Abstract BONS, CONTAINING FROM 1 TO 7 CARBON ATOMS, ETHYLENE COMPRISING AT LEAST 20% BY VOLUME OF SAID GASEOUSS HYDROCARBONS; C. REMOVING THE PRODUCT STREAM FROM THE PYROLYSIS ZONE; D. RECOVERING THE GASEOUS HYDROCARBON PRODUCTS. 1. A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS HAVING FROM 1 TO 7 CARBON ATOMS FROM SOLID CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL COMPRISING: A. FORMING A TURBULENT GASEOUS STREAM COMPOSED OF CARRIER GAS, WATER, CHAR, AND PARTICULATE CARBONACEOUS SOLIDS, SAID SOLIDS HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL MAXIMUM PARTICLE DIMENSION OF LESS THAN 1.0 INCH, SUCH THAT THE SOLIDS AND WATER ARE INTIMATELY ADMIXED AND ENTRAINED WITHIN THE GASEOUS PORTION OF THE STREAM SAID WATER BEING PRESENT IN SAID STREAM IN AN AMOUNT WHICH IS AT LEAST 2.0 WEIGHT PERCENT BASED UPON THE AMOUNT OF CARBONACEOUS SOLIDS IN SAID STREAM; SAID CARRIER GAS CONTAINING LESS THAN 1% BY VOLUME OF OXYGEN; B. HEATING THE COMPONENTS OF SAID STREAM TO A TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM BETWEEN ABOUT 1200* F. AND ABOUT 2500* F. IN A PYROLYSIS ZONE FOR A PREDETERMINED RESIDENCE TIME SO THAT AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID CARBONACEOUS SOLIDS ARE CONVERTED TO GASEOUS HYDROCAR
A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS HAVING FROM 1 TO 7 CARBON ATOMS FROM SOLID CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL COMPRISING: A. FORMING A TURBULENT GASEOUS STREAM COMPOSED OF CARRIER GAS, WATER, CHAR, AND PARTICULATE CARBONACEOUS SOLIDS, SAID SOLIDS HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL MAXIMUM PARTICLE DIMENSION OF LESS THAN 1.0 INCH, SUCH THAT THE SOLIDS AND WATER ARE INTIMATELY ADMIXED AND ENTRAINED WITHIN THE GASEOUS PORTION OF THE STREAM SAID WATER BEING PRESENT IN SAID STREAM IN AN AMOUNT WHICH IS AT LEAST 2.0 WEIGHT PERCENT BASED UPON THE AMOUNT OF CARBONACEOUS SOLIDS IN SAID STREAM; SAID CARRIER GAS CONTAINING LESS THAN 1% BY VOLUME OF OXYGEN; B. HEATING THE COMPONENTS OF SAID STREAM TO A TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM BETWEEN ABOUT 1200* F. AND ABOUT 2500* F. IN A PYROLYSIS ZONE FOR A PREDETERMINED RESIDENCE TIME SO THAT AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID CARBONACEOUS SOLIDS ARE CONVERTED TO GASEOUS HYDROCAR
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A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS HAVING FROM 1 TO 7 CARBON ATOMS FROM SOLID CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL COMPRISING: A. FORMING A TURBULENT GASEOUS STREAM COMPOSED OF CARRIER GAS, WATER, CHAR, AND PARTICULATE CARBONACEOUS SOLIDS, SAID SOLIDS HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL MAXIMUM PARTICLE DIMENSION OF LESS THAN 1.0 INCH, SUCH THAT THE SOLIDS AND WATER ARE INTIMATELY ADMIXED AND ENTRAINED WITHIN THE GASEOUS PORTION OF THE STREAM SAID WATER BEING PRESENT IN SAID STREAM IN AN AMOUNT WHICH IS AT LEAST 2.0 WEIGHT PERCENT BASED UPON THE AMOUNT OF CARBONACEOUS SOLIDS IN SAID STREAM; SAID CARRIER GAS CONTAINING LESS THAN 1% BY VOLUME OF OXYGEN; B. HEATING THE COMPONENTS OF SAID STREAM TO A TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM BETWEEN ABOUT 1200* F. AND ABOUT 2500* F. IN A PYROLYSIS ZONE FOR A PREDETERMINED RESIDENCE TIME SO THAT AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID CARBONACEOUS SOLIDS ARE CONVERTED TO GASEOUS HYDROCAR