Proposed System for Hydrogen Production from Methane Hydrate with Sequestering of Carbon Dioxide Hydrate

Abstract

Gas hydrates (clathrates) are molecular compounds with crystalline structure, formed under certain conditions of pressure and temperature for which gas molecules occupy structural lattices formed by water molecules through hydrogen bonding. Many gases, but not all, can form hydrates 1. Methane and carbon dioxide notably can form hydrates in water at high pressure and low temperature and hydrates of both gases are known to exist naturally in sediments and geological structures below the sea 2.