Abstract: The use of a settling aid in the reactor during acetylene production results in the by-product lime slurry being easier to handle and allows the acetylene producers to use different sources of calcium carbide as well as the calcium carbide manufacturers to use different sources of raw materials to make calcium carbide.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 10, 2003
Publication date:
November 13, 2003
Inventors:
G. Wayne Linn, Nancy H. Davis, Michael D. Simons, Mark F. Nilsen
Abstract: The present invention relates to the manufacturing of novel hydrogenating fuel alloys evolving liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons when submitted to atmospheric or pressured hydrolysis. Said fuel alloys produce quality engine fuel and are an important and inexpensive new source of energy.