# US 2014/0194657 A1 · System and Method for Preparing Hydrocarbon Blend from Multiple Component Streams > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0194657 A1 - Document ID: US20140194657A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/150,390 - Filed: 2014-01-08 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-08 - Assignees: Reliance Industries Limited - Applicants: Reliance Industries Limited - Inventors: Anil Wadhwa; Ashish Ranjan Jha; Chandra Saravanan; Asit Kumar Das; Pinakiranjan Sankarprasad Patra; Sukumar Mandal; Praveen Kumar Chinthala; Gopal Ravichandran; Sudhirkumar Raojibhai Patel; Anand Raj Rajan; Ashok Swamisharan Pathak; Saumya Srivastava - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140194657A1 ## CPC - C10L 1/04: essentially based on blends of hydrocarbons - G05D 11/132: {by controlling the flow of the individual components (G05D11/133 takes precedence)} - 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 - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES ## Abstract A computer implemented blend control system and method for preparation of a hydrocarbon blend from a plurality of components drawn from respective component tanks have been disclosed. The system, in accordance with the present disclosure includes at least one sensing and analyzing means adapted to sense and analyze a first attribute of at least one of the components for obtaining first attribute data. The system further includes, at least one optimizing means having a data storage means for storing attribute based model data. The optimizing means receives the first attribute data and transmits the received first attribute data to a comparator means which computes an optimized proportion data between each of the component streams to enable selective drawing of each of the component streams in accordance with the optimized proportion data for preparing the hydrocarbon blend. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer implemented blend control system for preparation of a hydrocarbon blend from a plurality of components drawn from respective component tanks, said system comprising: a) at least one sensing and analyzing means adapted to sense and analyze a first attribute of at least one of the components for obtaining first attribute data; and b) at least one optimizing means having: i) a data storage means for storing attribute based model data; ii) a receiving means for receiving the first attribute data; and iii) a comparator means adapted to compare the first attribute data with the attribute based model data, the comparator means further adapted to compute an optimized proportion data between each of the component streams to enable selective drawing of each of the component streams in accordance with the optimized proportion data for preparing the hydrocarbon blend. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The blend control system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a flow regulating means operatively connected to the at least one optimizing means and individual component tanks, said flow regulating means adapted to control the flow of component streams based on the optimized proportion data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The blend control system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least one processing means operatively connected to the at least one sensing and analyzing means and adapted to process the first attribute data to derive a second attribute data to be transmitted to the comparator means for comparing the second attribute data with the attribute based model data, the first and the second attributes being the same or different from each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The blend control system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first attribute data is a combination of data corresponding to the data of each of the component streams, wherein said combination of data is processed by the processing means to derive a combined second attribute data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The blend control system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first attribute data is the data corresponding to each of the component streams, and wherein data corresponding to each component stream is separately processed by the processing means to compute separate second attribute data corresponding to each of the component stream. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The blend control system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first attribute of said component streams is a composition attribute, the first attribute data is composition data, the second attribute of said component streams is a composition attribute, the second attribute data is composition data and the attribute based model data is composition based model data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The blend control system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first attribute of said component streams is a composition attribute, the first attribute data is composition data, the second attribute of said component streams is a property attribute, the second attribute data is property data and the attribute based model data is property based model data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The blend control system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said flow regulating means is further adapted to adjust at least one control valve. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The blend control system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said flow regulating means comprises at least one flow sensor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The blend control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one sensing and analyzing means comprises a combination of a separating means and at least one detector means. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The blend control system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one sensing and analyzing means is adapted to sense the first attribute at pre-determined time intervals, said time intervals ranging between 1 hour and 24 hours. ### Claim 12 A computer implemented method for the preparation of a hydrocarbon blend from a plurality of components, said method comprising the following steps: drawing the plurality of components from respective component tanks; sensing and analyzing a first attribute of at least one of the components, to determine first attribute data; comparing the first attribute data with pre-stored attribute based model data; computing optimized values of proportions based on the comparison of the first attribute data and determining the optimized proportion data corresponding to each of the component streams; and controlling the flow of component streams based on the proportion data for preparing the hydrocarbon blend. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising the following steps: processing the first attribute data to derive a second attribute data; and for comparing the second attribute data with the pre-stored attribute based model data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first attribute and the second attribute are the same. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first attribute and second attribute are different from one another.