Process and arrangement of apparatus for production of mixtures of carbon oxides andhydrogen

• US 3,024,097 A
• Filed: 07/22/1957
• Issued: 03/06/1962
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/1957
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Forrest E. Gilmore
• Original Assignee: Forrest E. Gilmore
• Inventors: Gilmore, Forrest E.
• Application Number:
  US03/673,316
• Time in Patent Office: 1,688 Days
• US Class Current: 48/206
• CPC Class Codes: C10K 3/04 reducing the carbon monoxide content , e.g. water-gas shift [WGS]
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 43/243 Combustion in situ

Claims

1. A METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOR MIXTURE OF CARBON OXIDES AND HYDROGEN WHICH COMPRISES INTRODUCING A CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL AND A COMBUSTION SUPPORTION GAS INTO AN UNDERGROUND EARTH CAVITY, FROM ABOUT GROUND LEVEL MAINPORTION OF SAID CAVITY, BURNING SAID BODY OF CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL BY PARTIAL COMBUSTION WITH SAID COMBUSTION SUPPORTING GAS IN SAID CAVITY AND THEREBY FORMING A MIXTURE OF CARBON OXIDES AND HYDROGEN AND THEREBY STORING HEAT IN THE EARTH FORMATION AROUBD SAID CAVITY, WITHDRAWING SAID GASEOUS MIXTURE IN INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE FLOW RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID COMBUSTION SUPPORTING GAS BEING INTRODUCED INTO SAID CAVITY, THEREBY COOLING SAID MIXTURE AND PREHEATING SAID COMBUSTION SUPPORTING GAS, THE SAID CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL BEING INTRODUCED IN DIRECT COURTERCURRENT FLOW HEAT EXCHANGE RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID GASEOUS MIXTURE BEING WITHDRAWN FROM SAID CAVITY, SAID COURTERCURRENT FLOW BEING EFFECTED BEFORE SAID CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL ENTERS SAID CAVITY, SAID CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL FALLING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID UPWARDLY RISING GAS.