Process for the production of vapor phase converted hydrocarbons

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR CONVERTING HYDROCARBONS, COMPRISING PASSING VAPORS OF THE HYDROCARBONS TO BE CONVERTED THROUGH A CONVERTER ZONE IN WHICH THE VAPORS ARE HEATED TO TEMPERATURES WITHIN THE RANGE OF 1000* TO 1550*F., IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER AND SUBSTANTIALLY INSTANTANEOUSLY SHOCKCHILLING THE CRACKED VAPORS TO A TEMPERATURE BELOW THAT AT WHICH ACTIVE VAPOR PHASE CRACKING TAKES PLACE, FRACTIONATING THE VAPORS AND SUBJECTING THE SAME TO CONDENSATION TO PRODUCE A HIGHLY UNSATURATED DISTILLATE OF MOTOR FUEL BOILING RANGE AND CRACED HYDROCARBON GASES UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS OF TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE, REDUCING PARTIALLY THE DEGREE OF UNSATURATION BY SUBJECTING THE UNSATURATED DISTILLATE TO MILD NONDESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, AND THEREAFTER TREATING THE HYDROGENATED PRODUCTS WITH SULPHURIC ACID TO REMOVE THEREFROM OBJECTIONABLE GUMFORMING AND COLOR-IMPACTING COMPOUNDS.