Abstract
An observational study has been carried out to reveal the physical process of gas hydrate formation in a crystallizer (i.e. a cool storage tank) incorporated into an R12 vapour compression refrigerator loop. The working fluid, R12, flows into the crystallizer (where r12 and water, both in liquid state, and their vapours form three phases superposed on top of one another) and evaporates, before flowing out, resulting in a cooling on the fluids in the crystallizer and then the formation of R12 hydrate as a cool storage medium. It was been found that the hydrate appears in two different forms, making up separate layers in the crystallizer: one in the form of slurry particles sedimented at the bottom of the water phase and the other in the form of a solidified foam floating on the free surface of the water phase. The mechanism of formation of the hydrate in each form is discussed.
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