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US 12,644,064 B2Granted
Methods of blending off transmix into gasoline streams
AssigneeTexon Midstream, LLC
InventorJohn Colin Robbins
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Abstract
Methods for blending transmix containing distillates such as diesel fuel into certified gasoline streams that can be burned in internal combustion engines without affecting the certification of the gasoline or the efficiency or operability of the engine.
Claims24
A system for blending distillate transmix into a gasoline stream without violating a physical property limit on the gasoline comprising:
- a) a gasoline stream comprising a gasoline flow rate;
- b) a transmix stream in fluid communication with the gasoline stream comprising distillate and a transmix flow rate;
- c) a blended stream comprising a combination of the transmix stream and the gasoline stream comprising a blended flow rate, a blended value for the physical property, and distillate;
- d) an IPU on which is stored the physical property limit, programmed to determine a ratio or rate at which the transmix stream can be added to the gasoline stream based on the physical property limit and a measured value for the physical property of the blended stream;
- e) a physical property analyzer at a sampling point on the blended stream in electronic communication with the IPU, electronically configured to measure the physical property of the blended stream, and transmit or make accessible the measured physical property to the IPU;
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- f) a flow regulator interposed between the transmix and gasoline streams, in electronic communication with the IPU, electronically configured to receive or access the rate or ratio from the IPU and adjust the transmix flow rate without exceeding the rate or ratio.
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A method for blending distillate transmix into a gasoline stream to produce a blended stream without violating a pre-determined limit on a physical property on the gasoline stream comprising:
- a) measuring the physical property of the blended stream by an analyzer, and transmitting or making accessible via electronic communication the physical property measurement to an IPU;
- b) calculating on the IPU a ratio or rate at which the distillate transmix can be added to the gasoline stream based on the physical property limit and the physical property measurement of the blended stream;
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- c) communicating the ratio or rate to a flow regulator, and adjusting a rate of flow of the distillate transmix through the flow regulator into the gasoline stream without exceeding the rate or ratio.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.