Production of water gas

Claim 1

THE PROECESS OF PRODUCING GAS MIXTURES CONTANING CARBON MONOXIDE AND HYDRGEN WHICH COMPRIESE SUBJECTING CARBONIZABLE MATERIALS TO A LOW TEMPERATURE CARBONIZATION IN THE FORM OF A LDENSE TURBULENT BED OF FINELY DIVEIDED CARBONACEOUS SOLIDS FLUIDIZED BY AN UPWARDLY FLOWING GAS IN A CARBONIZATION ZONE AT TEMPERATURE AROUND 1000* F. CONDUCIVE TO SUBSTANTIAL CRACKING OF CARBONIZATION PRODUCTS BOILING ABOVE ABOUT 700* F. TO PRODUCE VOLATILE CARBONIZATION PRODUCTS AND HIGHLY REACTIVE COKE HAVING AN ACTIVITY OF ABOUT T15=200* C. AND ABOUT 125=245* C., SEPARATING TAR FRACTIONS BOILING ABOVE ABOUT 700* F. FROM THE VOLATILE PRODUCTS, RETURNING SAID FRACTIONS TO SAID CARBONIZATION ZONE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY IN THE LIQUID STATE TO BE CONVERTED THEREIN INTO LOWER BOILING VOLATILE PRODUCTS AND HIGHLY REACTIVE COKE OF SAID ACTIVITY, AND CONTACTING SAID HIGHLY REACTIVE COKE DIRECTLY WITH A GASIFYING MEDIUM CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF STEAM IN A SEPARATE GASIFICATION ZONE AT GASIFICATION CONDITIONS ADAPTED TO PRODUCE SAID GAS MIXTURES.