Patent ID: 11873460
Assignee: nan
Field: Basic materials chemistry (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  F | IPC C

Claim 7:
8. An apparatus for producing solid methane comprising:
a drum containing gaseous methane,
a cooling case having a pipe with a first end and a second end, and a coolant cavity having
a coolant,
a gas storage container enclosed by a gas storage cryogenic jacket, and
a chamber enclosed by a chamber cryogenic jacket, the chamber having a base configured to allow a solid methane bed complex to be placed inside the chamber,
a mixer located within the chamber,
a vacuum,
the drum connected to the first end of the pipe within the cooling case,
the pipe within cooling case connected to the gas storage container and the chamber from the second end of the pipe, and
the coolant cavity connected to the gas storage cryogenic jacket and the chamber cryogenic jacket,
wherein the vacuum is configured to remove air from the chamber after the solid methane bed complex is placed within the chamber,
wherein coolant flows from the coolant cavity to the gas storage cryogenic jacket and the chamber cryogenic jacket to maintain a cold temperature in the cooling case, gas storage container, and chamber,
wherein the gaseous methane is configured to flow from the drum through the pipe into the gas storage container resulting in the formation of liquid methane,
wherein the liquid methane is configured to flow into the chamber
wherein the mixer is configured to mix the liquid methane with the solid methane bed complex within the chamber to create solid methane.