Patent ID: 8420018

Claim:
A gas hydrate production apparatus including: a pressure-tolerable container; and a stirring blade at an inner lower portion of the pressure-tolerable container, and supplying a hydrate-forming gas in an bubble form to water in the pressure-tolerable container to thereby form a gas hydrate, the gas hydrate production apparatus characterized by comprising: a upward-conveying unit which conveys the formed gas hydrate upward while bringing the gas hydrate into contact with a side surface of the pressure-tolerable container; a discharging unit that includes a discharge path whose one end is opened at an inner surface of the pressure-tolerable container, and a discharging feeder installed in the discharge path; characterized in that a discharging blade is provided in the pressure-tolerable container for conveying the gas hydrate conveyed by the upward-conveying unit to the discharge path and, above the discharge blade a rotating disk having interspaces is provided for restricting the upward movement of the formed gas hydrate.