Adjusting a fuel on-board a vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9827850
APP PUB NO 20170282708A1
SERIAL NO

15084844

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Techniques for separating a fuel on-board a vehicle include mixing an input fuel stream and a fluid solvent; separating the mixture into a first liquid fuel stream and a second liquid fuel stream, the first liquid fuel stream including a first portion of the input fuel stream defined by a first auto-ignition characteristic value and the fluid solvent, the second liquid fuel stream including a second portion of the input fuel stream defined by a second auto-ignition characteristic value that is different than the first auto-ignition characteristic value; separating the first liquid fuel stream into the fluid solvent and the first portion of the input fuel stream; directing the first portion of the input fuel stream to a first fuel tank on the vehicle; and directing the second portion of the input fuel stream to a second fuel tank on the vehicle.

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SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYDHAHRAN 31311

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
AlRamadan, Abdullah Sadek Dhahran, SA 2 9
Hamad, Esam Z Dhahran, SA 34 315

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