Data processing: generic control systems or specific application – Specific application – apparatus or process – Article handling
Patent
1991-05-31
2000-12-19
Gordon, Paul P.
Data processing: generic control systems or specific application
Specific application, apparatus or process
Article handling
700240, 700242, 222 71, 222132, G06F 1700
Patent
active
061637386
ABSTRACT:
Two, preferably three or more gasoline (or other fuel) blending components are delivered to a point adjacently point of sale to the motorist and are blended by an apparatus which proportions the flow of individual components in response to signals indicative of the gasoline quality variables, octane, Reid vapor pressure, percent alcohol, etc. (The preferred octane for control purposes is motor octane, but pump octane or research octane or any combination of these three may be utilized.)
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Gordon Paul P.
Marathon-Ashland Petroleum, LLC
Stone Richard D.
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