A method for converting methane to acetylene is disclosed wherein a hydrocarbon fuel is compressed, an oxygen-containing gas is introduced into a portion of the compressed hydrocarbon fuel and ignited to produce heat which causes the remaining portion of the hydrocarbon fuel to react to form a product gas containing acetylene.

Process for producing acetylene using a heterogeneous mixture

A hydrocarbon gas to be decomposed, optionally mixed with water vapor, is allowed to flow through the gap between various porous tubes 4 constituting a group of porous tubes provided extending vertically in a decomposition reaction column 1 while air or oxygen is jetted homogeneously from the interior to the exterior of the porous tubes in the direction perpendicular to the stream of the hydrocarbon gas to be decomposed, optionally mixed with water vapor. The mixture is then ignited to form a diffusion flame layer B on the outer surface of the porous tubes 4. With the diffusion flame layer as a heat source, the hydrocarbon gas to be decomposed, optionally mixed with water vapor, undergoes pyrolysis.

Process and apparatus for the pyrolysis of hydrocarbon gas

A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ACETYLENE-ETHYLENE MIXTURES BY MIXING AT LEAST ONE LIGHT SATURATED HYDROCARBON WITH OXYGEN OR AN OXYGEN CONTAINING GAS TO FORM A FIRST MIXTURE, AND REACTING THE FIRST MIXTURE IN A FLAME REACTION WHEREIN THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISES REACTING THE HYDROCARBON WITH THE OXYGEN OR OXYGEN CONTAINING GAS IN A DIFFUSION FLAME TO FORM A SECOND MIXTURE CONTAINING ACETYLENE AND ETHYLENE. A DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE PROCESS IS PROVIDED.

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Process and device for the production of acetylene-ethylene mixtures