Systems and methods for characterizing substance transfer stations

A system for determining station information regarding a substance transfer station for vehicular loading or unloading of a carried substance, the system comprising:

• a flow rate sensor associated with a pipeline input and configured to measure a first amount of substance received at the substance transfer station from the pipeline input;
• a first client device including a location transceiver coupled to a location antenna, the first client device being associated with a first substance transportation vehicle and configured to track a location of the first substance transportation vehicle in a vicinity of the substance transfer station;
• a server including at least one memory unit configured to store instructions;
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• at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to:
• receive first location information obtained by the location transceiver of the first client device,
• determine, based on the first location information, an arrival time of the first client device within a predefined region surrounding at least a portion of the substance transfer station;
• receive second location information obtained by the location transceiver of the first client device associated with the first substance transportation vehicle;
• determine based on the second location information a departure time of the first client device from the predefined region surrounding at least a portion of the substance transfer station;
• measure a station time, the station time being based on a difference between the arrival time and the departure time of the first substance transfer vehicle;
• control the flow rate sensor to measure the first amount of substance received at the substance transfer station from the pipeline input;
• determine an estimated second amount of substance unloaded from the first substance transportation vehicle according to the station time;
• determine an estimated remaining capacity of the substance transfer station according to at least the first amount of substance and the second amount of substance;
• determine an incentive according to the estimated remaining capacity;
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• transmit the station information to a second client device, wherein the station information includes the incentive, the estimated remaining capacity, and a total time estimate associated with journeying to the substance transfer station by a second substance transportation vehicle, waiting at the substance transfer station, and transferring of a carried substance from the second substance transportation vehicle at the substance transfer station, wherein the total time estimate is based at least on a current location of the second substance transportation vehicle and the station time.