Patents by Inventor Justin L. Womeldorff

Justin L. Womeldorff has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230416624
    Abstract: Systems and methods to provide renewable transportation fuels for internal combustion engines by converting renewable feedstocks into two or more intermediate hydrocarbon blend stocks and blending at least two of the two or more intermediate hydrocarbon blend stocks to produce the renewable transportation fuel. Methods and/or processes may include selecting sugar from a sugar source and introducing the sugar into one or more reactors. The sugar may be converted into an intermediate renewable hydrocarbon blend stock and sent to a separation unit to separate out an intermediate renewable gasoline unit. The process may include selecting and converting a lipid from a lipid source into a renewable diesel product. The renewable diesel product may be sent to a second separation unit to separate out renewable diesel and a low-grade naphtha. The low-grade naphtha and intermediate renewable gasoline may be blended to define a finished renewable gasoline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Justin L. Womeldorff, Jeffrey A. Sexton, David Linington
  • Publication number: 20230416638
    Abstract: Systems and methods to reduce pour point (PP) temperatures of fat-based compositions for use in transportation fuels. In one or more embodiments, methods and systems reduce the pour point of rendered fats using biologically-derived plant oils for effectively transporting the blended fat based compositions over long distances, thereby advantageously decreasing the heating and mixing requirements needed to maintain the compositional temperature above the pour point. In certain embodiments, the fat based composition comprises rendered animal fats, such as tallow in combination with distilled corn oil (DCO).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Z. Short, Nathan R. Klaus, David G. Teschel, Paul J. Dofton, Justin L. Womeldorff, Michelle Smith, Peg Broughton, Caleb S. Litchfield
  • Patent number: 11802257
    Abstract: Systems and methods to reduce pour point (PP) temperatures of fat-based compositions for use in transportation fuels. In one or more embodiments, methods and systems reduce the pour point of rendered fats using biologically-derived plant oils for effectively transporting the blended fat based compositions over long distances, thereby advantageously decreasing the heating and mixing requirements needed to maintain the compositional temperature above the pour point. In certain embodiments, the fat based composition comprises rendered animal fats, such as tallow in combination with distilled corn oil (DCO).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
    Inventors: Daniel Z. Short, Nathan R. Klaus, David G. Teschel, Paul J. Dofton, Justin L. Womeldorff, Michelle Smith, Peg Broughton, Caleb S. Litchfield
  • Patent number: 11788023
    Abstract: Systems and methods to provide renewable transportation fuels for internal combustion engines by converting renewable feedstocks into two or more intermediate hydrocarbon blend stocks and blending at least two of the two or more intermediate hydrocarbon blend stocks to produce the renewable transportation fuel. Methods and/or processes may include selecting sugar from a sugar source and introducing the sugar into one or more reactors. The sugar may be converted into an intermediate renewable hydrocarbon blend stock and sent to a separation unit to separate out an intermediate renewable gasoline unit. The process may include selecting and converting a lipid from a lipid source into a renewable diesel product. The renewable diesel product may be sent to a second separation unit to separate out renewable diesel and a low-grade naphtha. The low-grade naphtha and intermediate renewable gasoline may be blended to define a finished renewable gasoline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
    Inventors: Justin L. Womeldorff, Jeffrey A. Sexton, David Linington
  • Publication number: 20230242837
    Abstract: Systems and methods to reduce pour point (PP) temperatures of fat-based compositions for use in transportation fuels. In one or more embodiments, methods and systems reduce the pour point of rendered fats using biologically-derived plant oils for effectively transporting the blended fat based compositions over long distances, thereby advantageously decreasing the heating and mixing requirements needed to maintain the compositional temperature above the pour point. In certain embodiments, the fat based composition comprises rendered animal fats, such as tallow in combination with distilled corn oil (DCO).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Z. Short, Nathan R. Klaus, David G. Teschel, Paul J. Dofton, Justin L. Womeldorff, Michelle Smith, Peg Broughton, Caleb S. Litchfield
  • Publication number: 20230203390
    Abstract: Systems and methods to provide renewable transportation fuels for internal combustion engines by converting renewable feedstocks into two or more intermediate hydrocarbon blend stocks and blending at least two of the two or more intermediate hydrocarbon blend stocks to produce the renewable transportation fuel. Methods and/or processes may include selecting sugar from a sugar source and introducing the sugar into one or more reactors. The sugar may be converted into an intermediate renewable hydrocarbon blend stock and sent to a separation unit to separate out an intermediate renewable gasoline unit. The process may include selecting and converting a lipid from a lipid source into a renewable diesel product. The renewable diesel product may be sent to a second separation unit to separate out renewable diesel and a low-grade naphtha. The low-grade naphtha and intermediate renewable gasoline may be blended to define a finished renewable gasoline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Justin L. Womeldorff, Jeffrey A. Sexton, David Linington
  • Publication number: 20230114439
    Abstract: Systems and methods to provide renewable transportation fuels for internal combustion engines by converting renewable feedstocks into two or more intermediate hydrocarbon blend stocks and blending at least two of the two or more intermediate hydrocarbon blend stocks to produce the renewable transportation fuel. Methods and/or processes may include selecting sugar from a sugar source and introducing the sugar into one or more reactors. The sugar may be converted into an intermediate renewable hydrocarbon blend stock and sent to a separation unit to separate out an intermediate renewable gasoline unit. The process may include selecting and converting a lipid from a lipid source into a renewable diesel product. The renewable diesel product may be sent to a second separation unit to separate out renewable diesel and a low-grade naphtha. The low-grade naphtha and intermediate renewable gasoline may be blended to define a finished renewable gasoline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
    Inventors: Justin L. Womeldorff, Jeffrey A. Sexton, David Linington
  • Patent number: 11613715
    Abstract: Systems and methods to provide renewable transportation fuels for internal combustion engines by converting renewable feedstocks into two or more intermediate hydrocarbon blend stocks and blending at least two of the two or more intermediate hydrocarbon blend stocks to produce the renewable transportation fuel. Methods and/or processes may include selecting sugar from a sugar source and introducing the sugar into one or more reactors. The sugar may be converted into an intermediate renewable hydrocarbon blend stock and sent to a separation unit to separate out an intermediate renewable gasoline unit. The process may include selecting and converting a lipid from a lipid source into a renewable diesel product. The renewable diesel product may be sent to a second separation unit to separate out renewable diesel and a low-grade naphtha. The low-grade naphtha and intermediate renewable gasoline may be blended to define a finished renewable gasoline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP
    Inventors: Justin L. Womeldorff, Jeffrey A. Sexton, David Linington