Process for producing synthesis gas

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PREPARING SYNTHESIS GAS CONTAINING CO AND H2 FROM NORMALLY GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS INVOLVING REACTION OF A FEED HYDROCARBON WITH CO2 AND H2O DURING FLOW THROUGH A CONDUIT HAVING A POROUS WALL AND FORMED FROM A REFRACTORY MATERIAL CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING ELEVATED TEMPERATURES, WHICH COMPRISES SURROUNDING THE EXTERIOR OF SAID POROUS WALL WITH A COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURE COMPRISING A GASEOUS HYDROCARBON TOGETHER WITH FREE OXYGEN IN RELATIVE COMBINING PROPORTION AT WHICH WATER VAPOR AND CARBON DIOXIDE COMPRISE THE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION UNDER A PRESSURE SUCH THAT SAID COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURE PASSES THROUGH SAID PORES TO THE INTERIOR WALL SURFACE, EFFECTING SURFACE COMBUSTION OF SAID MIXTURE ON SAID INTERIOR WALL SURFACE THEREBY FORMING HOT COMBUSTION GAS CONTAINING CO2 AND H2O, INTRODUCING TO THE INLET OF SAID CONDUIT A STREAM OF HYDROCARBON GAS IN THE PROPORTIONS REQUIRED FOR REACTION WITH SAID CO2 AND H2O TO FORM ESSENTIALLY CO AND H2, EFFECTING REACTION OF SO-INTRODUCED HYDROCARBONS WITH SAID CO2 AND H2O DURING FLOW THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONDUIT TO FORM ESSENTIALLY CO AND H2, AND DISCHARGING FROM THE OUTLET OF SAID CONDUIT A STREAM OF EFFLUENT GAS CONTAINING CO AND H2 IN PROPORTIONS SUITABLE FOR SAID SYNTHESIS GAS.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PREPARING SYNTHESIS GAS CONTAINING CO AND H2 FROM NORMALLY GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS INVOLVING REACTION OF A FEED HYDROCARBON WITH CO2 AND H2O DURING FLOW THROUGH A CONDUIT HAVING A POROUS WALL AND FORMED FROM A REFRACTORY MATERIAL CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING ELEVATED TEMPERATURES, WHICH COMPRISES SURROUNDING THE EXTERIOR OF SAID POROUS WALL WITH A COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURE COMPRISING A GASEOUS HYDROCARBON TOGETHER WITH FREE OXYGEN IN RELATIVE COMBINING PROPORTION AT WHICH WATER VAPOR AND CARBON DIOXIDE COMPRISE THE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION UNDER A PRESSURE SUCH THAT SAID COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURE PASSES THROUGH SAID PORES TO THE INTERIOR WALL SURFACE, EFFECTING SURFACE COMBUSTION OF SAID MIXTURE ON SAID INTERIOR WALL SURFACE THEREBY FORMING HOT COMBUSTION GAS CONTAINING CO2 AND H2O, INTRODUCING TO THE INLET OF SAID CONDUIT A STREAM OF HYDROCARBON GAS IN THE PROPORTIONS REQUIRED FOR REACTION WITH SAID CO2 AND H2O TO FORM ESSENTIALLY CO AND H2, EFFECTING REACTION OF SO-INTRODUCED HYDROCARBONS WITH SAID CO2 AND H2O DURING FLOW THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONDUIT TO FORM ESSENTIALLY CO AND H2, AND DISCHARGING FROM THE OUTLET OF SAID CONDUIT A STREAM OF EFFLUENT GAS CONTAINING CO AND H2 IN PROPORTIONS SUITABLE FOR SAID SYNTHESIS GAS.