Patent ID: 6187226
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B01J,C01B,C01G,C07C,C22B,H05H

Abstract:
A method for thermally converting one or more carbon-containing reactants in a thermodynamically stable high temperature gaseous stream to at least one reaction product, comprising the following steps:introducing a reactant stream that provides a source of carbon atoms and a source of oxygen atoms at one axial end of a reaction chamber containing an ionized gas, the reaction chamber comprising an inlet end and an outlet end;heating the reactant stream in the reaction chamber to form a carbon monoxide containing reaction product stream;the reaction chamber having a predetermined length sufficient to effect heating of the reactant stream to a temperature at which carbon monoxide is available as a reaction product stream at a location adjacent the outlet end of the reaction chamber;expanding the reaction product stream through the outlet end of the reaction chamber to cool the gaseous stream by converting thermal energy to kinetic energy as the reaction product stream expands; andcollecting the reaction product.