality of guest gases form gas hydrates and the second condition refers to temperature and pressure conditions under which the any one guest gas from the mixed gas hydrates is dissociated.

2. The method for treating water using a salt desorption process of gas hydrates according to claim 1 , wherein the method for treating water further comprises: (d) rinsing the dissociated any one guest gas, the water and the impurities.

3. The method for treating water using a salt desorption process of gas hydrates according to claim 2 , wherein the method for treating water further comprises: (e) dissociating a gas hydrate of another guest gas from among the plurality of guest gases by changing the second condition to a third condition, wherein the third condition refers to temperature and pressure conditions under which the gas hydrates of all of the plurality of guest gases are dissociated.

4. The method for treating water using a salt desorption process of gas hydrates according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of guest gases comprise a first guest gas and a second guest gas, wherein the pressure of the second condition under which the first guest gas is dissociated is higher than 5 atm and equal to or lower than 50 atm at 0-20° C. and the pressure of the third condition under which the second guest gas is dissociated is higher than normal pressure and equal to or lower than 20 atm at 0-20° C.

5. The method for treating water using a salt desorption process of gas hydrates according to claim 3 , wherein the method for treating water further comprises: (f) dehydrating the formed gas hydrates.

6. The method for treating water using a salt desorption process of gas hydrates according to claim 5 , wherein the method for treating water further comprises: (g) introducing at least one guest gas from among the dissociated plurality of guest gases again into the reactor.

7. The method for treating water using a salt desorption process of gas hydrates according to claim 2 , wherein the method for treating water further comprises: (h) collecting the rinsed impurities in a reservoir and introducing them again into the reactor.

8. The method for treating water using a salt desorption process of gas hydrates according to claim 1 , wherein the method for treating water is applied to any of a group consisting of a seawater desalination process, a wastewater treatment process, a brackish water desalination process, a water purification process, an aquatic resources concentration process and a separation process.

9. The method for treating water using a salt desorption process of gas hydrates according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of guest gases are at least two selected from the group consisting of CH 4 , C 2 H 6 , C 3 H 8 , CO 2 , H 2 , HFCs, PFCs, Cl 2 and SF 6 .

Assignees

• Korea Ind Tech Inst

Inventors

• Lee Ju Dong
• Kim Hyoung Jae
• Kim Joung Ha
• Lim Jae Il

Classifications

• C02F2303/18

  Removal of treatment agents after treatment · CPC title

• C02F2103/08

  Seawater, e.g. for desalination · CPC title

• C02F2101/10

  Inorganic compounds · CPC title

• C02F1/68 Primary

  by addition of specified substances, e.g. trace elements, for ameliorating potable water (medicinal water A61K) · CPC title

• C02F1/265 Primary

  Desalination · CPC title