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Final Presentation - Flammable Ice As A New Source of Energy

Methane hydrates, also known as flammable ice, contain methane gas trapped within ice crystals under high pressure and low temperatures. They represent a potentially huge untapped energy resource, with reserves estimated to contain over twice as much carbon as all known fossil fuels combined. If extracted, methane hydrates could provide lower energy prices due to their high energy density. They also release less carbon dioxide during combustion than oil or coal, making them a potentially cleaner burning fuel.

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Final Presentation - Flammable Ice As A New Source of Energy

Methane hydrates, also known as flammable ice, contain methane gas trapped within ice crystals under high pressure and low temperatures. They represent a potentially huge untapped energy resource, with reserves estimated to contain over twice as much carbon as all known fossil fuels combined. If extracted, methane hydrates could provide lower energy prices due to their high energy density. They also release less carbon dioxide during combustion than oil or coal, making them a potentially cleaner burning fuel.

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Advantages of Flammable Ice

as A New Energy Resource

Tolga YERLKAYA 1934892


Outline
Introduction : What is Flammable Ice (Methane Hydrates)
Advantages of Methane Hydrates
Huge Reserves
Lower Energy Prices
Clean Energy
Summary
Conclusion
What is Flammable Ice (Methane Hydrates) ?
Crystalline ice methane gas trapped within them
Formed under low temperatures and high pressure
Found in sediments located at the bottom of oceans
Flammable Ice Methane Hydrates

(Graves et al., 2015) (Graves et al., 2015)


Advantages of Methane Hydrates
Huge Reserves
Primarily on the edge of continental shelves (Anderson, 2014).

(Lu, 2016)
Distribution of Organic Carbon in Earth

GAS HYDRATES
5%
15%
FOSSIL FUELS

53%
LAND
27%

OCEAN

(Plumer, 2013)
Lower Energy Prices
1m3 of methane hydrate = 164 m3 of natural gas
(Xuequan, 2017).

Highly energy-intensive fuel

Extraction is very easy

Can lower energy prices worldwide


Clean Energy
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Kg per Gigajoule)

COAL

OIL

N.GAS

M.HYDRATE

0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Kilograms per Gigajoule

Modified from (Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, 2013)


Clean Energy

It releases less than 1/3 of CO2 as oil and coal.

High energy density

Strategically important Future global energy development.


Summary
What is Flammable Ice (Methane Hydrates)

Advantages of Methane Hydrates


Huge Reserves 53% of Worlds Organic Carbon

Can Lower Energy Prices Dense Energy


Deposit

Less CO2 emission


Conclusion

Abundant - Efficient - Clean

Future global energy


This ice can lead to Global Energy Revolution
References

Anderson, R. (2014). Methane hydrate: Dirty fuel or energy savior?


Retrieved May 31, 2017, from http://www.bbc.com/news/business-
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Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (2013, June) Leveraging natural
gas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Retrieved May 31, 2017, from
https://www.c2es.org/publications/leveraging-natural-gas-reduce-
greenhouse-gas-emissions
Graves, C. A., Steinle, L., Rehder, G., Niemann, H., Connelly, D. P., Lowry, D.,
James, R. H. (2015). Fluxes and fate of dissolved methane released at the
seafloor at the landward limit of the gas hydrate stability zone offshore
western Svalbard. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120(9), 6185-
6201.
References
Lu, S. (2016). Retraction notice to: A global survey of gas hydrate
development and reserves: Specifically in the marine field. Renewable
and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 64, 851. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2016.07.005
Plumer, B. (2013). Are methane hydrates the next big energy source?
Japan hopes so. Retrieved May 31, 2017, from
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/03/12/japan-
tries-to-unlock-the-worlds-biggest-source-of-carbon-based-
fuel/?utm_term=.5494503ad518
Xuequan, M. (2017). China succeeds in mining combustible ice in South
China Sea. Retrieved May 31, 2017, from
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-05/18/c_136295598.htm

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