Process for the production of gas mixtures containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide via the endothermic partial oxidation of organic compounds

Claim 1

A process for the production of gas mixtures containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide which comprises: A. gasifying an ash-forming solid carbonaceous fuel with oxygen or an oxygen containing gas mixture in the presence of steam in a gasifier; and B. removing liquid ash from said gasifier by entraining it in the gaseous mixture formed in said gasifier and feeding the gasified products of step A including liquid ash contained therein to a vessel into which a partially oxidizable organic compound is fed together with steam and/or carbon dioxide and therein contacting the gaseous effluent and liquid ash with steam and/or carbon dioxide introduced with said organic compound while maintaining said vessel at a temperature of 900° to 1600° C. at a pressure up to 200 bar; said contacting resulting in the cracking of the organic compound and causing the liquid ash to deposit in the solid state and recovering said ash in the solid state, and wherein said vessel contains a water bath located below the location where said contacting occurs to recover the solidified ash from the gaseous effluent.