PROCESS FOR THERMALLY CRACKING HYDROCARBONS
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IN THERMAL CRACKING OF HYDROCARBONS BY BRINGING PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS INTO CONTACT WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT MEDIUM TO EFFECT THERMAL CRACKING OF THE HYDROCARBONS, A THERMAL CRACKING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH AN ULTRASONIC WAVE GENERATOR IS APPLIED TO GIVE A MIXTURE OF THE PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS AND THE HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT MEDIUM IN THE THERMAL CRACKING REACTION ZONE ULTRASONIC WAVE VIBRATION HAVING A POWER OF 0.01-10 WATTS/CM.2 AND A FREQUENCY OF 1-800 KHZ. THE ULTRASONIC WAVE GENERATOR IS SO DESIGNED THAT IS MAY BE PROTECTED FROM THE HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT MEDIUM BY A FLUID MAINTAINED AT A TEMPERATURE LOWER THAN THAT OF THE MEDIUM. WHEN PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS ARE THERMALLY CRACKED BY APPLICATION OF A THERMAL CRACKING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH SUCH AN ULTRASONIC WAVE VIBRATOR, BUILD-UP OF CARBON OR COKE ON THE WALL OF REACTION CHAMBER IS EFFECTIVELY PREVENTED AND THE YIELD OF THE THERMALLY CRACKED PRODUCT IS INCREASED.
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