Cyclic regenerative process for catalytic gasification of petroleum

Claim 1

A CYCLIC REGENERATIVE PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A HIGH B.T.U. OIL GAS IN A GAS GENERATING SET INCLUDING A FIRST AND A SECOND GENERATOR, EACH CONTAINING A CRACKING CATALYST AND BEING INTERCONNECTED TO A FIRST AND SECOND REGENERATOR, RESPECTIVELY, COMPRISING HEATING THE FIRST REGENERATOR AND BOTH GENERATORS, PASSING A MIXTURE OF STREAM AND A HYDROCARBON GAS TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NATURAL GAS, PROPANE AND BUTANE THROUGH THE FIRST REGENERATOR TO HEAT IT TO OVER 1300*F. AND THENCE THROUGH THE CATALYST BED OF THE FIRST GENERATOR TO REFORM SAID HYDROCARBON GAS INTO A HYDROGEN RICH GAS, INTRODUCING MAKE OIL INTO SAID FIRST GENERATOR COUNTERCURRENT TO THE FLOW OF SAID HYDROGEN-RICH GAS-STEAM MIXTURE TO INITIATE THERMAL CRACKING OF SAID OIL IN SAID FIRST GENERATOR AT TEMPERATURES OF 1300* TO 1800*F., PERMITTING THE PARTIALLY CRACKED PRODUCTS TO FLOW INTO SAID SECOND GENERATOR TOGETHER WITH ANY UNAREACTED STEAM TO COMPLETE CRACKING IN THE PRESENCE OF CATALYST AT TEMPERATURES OF 1300* TO 1800*F. THEREBY CONVERTING SUBSTANTIALLY ALL SAID MAKE OIL TO A GAS HAVING A HEATING VALUE IN EXCESS OF 700 B.I.U.''S PER STANDARD CUBIC FOOT, AND DISCHARGING THE MAKE GAS FROM THE SET DIRECTLY FROM THE DOWNSTREAM OF THE SECOND GENERATOR.