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US 7,585,337 B1Granted
Methods and systems for producing fuel compositions
AssigneeGregory Turocy
InventorGregory Turocy
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Abstract
Methods and systems for producing fuel compositions with predetermined desirable properties are disclosed. Feedback control can be employed to meter precise amounts of fuel composition components while monitoring fuel composition properties to obtain fuel compositions having specifically defined properties.
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An automated method of making a fuel composition, comprising:
- identifying a predetermined Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition;
- charging one or more hydrocarbon feedstock, optionally one or more oxygenate feedstock, and optionally one or more additives into a blending tank to make a fuel composition mixture, each of the one or more hydrocarbon feedstock, one or more oxygenate feedstock, and one or more additive feed having a charge rate;
- determining amounts of each of the one or more hydrocarbon feedstock, the one or more oxygenate feedstock, and the one or more additives charged into the blending tank to make the fuel composition mixture;
- determining a current Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition mixture in the blending tank;
- comparing the predetermined Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition with the current Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition mixture;
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- adjusting the charge rate of at least one of the one or more hydrocarbon feedstocks, optionally the one or more oxygenate feedstocks, and optionally the one or more additives into the blending tank in response to the amounts of each of the one or more hydrocarbon feedstock, the one or more oxygenate feedstock, and the one or more additives charged into the blending tank and comparing the predetermined Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition and the current Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition mixture to provide the fuel composition having the predetermined Reid Vapor Pressure, adjusting the charge rate is controlled by a trained neural network, the trained neural network operative to determine adjustments to the charge rate of at least one of the one or more hydrocarbon feedstocks, the one or more optional oxygenate feedstocks, and one or more optional additives into the blending tank based upon the current properties of the fuel composition mixture.
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An automated method of making a fuel composition having a predetermined Reid Vapor Pressure, comprising:
- charging one or more hydrocarbon component feedstocks into a blending tank to make a fuel composition mixture;
- determining amounts of each of the one or more hydrocarbon feedstocks charged into the blending tank to make the fuel composition mixture;
- determining a Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition mixture in the blending tank;
- comparing the predetermined Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition with the Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition mixture;
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- adjusting amounts of at least one of the one or more hydrocarbon components in the fuel composition mixture in the blending tank in response to the amounts of each of the one or more hydrocarbon feedstocks charged into the blending tank and comparing the predetermined Reid Vapor Pressure and the Reid Vapor Pressure to form the fuel composition having the predetermined Reid Vapor Pressure, adjusting the amounts is controlled by a trained neural network, the trained neural network operative to determine adjustments to the amounts of at least one of the one or more hydrocarbon component feedstocks into the blending tank based upon the current properties of the fuel composition mixture.
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An automated method of making a fuel composition, comprising:
- identifying a predetermined Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition;
- charging one or more hydrocarbon feedstock, one or more oxygenate feedstock, and optionally one or more additives into a blending tank to make a fuel composition mixture, each of the one or more hydrocarbon feedstock, one or more oxygenate feedstock, and one or more additive feed having a charge rate;
- determining amounts of each of the one or more hydrocarbon feedstock, the one or more oxygenate feedstock, and the one or more additives charged into the blending tank to make the fuel composition mixture;
- determining a current Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition mixture in the blending tank;
- comparing the predetermined Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition with the current Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition mixture;
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- using a trained neural network, adjusting the charge rate of at least one of the one or more hydrocarbon feedstocks, the one or more oxygenate feedstocks, and optionally the one or more additives into the blending tank in response to the amounts of each of the one or more hydrocarbon feedstock, the one or more oxygenate feedstock, and the one or more additives charged into the blending tank and comparing the predetermined Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition and the current Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition mixture to provide the fuel composition having the predetermined Reid Vapor Pressure based upon the current Reid Vapor Pressure of the fuel composition mixture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.