Machine Fluid Passports for Environmental Attribute Traceability
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Solution Overview
Problem
In complex supply chains, particularly in the chemistry sector, achieving transparency about the environmental impact of machine fluids, machine fluid components, and polyisobutene is challenging due to the complexity of the systems involved.
Innovation Solution
A system is developed that includes a chemical production network producing machine fluids and polyisobutenes from input materials through chemical processes, where these inputs and processes are associated with environmental attributes. A production operating apparatus generates digital assets or passports for these products by providing decentral identifiers linked to the environmental attributes of the inputs and processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional supply chain management is used in the chemistry sector, then existing systems can operate with current infrastructure, but transparency about environmental impact of machine fluids and polyisobutene cannot be achieved due to system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex supply chain information into discrete, manageable units by creating individual digital passports for each chemical product (machine fluids, polyisobutene). Each passport contains specific environmental attribute data, allowing transparent tracking without overwhelming system complexity. This segmentation enables participants to access only relevant information for their needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces digital passports as intermediary carriers that mediate between the complex chemical production network and supply chain participants. These passports serve as standardized interfaces that simplify environmental data exchange, allowing participants to obtain transparent environmental impact information without directly managing the underlying complex production systems.
2Reliability
If detailed environmental attribute tracking is implemented across the chemical production network, then transparency and sustainability tracking improve, but the complexity of data management and system infrastructure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by determining and recording environmental attributes at the point of chemical production, before the products enter the complex supply chain. Digital passports are created and populated with environmental data during or immediately after production processes, ensuring accurate baseline data is captured while avoiding the need to track and recalculate attributes through subsequent complex supply chain operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses digital passports as information copies that replicate environmental attribute data from production systems. Instead of maintaining complex real-time connections to production equipment throughout the supply chain, the system creates accurate digital copies of environmental data that can be independently verified and transmitted, reducing data management complexity while maintaining reliability.
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AI summary
A system produces a machine fluid associated with a machine fluid passport or digital asset and/or a polyisobutene associated with a polyisobutene passport or digital asset. The system includes a chemical production network configured to produce the machine fluid and/or the polyisobutene from one or more input materials through one or more chemical processes associated with one or more environmental attributes. A production operating apparatus is configured to generate the machine fluid and/or polyisobutene passport or digital asset. The chemical production network, or a chemical production system, is configured to provide the machine fluid and/or the polyisobutene in association with the machine fluid and/or the polyisobutene passport or digital asset. Further methods produce the machine fluid and/or the polyisobutene and the passport or digital asset. The machine fluid and the digital asset are provided.