Continuous thermal process of making carbon black

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CARBON BLACK AND GASES COMPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY OF HYDROGEN WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF CONTINUOUSLY FLOWING INTO AN UNOBSTRUCTED HEATINSULATED REACTION ZONE A STREAM OF HYDROCARBON GAS, HEATING OUTSIDE THE REACTION ZONE AND WITHOUT DILUTION AN ESSENTIALLY HYDROGEN GAS PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED IN THE PROCESS TO ABOVE DISSOCIATION TEMPERATURE OF THE HYDROCARBON GAS, FLOWING THE HOT HYDROGEN GAS INTO THE REACTION ZONE, THERMALLY DISSOCIATING THE HYDROCARBON GAS TO CARBON BLACK AND HYDROGEN BY HEAT TRANSFER FROM THE HOT HYDROGEN GAS, SEPARATING THE CARBON BLACK FROM SAID GASES PRODUCED INTO THE DISSOCIATION REACTION, EXTERNALLY HEATING A PORTION OF SAID THUS OBTAINED GASES TO HYDROCARBON DISSOCIATION TEMPERATURE, AND RECYCLING SAID GASES TO THE REACTION ZONE FOR REACTION WITH ADDITIONAL HYDROCARBON GAS.