Apparatus for producing acetylene

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS COMBINATION PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR THE CONVERSION OF SATURATED HYDROCARBONS TO ACETYLENIC HYDROCARBONS WHICH COMPRISES IN COMBINATION A TUBE FURNACE HAVING AN INLET AND EXIT AND A REGENERATIVE FURNACE HAVING A PRIMARY SPACE, A CONDUIT FOR THE HYDROCARBON TO BE PROCESSED LEADING TO THE INLET OF THE TUBE FURNACE, HEATER MEANS ENCIRCLING AT LEAST A PART OF THIS CONDUIT, THE TUBE FURNACE BEING MADE UP OF A FURNACE ENCLOSURE CONTAINING SAID TUBES, THE TUBES BEING OF A CHROMIUM ALLOY CONSTRUCTION WHEREBY THE TUBE FURNACE WILL WITHSTAND RELATIVELY HIGH TEMPERATURES, A DEPHLEGMATOR IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXIT FROM THE TUBE FURNACE, THE DEPHLEGMATOR ALSO BEING CONNECTED WITH THE CONDUIT AFOREMENTIONED WHEREBY MATERIAL UNCRACKED IN THE TUBE FURNACE MAY BE SEPARATED AND RECYCLED TO THE TUBE FURNACE, A STEAM INJECTOR CONNECTING THE UPPER PORTION OF THE DEPHLEGMATOR WITH THE PRIMARY SPACE OF SAID REGENERATIVE FURNACE, SAID REGENERATIVE FURNACE COMPRISING AN OUTER SHELL CONTAINING AN ELONGATED UPRIGHT REGENERATIVE MASS HAVING PASSAGEWAYS EXTENDING LENGHTWISE THERETHROUGH, SAID PRIMARY SPACE IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH SAID PASSAGEWAYS AT THE END OF SAID REGENERATIVE MASS, THE EXIT FROM THE STEAM INJECTOR AFOREMENTIONED LEADING INTO THIS PRIMARY SPACE, A CHAMBER SURROUNDING THE OTHER END OF THE REGENERATIVE MASS FORMING A SUBSTANTIALLY ANNULAR COMBUSTION SPACE ABOUT THE END POSITION OF SAID REGENERATIVE MASS AND A THROAT CONSTITUTING A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID COMBUSTION SPACE AND A SPACE ADJACENT TO THE END OF SAID MASS INTO WHICH SAID PASSAGEWAYS OPEN, A PLURALITY OF BURNERS OPENING INTO SAID ANNULAR COMBUSTION SPACE AND A HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS EMBRACING TUBULAR PASSAGEWAYS DISPOSED IN A CASING, SAID CASING BEING POSITIONED IN COMMUNICATIVE CONTACT WITH SAID REGENERATIVE MASS AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE FLUID FOR HEAT EXCHANGE WITH THE GASES FLOWING THROUGH SAID TUBULAR PASSAGEWAYS FROM SAID REGENERATIVE MASS.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS COMBINATION PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR THE CONVERSION OF SATURATED HYDROCARBONS TO ACETYLENIC HYDROCARBONS WHICH COMPRISES IN COMBINATION A TUBE FURNACE HAVING AN INLET AND EXIT AND A REGENERATIVE FURNACE HAVING A PRIMARY SPACE, A CONDUIT FOR THE HYDROCARBON TO BE PROCESSED LEADING TO THE INLET OF THE TUBE FURNACE, HEATER MEANS ENCIRCLING AT LEAST A PART OF THIS CONDUIT, THE TUBE FURNACE BEING MADE UP OF A FURNACE ENCLOSURE CONTAINING SAID TUBES, THE TUBES BEING OF A CHROMIUM ALLOY CONSTRUCTION WHEREBY THE TUBE FURNACE WILL WITHSTAND RELATIVELY HIGH TEMPERATURES, A DEPHLEGMATOR IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXIT FROM THE TUBE FURNACE, THE DEPHLEGMATOR ALSO BEING CONNECTED WITH THE CONDUIT AFOREMENTIONED WHEREBY MATERIAL UNCRACKED IN THE TUBE FURNACE MAY BE SEPARATED AND RECYCLED TO THE TUBE FURNACE, A STEAM INJECTOR CONNECTING THE UPPER PORTION OF THE DEPHLEGMATOR WITH THE PRIMARY SPACE OF SAID REGENERATIVE FURNACE, SAID REGENERATIVE FURNACE COMPRISING AN OUTER SHELL CONTAINING AN ELONGATED UPRIGHT REGENERATIVE MASS HAVING PASSAGEWAYS EXTENDING LENGHTWISE THERETHROUGH, SAID PRIMARY SPACE IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH SAID PASSAGEWAYS AT THE END OF SAID REGENERATIVE MASS, THE EXIT FROM THE STEAM INJECTOR AFOREMENTIONED LEADING INTO THIS PRIMARY SPACE, A CHAMBER SURROUNDING THE OTHER END OF THE REGENERATIVE MASS FORMING A SUBSTANTIALLY ANNULAR COMBUSTION SPACE ABOUT THE END POSITION OF SAID REGENERATIVE MASS AND A THROAT CONSTITUTING A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID COMBUSTION SPACE AND A SPACE ADJACENT TO THE END OF SAID MASS INTO WHICH SAID PASSAGEWAYS OPEN, A PLURALITY OF BURNERS OPENING INTO SAID ANNULAR COMBUSTION SPACE AND A HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS EMBRACING TUBULAR PASSAGEWAYS DISPOSED IN A CASING, SAID CASING BEING POSITIONED IN COMMUNICATIVE CONTACT WITH SAID REGENERATIVE MASS AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE FLUID FOR HEAT EXCHANGE WITH THE GASES FLOWING THROUGH SAID TUBULAR PASSAGEWAYS FROM SAID REGENERATIVE MASS.