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A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SYNTHESIS GAS BY REACTING OXYGEN-CONTAINING GAS, APPLIED AS OXIDISER AND GASEOUS HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING FUEL IN A REACTION ZONE OF A NON-CATALYTIC GAS GENERATOR COMPRISING THE STEPS OF INJECTING THE SAID FUEL AND THE SAID OXIDISER INTO THE REACTION ZONE THROUGH A MULTI-ORIFICE (CO-ANNULAR) BURNER COMPRISING ARRANGEMENT OF N SEPARATE PASSAGES OR CHANNELS COAXIAL WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID BURNER, WHEREIN N IS AN INTEGER > 2(2, 3, 4, 5 ...) WHEREIN THE (N-1)TH PASSAGE IS THE INNER PASSAGE WITH RESPECT TO THE NTH PASSAGE, MEASURED FROM THE LONGITUDINAL AIXIS OF THE SAID BURNER, AND WHEREIN GASEOUS HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING FUEL AND, OPTIONALLY, A MODERATOR IS PASSED THROUGH ONE OR MORE OF THE PASSAGES, BUT AT LEAST THROUGH THE NTH (OUTER) PASSAGE WHEREBY AT LEAST ONE PASSAGE REMAINS; OXIDISER AND, OPTIONALLY, A MODERATOR, IS PASSED THROUGH ONE OR MORE OF THE REMAINING PASSAGES, BUT AT LEAST THROUGH THE (N-1)TH PASSAGE. IN ANY TWO ADJACENT PASSAGES IN WHICH OXIDISER IS PASSED THROUGH THE ONE PASSAGE, AND GASEOUS HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING FUEL IS PASSED THROUGH THE OTHER PASSAGE, THE SAID OXIDISER HAS A HIGHER VELOCITY THAN SAID HYDROCARBON-CONTAINING FUEL.
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