Influence of the water level in the work area on the hydrate formation process

Abstract

This article describes a fundamentally new method for obtaining gas hydrates, based on self-organization in a closed working section of the cyclic boiling-condensation process of the gas-hydrate generator. A special feature of this method is the high rate of hydrate formation at low energy costs and, as a consequence, the expected efficiency of new technologies built on its basis over analogues. A series of experiments was performed, which shows the effect of the water level on the work site on the hydrate formation process.