Patent ID: 7863491

Claim:
A method of continuously producing gas clathrates, the method comprising the steps of: introducing at least one reaction gas required for clathrate formation and at least one reaction liquid required for clathrate formation into a reaction chamber; adjusting in the reaction chamber the conditions such that clathrates form; adjusting the conditions in an outlet port of the reaction chamber such that ice-containing clathrates form in the outlet port of the reaction chamber, and arranging at least one cooling device in the outlet port and within the outlet port, to block the outlet port on the reaction chamber side; comminuting the ice-containing clathrates into ice chips using at least one comminutor, wherein the comminuting takes place downstream from the at least one cooling device and upstream from a transport line connected to the outlet port for removing the ice chips from the transport line side of the outlet port; and transporting the ice chips containing clathrates away via the transport line connected to the outlet port.