Marathon Petroleum Company LP

Paul J Dofton

Peg Broughton

Justin L Womeldorff

Caleb S Litchfield

Nathan R Klaus

David G Teschel

Daniel Z Short

Michelle Smith

Gregory A Cantley

Systems and methods to reduce pour point (PP) temperatures of fat-based compositions for use in transportation fuels. In one or more embodiments, methods and systems reduce the pour point of rendered fats using biologically-derived plant oils for effectively transporting the blended fat based compositions over long distances, thereby advantageously decreasing the heating and mixing requirements needed to maintain the compositional temperature above the pour point. In certain embodiments, the fat based composition comprises rendered animal fats, such as tallow in combination with distilled corn oil (DCO).

Systems and methods for reducing rendered fats pour point

Systems and methods to separate water and remove solids from a pre-treated and unfiltered renewable feedstock at or separate from a refinery. Such systems and methods may be used to provide a reduced-contaminant and reduced-solid renewable feedstock for further refining.

Systems and methods for separating water and removing solids from pre-treated and unfiltered feedstock

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Findlay, OH, United States of America

Paul J Dofton