Abstract 1. A METHOD FOR THE THERMAL CRACKING OF MIXTURES OF NORMALLY LIQUID HYDROCARBONS HAVING AT LEAST 5 CARBON ATOMS IN THE MOLECULE CHARACTERIZED BY INCREASED CONVERSION TO LOWER MOLECULAR WEIGHT PRODUCTS AND DECREASED PRODUCTION OF PRODUCTS BOILING IN THE SAME RANGE AS SAID NORMALLY LIQUID HYDROCARBON CHARGE MIXTURE WHICH COMPRISES ADDING SULFUR, A SULFUR COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CARBON DISULFIDE, CARBONYL SULFIDE, AMMONIUM SULFIDE, MERCAPTANS, ALKYL SULFIDES, ALKYL DISULFIDES OR MIXTURES THEREOF TOGETHER WITH NITRIC OXIDES TO A VAPORIZED STREAM OF SAID NORMALLY LIQUID HYDROCARBON CHARGE MIXTURE, THEREAFTER SUBJECTING THE RESULTING SULFUR AND NITRIC OXIDE-CONTAINING HYDROCARBON STREAM TO THERMAL CRACKING CONDITIONS AND RECOVERING THE THERMALLY CRACKED PRODUCTS.
A METHOD FOR THE THERMAL CRACKING OF MIXTURES OF NORMALLY LIQUID HYDROCARBONS HAVING AT LEAST 5 CARBON ATOMS IN THE MOLECULE CHARACTERIZED BY INCREASED CONVERSION TO LOWER MOLECULAR WEIGHT PRODUCTS AND DECREASED PRODUCTION OF PRODUCTS BOILING IN THE SAME RANGE AS SAID NORMALLY LIQUID HYDROCARBON CHARGE MIXTURE WHICH COMPRISES ADDING SULFUR, A SULFUR COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CARBON DISULFIDE, CARBONYL SULFIDE, AMMONIUM SULFIDE, MERCAPTANS, ALKYL SULFIDES, ALKYL DISULFIDES OR MIXTURES THEREOF TOGETHER WITH NITRIC OXIDES TO A VAPORIZED STREAM OF SAID NORMALLY LIQUID HYDROCARBON CHARGE MIXTURE, THEREAFTER SUBJECTING THE RESULTING SULFUR AND NITRIC OXIDE-CONTAINING HYDROCARBON STREAM TO THERMAL CRACKING CONDITIONS AND RECOVERING THE THERMALLY CRACKED PRODUCTS.
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A METHOD FOR THE THERMAL CRACKING OF MIXTURES OF NORMALLY LIQUID HYDROCARBONS HAVING AT LEAST 5 CARBON ATOMS IN THE MOLECULE CHARACTERIZED BY INCREASED CONVERSION TO LOWER MOLECULAR WEIGHT PRODUCTS AND DECREASED PRODUCTION OF PRODUCTS BOILING IN THE SAME RANGE AS SAID NORMALLY LIQUID HYDROCARBON CHARGE MIXTURE WHICH COMPRISES ADDING SULFUR, A SULFUR COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CARBON DISULFIDE, CARBONYL SULFIDE, AMMONIUM SULFIDE, MERCAPTANS, ALKYL SULFIDES, ALKYL DISULFIDES OR MIXTURES THEREOF TOGETHER WITH NITRIC OXIDES TO A VAPORIZED STREAM OF SAID NORMALLY LIQUID HYDROCARBON CHARGE MIXTURE, THEREAFTER SUBJECTING THE RESULTING SULFUR AND NITRIC OXIDE-CONTAINING HYDROCARBON STREAM TO THERMAL CRACKING CONDITIONS AND RECOVERING THE THERMALLY CRACKED PRODUCTS.