Abstract: Procedure and system for the production of hydrogen from methane or other gaseous hydrocarbon, in which the methane is decomposed at high temperature in the presence of a catalyst supplying hydrogen and carbon.

Abstract: A method for the forming and feeding of a gaseous atmosphere having two components, at least one of which under the form of vapour obtained from liquid, envisages to bubble a first gaseous component within a liquid component kept under controlled conditions of pressure and temperature and then to remove the gas-vapour mixture having controlled composition. In order to realise the method according to the invention, a device is foreseen that comprises a saturator reservoir containing the liquid component, means to keep the level of the liquid in the reservoir substantially constant, means to bubble a flow of gaseous component within the saturator, as well as means to control pressure and temperature inside the saturator itself. The invention can be applied in particular to the forming of carburizing atmospheres and of atmospheres used in thermal treatments of steel materials, specially gas carburizing treatments.

Abstract: This invention relates to improvements in a liquid transferring device, in particular for molten metals, of the type comprising an inverted U-shaped siphon connected with a crucible to form a hydraulic circuit having one or more liquid inlet openings and connectable to at least one source of vacuum and at least one source of pneumatic pressure in order to suck the liquid into the crucible and then push the same through the hydraulic circuit and prime the siphon. The improvement comprises a degassing chamber located at the siphon bight and maintained under a pre-established negative pressure during the transferring operation.