Preparation of acetylene and synthesis gas

US6365792B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Dieter Stapf · Brasschaat, BE
• Peter Passler · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Michael Bachtler · Neustadt, DE
• Olaf Scheidsteger · Mannheim, DE
• Bernd Bartenbach · Schifferstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2000
• Grant date: Apr 2, 2002
• Expiry date: Mar 20, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2/82
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of acetylene and synthesis gas by thermal treatment of a starting mixture containing one or more hydrocarbons and in addition molecular oxygen and/or one or more compounds containing the element oxygen, in which the starting mixture is heated, brought to reaction in a reactor and subsequently cooled. The process has the special feature that the starting mixture is heated to a maximum of 1400° C. It is then possible to carry out the process with comparatively little expenditure of energy.