Abstract 1. IN A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GASEOUS MIXTURES COMPRISING PRINCIPALLY HYDROGEN AND CARBON MONOXIDE AND CONTAINING A SMALL AMOUNT OF IMPURITIES SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF H2O, CO2, CH4, A, N2, H2S, COS, PARTICULATE CARBON, AND MIXTURES THREOF, BY THE PARTIAL OXIDATION OF A HYDROCARBONACEOUS FUEL WITH A FREEOXYGEN CONTAINING GAS IN THE REACTION ZONE OF A FREE-FLOW GAS GENERATOR AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 1500 TO 3500* F. AND A PRESSURE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 1-350 ATMOSPHERES IN THE PRESENCE OF A TEMPERATURE MODERATOR, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING INTRODUCING INTO SAID REACTION ZONE ALONG WITH SAID REACTANTS SUPPLEMENTAL NH3 AS SAID TEMPERATURE MODERATRO IN AN AMOUNT IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 0.01 TO 1.5 LBS. OF NH3 PER LB. OF HYDROCARBONACEOUS FUEL, AND WHEREIN SUBSTANTIALLY NO SUPPLEMENTAL H2O IS INTRODUCED INTO SAID REACTION ZONE OTHER THAN THAT PRODUCED THREIN AND THAT WHICH MAY BE INITIALLY PRESENT IN THE REACTANTS AS AN IMPURITY; WHEREIN THE GAS STREAM LEAVING SAID REACTION ZONE HAS A REDUCING RATIO, I.E. MOLE RATIO (H2+CO)/(H20+CO2) OF AT LEAST 10.0.
IN A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GASEOUS MIXTURES COMPRISING PRINCIPALLY HYDROGEN AND CARBON MONOXIDE AND CONTAINING A SMALL AMOUNT OF IMPURITIES SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF H2O, CO2, CH4, A, N2, H2S, COS, PARTICULATE CARBON, AND MIXTURES THREOF, BY THE PARTIAL OXIDATION OF A HYDROCARBONACEOUS FUEL WITH A FREEOXYGEN CONTAINING GAS IN THE REACTION ZONE OF A FREE-FLOW GAS GENERATOR AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 1500 TO 3500* F. AND A PRESSURE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 1-350 ATMOSPHERES IN THE PRESENCE OF A TEMPERATURE MODERATOR, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING INTRODUCING INTO SAID REACTION ZONE ALONG WITH SAID REACTANTS SUPPLEMENTAL NH3 AS SAID TEMPERATURE MODERATRO IN AN AMOUNT IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 0.01 TO 1.5 LBS. OF NH3 PER LB. OF HYDROCARBONACEOUS FUEL, AND WHEREIN SUBSTANTIALLY NO SUPPLEMENTAL H2O IS INTRODUCED INTO SAID REACTION ZONE OTHER THAN THAT PRODUCED THREIN AND THAT WHICH MAY BE INITIALLY PRESENT IN THE REACTANTS AS AN IMPURITY; WHEREIN THE GAS STREAM LEAVING SAID REACTION ZONE HAS A REDUCING RATIO, I.E. MOLE RATIO (H2+CO)/(H20+CO2) OF AT LEAST 10.0.
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IN A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GASEOUS MIXTURES COMPRISING PRINCIPALLY HYDROGEN AND CARBON MONOXIDE AND CONTAINING A SMALL AMOUNT OF IMPURITIES SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF H2O, CO2, CH4, A, N2, H2S, COS, PARTICULATE CARBON, AND MIXTURES THREOF, BY THE PARTIAL OXIDATION OF A HYDROCARBONACEOUS FUEL WITH A FREEOXYGEN CONTAINING GAS IN THE REACTION ZONE OF A FREE-FLOW GAS GENERATOR AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 1500 TO 3500* F. AND A PRESSURE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 1-350 ATMOSPHERES IN THE PRESENCE OF A TEMPERATURE MODERATOR, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING INTRODUCING INTO SAID REACTION ZONE ALONG WITH SAID REACTANTS SUPPLEMENTAL NH3 AS SAID TEMPERATURE MODERATRO IN AN AMOUNT IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 0.01 TO 1.5 LBS. OF NH3 PER LB. OF HYDROCARBONACEOUS FUEL, AND WHEREIN SUBSTANTIALLY NO SUPPLEMENTAL H2O IS INTRODUCED INTO SAID REACTION ZONE OTHER THAN THAT PRODUCED THREIN AND THAT WHICH MAY BE INITIALLY PRESENT IN THE REACTANTS AS AN IMPURITY; WHEREIN THE GAS STREAM LEAVING SAID REACTION ZONE HAS A REDUCING RATIO, I.E. MOLE RATIO (H2+CO)/(H20+CO2) OF AT LEAST 10.0.