1730. ------. [INTERNATIONAL HYDROCARBON SYNTHESIS CO.] [Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide.] French Patent 845,361, Aug. 25, 1939. Chem. Abs., Vol. 35, 1941, p. 1194.

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1730. ------. [INTERNATIONAL HYDROGENATION PATENTS CO., LTD.] [Hydrogen and Carbon Monoxide.] French Patent 845,361, Aug. 25, 1939. Chem. Abs., Vol. 35, 1941, p. 1194.

Lower hydrocarbons, such as CH₄ and C₂H₆ are converted into H₂ and CO according to 3CH₄+CO₂+2H₂O=4CO+8H₂ with alternating blowing and production periods. During the blowing period a carbonaceous material is burned in air by heating 980° -1,200° , and during the production period the catalytic transformation of a gaseous hydrocarbon mixture, water gas and CO₂ occurs at 1,200° -980° . Describes apparatus.