Patent ID: 8454911

Claim:
A cyclic reverse flow reactor system for the manufacture of acetylene from methane feed, wherein the reactor system comprises: (i) a first reactor comprising a first end and a second end; (ii) a second reactor comprising primary end and a secondary end, the first and second reactors oriented in a series flow path relationship with respect to each other such that the secondary end of the second reactor is proximate the second end of the first reactor; wherein the first reactor further comprises; (a) a first channel to supply at least a first reactant from the first end of the first reactor to the second end of the first reactor; (b) a second channel to supply at least a second reactant from the first end of the first reactor to the second end of the first reactor; and (c) a product removal line to remove at least one of methane and a produced acetylene from a first end of the first reactor; wherein the second reactor further comprises; (i) a flue gas removal line to remove at least a portion of a heated reaction product produced from mixing and reacting the first and second reaction products; and (ii) a methane feed line to feed methane to the primary end of the second reactor.