Patent ID: 8389285
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: C10L,F17D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method to make a calibration model comprising: (a) collecting an xBOB stream sample; (b) analyzing the xBOB stream sample by one or more spectroscopic methods to produce an analyzed xBOB product spectrum; (c) transmitting the spectrum of the analyzed xBOB product to a conversion device to mathematically correct or enhance the spectrum to create a corrected spectrum; (d) adding a fixed, known quantity of a pre-determined oxygenate composition to said analyzed xBOB product to produce an associated oxygenate-containing gasoline; (e) performing laboratory tests on said associated oxygenate-containing gasoline to determine laboratory results for one or more chemical or physical properties; and (f) correlating the spectra from a series of xBOB streams to the laboratory results for the associated oxygenate-containing gasoline products to produce a calibration model.