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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2014
Eugenio Sanchez, Pitman, NJ (US);
Diane L. Hymas, Pitman, NJ (US);
Charles L. Baker, Jr., Thornton, PA (US);
Eugenio Sanchez, Pitman, NJ (US);
Diane L. Hymas, Pitman, NJ (US);
Charles L. Baker, Jr., Thornton, PA (US);
EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Annandale, NJ (US);
Abstract
Methods are provided for designing a blending component for making a plurality of lubricant products that contain the designed blending component. This can be accomplished by first determining a plurality of manufacturability index values for each desired lubricant product for a family of proposed blending components. The manufacturing index values can then be used to construct a manufacturability window for each lubricant product. The manufacturability windows for each lubricant product can then be analyzed to determine regions of overlap, if any, where a proposed blending component can be used with an increased likelihood to formulate each of the desired products. Alternatively, manufacturability windows can be used to determine suitability of pre-existing blending components for formulation of desired products.