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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 3966633 | Waste water processing Waste water formed in the gasification of coal and containing ammonia, H2 S, and phenolic compounds is treated to remove H2 S and a substantial proportion of its ammonia, while leaving sufficient ammonia in the water to maintain a pH... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3964882 | Partial combustion process A partial combustion process wherein a substantial portion of the soot formed in the combustion reactor is separated from the crude gas, e.g., by hot cyclones, and burned in a separate combustion zone with an excess of oxygen, optionally in the presence o... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3963426 | Process for gasifying carbonaceous matter A process for the gasification of coal and other carbonaceous materials in which solid particulate carbonaceous material is dried without pyrolysis or oxidation by direct contact with a fluent stream of hot synthesis gas product. The dried carbonaceous ma... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3958957 | Methane production Methane is produced by contacting a mixture of carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide and hydrogen with a carbon-alkali metal catalyst at a temperature in the range between about 800°F. and about 1500°F. and at a pressure between about atmospheric and about ... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3958956 | Methane production process and arrangement therefor The gaseous product obtained by the partial oxidation of a fuel such as coal and/or oil is desulfurized and then admitted into a packed gas-liquid contact column. Here, the gas comes into contact with water so as to become at least partially saturated wit... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3957460 | Oxidation of coal-water slurry feed to hydrogasifier An aqueous coal slurry is preheated, subjected to partial oxidation and vaporization by injection of high pressure oxygen and is introduced into a top section of a hydrogasifier in direct contact with hot methane-containing effluent gases where vaporizati... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957620 | Process for treating heavy oil In the treatment of petroleum heavy oil by thermally cracking a petroleum heavy oil mixed with an alkali metal carbonate or carbonates at a cracking temperature of 450° to 650°C and recovering the resulting low sulfur liquid hydrocarbon and light hydroc... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3957459 | Coal gasification ash removal system In a fluidized bed process for the gasification of coal or similar carbonaceous solids wherein char particles are withdrawn from a fluidized bed reaction vessel, transported to a second vessel, and later returned to the initial vessel, char particles of h... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3954424 | Process for producing a methane-containing gas and arrangement therefor The gaseous mixture obtained from the partial oxidation of coal and/or heavy oil is desulfurized. Thereafter, the gaseous mixture is admitted into a reactor wherein it simultaneously undergoes a conversion reaction and a methanization reaction. The reacti... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3953180 | Production of low BTU sulfur-free gas from residual oil An effective and economical supply of energy from residual oil for power generation can be obtained by a sequential process of partial combustion of a crude or residual oil such as Bunker C and other high sulfur stocks, in the presence of air and steam in... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3951617 | Production of clean fuel gas Production of clean fuel gas having a high heating value by means of two interconnected free-flow noncatalytic partial oxidation gas generators. All of the particulate carbon produced in the effluent gas stream from both generators is recovered and burned... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3950146 | Continuous process for energy conserving cooperative coal feeding and ash removal of continuous, pressurized coal gasifiers and the like, and apparatus for carrying out the same A method of continuously feeding coal or the like to coal gasifier means or the like operating under a predetermined elevated pressure and of continuously removing ash or the like therefrom in which the coal feeding and ash removing procedures are interre... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3949684 | Method for oxidation of sulfur-containing substances A method for reducing the sulfur oxide content of a gaseous effluent resulting from the oxidation of sulfur-containing materials, such as fuels, which method provides for oxidation of such materials in a fluidized bed reactor in the presence of one or mor... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3950147 | Process for feeding coal to a fluidized bed or suspended particle pressurized processing chamber and apparatus for carrying out the same A process for providing pressurized, pulverized coal for use in combustion or gasifying of coal by the fluidized bed or suspended particle combustion principles which comprises the steps of introducing lump coal, of stoker size to run of mine size, into a... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3948759 | Visbreaking a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock in a regenerable molten medium in the presence of hydrogen Heavy hydrocarbon feedstocks, such as atmospheric and vacuum residua, heavy crude oils and the like, are converted to predominantly liquid hydrocarbon products by contacting said feedstocks in the presence of hydrogen with a regenerable alkali metal carbo... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3945944 | Catalyst for the production of hydrogen and/or methane A cobalt promoted nickel catalyst supported on refractory material and a process employing said catalyst for the production of hydrogen-containing gases, such as synthesis gas, reducing gas or town's gas, or for the production of methane-enriched gases, s... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3945942 | Fuel burner and process for gas manufacture A partial oxidation burner and process for the manufacture of synthesis gas, reducing gas and other gas mixtures substantially comprising H2 and CO. A hydrocarbon, oxygen-rich gas and, optionally, H2 O or some other temperature moder... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3944480 | Production of oil and high Btu gas from coal Hydrocarbon oils and gases of high Btu content are produced from coal in a pressurized closed cyclic system through which hydrogen is recycled. Coal, oxygen and steam are fed into the pressurized system and oil and high Btu gas are removed as products. Th... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3943236 | Reforming process for carbon monoxide Hydrocarbons are reformed with steam to produce synthesis gas or hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This reforming process can be improved if after the carbon monoxide in the reformer effluent is removed, the remaining effluent, essentially hydrogen, is recycl... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3942958 | Composition control of gases Gases which are produced by the hydrogenolysis of hydrocarbons and which contain hydrogen, paraffins and aromatic compounds are contacted with a quenching medium such as a cooled fluidised bed or a cooled inert gas or liquid to cool the gas to a temperatu... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3942957 | Production of combustible gases Combustible gases containing both methane and hydrogen, for example gases obtained by the non- catalytic hydrogenation of oil or coal are treated to increase their calorific value by removal of elementary hydrogen in the catalytic hydrogenation of an unsa... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3941681 | Process for converting inferior heavy oil into light oil and gasifying the same A process for converting inferior heavy oil into light oil and gasifying the same characterized in that a hydrocracking zone comprising coke fluidized bed and a gasification zone comprising a molten alkali salt are provided, the raw oil is fed in said hyd... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3938968 | Process for the production of substitute natural gas There is provided a process for the production of substitute natural gas (SNG) from carbonaceous materials such as hydrocarbon liquids including hydrocarbon fractions and/or solid carbonaceous fuels, by non-catalytic partial oxidation of the carbonaceous ... | 02/17/1976 |
| 3933446 | Process for the production of a substitute natural gas Substitute Natural Gas is produced by passing methanol vapour, optioally admixed with a minor proportion of recycle carbon dioxide, through a bed of nickel catalyst in an isothermal reactor and removing carbon dioxide from the product gas, the methanol va... | 01/20/1976 |
| 3933445 | Process and apparatus for preventing deposits on a gas inlet nozzle An oxidizing gas is injected through a nozzle into a bed of carbonaceous particles in a downward direction at an angle of declination at least as great as the angle of repose of the bed particles and at a gas inlet velocity of about 50 to 500 feet per sec... | 01/20/1976 |
| 3933618 | Gas generation apparatuses and processes Readily maintained and operated apparatus for generation of combustible gas mixture and motor fuels from coal with cycling of the heat energy sources for heating coal.... | 01/20/1976 |
| 3930812 | Methane synthesis A process is provided for the catalytic production of methane from carbon oxides and hydrogen wherein water is introduced into the reaction vessel for the removal of the heat of reaction by the production of steam with the use of a catalyst effective at a... | 01/06/1976 |
