PATENTS

      206. BOUDINEAU, L., AND NATIONAL INDUSTRIEL DE L’AZOTE.  Production of Mixtures of Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide.  British Patent 655, 869. 1951.  Fuel Abs., 1951. abs. 4059.

Method of catalytically converting gaseous hydrocarbons more particularly CH₄, or gases containing such hydrocarbons into H₂ and CO by controlled combustion with O₂ or air that may be enriched with O₂.  Controlled flameless combustion is arranged to take place in contact with a conversion catalyst, preferably a Ni-base catalyst, in the form of particles of diameters not exceeding 1 cm., whereby formation of C black by combustion with flame in the interstices between adjacent particles is substantially prevented.

BOURSOIS, E.  See abs. 457, 458.

BOWEN, A. R.  See abs. 2501.