IP Library Granted Patent US 8,352,071
Granted Patent B2
US 8,352,071 · App. 12/162,708 · Granted Jan 8, 2013

Method of blending fuels and related system

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Patent No.
US 8,352,071
App. No.
12/162,708
Granted
Jan 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and related system blend fuels and dispense a blended fuel to a vehicle at a fueling station. In one aspect, the method comprises selecting the desired proportion of at least one of the fuels available at the service station, blending that fuel with another one available, and delivering the blended fuel to the vehicle. Preferably, the first fuel is a non-renewable, petroleum based one, while the second fuel is a non-petroleum based, renewable one (such as ethanol or biodiesel).

Claims (13)

1. A method of dispensing a blended liquid fuel to a vehicle at a fueling station, comprising:

at the fueling station, selecting a proportion of a first liquid fuel; selecting a proportion of a second liquid fuel;

substantially matching a temperature of the first and second liquid fuels before blending;

blending the first liquid fuel in the selected proportion with the second liquid fuel; and

delivering the blended liquid fuel in a liquid phase to the vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first fuel is selected from the group consisting of biodiesel, ethanol, and mixtures thereof and the second fuel comprises either diesel or gasoline.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of pumping at least the first fuel from a storage vessel through flow control valves for blending.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting step comprises controlling a valve to adjust the flow of the first fuel from the storage vessel.

5. The method of claim 1 , further including the step of monitoring the temperature of at least one of the first and second fuels during delivery.

6. The method of claim 1 , further including the step of metering the flow of the first and second fuels.

7. The method of claim 1 , further including the step of blending a third fuel with one or more other fuels to create a second blended fuel.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first fuel is gasoline, the second fuel is ethanol, the third fuel is diesel, and the one or more other fuels is biodiesel.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting step is performed by the owner of the fueling station.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 9, 2016
From: GREENSHIFT CORPORATION; VIRIDIUS CAPITAL LLC; GS CLEANTECH CORPORATION; GS COES (YORKVILLE I), LLC; GS DESIGN, INC.; GS RENTALS, LLC; GREENSHIFT ENGINEERING, INC.; GS AGRILFUELS CORPORATION; NEXTGEN ACQUISITION, INC.; NEXTGEN FUEL INC.; SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS, INC.; SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS LLC; GS GLOBAL BIODIESEL, LLC; GS BIG MANAGEMENT, LLC; GS COES (ADRIAN I), LLC; GS TECHNOLOGY, LLC; ECOSYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; GENAREX LLC
To: YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P.
Reel/Frame 037752/0763 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 8, 2013
From: ECOSYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC; GREENSHIFT CORPORATION (F/K/A GS CLEANTECH CORPORATION); GS AGRIFUELS CORPORATION; GS BIG MANAGEMENT, LLC; GS CLEANTECH CORPORATION (F/K/A GS ETHANOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); GS COES (YORKVILLE I), LLC; GS COES (ADRIAN I), LLC; GS DESIGN, INC. (F/K/A WARNECKE DESIGN SERVICE, INC.); GS GLOBAL BIODIESEL, LLC; GS RENTALS, LLC (F/K/A WARNECKE RENTALS, LLC); GS TECHNOLOGY, LLC; GREENSHIFT ENGINEERING, INC. (F/K/A GS CARBON DIOXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); NEXTGEN ACQUISITION, INC.; NEXTGEN FUEL, INC.; SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS, INC.; SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS, LLC; VIRIDIS CAPITAL LLC
To: YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 029588/0092 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 31, 2010
From: VIRIDIUS CAPITAL LLC; CARBONICS CAPITAL CORPORATION (F/K/A GREENSHIFT CORPORATION); GREENSHIFT CORPORATION (F/K/A GS CLEANTECH CORPORATION); GS CLEANTECH CORPORATION (F/K/A GS ETHANOL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.); GS COES (YORKVILLE I), LLC; GS DESIGN, INC. (F/K/A WARNECKE DESIGN SERVICE, INC.); GS RENTALS, LLC (F/K/A WARNECKE RENTALS, LLC); GS CARBON DIOXIDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; GS AGRIFUELS CORPORATION; NEXTGEN, ACQUISITION, INC.; NEXTGEN FUEL INC.; SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS, INC.; SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS, LLC; GS GLOBAL BIODIESEL, LLC; GS BIG MANAGEMENT, LLC; GS COES (ADRIAN I), LLC; GS TECHNOLOGY, LLC; ECOSYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P.
Reel/Frame 024920/0795 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2009
From: GS INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, INC.
To: GS CLEANTECH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023216/0638 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2008
From: WINSNESS, DAVID JAMES
To: GS INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Reel/Frame 021317/0612 →