PATENT

3778. ----- [UNION CHIMIQUE BELGE].  [Decomposition of a Mixture of Methane and Water Vapor by Means of Heat.]  Belgian Patent 361,718, July 31, 1929.  Chem. Abs., vol. 24, 1930, p. 4615.

H₂ and CO are obtained by the decomposition, by means of heat, of a mixture of H₂O vapor and volatile or gaseous hydrocarbons, such as those contained in natural gas or in gases produced in the carbonization or gasification of fuels.  The required heat is obtained by the combustion of part of the gas to be treated.