Process for recovering the soot formed during the production of synthesis gas by partial oxidation of hydrocarbonaceous materials

Abstract From the Canadian patent

For separating soot from aqueous suspensions containing it by intimately contacting the aqueous suspension with at least a part of a liquid hydrocarbonaceous material feeding a synthesis gas generator, the mixing of the aqueous soot-containing soot with the liquid hydrocarbonaceous material is performed in such a way that a step-wise rising amount of energy is used for said mixing, the initial energy amount being of about 2,100 to 7,200 Joules per kilogram of soot during the first step of the mixing and the energy amount being of about 10,800 to 33,500 Joules per kilogram of soot during the second step of the mixing.