Production of chemical products from coal products

Claim 1

A METHOD OF PRODUCING PRODUCTS OF GREATER VALUE FROM A COAL TAR OIL OBTAINED FROM THE LOW TEMPERATURE CARBONIZATION OF A COAL SOLID WHICH COMPRISES SUBJECTING THE COAL TAR OIL TO RAPID PYROLYSIS IN THE PRESENCE OF STEAM BY SPRAYING THE COAL TAR OIL AT A TEMPERATURE NOT EXCEEDING 110*C. INTO A HEATED PYROLYSIS CHAMBER MAINTAINED BETWEEN 600* AND 1000*C. AND HAVING ITS INNER SURFACE FORMED OF A REFRACTORY MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALUMINA AND ALUMINA-SILICA FIRE CLAY, WHEREBY THE COAL TAR OIL CONTACTS THE HOT REFRACTORY SURFACE AND IS SUBSTANTIALLY INSTANTANEOUSLY PYROLYZED, WHILE INTRODUCING STEAM INTO THE PYROLYSIS CHAMBER IN AN AMOUNT BY WEIGHT RANGING FROM 1 TO 4 TIMES THE WEIGHT OF THE COAL TAR OIL, PROMPTLY WITHDRAWING THE RESULTING GAS AND VAPOR MIXTURE AND PASSING IT THROUGH A REFORMING CHAMBER WHEREIN SAID MIXTURE IS MAINTAINED AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 800* AND 1000*C. FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF TIME NOT EXCEEDING 1 SECOND WHILE IN CONTACT WITH COKE PARTICLES OF A SIZE RANGING FROM 30 MESH TO 1 INCH, COOLING THE RESULTING PRODUCTS BELOW 100*C., AND COLLECTING THE RESULTING PRODUCTS.