Patent ID: 11899416
Assignee: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  C  E  Y | IPC C  E  G

Claim 4:
5. A system to operate a hydrogen production source for distribution of a low carbon intensity (CI) hydrogen therefrom and obtained through one or more targeted reductions of carbon emissions (CE) associated with combinations of various available feedstock to be supplied to various hydrogen production sources, various selected feedstock transportation and hydrogen distribution pathways, and various hydrogen production processes, the system comprising:
a hydrogen production controller to control one or more various hydrogen production processes to be operated at one or more hydrogen production sources; and
a hydrogen integration controller in signal communication with the hydrogen production controller, the hydrogen integration controller including one or more processors and memory storing instructions, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, to:
(I) determine a feedstock CI for each of one or more available feedstock from one or more available feedstock sources to be supplied to the one or more hydrogen production sources from one or more available feedstock transportation pathways,
(II) for each one or more available feedstock:
(a) determine a feedstock transportation CI for each of one or more available feedstock transportation pathways based on:
(1) a volume of a feedstock transportation pathway,
(2) fuel type utilized by the feedstock transportation pathway, and
(3) distance to travel to the one or more hydrogen production sources,

(b) determine a hydrogen production process CI for each of one or more hydrogen production processes based on:
(1) one or more available hydrogen production processes available at the one or more hydrogen production sources,
(2) a type of feedstock of the one or more available feedstock, and
(2) a yield of each one or more available hydrogen production processes,

(c) determine a utilities CI for each of one or more utilities based on:
(1) a type of utility to be used during a hydrogen production process and
(2) a utilities' source,

(d) determine a hydrogen product distribution CI for each of one or more available hydrogen distribution pathway based on:
(1) a volume of a hydrogen distribution pathway,
(2) a type of the hydrogen distribution pathway,
(3) fuel type utilized by the hydrogen distribution pathway, and
(4) distance to travel for a delivery of hydrogen,

(e) determine a set of combinations, each of the set of combinations including:
(1) one or more available feedstock,
(2) one or more available feedstock transportation pathways,
(3) one or more hydrogen production processes of one or more hydrogen production sources,
(4) one or more utilities, and
(5) one or more available hydrogen distribution pathways, and

(f) determine a total CI for each of the set of combinations,

(III) determine a final selection from the set of combinations including a total CI less than or equal to a threshold CI, the threshold CI being defined as an upper limit of CI in providing hydrogen to an end user location that qualifies the hydrogen as a low CI hydrogen, the CI of the hydrogen being a function of the total carbon emissions per unit energy of the hydrogen, the final selection including:
(a) a selected one or more available feedstock,
(b) a selected one or more feedstock transportation pathways,
(c) a selected one or more hydrogen production processes of one or more hydrogen production sources,
(d) a selected one or more utilities, and
(e) a selected one or more hydrogen distribution pathways,

(IV) in response to the final selection, transmit a feedstock request based on the selected one or more available feedstock and the selected one or more feedstock transportation pathways,
(V) in response to a determined reception of the selected one or more available feedstock at the one or more hydrogen production sources, initiate, at the hydrogen production controller, the selected one or more hydrogen production processes of the one or more hydrogen production processes, and the selected one or more utilities to operate the selected one or more hydrogen production processes thereby to transform the selected one or more available feedstock to hydrogen, and
(VI) in response to determination of completion of the selected one or more hydrogen production processes, transmit a delivery request of the hydrogen via the selected one or more hydrogen distribution pathways.