Process for the manufacture of carbureted water gas and like gases

Claim 1

A PROCESS OF MAKING CARBURETTED WATER GAS WITH SIMULTANEOUS CRACKING OF HEAVIER HYDROCARBONS TO PRODUCE A FIXED GAS FOR THE CARBURETTION AND A LIQUEFIABLE FRACTION, WHICH COMPRISES INTRODUCING OIL AND AT LEAST ONE SUBSTANCE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF STEAM AND CARBON DIOXIDE INTO A REGENERATOR HEATED TO A TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENT TO PROMOTE REACTION OF THE OIL HYDROCARBONS WITH THE SELECTED SUBSTANCE TO FORM WATER GAS AND SUFFICIENT TO INSURE THAT THE RESULTING WATER GAS PRODUCT DISCHARGES THEREFROM AT A TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 1100* C., LEADING THE WATER GAS FROM SAID REGENERATOR AND THEREAFTER, WHILE THE GAS IS STILL HEATED TO A TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 1100* C. AND IN THE ABSENCE OF CHECKER BRICK CONTACT MATERIAL, INTRODUCING OIL INTO SAID GAS AND CAUSING CRACKING THEREOF SOLELY BY THE SENSIBLE HEAT CONTAINED IN SAID GAS, AND THEREAFTER SEPARATING AND RECOVERING THE LIQUEFIABLE HYDROCARBONS RESULTING FROM THE CRACKING TREATMENT.