Hydrocarbon Fuel Integration Using Local Renewable Energy Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to efficiently integrate alternative energy sources with hydrocarbon products, leading to increased carbon intensity due to long-distance transportation and inefficient use of renewable energy, and overlook indirect carbon emissions from manufacturing electric vehicles and accessories.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that integrates alternative energy with hydrocarbon production processes, utilizing agricultural and petroleum product operations, including controllers for renewable power, agricultural fuel, and petroleum production, to produce low carbon intensity hydrocarbon products through targeted reductions and selections based on availability, efficiency, and carbon intensity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If alternative energy sources are transported long distances to end users, then renewable energy can be made available, but carbon intensity increases due to transportation emissions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the energy supply chain by integrating alternative energy sources directly at hydrocarbon production sites (refineries, blending operations) rather than transporting renewable energy long distances. This creates localized energy production units that process feedstock and generate fuel on-site, eliminating the need for long-distance transportation of renewable energy while maintaining availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces hydrocarbon production facilities as intermediaries that combine conventional feedstock processing with alternative energy integration. These facilities serve as mediators between alternative energy sources and end users, allowing renewable energy to be incorporated into fuel production locally and distributed through existing hydrocarbon distribution infrastructure, thereby reducing transportation emissions.
2Object-generated harmful factors
If alternative energy is integrated with hydrocarbon products, then carbon intensity is reduced, but system complexity increases due to multiple integration points
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal integration framework that can be applied across multiple hydrocarbon production facility types (refineries, blending operations, terminal facilities). The same alternative energy integration approach works across different facility types and feedstock types, reducing the need for facility-specific complex solutions while achieving carbon intensity reduction throughout the system.
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AI summary
Systems and methods to efficiently integrate alternative energy with a hydrocarbon production process to produce a hydrocarbon product for distribution. The hydrocarbon product for distribution is produced through one or more selections of available agricultural fuels, available renewable power, and available petroleum product production options. Such selections are determined based on time and efficiency to produce a low carbon intensity hydrocarbon product.