392. COGHLAN, C. A. (The Texas Co.). Conversion of Heavy-Carbonaceous Oils to Motor Fuels, Fuel Gas, and Synthesis Gas. United States Patent 2,605,215, July 29, 1952: appl. Filed Jan. 15, 1949, Serial No. 71,088; 3 claims (Cl. 196-62).

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392. 392. COGHLAN, C. A. (The Texas Co.). Conversion of Heavy-Carbonaceous Oils to Motor Fuels, Fuel Gas, and Synthesis Gas. United States Patent 2,605,215, July 29, 1952: appl. Filed Jan. 15, 1949, Serial No. 71,088; 3 claims (Cl. 196-62).

Hydrocarbon oil is fed into a cracking zone as a spray and into direct contact with an upward flowing stream of hot gases comprising CO and H₂. The droplets of oil described through the cracking zone, maintained at about 800°-1500° F., and are gasified and cracked leaving a free-flowing and highly reactive granular coke residue, which is fed directly into a gasification zone of the fluid-bed type and there reacted with steam and O₂ at about 1,800°-3,000° F. to form a gas consisting essentially of CO and H₂. The cracking and gasification zones may be operated under pressures from atm. to 1,000 p. s. i.