Method of producing hydrazine

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING HYDRAZINE THAT COMPRISES FORMING AN OPEN COMBUSTION FLAME BY IGNITING AND BURNING A MIXTURE OF OXIDIZING MATERIAL AND COMBUSTIBLE MAMATERIAL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLAME TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIALLY IN EXCESS OF DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE OF HYDRAZINE, DIRECTING A SEPARATE STREAM OF AMMONIA AT A HIGH VELCOITY INTO CONTACT WITH SAID COMBUSTION FLAME WHILE SAID FLAME IS MAINTAINED AT A TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN THE DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE OF HYDRAZINE AND FORMING A HIGH-TEMPERA TURE GASEOUS REACTION PRODUCFT CONTAINING (1) HYDRAZING RESULTING FROM TRANSFORMATION OF A PORTION OF THE AMMONIA, (2) UNALTERED AMMONIA, AND (3) PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION RESULTING FROM IGNITION AND BURNING OF THE MIXTURE OF OXIDIZING MATERIAL AND COMBUSTIBLE MA TERIAL, REMOVING THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE GASEOUS REACTION PRODUCT FROM THE FLAME ZONE TO A COOLING ZONE AND COOLING THE PRODUCT TO A TEMPERATURE A T WHICH HYDRAZINE CONTAINED THEREIN IS STABLE, AND SEPERATING A HYDRAZINE-CONTAINING PRODUCT FROM OTHER SUBSTANCES ASSOCIATION THEREWITH IN THE COOLED PRODUCT, AMMONIA BEING INTRODUCED INTO CCONTACT WITH THE COMBUSTION FLAME, (1) AT A RATE SUCH AS TO PROVIDE A TIME OF CONTACT OF THE AMMONIA WITH THE FLAME SUBSTANTIALLY SHORTER THAN ONE ONE-HUNDREDTH (1/100) OF A SECOND, (2) AT A TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID COMBUSTION FLAME, AND (3) IN AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THAT REQUIRED FOR REACTION, SUCH AS TO AID MATERIALLY IN COOLING THE GASEOUS REACTION PRODUCT TO A TEMPERATURE AT WHICH HYDRAZINE CONTAINED THEREIN IS RELATIVELY STABLE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING HYDRAZINE THAT COMPRISES FORMING AN OPEN COMBUSTION FLAME BY IGNITING AND BURNING A MIXTURE OF OXIDIZING MATERIAL AND COMBUSTIBLE MAMATERIAL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLAME TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIALLY IN EXCESS OF DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE OF HYDRAZINE, DIRECTING A SEPARATE STREAM OF AMMONIA AT A HIGH VELCOITY INTO CONTACT WITH SAID COMBUSTION FLAME WHILE SAID FLAME IS MAINTAINED AT A TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN THE DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE OF HYDRAZINE AND FORMING A HIGH-TEMPERA TURE GASEOUS REACTION PRODUCFT CONTAINING (1) HYDRAZING RESULTING FROM TRANSFORMATION OF A PORTION OF THE AMMONIA, (2) UNALTERED AMMONIA, AND (3) PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION RESULTING FROM IGNITION AND BURNING OF THE MIXTURE OF OXIDIZING MATERIAL AND COMBUSTIBLE MA TERIAL, REMOVING THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE GASEOUS REACTION PRODUCT FROM THE FLAME ZONE TO A COOLING ZONE AND COOLING THE PRODUCT TO A TEMPERATURE A T WHICH HYDRAZINE CONTAINED THEREIN IS STABLE, AND SEPERATING A HYDRAZINE-CONTAINING PRODUCT FROM OTHER SUBSTANCES ASSOCIATION THEREWITH IN THE COOLED PRODUCT, AMMONIA BEING INTRODUCED INTO CCONTACT WITH THE COMBUSTION FLAME, (1) AT A RATE SUCH AS TO PROVIDE A TIME OF CONTACT OF THE AMMONIA WITH THE FLAME SUBSTANTIALLY SHORTER THAN ONE ONE-HUNDREDTH (1/100) OF A SECOND, (2) AT A TEMPERATURE SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID COMBUSTION FLAME, AND (3) IN AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF THAT REQUIRED FOR REACTION, SUCH AS TO AID MATERIALLY IN COOLING THE GASEOUS REACTION PRODUCT TO A TEMPERATURE AT WHICH HYDRAZINE CONTAINED THEREIN IS RELATIVELY STABLE.