Scalable greenhouse gas capture systems and methods
AssigneeMarathon Petroleum Company LP
InventorZachary D. Thobe
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Abstract
Scalable greenhouse gas capture systems and methods to allow a user to off-load exhaust captured in an on-board vehicle exhaust capture device and to allow for a delivery vehicle or other transportation mechanism to obtain and transport the exhaust. The systems and methods may involve one or more exhaust pumps, each with an exhaust nozzle corresponding to a vehicle exhaust port. Upon engagement with the vehicle exhaust port, the exhaust nozzle may create an air-tight seal between the exhaust nozzle and the vehicle exhaust port. A first pipe may be configured to transport captured exhaust therethrough from the exhaust nozzle to. The captured exhaust may be at least temporarily stored in an exhaust holding tank connected to and in fluid communication with the first pipe.
Claims8
A method to off-load exhaust from an on-board vehicle exhaust capture device of a vehicle and to obtain, via a delivery vehicle, the exhaust, the method comprising:
- in response to a reception of a selected fuel type:
- transmitting, via a user interface, a prompt to select whether to off-load vehicle exhaust captured in an on-board vehicle exhaust capture device of a vehicle,
- transmitting, via the user interface, a prompt to engage a fuel and exhaust nozzle of the fuel and exhaust pump into a corresponding fuel and exhaust port of the vehicle,
- determining if the fuel and exhaust nozzle is inserted into the corresponding fuel and exhaust port of the vehicle,
- in response to a determination that the fuel and exhaust nozzle is inserted into the corresponding fuel and exhaust port of the vehicle, determining if the fuel and exhaust nozzle is sealingly engaged with fuel and exhaust port of the vehicle,
- in response to a determination that the fuel and exhaust nozzle is sealingly engaged with the fuel and exhaust port of the vehicle:
- pumping, via the fuel and exhaust nozzle, the selected fuel from a below grade fuel tank in fluid communication with the fuel and exhaust nozzle to a vehicle fuel tank, and
- in response to a determination that vehicle exhaust off-loading was selected:
- pumping, via the fuel and exhaust nozzle, the vehicle exhaust from the vehicle on-board vehicle exhaust capture device
- to an exhaust holding tank, and
- transmitting a receipt for an amount of fuel dispensed and an amount of vehicle exhaust pumped.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.