The document discusses a proposed project to harness methane from sea clathrates in the Bay of Bengal using hot water from Tatapani springs in Chhattisgarh, India. Hot water from the springs could be piped through rivers to the sea bed to melt the methane clathrates and release the trapped methane gas. The gas could then be collected, compressed, and bottled as a clean, sustainable fuel source. The project aims to tap into one of the world's largest fossil fuel reserves in a pollution-free manner using natural temperature differences.

1. PRESENTED BY
PALAK VASTRAKAR
MANYA SAHU
ADITYA PRATAP SINGH
ARYAN PRATAP SINGH
Md ATIF
GOURAV AGRAWAL

2. Methane Clatherate commonly known as Sea
Clatherate, is unharnesed resource of
Chhattisgarh.
Our motive behind making this project is to
highlight the state Chhattisgarh and realise the
beauty of our state. In Balrampur district
Tatpani is situated, which has hot water spring.
The hot water from this spring flows through
insulated pipes under gravity to Bay of Bengal.
There are methane crystals present in sea bed
of Bay of Bengal. The hotwater melts the
methane crystals present there. This melting
results in evolution of methane gas. This gas is
separated from water by scrubber and is
compressed by compressor. The compressed gas
undergoes bottling.

3.  WHAT IS SEA CLATHERATE?
 SEA CLATHERATE ALSO CALLED
METHANE CLATHERATE OR METHANE
ICE IS A SOLID CLATHERATE
COMPOUND FOUND UNDER
SEDIMENTS ON OCEAN FLOORS.
 IT HAS BEEN FORMED BY TRAPPING
OF METHANE {CH4} MOLECULE IN ICE
CRYSTALS.
 ITS IS THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF
NATURAL GAS.

4. ESTIMATED AMOUNT-
 ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF SEA CLATHERATE IS TWICE OF TOTALAMOUNT OF CARBON
FOUND IN ALL KNOWN FOSSIL FUELS.
 IT IS ABOUT 6.4 TRILLION TONS {6.4’10^12 TONS}
 THIS AMOUNT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO FULL FILL OUR FUEL REQUIREMENT FOR MILLION
OF YEARS.
 WHAT LEAD TO ITS FORMATION?
 METHANE CLATHERATE IS BELIEVED TO FORM BY MIGRATION OF METHANE GAS FROM
DEPTH ALONG GEOLOGICAL FAULTS FOLLOWED BY ITS STALLIZATION IN COLD WATER.
 AVERAGE COMPOSITION-
 IN GENERAL, 100G OF METHANE ICE CONTAINS ABOUT 16G OF METHANE TRAPPED
INSIDE THE CRYSTAL.
 STABILITY-
 SEA CLATHERATES ARE STABLE AT LOW TEMPERATURE AND HIGH PRESSURE.

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6.  ROLE OF CHHATTISGARH INHARNESSING NATURAL
GAS FROM SEA CLATHERATE OF BAY OF BENGAL
 AT TATAPANI OF BALRAMPUR DISTRICT OF CHHATTISGARH, THER ARE A NUMBER OF
HOT WATER SOURCES.
 THE TEMPERATURE OF WATER OF THESE SOURCES IS VERY HIGH {ALMOST BOILING
WATER}
 THESE SOURCES ARE GOD’S GIFTS TO CHHATTISGARH AND CAN BE USED TO HARNESS
THE NATURAL GAS FROM SEA CLATHERATES OF BAY OF BENGAL AT VERY LOW COST
AND WITHOUT ANY POLLUTION.
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7. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE?
 THE HOT WATER OF TATAPANI CAN BE SHIFTED TO BAY OF BENGAL
UNDER GRAVITY WITHOUT USING ANY ENERGY LAYING INSULATED PIPE
LINES IN RIVER MAND AND MAHANADI.
 THE TOTAL LENGTH OF PIPELINE WILL BE LESS THAN 500km
 THIS HOT WATER CAN BE USED TO MELT METHANE CLATHERATES OF SEA
BED TO RELEASE NATURAL GAS. THE GAS THUS, RELEASED CAN BE
SCREENED, COMPRESSED AND FILLED IN GAS CYLINDERS FOR BEING
USED AS FUEL.
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9. TECHNICAL GRAUND OF PROJECT-
 TEMPERATURE OF HOT WATER OF TATAPANI IS SUFFICIENTALLY HIGH
TO MELT METHANE CLATHERATES TO RELEASE METHANE.
 HEIGHT OF TATAPANI {ABOUT 619m to 700m ABOVE SEA LEVEL} IS
LARGE ENOUGH TO SHIFT ITS HOT WATER TO BAY OF BENGAL UNDER
GRAVITY WITHOUT ANY ENERGY.
 RIVERS LIKE MAND AND MAHANADI COLLECTIVELY CONNECT
TATAPANI TO BAY OF BENGAL WHICH REDUCES PROJECT COST TO A
LARGE EXTENT.
 RELATIVELY LESSER DISTANCE BETWEEN TATAPANI AND BAY OF
BENGAL.
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10. ADVANTAGE OF PROJECT
 POLLUTION FREE PRODUCTION
 HARNESSING OF BIGGEST SOURCE OF FOSSIL FUEL.
 THE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE OF HOT WATER AND ICE CAN
BE USED FOR GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY.
 INDEPENDENCY IN FOSSIL FUELS
 DECREASE IN POSSIBILITY OFEARTH QUAKE IN BALRAMPUR
DUE TO RELEASE OF INTERNAL PRESSURE OF EARTH.
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11. PRIOR PROJECTS AT
TATAPANI
 A 100kw GEO THERMAL POWER PROJECT IS ALREADY BEING
ESTABLISHED BY NATIONAL HYDEL POWER CO-OPERATION OF
INDIA AT TATAPANI BY TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION OF GEO
THERMEX COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA.
 APART FROM IT A NUMBER OF MINOR POWER PROJECTS ARE
ALSO BEING ESTABLISHED HERE.
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