Patent ID: 7534276

Claim:
A process for the exothermic generation of syngas by the partial oxidation of a hydrocarbon-containing fuel comprising: (i) reacting the hydrocarbon-containing fuel with an oxygen containing gas in a first reactor to produce the syngas and byproducts comprising CO 2 , H 2 O and soot; (ii) introducing the syngas and byproducts into a second reactor containing a non-carbonaceous material that traps the soot for a sufficient time such that the majority of the byproduct soot is gasified via reaction with the byproduct CO 2 and/or H 2 O to produce a syngas stream that is depleted in the soot;and, (iii) operating the second reactor at a steady state to maintain a substantially constant amount of soot trapped therein as the rate at which soot is gasified in the second reactor substantially equals the rate at which soot is trapped.