Hydrate decomposition refrigeration process

Claim 1

A REFRIGERATION PROCESS WHICH COMPRISES; (1) PROVIDING A HYDRATE FORMING GAS, THE HYDRATE OF SAID GAS BEING A SOLID, (2) INTRODUCING SAID GAS INTO A VAPOR SPACE OVERLYING AN AQUEOUS LIDUQID FOR ADMIXTURE THEREWITH FORMING A GAS-AQUEOUS MIXTURE, (3) SUBJECTING THE GAS-AQUEOUS MIXTURE TO A PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE AT WHICH SOLID HYDRATE OF SAID GAS FORMS IN THE PRESENCE OF SAID AQUEOUS LIQUID AND CONVEYING A SLURRY OF SAID SOLID HYDRATE AND AQUEOUS LIQUID TO A DECOMPOSITION CHAMBER, (4) DECOMPOSING IN SAID DECOMPOSITION CHAMBER AT A PRESSURE LOWER THAN THE HYDRATE FORMING PRESSURE AND WITH HEAT ABSORPTION FROM A HEAT SOURCE TO BE COOLED THE SOLID GAS HYDRATE THEREBY REGERNERATING SAID HYDRATE FORMING GAS AND SAID AQUEOUS LIQUID, (5) RECOMPRESSING SAID GAS, AND (6) RECIRCULATING SAID COMPRESSED GAS AND AQUEOUS LIQUID FOR FURTHER HYDRATE FORMATION.