Abstract: A burner for a hearth including a gun for introducing a primary comburant and a gun for supplying a secondary comburant, with a device for supplying a gaseous fuel and a deflector stabilizer arranged substantially at an extremity of the gun introducing the primary comburant. The fuel supply device includes a first fuel injector arrangement adapted to produce a first jet of fuel substantially axially or slightly divergent with respect to a longitudinal center axis of the burner, and a second fuel injector arrangement adapted to produce a second jet of fuel divergent with respect to the longitudinal center axis of the burner.

Abstract: Improved process for manufacturing methanol by reacting carbon monoxide and/or carbon dioxide with hydrogen. The reactant gases circulate downwardly in admixture with a liquid phase of inert diluent through a methanol synthesis fixed bed catalyst. The superficial velocities of the gas phase and of the liquid phase are at least 1.5 cm per second, under the reaction conditions.

Abstract: Improved process for reacting carbon monoxide with hydrogen. The reactant gases circulate downwardly in admixture with a liquid phase of inert diluent through a fixed bed catalyst. The superficial velocity of each of the gas phase and the liquid phase is at least 1.5 cm per second, preferably 3 to 20 cm per second. The products are hydrocarbons, for example methane, or alcohols, for example methanol, depending on the catalyst.

Abstract: The process of the invention comprises heating coarsely cut or whole used or waste tires in an oven while spraying thereon a stream of heavy oil, recycling at least a part of this oil and discharging the oil formed by decomposition of the tires as output product.

Abstract: Used lubricating oils are first heated to 200.degree.-500.degree. C, optionally with added steam, and then filtered through a membrane such as an ultra-filtration membrane. The latter has preferably a cut range of from 5,000 to 300,000.