Patent ID: 8801814

Claim:
A process for partial oxidation of a hydrocarbon, the process comprising: separately feeding a stream comprising the hydrocarbon and a stream comprising oxygen through channels of a burner block of a reactor, in each case one or more spatially separate lines to a reaction zone, wherein at least one of the spatially separate feed lines comprises an interior turbulence generator, the turbulence generator comprises a cylindrical body with a bore passing from one circular face to the opposite circular face in a spiral path about a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical body, and as a result of imposed deflection of the feed stream in the turbulence generator, the feed stream exiting from the turbulence generator has a tangential flow component and a turbulent flow field forms, is obtained downstream of the turbulence generator, wherein the turbulence generator blocks 10 to 70% of a percentage area of a flow cross section of the feed line, and a curved deflection in a circumference angle of the spiral bore is from 45° to 360°; mixing the streams in a mixing zone with the turbulent flow; and then converting the hydrocarbon to at least one product in a reaction zone downstream of the mixing zone.