Method of jointly manufacturing carburetted water gas and volatile hydrocarbon motor fuels

Patent · Tue Nov 30 04:00:00 EST 1926

OSTI ID:7101861

Howard, F A

This patent describes a method method of jointly manufacturing carburetted water gas and volatile hydrocarbon motor fuel by air blasting a bed of carbonaceous fuel to incandescence. It involves passing the heated blast gases as produced over heat-absorbent material to heat the same, steam blasting the incandescent bed to produce water gas, passing the heated water gas over the said heated material, and injecting into the heated water gas a heavy hydrocarbon oil. This thereby causing the oil in vaporized form to pass with the water gas over the said heated material, controlling the rate of flow of the mixed water gas and oil vapors. This is done with reference to the temperature of the said heated material, so as to secure a production of fixed hydrocarbon gas not less than 15% nor more than 60% of the weight of oil injected. The process continues by cooling the mixed gases and vapors to cause condensation of the vaporous portion thereof; separating the condensed oil including volatile hydrocarbon motor fuel from the fixed gases; and controlling the amount of injected oil so that the said fixed gases shall have an average B.t.u. value of not less than 450 nor more than 650 per cubic foot.

• Assignee: Standard Development Co.
• Patent Number(s): US 1609023
• OSTI ID: 7101861
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BY-PRODUCTS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CARBURETTED WATER GAS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL
COAL GASIFICATION
DESIGN
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINES
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
GASIFICATION
HEAT ENGINES
HEATING
INTERMEDIATE BTU GAS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
LIQUID FUELS
MATERIALS
OPERATION
PROCESS DEVELOPMENT UNITS
PRODUCTION
STEAM
SUPERHEATING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WATER GAS
WATER GAS PROCESSES