# US 10,246,646 B2 · Mobile transport fuel refinery system and method, fuel refinery and dispensing system and method, and fuel composition > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,246,646 B2 - Document ID: US10246646B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/601,891 - Filed: 2017-05-22 - Published: 2017-09-07 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-31 - Applicants: EcoChem Alternative Fuels LLC - Inventors: Joshua F. Koch - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10246646B2 ## CPC - C10G 15/00: Cracking of hydrocarbon oils by electric means, electromagnetic or mechanical vibrations, by particle radiation or with gases superheated in electric arcs - B67D 7/04: for transferring fuels, lubricants or mixed fuels and lubricants - B67D 7/766: {of water separators} - C10G 29/00: Refining of hydrocarbon oils, in the absence of hydrogen, with other chemicals - C10G 29/205: {by reaction with hydrocarbons added to the hydrocarbon oil} - C10G 31/09: by filtration - C10G 33/06: with mechanical means, e.g. by filtration - C10G 55/02: plural serial stages only - C10G 57/005: {with alkylation} - C10L 1/08: for compression ignition - C10L 1/14: Organic compounds - C10L 1/16: Hydrocarbons - C10L 1/1857: {Aldehydes; Ketones} - C10L 10/12: for improving the cetane number - C10G 2400/02: Gasoline - C10L 2200/0446: Diesel - C10L 2230/04: Catalyst added to fuel stream to improve a reaction - C10L 2230/083: Disinfectants, biocides, anti-microbials - C10L 2270/026: for diesel engines, e.g. automobiles, stationary, marine - C10L 2290/08: Drying or removing water - C10L 2290/141: of additive or catalyst - C10L 2290/34: Applying ultrasonic energy - C10L 2290/40: Applying a magnetic field or inclusion of magnets in the apparatus - C10L 2290/547: Filtration for separating fractions, components or impurities during preparation or upgrading of a fuel - C10L 2290/567: Mobile or displaceable apparatus - C10L 2290/58: Control or regulation of the fuel preparation of upgrading process - C10L 2290/60: Measuring or analysing fractions, components or impurities or process conditions during preparation or upgrading of a fuel - C10G: CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION (cracking to hydrogen or synthesis gas C01B; cracking or pyrolysis of hydrocarbon gases to individual hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof of definite or specified constitution C07C; cracking to cokes C10B); RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES - B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F) - C10L: FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NATURAL GAS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C10G OR C10K; LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS; USE OF ADDITIVES TO FUELS OR FIRES; FIRE-LIGHTERS ## Abstract A mobile diesel fuel refinery system comprise a particulate filter adapted to remove particulates from diesel fuel flowing through the diesel fuel conduction system, a water filter adapted to remove water from diesel fuel flowing through the diesel fuel conduction system following its passage through the particulate filter, a magnetic field of sufficient strength to further refine the diesel fuel flowing through the diesel fuel conduction system following its passage through the water filter, a catalyst injector configured to inject the catalyst from a catalyst tank into the diesel fuel flowing through the diesel fuel conduction system following its passage through the magnetic field, a dispensing conduit configured to conduct the diesel fuel from the diesel fuel refinement apparatus following injection of the catalyst. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fuel refinement apparatus comprising: a particulate filter; a water filter; a magnetic field; a catalyst injector; and a dispensing conduit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 wherein the particulate filter is of sufficient fineness to reduce a microbial contamination in a fuel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 wherein the particulate filter comprises a pressure gauge. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 wherein the water filter is of sufficient fineness to reduce particles of about 10 microns in a fuel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 wherein the water filter comprises a pressure gauge. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises aromatic hydrocarbons and ketones. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 wherein the catalyst injector comprises a flow sensor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a fuel leak sensor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a system configured to monitor or control at least one of: (1) a power applied, (2) a system power, (3) a fuel head optimal, (4) a primary filter media optimal, (5) a coalescer filter media optimal, (6) a catalyst level optimal, (7) a liquid level in a refinery enclosure, and (8) a flow rate of a fuel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 further comprising at least one sensor adapted to obtain data relating to the operation of the fuel refinement apparatus, and a data transmitter adapted to transmit the data from the fuel refinement apparatus. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 10 wherein the data relating to the operation of the fuel refinement apparatus is selected from the group consisting of data related to (1) a power applied, (2) a system power, (3) a fuel head optimal, (4) a primary filter media optimal, (5) a coalescer filter media optimal, (6) a catalyst level optimal, (7) a liquid level in a refinery enclosure, and (8) a flow rate of a fuel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a source of ultrasonic energy positioned along a fuel conduction system to reduce a level of microbial cells in a fuel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 wherein the system processes a diesel fuel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a trailer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 14 wherein the trailer has an underside and wheels. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a containment tank mounted on a trailer and adapted to contain and supply a fuel. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 wherein the fuel refinement apparatus is mounted on an underside of a trailer and configured to accept a fuel from a containment tank, the fuel refinement apparatus further comprising at least one of: a fuel conduction system and a catalyst tank containing a catalyst. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 wherein the particulate filter is adapted to remove particulates from a fuel flowing through a fuel conduction system. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 wherein the water filter is adapted to remove water from a fuel flowing through a fuel conduction system following passage of the fuel through the particulate filter. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 wherein the magnetic field is of sufficient strength to further refine a fuel flowing through a fuel conduction system following passage of the fuel through the water filter. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 wherein the catalyst injector is configured to inject a catalyst from a catalyst tank into a fuel flowing through a fuel conduction system, included in the fuel refinement apparatus, following passage of the fuel through the magnetic field. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 1 wherein the dispensing conduit is configured to conduct a fuel from the fuel refinement apparatus following injection of a catalyst into the fuel. ### Claim 23 A fuel refinement apparatus comprising: a particulate filter; a water filter; a source of ultrasonic energy; a catalyst injector; and a dispensing conduit. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 wherein the particulate filter is of sufficient fineness to reduce a microbial contamination in a fuel. ### Claim 25 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 wherein the particulate filter comprises a pressure gauge. ### Claim 26 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 wherein the water filter is of sufficient fineness to reduce particles of about 10 microns in a fuel. ### Claim 27 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 wherein the water filter comprises a pressure gauge. ### Claim 28 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 further comprising a catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises aromatic hydrocarbons and ketones. ### Claim 29 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 wherein the catalyst injector comprises a flow sensor. ### Claim 30 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 further comprising a fuel leak sensor. ### Claim 31 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 further comprising a system configured to monitor or control at least one of the following aspects of the fuel refinement apparatus: (1) a power applied, (2) a system power, (3) a fuel head optimal, (4) a primary filter media optimal, (5) a coalescer filter media optimal, (6) a catalyst level optimal, (7) a liquid level in a refinery enclosure, and (8) a flow rate of a fuel. ### Claim 32 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 further comprising at least one sensor adapted to obtain data relating to the operation of the fuel refinement apparatus, and a data transmitter adapted to transmit the data from the fuel refinement apparatus. ### Claim 33 (depends on 32) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 32 wherein the data relating to the operation of the fuel refinement apparatus is selected from the group consisting of data related to (1) a power applied, (2) a system power, (3) a fuel head optimal, (4) a primary filter media optimal, (5) a coalescer filter media optimal, (6) a catalyst level optimal, (7) a liquid level in a refinery enclosure, and (8) a flow rate of a fuel. ### Claim 34 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 wherein the source of ultrasonic energy is positioned along a fuel conduction system to reduce a level of microbial cells in a fuel. ### Claim 35 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 wherein the system processes a diesel fuel. ### Claim 36 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 further comprising a trailer. ### Claim 37 (depends on 36) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 36 wherein the trailer has an underside and wheels. ### Claim 38 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 further comprising a containment tank mounted on a trailer and adapted to contain and supply a fuel. ### Claim 39 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 wherein the fuel refinement apparatus is mounted on an underside of a trailer and configured to accept a fuel from a containment tank, the fuel refinement apparatus further comprising at least one of: a fuel conduction system and a catalyst tank containing a catalyst. ### Claim 40 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 wherein the particulate filter is adapted to remove particulates from a fuel flowing through a fuel conduction system. ### Claim 41 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 wherein the water filter is adapted to remove water from a fuel flowing through a fuel conduction system following passage of the fuel through the particulate filter. ### Claim 42 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 further comprising a magnetic field, wherein the magnetic field is of sufficient strength to further refine a fuel flowing through a fuel conduction system following passage of the fuel through the water filter. ### Claim 43 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 further comprising a magnetic field, wherein the catalyst injector is configured to inject a catalyst from a catalyst tank into a fuel flowing through a fuel conduction system following passage of the fuel through the magnetic field. ### Claim 44 (depends on 23) The fuel refinement apparatus of claim 23 wherein the dispensing conduit is configured to conduct a fuel from the fuel refinement apparatus following injection of a catalyst into the fuel.