Patent ID: 7704412

Claim:
A partial oxidation process of liquid hydrocarbon fuels comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of gasolines, naphthas and medium distillates by a catalytic system, comprising: premixing and, upon start-up, preheating reagents comprising liquid hydrocarbon fuels and oxygen, air or air enriched in oxygen to temperatures ranging from 150 to 600° C., below the flash point values, so that the surface rate of the reaction gases is maintained above the flame rate and the temperature of the reagent mixture in the area preceding the catalytic system is below its flash point, thereby forming a reagent mixture; reacting the reagent mixture in a reaction zone and in the presence of the catalyst at temperatures ranging from 150 to 600° C. and at space velocities ranging from 50,000 to 5,000,000 Nl reagents/L cat×h, and increasing the temperature to a value ranging from 700 to 1350° C., wherein the catalytic system comprises nitrides or oxynitrides that contain a at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Rh, Ru, Ir, Pt, Ni, Fe, Co, Cr, and Cu.