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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederick L Voelz, Munster, IN (US);
Frank Lowther, Chatsworth, CA (US);
Assignee:
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585540 ; 123-3 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for converting methane to acetylene wherein a mixture of oxygen-containing gas and hydrocarbons is compressed and ignited to react the mixture to form a product gas containing acetylene, ethylene and C.sub.2 + hydrocarbons, and the reacted mixture is rapidly expanded and cooled. The mixture contains a mole ratio of hydrocarbons to oxygen-containing gas ranging from about 0.75:1 to about 1.65:1.