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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
BP Chemicals Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
A process for the conversion of a liquid paraffin-containing hydrocarbon which comprises the steps of (a) partially combusting a mixture of the liquid hydrocarbon and a molecular oxygen-containing gas in a reaction chamber with a catalyst capable of supporting combustion beyond the normal fuel rich limit of flammability. The mixture has a stoichiometric ratio of hydrocarbon to oxygen of greater than the stoichiometric ratio required for complete combustion to carbon dioxide and water. The process produces a product stream and a carbon deposit in the reaction chamber. Periodically, the liquid hydrocarbon and molecular oxygen-containing gas mixture in step (a) is replaced with a fuel-rich carbon containing gas stream for a period of time sufficient to effect substantial removal of the carbon deposit from the reaction chamber.