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Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2022
Applicant:

Marathon Petroleum Company Lp, Findlay, OH (US);

Inventor:

Kyle E. Miller, Findlay, OH (US);

Assignee:

MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP, Findlay, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 23/40 (2022.01); B01F 35/83 (2022.01); B01F 25/53 (2022.01); B01F 25/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 23/49 (2022.01); B01F 25/53 (2022.01); B01F 35/833 (2022.01); B01F 2025/919 (2022.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems of admixing hydrocarbon liquids from a plurality of tanks into a single pipeline thereof. The system may include two or more tanks positioned at a tank farm each containing a hydrocarbon liquid therein. The system may include two or more first main pipes, each connected to one of the tanks. The system may include two or more main valves, each connected to one of the first main pipes. The system may include two or more second main pipes each connected to a corresponding main valve. The system may include two or more mixing jumpers, each connected to a corresponding first main pipe, each mixing jumper to, when a corresponding main valve is closed, control hydrocarbon liquid. The system may include a mixing pipe, connected to the second main pipes and the mixing jumpers, configured to transport hydrocarbon liquid from one or more of the tanks.


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