Patent ID: 11921476
Assignee: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  C  E  Y | IPC C  E  G

Claim 15:
16. The system according to claim 10, wherein the memory further has instructions to:
(a) in response to the determined reception of the selected one or more available fermentable feedstock at the ethanol plant:
(1) determine actual fermentable feedstock CI for the selected one or more available fermentable feedstock,
(2) determine actual fermentable feedstock transportation CI for the selected one or more fermentable feedstock transportation pathways,
(3) in response to a determination of an increase of the combined CI of the actual fermentable feedstock CI and actual fermentable feedstock transportation CI in relation to the combination of the determined fermentable feedstock CI and the determined fermentable feedstock transportation CI:
(A) select one or more different ethanol production processes, one or more different utilities, and one or more different ethanol distribution pathways to maintain total CI.