Hydrocarbon conversion process

Claim 1

IN A PROCESS FOR THE APOLYMERIC HYDROCONVERSION OF A HYDROCARBON LIQUID IN WHICH PROCESS HYDROGEN FOR THE HYDROCONVERSION IS SUPPLIED BY THE PARTIAL COMBUSTION OF A METAL-CONTAINING HYDROCARBON LIQUID IN A REFRACTORYLINED GAS GENERATION ZONE, THE IMPROVED COMBINATION OF STEPS COMPRISING PASING AN INTIMATE MIXTURE OF A HYDROCARBON LIQUID AND SYNTHESIS GAS AS A CONFINED STREAM THROUGH AN ELONGATED REACTION ZONE AT A TURBULENCE LEVEL OF AT LEAST 25, A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 800, AND 1400*F. AND A PRESSURE BETWEEN ABOUT 500 AND 20,000 P.S.I.G., SEPARATING THE REACTION PRODUCT INTO A NORMALLY GASEOUS HYDROCARBON PORTION, A LIQUID PORTION BOILING IN THE MOTOR FUEL RANGE, AND A PORTION BOILING ABOVE THE MOTOR FUEL RANGE, SUBJECTING SAID PORTION BOILING ABOVE THE MOTOR FUEL RANGE TO PARTIAL COMBUSTION WITH A GAS CONTAINING FREE OXYGEN, CONVERTING NOT LESS THAN ABOUT 90% AND NOT MORE THAN ABOUT 99.5% OF THE CARBON PRESENT IN SAID PORTION BOILING ABOVE THE MOTOR FUEL RANGE TO OXIDES OF CARBON TO PRODUCE A SYNTHESIS GAS COMPRISING CARBON MONOXIDE AND HYDROGEN AND INTRODUCING THE SYNTHESIS GAS SO PRODUCED INTO THE HYDROCONVERSION ZONE.