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Return to Abstracts of Patents Return to Abstracts of Patents 1250-1499 Patent Abstracts1308. ------. [I. G. FARBENINDUSTRIE A. G.] Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide From Methane. British Patent 336,635, Apr. 8, 1929. Chem. Abs., vol. 25, 1931, p. 1956. Gaseous hydrocarbons such as CH4 or gas mixtures containing it, other than coke oven gases or other gases containing liquid hydrocarbons, are passed with H2O vapor and, if desired, with further addition of air or O2, through a water gas producer in which coke or other carbonaceous fuel is undergoing gasification, which is carried out without addition of CO2, the coke having a temperature of at least 800º-1,000º. As starting material a natural gas or waste gases from NH3 synthesis, hydrogenation of coal, and cracking may be used. Describes various details and modifications of procedure. See also German Patent 507,917 (abs. 1310). |