Adjustable quench pyrolysis furnace

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IN A PYROLYSIS FURNACE OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED FOR THERMAL DECOMPOSITION AND PYROLYSIS OF HYDROCARBONS INTO LESS SATURATED HYDROCARBONS WITH HOT COMBUSTION GASES THEREIN, THE COMBINATION WHICH COMPRISES AN ELONGATED REACTION CHAMBER, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING SAID HYDROCARBONS TO BE PYROLYZED AND SAID HOT COMBUSTION GASES INTO SAID CHAMBER, MEANS FOR FLOWING AROUND THE WALLS OF SAID REACTION CHAMBER A SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS MOVING CURTAIN OF NON-FLAMMABLE LIQUID AXIALLY ALONG SAID CHAMBER, MEANS FOR INJECTING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID CHAMBER A SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS QUENCHING SCREEN OF NON-FLAMMABLE LIQUID ACROSS SAID CHAMBER FROM THE PERIPHERY TOWARD THE CENTER THEREOF AND ACROSS THE FLOW OF SAID HYDROCARBONS AND SAID COMBUSTION GASES FOR QUENCHING AND ARRESTING SAID PYROLYSIS REACTION, SAID REACTION CHAMBER BEING FORMED OF TWO CLOSELY FITTING AXIALLY TELESCOPING PORTIONS WITH THE LOWER THEREOF DISPLACEABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE UPPER PORTION AND WITH SAID MEANS FOR INJECTING SAID QUENCHING SCREEN ACROSS SAID CHAMBER BEING CARRIED BY SAID LOWER DISPLACEABLE TELESCOPING PORTION, AND MEANS FOR DISPLACING AND ADJUSTING THE AXIAL POSITION OF SAID LOWER TELESCOPING PORTION AND SAID QUENCHING MEANS THEREON FOR ADJUSTING AND CONTROLLING THE AXIAL LEVEL OF SAID TRANSVERSE QUENCHING SCREEN FOR ARRESTING SAID PYROLYSIS REACTION AT THE AXIAL LEVEL IN SAID CHAMBER WHERE OPTIMUM PRODUCTION OF SAID LESS SATURATED HYDROCARBONS OCCURS, SAID AXIALLY FLOWIWNG CURTAIN OF LIQUID ALSO FORMING A SEAL AT THE JUNCTURE BETWEEN SAID TELSCOPING PORTIONS FOR PREVENTING ESCAPE OF GASES FROM SAID CHAMBER THROUGH SAID JUNCTURE.