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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2024
Marathon Petroleum Company Lp, Findlay, OH (US);
Matthew T. Freeman, Findlay, OH (US);
R. Benjamin Hill, Findlay, OH (US);
Terry Riesen, Findlay, OH (US);
Marathon Petroleum Company LP, Findlay, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for, among other embodiments, transporting renewable diesel (RD) through a pipeline, or a portion thereof, are provided. In certain embodiments, the method may include transporting the renewable diesel from a first pipeline terminal to a second pipeline terminal, the renewable diesel wrapped head and tail with a compatible diesel fuel. The method may also include restricting the transport of the diesel fuel in the pipeline to diesel fuel compositions having a first composition or first specification, the first composition or first specification characterized by a selected amount of the renewable diesel, or a component thereof, the selected amount being less than the selected amount allowed in a second target specification for the diesel fuel. The method may also include combining, at the second pipeline terminal, at least a portion of the mixed interface fraction stream with at least a portion of the diesel fuel fraction stream so as to produce a diesel fuel stream meeting the second target specification.