Solid metal block reaction furnace for treatment of hydrocarbons

Claim 1

IN A PYROLYSIS FURNACE HAVING A COMBUSTION CHAMBER INTO WHICH ARE SUPPLIED A PREHEATED MIXTURE OF REACTANT GASES INCLUDING A COMBUSTIBLE GAS AND A COBURENT GAS FOR PARTIAL COMBUSTION REACTION THEREIN PRODUCING A HOT FLAME AND A GAS DISTRIBUTOR FOR SUPPLYING AND DISTRIBUTING SAID MIXTURE OF GAS AXIALLY INTO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER IN A PLURALITY OF GAS STREAMS UNIFORMLY SPACED OVER THE CROSS SECTION OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND FOR CONFINING SAID HOT COMBUSTION FLAME REACTION TO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER THE COMBINATION WHICH COMPRISES FOR SAID GAS DISTRIBUTOR A SOLID BLOCK OF REFRACTORY METAL INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIAL PLURALITY OF AIALLY EXTENDING BORINGS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF PASSAGES FOR SAID PLURALITY OF GAS STREAMS THROUGH SAID DISTRIBUTOR, SAID DISTRIBUTOR EXTENDING AXIALLY OF SAID FURNACE FROM SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER IN A DIRECTION UPSTREAM OF THE FLOW OF SAID MIXTURE OF GASES AND THE CROSS SECTION OF SAID DISTRIBUTOR BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH THE CROSS SECTION OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR DEFINING AT ONE END THEREOF A REACTION FACE AT WHICH SAID HOT FLAME OF SAID COMBUSTION REACTION OCCURS UPON EMERGENCE OF SAID PREHEATED MIXTURE OF GASES FROM SAID PASSAGES THROUGH SAID DISTRIBUTOR INTO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF EACH OF SAID PLURALITY OF BORED PASSAGES THROUGH SAID DISTRIBUTOR BEING WITHIN THE RANGE OF APPROXIMATELY 10-14 MM. AND SAID PASSAGE BEING UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED OVER THE CROSS SEC-