Thiophene by-product tar and triglyceride oil reaction product

Claim 1

AS A NEW COMPOSITION OF MATTER, A SULFURCONTAINING REACTION PRODUCT OBTAINED BY REACTING ABOUT 5 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF A TRIGLYCERIDE OIL WITH ABOUT 1 PART BY WEIGHT OF A SULFUR-CONTAINING BY-PRODUCT TAR, AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 160* C. TO ABOUT 250* C., SAID TAR BEING OBTAINED BY: SEPARATELY PREHEATING SULFUR AND A HYDROCARBON SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NORMAL BUTANE, NORMAL BUTENES, BUTADIENES, PENTANES, PENTENES, PENTADIENES, HEXANES, HEXENES AND HEXADIENES, SAID HYDROCARBON HAVING AT LEAST FOUR CARBON ATOMS IN A STRAIGHT CHAIN, TO TEMPERATURES SUCH THAT COMBINING SAID SULFUR AND SAID HYDROCARBON WILL PROVIDE A REACTION MIXTURE HAVING A TEMPERATURE VARYING BETWEEN 450* C. AND ABOUT 760* C. WHEN THE SAID HYDROCARBON IS ONE OF THE AFORESAID FOUR-CARBON HYDROCARBONS, AND BETWEEN 450* C. AND ABOUT 700* C. WHEN THE SAID HYDROCARBON IS ONE OF THE AFORESAID FIVE- AND SIX-CARBON HYDROCARBONS; MIXING THE PREHEATED SULFUR AND THE PREHEATED HYDROCARBON IN A WEIGHT RATIO OF SULFUR TO HYDROCARBON VARYING BETWEEN ABOUT 0.5 AND ABOUT 4.0; REACTING SAID PREHEATED SULFUR WITH SAID PREHEATED HYDROCARBON AT A REACTION TEMPERATURE VARYING BETWEEN 450* C. AND ABOUT 760* C. WHEN THE SAID HYDROCARBON IS ONE OF THE AFORESAID FOUR-CARBON HYDROCARBONS, AND BETWEEN 450* C. AND ABOUT 700* C. WHEN THE SAID HYDROCARBON IS ONE OF THE AFORESAID FIVE- AND SIX-CARBON HYDROCARBONS, FOR A CONTACT TIME OF FROM ABOUT 0.01 SECOND TO SEVERAL SECONDS, TO PRODUCE A REACTION MIXTURE CONTAINING THIOPHENE AND A SULFUR-CONTAINING TAR; REDUCING THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID REACTION MIXTURE TO LESS THAN 450* C.; AND SEPARATING SAID TAR FROM SAID MIXTURE.