Method and system for blending and dispensing fuels

a fuel and fuel technology, applied in the direction of fuels, transportation and packaging, liquid transfer devices, etc., can solve the problems of limiting the use of ethanol, no incentive for customers to purchase ethanol blended fuels, and ineffective effect, so as to achieve the effect of encouraging customers to purchas

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-03-17
BEKEMEYER NEIL
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[0009] The present invention solves the above-described problems and provides a distinct advance in the art of fuel blending and dispensing methods. More particularly, the present invention provides a method and system for blending and dis

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Although these tax incentives encourage the use of ethanol blended fuels, they are not completely effective.
This arrangement, and the distribution of the tax incentives mentioned above, limit the use of ethanol for several reasons.
Petroleum companies do not want to reduce the demand for their conventional gasolines by offering cheaper ethanol blends and therefore rarely pass on the tax incentives to customers.
Therefore, the cost to purchase ethanol blended fuels is currently about the same as the cost to purchase unblended gasoline, providing no ince

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[0025] Turning now to the drawing figures, and particularly FIG. 1, certain components of a retail filling station 10 which may be used to implement the present invention are illustrated. The preferred retail filling station 10 broadly includes one or more storage tanks 12, 14 for receiving and storing gasoline, one or more storage tanks 16, 18 for receiving and storing fuel additives, and at least one pump assembly 20 operatively coupled with the storage tanks 12, 14, 16,18 for pumping and dispensing gasoline and additives therefrom.

[0026] The storage tank 12 is preferably provided for storing regular unleaded gasoline and the storage tank 14 is provided for storing premium unleaded gasoline. However, these or additional tanks that may be provided for regular leaded gasoline, diesel fuel or other grades of unleaded gasoline.

[0027] Similarly, the storage tank 16 is preferably provided for storing ethanol and the storage tank 18 is provided for storing some other additive such as a...

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A method and system for blending and dispensing fuels that makes it easier for a retail filling station (10) to provide blended fuels to its customers and that more effectively encourages customers to purchase the blended fuels. Gasoline and additives such as ethanol are received and stored in separate tanks (12-18) at the filling station. Customers of the filling station are then allowed to select the amount of additive, if any, to add to their gasoline. Once a selection has been made, a proportioner (40) blends the selected amount of additive with gasoline at the time of purchase and then dispenses the blended fuel to the customer.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to methods and systems for blending and dispensing fuels. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and system for blending ethanol with gasoline at a retail filling station so as to better encourage the use of blended ethanol fuels. [0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art [0004] Biomass fuels or biofuels are organic substances made from crops, trees, or even landfill gases that can be broken down into chemical building blocks and used as a energy sources to produce heat, fuel, or electricity. Ethanol, the best known of the biomass fuels, is distilled from corn and blended with conventional gasoline as a fuel source for combustion engines such as those found in automobiles. The use of ethanol as a gasoline additive reduces our nation's dependence on imported oil and provides an important new market for farmers and other grain producers. [0005] The United States government ther...

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IPC IPC(8): B67D7/74B67D7/78
CPCB67D7/78B67D7/74
Inventor BEKEMEYER, NEIL
Owner BEKEMEYER NEIL
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