Learn about fire ice - a new source of energy in the future

Energy scientists have calculated that fossil energy on Earth can only be exploited in about 60 years to run out. In the development effort, people are looking for new sources of energy to replace. Fortunately, this Earth has another source of energy, which is fire, which can provide people with a huge amount of energy for human use within 2,000 years, which is the burning ice.

What is burning ice?

Burning ice (also called burning stone) , has the scientific name of natural hydrate or gas hydrate, formed from natural gases such as methane, ethane, propane and water under high pressure conditions (over 30 atmospheres) and heat low level (below 0 ° C).

Fire ice is usually stable in conditions of deep seabed at least 300m or more, oceanic islands and in permafrost, in the form of solid like small snowballs.

Burning ice, also known as burning stone.

Burning ice is a huge energy source, every 1m ^{3 of} burning ice releases about 164m ^{3 of} methane (2 - 5 times higher than natural gas, is clean, does not cause environmental pollution because it is frozen hydrate, low in impurities) .

Fire tape has many different colors such as: white, yellow, brown, red, gray or blue. There are more than 90 countries in the world that have reserves of fire. Countries with the largest reserves of ice are: Canada, Russia, USA, India, Japan, China.

Burning ice also has its flip side. Formed at low temperatures and low pressures, changing the pressure or temperature to about 1 ° C-20 ° C will cause the burning ice to release methane, causing a global greenhouse disaster, causing waves. gods due to the continental shelf collapsed. In particular, the situation of climate change is happening quickly and easily causes burning ice to release energy. Therefore, fire ice is very difficult to exploit.

How to exploit and use burning tape?

It is thought that the ice can cause trouble for ships at sea and airplanes flying in the air, because the large amount of methane produced when it decays reduces the density of sea water, reducing air density. , thereby reducing buoyancy, lifting force, causing the ship to sink, the plane is down, falling.

Many countries are desperately looking for technology to exploit burning ice.

For these reasons, the exploitation and use of fire ice is so safe and effective that it is a headache for scientists, just like controlling nuclear power. If not controlled well, methane and carbon dioxide created when the ice breaks down are a source of tremendous greenhouse effect. The difficulty arises here is how to create a pipeline system and concentrate methane gas when the ice breaks down (by reducing pressure is the most economical). Currently, Russia is mining this material in Siberi but still following the traditional way of boat as with natural gas, so the results are limited.

Russia, China, the United States, Japan . are countries that are desperately looking for technology to exploit burning ice. Canada successfully extracted methane from ice on land. Japan invested US $ 127 million in a project to exploit fire ice in the southwestern sea of ​​Tokyo . But so far, complete fire-fighting technology has not been determined and it is still a huge challenge for modern people.

Scientists are also studying the mechanism of ice formation and the rule of distribution of mines, and how to effectively exploit and use this promising energy source.

Vietnam has access to burnt ice

Vietnam is considered a country with a large amount of fire-ice reserves.

Vietnam is considered a country with a large amount of fire-ice 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. On June 3, 2010, the Prime Minister issued Decision 796 approving the 'Research and basic investigation program on 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, the evaluation and exploration of fire bands on the sea areas and continental shelf will be started. hope.

The study of fire tapes is very difficult, especially in mining technology, so it requires a lot of time. For countries with advanced technology, it will take another few decades to hope to find the optimal technological solution in the safe and efficient exploitation of this huge energy source.

Burning ice can become a popular fuel in the future