Burning Ice - New energy outlook

When traditional energy sources such as coal, peat, oil and gas . are exhausted, the ice burning with reserves more than twice the reserves of fossil energy, is considered a high-efficiency energy source, clean and potentially replaceable in the future. Therefore, fire ice has attracted the attention of many sea countries and island nations around the world.

>>>Burning ice - a new energy revolution?

At present, more than 90 countries around the world conduct research programs to investigate fire ice at different levels. Also according to the calculations of scientists, the entire South China Sea region ranks 5th in Asia in terms of fire and ice and Vietnam is considered a country with quite a large amount of fire ice. Therefore, in recent years, domestic scientists have started to pay attention to the issue of investigation and research on burnt ice on Vietnam's continental shelf.

Energy source of the future

A burnt ice is a type of gas hydrate (gas hydrate, methane hydrate) that exists in a solid mixture, looks superficially like ice or dry alcohol, can be transparent or opaque, white, gray or yellow crystals. Burning ice includes hydrocarbon gas (mostly methane) and water, formed under high pressure and low temperature conditions.

Just raising the temperature or reducing the pressure is the flammable ice will resolve: 1m ³ of this substance when resolution gives 164m ³ of methane and 0.8m ^{3 of} water (2-5 times the energy of natural gas).(Photo: Internet)

Burning ice is capable of evaporating under normal conditions like mothballs, so without detailed research and perfect mining technology, flammable ice can be a contributing factor to global climate change. demand due to the ability to 'self-evaporate' under normal temperature and pressure conditions.

Burning ice is a new source of energy that many countries are interested in because of its huge reserves and its ability to influence global climate change. This new energy mineral is expected to be three times greater than the total fossil energy resources known worldwide. However, it is also considered a potential risk of environmental disasters. International organizations have warned that this will happen in the future, if countries act irresponsibly when using outdated technology in the search, exploration, exploitation, storage and use of ice. Fire.

The prospect of fire in Vietnam

As a country that is rated to have a large amount of fire-retardant reserves. Since 2007, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has organized a scientific conference on burning ice. The Government has also issued many decisions, research and evaluation programs on fire and ice resources such as Decision 796 issued on June 3, 2010 of the Prime Minister approving 'Basic research and investigation program. about gas hydrate potential in Vietnam's sea areas and continental shelf ' . Accordingly, after the research period (2007-2015), ending the period of approaching and researching technology, by 2015-2020 began to assess and explore burning ice on the sea areas and the continental shelf. hope.

In a recent research project on fire and ice, scientists of the Center for Marine Geology and Minerals and the General Geological Division of Vietnam evaluated: The East Sea area under Vietnam's sovereignty converges with conditions of image. into a fire band such as the depth of the seabed, geomorphological characteristics, seabed temperature, sediment, gas source, geochemical and geophysical signs . Especially the geological structure, geological context and one of Prerequisites are the emergence of Song Hong, Phu Khanh, Tu Chinh - Vung May and Nam Con Son oil tanks, groups of Hoang Sa and Truong Sa basins. Scientists of the two units assessed the prospect of fire ice on the South Vietnamese continental shelf based on a comparison with the Sakhalin continental shelf (Russia), which has been proven to have accumulation. of ice burning.

By analyzing and comparing features of tectonic structure, mechanism of formation and expression of gas hydrate of the continental shelf of Sakhalin island with the continental shelf of South Vietnam, it is possible to assess the prospective South Vietnamese continental shelf. Hydrate gas. Since then, scientists have launched four forecast areas to assess the potential of fire, which is the Paracel and adjacent islands, Phu Khanh, Tu Chinh - Vung May and Truong Sa archipelago and adjacent.

Associate Professor Phùng Văn Phách, Director of the Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, said that in researching fire ice, it is necessary to understand and correct this issue with its historical role and ability to exploit and use in the context of Vietnam's economy.

The sa or investment research massively, while the level of science and technology, human resources have not met our level may not be effective.

Moreover, Vietnam needs a reasonable strategy for marine energy, in accordance with the Sea and Island Sustainable Development Strategy to 2020, vision to 2030.