1960. KREJCI, J. C. (Phillips Petroleum Co.). Synthesis-Gas Manufacture.
United States Patent 2,605,174, July 29, 1952; appl. filed Jan. 4, 1949,
Serial No. 69,114; 10 claims (Cl. 48-196).
Process relates to the production of synthesis gas by the partial combustion
of a preheated mixture of CH4 or natural gas and O2 in a
specially designed tangential flame furnace.