Precision Fuel Monitoring
Precision Fuel Monitoring
Companies that have large fleets inevitably face fuel management issues. And there is a sound reason for that: fuel costs often form a considerable part of total fleet expenses. In this case fuel monitoring system is the ultimate solution for optimization of the expenditure account.
Fuel management system is based on data available from onboard computer or after-market fuel level sensors, installed in the fuel tank of a vehicle. Data transferred to tracking system allows to detect fuel thefts or unreasonably large fuel burn, thus helping to find ways to save 15% or more on fuel costs and increase fleet efficiency by 30% or more. According to statistics, Precision fleet management system implementation for fuel control pays for itself within 3-4 months.
Our fuel management system offers fuel control solutions for the following:
- Fuel usage for all types of vehicles, heavy engineering and agricultural machines
- Fuel compartment monitoring for bulk transit transportation tankers
- Above and underground tanks
- Generators
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
Through this, the system is able to achieve the following:
- Real time fuel level and volumes
- Fuel filling alerts
- Fuel theft alerts
- Monitor average fuel consumption
