Fuel Quality Settlement Layer

Verify every grade.
Settle on delivered quality.

Anchor the calorific value test at the moment coal is delivered and tie the payment calculation directly to the verified grade. Any shortfall against the contracted grade is reflected in payment automatically, rather than fought out in a separate dispute.

The Foundation

The Execution Mechanics

Convert a slow grade dispute into an automatic payment adjustment anchored to the delivered quality test.

01.

Grade Certificate Anchor

The Produce Grades and Certificates module binds each delivery to its contracted grade and the lab test taken on arrival, so the agreed and delivered quality sit in one record.

02.

Provenance-Linked Sampling

The Provenance Notary ties each calorific value sample to the specific rake and mine of origin, making it impossible to swap a good sample for a poor consignment.

03.

Automatic Shortfall Pricing

Escrow and Conditional Settlement recomputes the payable amount from the verified grade, so a delivery below the contracted calorific value is priced down without a claim.

04.

Conditional Release

Payment is held in escrow until the quality test is anchored, releasing the adjusted amount to the supplier only once the delivered grade is confirmed.

05.

Dispute-Free Settlement

Because both parties settle against the same anchored test, contested deliveries resolve against a signed grade record instead of two conflicting lab reports.

06.

Linkage Audit Trail

Every delivery, sample, and adjustment is retained, giving auditors and the coal ministry a verifiable history of quality against each fuel supply agreement.

The Fuel Linkage Lifecycle

Follow a single coal rake from dispatch through arrival sampling to an automatically adjusted payment.

Operational log system
cerulea_fuel_linkage.log

07:41:03

[SYS] Opening consignment against linkage LNK_338...

07:41:03

[CMD] dispatch { rake: "RK_9021", grade: "G7", tonnes: 3800 }

07:41:04

[AUTH] Binding mine of origin and contracted grade...

07:41:04

[OK] Consignment anchored at block 6633102.

Smart Contract Anatomy

Cerulea decomposes fuel linkage settlement into modular contracts. Each layer records the contracted grade, seals the delivered test, prices the shortfall, and releases the adjusted payment.

Applicability Across the Spectrum

Grade-linked settlement is a horizontal capability. Here is how different actors in the coal supply chain put the verified record to work.

Power Generators

Pay for coal on the quality actually delivered, with shortfalls priced automatically at the gate, protecting plant heat rate and cash without a claims backlog.

Key Asset Types

  1. 1Fuel Linkages
  2. 2Grade Tests
  3. 3Adjusted Invoices

Coal Producers & Traders

Prove delivered quality with a sealed sample tied to origin, settling faster and defending against unjust deductions with a shared test record.

Key Asset Types

  1. 1Dispatch Rakes
  2. 2Origin Attestations
  3. 3Quality Certificates

Regulators & Ministries

Audit fuel supply agreements against verified grades directly on-chain, monitoring linkage performance without collecting reports from each party.

Key Asset Types

  1. 1Linkage Audits
  2. 2Settlement Records
  3. 3Compliance Trails

Network & Execution Architecture

Whether you are bridging a generator's ERP and weighbridge systems or capturing lab results from a sampling terminal, Cerulea routes both into one settlement record.

Track A: Generator ERP Bridging

For power utilities on legacy ERP and weighbridge software. Dispatch and receipt events are translated into signed on-chain consignment records through the API gateway.

ERP / Weighbridge

Utility Fuel Systems

HTTPS / REST

Cerulea API Gateway

Event Hashing & Signing

WASM COMPILATION

Cerulea Private Chain

Fuel Settlement Ledger

Track B: Sampling Lab Capture

For third-party labs and sampling agencies. A signed terminal anchors each calorific value test directly to the rake it was drawn from.

Sampling Terminal

Third-Party Lab

LAB SIGNATURE

Consortium Validators

Test Consensus

STATE EXECUTION

Cerulea Ledger

Sealed Grade Record

Accelerated Time-to-Market Simulator

Building grade-linked settlement with sampling anchors, shortfall pricing, and conditional escrow from scratch requires specialised engineers and long integration cycles. Calculate your exact deployment speed using Cerulea.

Required Grade & Settlement Rules

38Rules
Simple (10)Enterprise (200)

Traditional Deployment

Solidity Coding & Audits

~ 12 Months

Cerulea Edge

Visual Compilation

WASM Logical Artifacts

~ 4 Weeks

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Technical Methodology

The legacy timeline reflects enterprise settlement integration benchmarks. Wiring weighbridge and lab systems, building custom shortfall pricing, and shipping a conditional escrow for an average linkage takes a baseline of 7 months. Building the same architecture on Cerulea takes a baseline of 2 weeks, because Cerulea Studio visually translates your grade and settlement rules into pre-audited WebAssembly binaries and provisions the escrow and quality ledger instantly.