Process for the production of acetylene from liquid hydrocarbons

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR PROCESSING LIQUID HYDROCARBONS BY ELECTRIC ARCING WITHIN THE LIQUID, COMPRISING GRAVITATIONALLY DEPOSITING INDIVIDUALLY FREE AND SEPARATE ELECTRODE GRANULES IN THE LIQUID OVER A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT HORIZONTAL SUPPORT PROVIDED WITH A SIDEWAYS RETAINING STRUCTURE AND IMMERSED A SUBSTANTIAL DEPTH IN THE LIQUID, THE GRANULES GRAVITATIONALLY SETTLING ON THE SUPPORT WITHIN THE RETAINING STRUCTURE AND BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM DIMENSIONS AND ONLY A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF THE GRANULES BEING DEPOSITED IN THE LIQUID TO FORM A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY CONTINUOUS SHALLOW LAYER OF FROM ONE TO TWO GRANULES DEEP ONLY DURING THE PROCESSING, AND SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUSLY EXPOSING HORIZONTALLY INTERSPACED PORTIONS OF THE LAYER TO ELECTRIC POWER AT A POTENTIAL CAUSING ARCING BETWEEN SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY ADJACENT ONES OF THE GRANULES BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS, THE LATTER BEING INTERSPACED TO AN EXTENT OF A PLURALITY OF THE GRANULES THE DIMENSIONS OF THE GRANULES AND THE ELECTRIC POWER POTENTIAL BEING RELATED SO THAT THE ARCING CAUSES CONVERSION OF THE LIQUID TO GAS FORCIBLY ENOUGH TO BLOW THE GRANULES UPWARLDY INTO THE LIQUID THEREABOVE AND SEPARATE THE ADJACENT GRANULES AND DESTROY THE LAYER''S CONTINUITY BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS AND TERMINATE THE ARCING FOR TIME PERIODS REQUIRED FOR THE GRANULES IN THE LIQUID TO GRAVITATIONALLY SETTLE AND FORM THE HORIZONTALLY CONTINUOUS LAYER BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS AND THUS AGAIN EFFECT ARCING BETWEEN SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY ADJACENT ONES OF THE LAYER''S CONTINUITY, DESTRUCTION AGAING OF THE LAYER''S CONTINUITY, WHEREBY EACH OF THE GRANULES IS SUBJECTED INTERMITTENTLY TO THE ARCING WITH INTERPOSED INTERVALS OF MOTION WHILE ENTIRELY SURROUNDED BY THE LIQUID.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR PROCESSING LIQUID HYDROCARBONS BY ELECTRIC ARCING WITHIN THE LIQUID, COMPRISING GRAVITATIONALLY DEPOSITING INDIVIDUALLY FREE AND SEPARATE ELECTRODE GRANULES IN THE LIQUID OVER A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT HORIZONTAL SUPPORT PROVIDED WITH A SIDEWAYS RETAINING STRUCTURE AND IMMERSED A SUBSTANTIAL DEPTH IN THE LIQUID, THE GRANULES GRAVITATIONALLY SETTLING ON THE SUPPORT WITHIN THE RETAINING STRUCTURE AND BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM DIMENSIONS AND ONLY A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF THE GRANULES BEING DEPOSITED IN THE LIQUID TO FORM A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY CONTINUOUS SHALLOW LAYER OF FROM ONE TO TWO GRANULES DEEP ONLY DURING THE PROCESSING, AND SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUSLY EXPOSING HORIZONTALLY INTERSPACED PORTIONS OF THE LAYER TO ELECTRIC POWER AT A POTENTIAL CAUSING ARCING BETWEEN SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY ADJACENT ONES OF THE GRANULES BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS, THE LATTER BEING INTERSPACED TO AN EXTENT OF A PLURALITY OF THE GRANULES THE DIMENSIONS OF THE GRANULES AND THE ELECTRIC POWER POTENTIAL BEING RELATED SO THAT THE ARCING CAUSES CONVERSION OF THE LIQUID TO GAS FORCIBLY ENOUGH TO BLOW THE GRANULES UPWARLDY INTO THE LIQUID THEREABOVE AND SEPARATE THE ADJACENT GRANULES AND DESTROY THE LAYER''S CONTINUITY BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS AND TERMINATE THE ARCING FOR TIME PERIODS REQUIRED FOR THE GRANULES IN THE LIQUID TO GRAVITATIONALLY SETTLE AND FORM THE HORIZONTALLY CONTINUOUS LAYER BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS AND THUS AGAIN EFFECT ARCING BETWEEN SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY ADJACENT ONES OF THE LAYER''S CONTINUITY, DESTRUCTION AGAING OF THE LAYER''S CONTINUITY, WHEREBY EACH OF THE GRANULES IS SUBJECTED INTERMITTENTLY TO THE ARCING WITH INTERPOSED INTERVALS OF MOTION WHILE ENTIRELY SURROUNDED BY THE LIQUID.