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US 12,747,404 B1Granted
Fuel blend composition, system, and method
AssigneeSuburban Propane, L.P.
InventorsJohn R. Minchew, III, Samuel Brown, Antoinette Flores
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AssigneeSuburban Propane, L.P.
InventorsJohn R. Minchew, III, Samuel Brown, Antoinette Flores
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A blended fuel composition including a combination of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and dimethyl ether (DME) is provided, as well as a system for fuel blending and methods thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, a fuel blend comprises a combination of propane and renewable dimethyl ether (rDME). In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the fuel blend comprises about 2% to about 18% rDME by volume and about 82% to about 96% propane by volume. In an exemplary embodiment of a fuel blending system of the present invention, a blend tank is fluidically connected to a propane supply and a rDME supply. In embodiments, the fuel blending system further includes one or more loading motor to accommodate recirculation of contents of the blend tank. In embodiments, such loading motor further accommodates loading fuel from the blend tank into another tank.
A blended fuel composition comprising:
A method of blending a blended fuel composition comprising dimethyl ether (DME) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the method comprising the steps of:
A system for blending a blended fuel composition comprising dimethyl ether (DME) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the system comprising:
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