Electro-fluid reactor for high temperature gasification process

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED ELECTROFLUID APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN AND HIGH QUALITY COKE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL VESSEL HAVING A TOP, A BOTTOM AND A SIDE ENCLOSING WALL, SAID VESSEL HAVING AN UPPER REGION OF UNIFORM CROSS-SECTION, AN INTERMEDIATE REGION HAVING A CONTINUOUSLY DIMISHING CROSS-SECTION AND A LOWER REGIN HAVING A UNIFORM CROSS-SECTION EQUIVALENT TO THE SMALLEST SECTION OF SAID INTERMEDIATE REGION AND WHICH SECTION IS SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN THE CROSS-SECTION OF SAID UPPER REGION; (B) SOLIDS INLET MEANS LOCATED IN SAID UPPER REGION OF SAID VESSEL; (C) FLUIDIZING GAS INLET MEANS LOCATED IN SAID LOWER REGION OF SAID VESSEL; (D) A PLURALITY OF ELECTRODES ENTERING INTO SAID REACTOR VESSEL THROUGH SAID SIDE WALL IN SAID LOWER REGION OF SAID VESSEL AT POINTS WHICH LIE ABOVE SAID GAS INLET MEANS; (E) HYDROCARBON FEED INLET MEANS LOCATED IN SAID SIDE WALL IN SAID INTERMEDIATE REGION OF SAID VESSEL AT POINTS SUBSTANTIALLY SPACED ABOVE SID ELECTRODES;