401 Effect of an Iron Oxide Catalyst in Generation of CO_2 Hydrate

Abstract

The increase of the heat demand in winter in cold areas increase the use of fossil fuels and the emission of greenhouse gases. The generation system based on a CO_2 hydrate takes advantage of the temperature difference between day and night. Therefore, this system does not emit greenhouse gases because it does not use fossil fuels. The main objective of this work is the reduction of the generation time of the CO_2 hydrate for the application to the development of a gas hydrate-based generation system. In this paper, we aimed to increase the generation speed by using an iron oxide catalyst in the generation process of the CO_2 hydrate. Results show a considerable reduction in the generation time compared to the case without catalyst.