ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,380, issued on July 1, was assigned to Marathon Petroleum Co. LP (Findlay, Ohio).
"Renewable diesel interface recombination" was invented by Matthew T. Freeman (Findlay, Ohio), R. Benjamin Hill (Findlay, Ohio) and Terry Riesen (Findlay, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for, among other embodiments, transporting renewable diesel (RD) through a pipeline, or a portion thereof, are provided. In certain embodiments, the method may include transporting the renewable diesel from a first pipeline terminal to a second pipeline terminal, the renewable diesel wrapped head and tail with a compatible diesel fuel. The method ...