Fuel tank monitoring
Many vehicle telematics and stationary object monitoring systems provide fuel tank monitoring feature. Quite often, fuel level measurement is one of the core fleet’s requirements to GPS vehicle tracking system for trucks, construction and agricultural equipment. Moreover, information on fuel volume fill ups and fuel draining volumes from tank or storage is useful for telematics systems of vessels and railroad machinery – equipment with high fuel consumption. Increasingly, fuel level measurement and remote monitoring is implemented for diesel power generator sets, heating equipment rooms and corporate gas stations.
Fuel tank monitoring allows fleet manager or machinery supervisor to:
- measure precise volumes of fuel tank refill;
- Detect fuel siphoning from fuel tank;
- Prevent fuel theft from tank (e.g. underfilling or siphoning);
- Reveal fuel mixing with extraneous liquids (e.g. waste oil);
- Compare fuel quality of different suppliers/gas stations;
- Indirectly define fuel consumption;
- Schedule supply tank refill of stationary engine.
Our safety systems control all the parameters in accordance with the guidelines of engine manufacturers.
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Benefits of implementing fuel tank monitoring
Higher transparency of fuel costs accounting
Fuel level monitoring helps fleets to determine precise volumes and exact places of fuel tank refilling, combining that information with fuel bills.
Higher transparency of fuel costs accounting
Fuel level monitoring helps fleets to determine precise volumes and exact places of fuel tank refilling, combining that information with fuel bills.
Extended lifetime of fuel system and lower maintenance costs
Mixing high-quality fuel with extraneous liquids (water, alcohol, used engine oil) leads to early engine breakdown and high costs for repair. That can be eliminated by detecting and alerting fuel quality change, what can be done by fuel monitoring system
Increased fuel economy and optimized fuel cost
Indirect “measurement” of fuel use (i.e. by decrease of fuel level in tank), preventing theft from fuel tank, excluding fraud attempts with sales slips – all that helps fleets to implement fuel economy measures, and thus reduce company’s fuel expense.
Easier trip reporting and transfer of vehicle between drivers
Less time spent for after-trip reporting by driver and quicker transfer of vehicle between drivers (e.g. shifts) increases overall performance of fleet. Also, automated fuel level measurement allows easier fuel data integration into ERP and accounting platforms.