Apparatus for reforming synthesis gas

Claim 1

SYNTHESIS GAS FURNACE FOR COMBINED SECONDARY REFORM AND CORBON MONOXIDE OXIDATION WHICH COMPRISES A VERTICALLY EXTENDING OUTER CONTAINER, A REFRACTORY-LINED INNER CONTAINER WITHIN SAID OUTER CONTAINER AND SPACED AWAY FROM SAID OUTER CONTAINER TO PROVIDE A FLUID PASSAGE CHAMBER BETWEEN SAID CONTAINERS, SAID INNER CONTAINER BEING FILLED WITH A BED OF HYDROCARBON REFORM CATALYST, A BED OF CATALYST FOR CARBON MONOXIDE OXIDATION DISPOSED IN SAID FLUID PASSAGE CHAMBER BETWEEN SAID INNER CONTAINER AND SAID OUTER CONTAINER, A REFRACTORY-LINED COMBUSTION CHAMBER EXTENDING ADJACENT TO AN INLET FOR GAS ENTRY INTO SAID INNER CONTAINER, MEANS TO PASS PRIMARY REFORMED GAS AND AN OXYGEN-CONTAINING GAS INTO SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER WHEREBY COMBUSTION OF A PORTION OF SAID PRIMARY REFORMED GAS TAKES PLACE AND THEN RESULTING MIXED GAS STREAM PASSES THROUGH SAID GAS ENTRY INLET AND INTO SAID INNER CONTAINER, MEANS TO PASS REFORMED GAS MIXTURE FROM SAID INNER CONTAINER TO HEAT REMOVAL MEANS, MEANS TO PASS COOLED REFORMED GAS MIXTURE FROM SAID HEAT REMOVAL MEANS TO SAID BED OF CARBON MONOXIDE OXIDATION CATALYST IN SAID FLUID PASSAGE CHAMBER, AND MEANS TO REMOVE THE FINAL GAS STREAM FROM SAID BED OF CARBON MONOXIDE OXIDATION CATALYST.