Sustainable recovery of gas hydrate using carbondioxide

该项目旨在开发一种气体交换方法，可持续地从天然气水合物中提取甲烷--天然气水合物是一种比煤炭丰富、清洁得多的能源--同时将二氧化碳封存在其位置。该项目希望克服现有方法污染海洋和用甲烷气体杀死海洋生物的风险。该项目的预期成果包括天然气交换过程中天然气水合物的力学框架；对新方法的实验探索；以及有效回收天然气的战略。这应该会带来巨大的好处，因为用废弃的二氧化碳换取充足的低碳能源，既能满足不断增长的全球能源需求，又能减少温室气体排放。

This project aims to develop a gas exchange method to sustainably extract methane from gas hydrates – an abundant and far cleaner energy than coal – while simultaneously sequestering carbon dioxide in its place. This project expects to overcome existing methods’ risk of contaminating the ocean and killing sea life with methane gas. Expected outcomes of this project include a framework of the mechanics of gas hydrates during gas exchange; experimental exploration of the new method; and strategies for efficient gas recovery. This should provide significant benefits in that swapping waste carbon dioxide for an ample low-carbon energy source caters to ever-growing global energy demands while still reducing greenhouse emissions.