Patents by Inventor Yongchen SONG

Yongchen SONG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210146301
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for separating xenon-krypton mixed gas by hydrate formation process. The system is mainly composed of a gas hydrate generating unit, a heat exchanging unit and a gas-water separating unit: pre-cooled xenon-krypton mixed gas is injected from a bottom of a reaction tower, xenon gas in the mixed gas and water attached to a porous tray generate a xenon gas hydrate; and water is injected from a top of the tower to wet the porous tray, a generated hydrate particle is washed and collected to the bottom of the tower simultaneously to form a hydrate slurry, after passing through the heat exchanging unit, the xenon gas hydrate in the slurry is decomposed to form a gas phase flow and a water phase flow, and then enters the gas-water separating unit, and the xenon gas is separated from decomposed water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Yongchen SONG, Jiafei ZHAO, Xianwei GUO, Lei YANG, Weiguo LIU, Mingjun YANG, Yanghui LI, Zheng LING, Yu LIU, Yi ZHANG, Dayong WANG, Lanlan JIANG, Yuechao ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20210072216
    Abstract: The invention discloses a gas hydrate pressure maintaining replacement device and method for in-situ Raman analysis. Comprehensive experiments such as the formation/decomposition/displacement of high-pressure gas hydrates can be realized, and in-situ Raman characterization can be performed. Including reaction kettle system with temperature control unit, pressure control gas supply system, pressure holding system, replacement gas system, sample pre-cooling system, vacuum system and data acquisition and processing system. The device can solve the problem that the Raman peak position of the 512 cage is covered by the Raman peak position of the gas when the high-pressure gas hydrate is characterized in situ in the reaction kettle, at the same time, it solves the problems of sampling difficulties in ex-situ Raman characterization and experimental errors caused by sample transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yongchen SONG, Jiafei ZHAO, Man LI, Lei YANG, Weiguo LIU, Mingjun YANG, Yanghui LI, Zheng LING, Yu LIU, Yi ZHANG, Dayong WANG
  • Publication number: 20210003517
    Abstract: The present invention provides a CT triaxial test apparatus for hydrate-bearing sediment, and belongs to the technical field of fundamental physical property measurement of geotechnical engineering. In the apparatus, aiming at the defects of the invention “a visual test apparatus for mechanical characteristics of natural gas hydrate-bearing sediment”, the CT triaxial test apparatus for hydrate-bearing sediment is redesigned and optimized, on the premise of obtaining static and dynamic mechanical characteristics and creep characteristics of a hydrate reservoir, the stability of the triaxial apparatus during rotation due to scanning, the temperature control accuracy of a hydrate-bearing sample, and the X-ray penetration performance of the pressure chamber of the triaxial apparatus are improved, an optimal CT imaging effect is obtained, and powerful hardware support is provided to ascertain the reservoir deformation mechanism during hydrate decomposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yongchen SONG, Yanghui LI, Peng WU, Weiguo LIU, Jiafei ZHAO, Mingjun YANG, Yu LIU, Lei YANG
  • Patent number: 10766789
    Abstract: A system for flue-gas hydrate-based desalination using LNG cold energy belongs to the field of hydrate technology application. The CO2 in the flue-gas is captured based on the hydrate formation. Two stage formation chambers are set to improve the hydrate formation. The two steps to purify the hydrates respectively are the gas separation and the liquid separation. The two methods of hydrate dissociation to realize the recycling of the waste heat of flue-gas and the CO2 are the heat-exchanged and the exhausted. The present invention realizes the integrated CO2 capture and seawater desalination with a proper structure and a subtle system and solves the cold energy source for hydrate-based desalination by means of using LNG cold energy. The two stage formation chambers solve the capture of CO2 in the flue-gas and guarantee the hydrate formation amounts. The two types of dissociation chambers decrease the heat emission by using the waste heat of flue-gas and realize the recycling and storage of CO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yongchen Song, Jianan Zheng, Mingjun Yang, Weiguo Liu, Jiafei Zhao, Yi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200096452
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a fully visual flow loop system for studying hydrate blockage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Yongchen SONG, Jiafei ZHAO, Zheyuan LIU, Weiguo LIU, Yu LIU, Huiyong LIANG, Jiawei CHU, Mingjun YANG, Yanghui LI
  • Publication number: 20200063542
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of water flow erosion for marine gas hydrate exploitation. Based on the characteristics of higher permeability around gas hydrate exploitation well, controlling the seawater flow process by the pressure difference between hydrate reservoir and gas hydrate exploitation well. And the chemical potential difference between hydrate phase and water phase is the main driving factor for promoting the hydrate decomposition. Meanwhile, the salinity will increase and then the phase equilibrium temperature of hydrate will increase during seawater flow process. The water flow erosion accelerates the heat and mass transfer in hydrate reservoir to promote the efficient and complete decomposition and collection of hydrate. And the method of water flow erosion can decrease the risk of the geographical destruction caused by the large pressure drop. The present invention also provides the combination modes of water flow erosion with depressurization, thermal injection and other methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yongchen SONG, Bingbing CHEN, Mingjun YANG, Pengfei WANG, Huiru SUN
  • Publication number: 20190039916
    Abstract: A system for flue-gas hydrate-based desalination using LNG cold energy belongs to the field of hydrate technology application. The CO2 in the flue-gas is captured based on the hydrate formation. Two stage formation chambers are set to improve the hydrate formation. The two steps to purify the hydrates respectively are the gas separation and the liquid separation. The two methods of hydrate dissociation to realize the recycling of the waste heat of flue-gas and the CO2 are the heat-exchanged and the exhausted. The present invention realizes the integrated CO2 capture and seawater desalination with a proper structure and a subtle system and solves the cold energy source for hydrate-based desalination by means of using LNG cold energy. The two stage formation chambers solve the capture of CO2 in the flue-gas and guarantee the hydrate formation amounts. The two types of dissociation chambers decrease the heat emission by using the waste heat of flue-gas and realize the recycling and storage of CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Yongchen SONG, Jianan ZHENG, Mingjun YANG, Weiguo LIU, Jiafei ZHAO, Yi ZHANG