Oxidation regulation

Claim 1

IN A CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR THE LIQUID PHASE AUTOGENETIC OXIDATION OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS, THE STEPS WHICH COMPRISE: MIXING WITH AN AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF A COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL AN OXYGENATING GAS IN EXCESS OF THAT AMOUNT WHICH WILL ABSORB IN SAID DISPERSIONS; PASSING SAID GAS-AQUEOUS MIXTURE IN HEAT EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH AT LEAST A PORTION OF HOT FLUID EFFLUENT FROM A REACTION ZONE TO CONCENTRTE SAID MIXTURE BY EVAPORATED MIXFROM BUT MAINTAINING THE SO-EVAPORATED WATER IN STREAM WITH SAID CONCENTRATE; INTRODUCTING SAID CONCENTRATD MIXTURE AND VAPOROUS EVAPORATE INTO A REACTON ZONE; AUTOGENETICALLY OXIDIZING THE COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL IN SAID CONCENTRATE IN SAID REACTION ZONE; VENTING HOT FLUID EFFLUENT FROM SAID REACTION ZONE IN A RATIO SUCH THAT WATER IN THE FORM OF VAPOR IS WITHDRAWN FROM THE REACTION ZONE AT A RATE TO MAINTAIN THE CONCENTRATION OF COMBUSTIBLES WITHIN THE REACTION ZONE ABOVE ABOUT 3000 BRITISH THERMAL UNITS FUEL VALUE PER GALLON; AND PROPORTIONALLY CONTROLLING THE FLOW RATIO OF SAID HOT FLUID EFFLUENT PASSED IN SAID HEAT EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIP TO PRODUCE A FEED FOR SAID REACTION ZONE WHEREIN THE COMBUSTIBLE TO LIQUID WATER RATIO IS IN A RANGE SUCH THAT THE OXIDATION REACTION WILL BE SELF-SUSTAINING, BUT LESS THAN THAT WHICH WILL INTERRUPT THE CONTINUOUS NATURE OF THE PROCESS.