Apparatus for thermal cracking of hydrocarbons

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR THE PYROLYSIS OF HYDROCARBONS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A VERTICAL REACTION FURNACE; AN INLET FOR HYDROCARBONS NEAR THE LOWER END OF SAID FURNANCE; AN OUTLET FOR PYROLYZED HYDROCARBONS NEAR THE UPPER END OF SAID FURNACE; HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INLET AND SAID OUTLET; A SEPARATOR FOR MOLTEN METAL CON NECTED TO THE TOP OF SAID FURNACE AND PROVIDED WITH MEANS TO DISPERSE SAID METAL INTO FINE PARTICLES; A RETURN PIP FOR SAID MOLTEN METAL AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID FURNACE; A HEATING CHAMBER FOR SAID METAL CONNECTED TO SAID RETURN PIPE AND TO SAID SEPARATOR; A COMBUSTION CHAMBER DISPOSED BELOW SAID HEATING CHAMBER AND CONNECTED THERETO; AN AIR SUPPLY FOR SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER; SUPPLY MEANS FOR FUEL TO BE BURNED INTO COMBUSTION GASES IN SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, SAID GASES ESCAPING INTO AND THROUGH SAID HEATING CHAMBER AND INTO SAID SEPARATOR, CARRYING WITH THEM SAID MOLTEN METAL FROM SAID FURNACE BACK INTO SAID SEPAARTOR BY GAS LIFT WHILE REHEATING IT; OUTLET MEANS FOR SAID COMBUSTION GASES FROM SAID SEPARATOR; A SUPERHEATED STEAM SUPPLY PIPE CONNECTED TO SAID HYDROCARBON INLET, SAID STEAM CARRYING SAID HYDROCARBONS INTO SAID FURNACE WITHOUT ANY MECHANICAL PRESSURE MEANS; SAID FINELY DISPERSED MOLTEN METAL COUNTERCURRENTLY CONTACTING SAID HYDROCARBONS IN SAID FURNACE THUS EFFECTING PYROLYSIS.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR THE PYROLYSIS OF HYDROCARBONS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A VERTICAL REACTION FURNACE; AN INLET FOR HYDROCARBONS NEAR THE LOWER END OF SAID FURNANCE; AN OUTLET FOR PYROLYZED HYDROCARBONS NEAR THE UPPER END OF SAID FURNACE; HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INLET AND SAID OUTLET; A SEPARATOR FOR MOLTEN METAL CON NECTED TO THE TOP OF SAID FURNACE AND PROVIDED WITH MEANS TO DISPERSE SAID METAL INTO FINE PARTICLES; A RETURN PIP FOR SAID MOLTEN METAL AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID FURNACE; A HEATING CHAMBER FOR SAID METAL CONNECTED TO SAID RETURN PIPE AND TO SAID SEPARATOR; A COMBUSTION CHAMBER DISPOSED BELOW SAID HEATING CHAMBER AND CONNECTED THERETO; AN AIR SUPPLY FOR SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER; SUPPLY MEANS FOR FUEL TO BE BURNED INTO COMBUSTION GASES IN SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, SAID GASES ESCAPING INTO AND THROUGH SAID HEATING CHAMBER AND INTO SAID SEPARATOR, CARRYING WITH THEM SAID MOLTEN METAL FROM SAID FURNACE BACK INTO SAID SEPAARTOR BY GAS LIFT WHILE REHEATING IT; OUTLET MEANS FOR SAID COMBUSTION GASES FROM SAID SEPARATOR; A SUPERHEATED STEAM SUPPLY PIPE CONNECTED TO SAID HYDROCARBON INLET, SAID STEAM CARRYING SAID HYDROCARBONS INTO SAID FURNACE WITHOUT ANY MECHANICAL PRESSURE MEANS; SAID FINELY DISPERSED MOLTEN METAL COUNTERCURRENTLY CONTACTING SAID HYDROCARBONS IN SAID FURNACE THUS EFFECTING PYROLYSIS.