Oil quench process for partial oxidation of hydrocarbon gases

Claim 1

PROCESS OF GENERATING A GAS STREAM CONTAINING PRINCIPALLY CARBON MONOXIDE AND HYDROGEN BY NON-CATALYTIC PARTIAL OXIDATION WHICH COMPRISES REACTING A HYDROCARBON FEED MATERIAL WITH AN OXYGEN-CONTAINING GAS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE ABOVE 1800*F. IN A GAS GENERATOR PROVIDED WITH INTERNAL QUENCH MEANS THEREBY GENERATING A HOT GAS STREAM AND SOLID PARTICULATE CARBON, SIMULTANEOUSLY RAPIDLY QUENCH-COOLING SAID HOT GAS STREAM FROM SAID ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND REMOVING SAID SOLID CARBON THEREFROM BY CONTACTING SAID HOT GAS STREAM WITH A LIQUID HYDROCARBON OIL TO QUENCH THE EXOTHERMIC REACTIO BETWEEN SAID HYDROCARBON AND OXYGEN, THEREBY HEATING SAID OIL, SEPARATING THE COOLED HYDROGEN-CARBON MONOXIDE GAS STREAM FROM SAID HEATED OIL, COOLING SAID HEATED OIL IN HEAT RECOVERY MEANS, REMOVING SOLID CARBON FROM SAID OIL, AND RECYCLING COOLED OIL TO FURTHER CONTACT WITH SAID HOT GAS STREAM.