Pebble heat exchange conversion process

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR ENDOTHERMIC CONVERSION OF A HYDROCARBON, COMPRISING GRAVITATING A CONTIGUOUS COMPACT STREAM OF HOT PEDDLES THRU A SERIES OF CONTIGUOUS ZONES INCLUDING AN UPPER CONVERSION ZONE, A LOWER FEED PREHEATING ZONE, AND AN INTERCONNECTING COMBUSTION ZONE; CONTACTING THAT SECTION OF SAID PEDDLE STREAM IN SAID PREHEATING ZONE WITH AN ASCENDING STREAM OF CONVERTIBLE HYDROCARBON SO AS TO PREHEAT SAME; PASSING THE ENTIRE PREHEATED HYDROCARBON STREAM DIRECLTY THRU SAID INTERCONNECTING COMBUSTION ZONE IN CONTACT WITH SAID PEBBLE STREAM; BURNING A SUFFICIENT PORTION OF SAID PREHEATED HYDROCARBON STREAM BY INTRODUCING OXYGEN-CONTAINING GAS INTO SAID INTERCONNECTING COMBUSTION ZONE INTO ADMIXTURE WITH THE HYDROCARBON THEREIN TO FURTHER HEAT AND TO EFFECT DESIRED CONVERSION OF SAID HYDROCARBON WITH CONCOMITANT HEATING OF THE PEDDLES IN SAID INTERCONNECTING COMBUSTION ZONE; AND PASSING THE ENTIRE OF SAID CONVERSION ZONE; AND PASSING THE ENTIRE EFFLUENT FROM SAID INTERCONNECTING COMBUSTION ZONE INTO SAID CONVERSION ZONE AND CONTINUING THE CONVERSION IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID CONVERSION ZONE; TRANSFERRING PEDDLES FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID PREHEATING ZONE TO THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID CONVERSION ZONE; AND RECOVERING A CONVERTED HYDROCARBON EFFLUENT FROM SAID CONVERSION ZONE.