Patent ID: 8092769

Claim:
A process for converting a feed comprised substantially of halogenated materials to one or more useful products selected from one or more useable or salable halogen acid products in aqueous or anhydrous form and a product synthesis gas comprised of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, which process includes the steps of: a) providing the feed, an oxygen source and a supplemental hydrogen-containing co-feed as required to enable the conversion of substantially all of the halogenated materials in the feed to a corresponding hydrogen halide, to a partial oxidation reforming reactor zone under reducing conditions; wherein the co-feed is one selected from the group consisting of methane and a mixture of methane and steam; b) recovering from the reactor zone a reaction product comprised of one or more hydrogen halides, water, carbon monoxide and hydrogen but containing essentially no unconverted halogenated materials; and c) separating out and recovering without an intervening neutralization step from the reaction product, either or both of i) one or more useable or salable halogen acid products in aqueous or anhydrous form and ii) a product synthesis gas comprised of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.