Selective combustion

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR EFFECTING SELECTIVE COMBUSITON OF A COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURE OF MOLECULES WHICH COMPRISES BRINGING SAID MIXTURE, CONSISTING OF COMPONENTS OF DIFFERENT MOLECULE SIZE, INTO CONTACT WITH A GASEOUS OXIDANT IN THE PRESENCE OF A CRYSTALLINE ALUMINOSILICATE HAVING RIGID THREE DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS AND UNIFORM INTERSTITIAL DIMENSIONS SUFFICIENTLY SMALL TO EXCLUDE AT LEAST ONE REMAINING COMPONENT AND BEARING WITHIN THE INTERIOR THEREOF A CHEMICAL COMPONENT OF ENHANCED CATALYTIC OXIDATION ACTIVITY, ACTIVE IN EFFECTING COMBUSTION OF THE SORBED COMPONENT TO AT LEAST ONE PRODUCT OF MOLECULAR SIZE CAPABLE OF PASSING FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID CRYSTALLINE ALUMINOSILICATE, WHEREIN SAID CONTACT IS CARRIED OUT IN THE PRESENCE OF A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF SAID OXIDANT AT A TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENTLY ELEVATED TO EFFECT COMBUSTION OF SAID SORBED COMPONENT.

Claim 3

A METHOD FOR INTERNALLY HEATING A CATALYTIC CRACKING ZONE WHEREIN A FLUID HYDROCARBON CHARGE UNDERGOES CRACKING IN THE PRESENCE OF A SOLID POROUS CRACKING CATALYST WHICH COMPRISES INTRODUCING INTO SAID ZONE TOGETHER WITH SAID CHARGE AN OXIDANT AND A COMBUSTIBLE FUEL COMPONENT AND , IN ADMIXTURE WITH SAID CRACKING CATALYST, A CRYSTALLINE ALUMINOSILICATE HAVING RIGID THREE DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS BEARING WITHIN THE INTERIOR THEREOF TRANSITION METAL-CONTAINING CATALYTIC OXIDDATION SURFACES AND HAVING UNIFORM INTERSTITIAL DIMENSTIONS SUFFICIENTLY LARGE TO ADMIT SAID OXIDANT AND SAID FUEL COMPONENT BUT SUFFICIENTLY SMALL TO EXCLUDE MOLEDULES OF SAID HYDROCARBON CHARGE, INITIATING COMBUSTION OF SAID FUEL COMPONENT, IN CONTACT WITH SAID CATALYTIC OXIDATION SURFACES WHEREBY THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID REACTION ZONE IS RAISED TO A TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENTLY ELEVATED TO EFFECT CRACKING OF SAID HYDROCARBON CHARGE TO VALUABLE NORMALLY LIQUUID HYDROCARBONS LIGHTER THAN SAID CHARGE AND DRY GAGES AND RECYLING SAID DRY GASES WHICH SERVE AS THE FUEL COMPONENT TO SAID CRACKING ZONE.

Claim 4

A METHOD FOR INTERNALLY HEATING A CATALYTIC CRACKING ZONE WHEREIN A FLUID HYDROCARBON CHARGE UNDERGOES CRACKING IN THE PRESENCE OF A SOLID POROUS CRACKING CATALYST WHICH COMPRISES INTRODUCING INTO SAID ZONE TOGETHER WITH SAID CHARGE AN OXIDANT AND A COMBUSTIBLE FUEL COMPONENT AND , IN ADMIXTURE WITH SAID CRACKING CATALYST, A CRYSTALLINE ALUMINOSILICATE HAVING RIGID THREE DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS BEARING WITHIN THE INTERIOR THEREOF TRANSITION METAL-CONTAINING CATALYTIC OXIDDATION SURFACES AND HAVING UNIFORM INTERSTITIAL DIMENSTIONS SUFFICIENTLY LARGE TO ADMIT SAID OXIDANT AND SAID FUEL COMPONENT BUT SUFFICIENTLY SMALL TO EXCLUDE MOLEDULES OF SAID HYDROCARBON CHARGE, INITIATING COMBUSTION OF SAID FUEL COMPONENT, IN CONTACT WITH SAID CATALYTIC OXIDATION SURFACES WHEREBY THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID REACTION ZONE IS RAISED TO A TEMPERATURE SUFFICIENTLY ELEVATED TO EFFECT CRACKING OF SAID HYDROCARBON CHARGE TO VALUABLE NORMALLY LIQUUID HYDROCARBONS LIGHTER THAN SAID CHARGE AND DRY GAGES AND RECYLING SAID DRY GASES WHICH SERVE AS THE FUEL COMPONENT TO SAID CRACKING ZONE.