Method and system for exploiting seabed flammable ice

A mining method and methane technology, which are applied in the fields of mining fluids, earthwork drilling, climate sustainability, etc., can solve problems such as high cost, natural gas leakage, and complexity, and achieve the effects of maximizing the recovery rate, reliable operation and convenient maintenance.

Active Publication Date: 2014-01-15
ZIBO HIGH TECH ZONE CHENGDA MACHINERY DESIGN INST
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At present, there is no mature seabed combustible ice mining method and system put into commercial operation in the world. The reason is that the existing mining methods are relatively complicated, costly, and lack of contro...

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[0009] As shown in the figure is a specific embodiment of the seabed combustible ice mining method and system of the present invention. Including: thermal insulation hot water (gas) input pipeline (1), booster water pump (2), thermal insulation combustion heating furnace (3), booster fan (4), thermal insulation water storage tank (5), diesel generator set (6 ), nitrogen compression refrigerator (7), storage tank (8), gas compression separator (9), heat exchanger (10), drilling work platform (11), insulated methane output pipeline (12), and water supply pump (13), control center (14). During implementation, two vertical shafts can be drilled to reach the middle and lower part of the seabed combustible ice reservoir through the offshore drilling platform, and the heat-retaining hot water (gas) input pipeline (1) and the heat-retaining methane output pipeline (12) are placed in the vertical wells respectively. And seal it well with the inner wall of the shaft to prevent methane ...

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The invention provides a method and system for exploiting seabed flammable ice. The method comprises the steps that two shafts are drilled through a drilling platform and reach a seabed flammable ice layer, the depths of the two shafts are different, the distance between the two shafts is small, two cavities are formed in the bottom of the shafts through explosives in an exploded mode, the two cavities are communicated, high-temperature sea water is constantly poured into the bottom of the deeper shaft, so that methane is changed into the gaseous state from the solid state, gaseous methane is jetted from the other shaft, moistures are eliminated through pressurization and cooling, the temperature is lowered to minus 162 DEG C in a refrigerating mode through a nitrogen compressor, so that liquid methane is formed, or the methane is made into flammable ice again to be stored, and part of methane is used as fuel for heating sea water. The method and system for exploiting the seabed flammable ice has the advantages that as long as pouring of the high-temperature sea water is stopped, the flammable ice can stop decomposition, insulation measures are applied to pipes and containing tanks, and therefore waste of heat energy cannot be generated; power is supplied by a diesel generator, the manufacturing cost is low, and operation is reliable; the method for exploiting the seabed flammable ice belongs to the gap permeation substitution method, and seabed collapse cannot be caused; emission only comprises carbon dioxide, and other waste is used for seabed backfilling and recycled.

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(1) Technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a mining method and system for seabed combustible ice (scientific name "natural gas hydrate"), especially a marine oil and gas resource mining method with simple structure, reliable operation, low cost, energy saving, environmental protection, safety, controllability and no pollutant discharge and system. (2) Background technology [0002] Submarine combustible ice is a crystal formed by the combination of methane gas and water molecules in a low-temperature and high-pressure environment. The main gas component produced after heating and decompression is high-purity methane. The methane molecule has only one carbon atom, and the emission of carbon dioxide after combustion is small. And no sulfide is produced, it is an ideal clean energy. At present, there is no mature seabed combustible ice mining method and system in the world that has been put into commercial operation. The reason is that the existing mining meth...

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IPC IPC(8): E21B43/01E21B43/24
CPCY02P90/70
Inventor 李贤明李乐水
Owner ZIBO HIGH TECH ZONE CHENGDA MACHINERY DESIGN INST
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