Real-time determination of meter drift via loss qualification and quantification
AssigneeWayne Fueling Systems LLC
InventorsPrem Swaroop, Atish Kamble, Bodhayan Dev
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Abstract
In one aspect, data characterizing a fuel storage facility can be received from a sensor in operable communication with the fuel storage facility. An estimate of meter drift of a flow meter of a fuel dispenser in fluid communication with the fuel storage facility can be determined based on the received data. The estimate of meter drift can be determined based on at least one predictive model that predicts whether a calibration parameter characterizing a calibration of the flow meter has deviated from a predetermined flow meter calibration parameter. The estimate of meter drift can be provided.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, from a sensor in operable communication with a fuel storage facility, first data characterizing the fuel storage facility;
- evaluating the received data using at least one predictive model to determine second data characterizing an estimate of meter drift in a flow meter in fluid communication with the fuel storage facility;
- determining, based on the second data characterizing the estimate of meter drift, a meter drift loss quantity prediction for the fuel storage facility that characterizes an estimated amount of loss associated with meter drift;
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- presenting, upon determination of an existence of meter drift and based on the determined meter drift loss quantity prediction, a visual alert comprising a graphical display of the estimate of meter drift on a display in operable communication with the fuel storage facility.
A system comprising:
- at least one data processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions configured to cause the at least one data processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a sensor in operable communication with a fuel storage facility, first data characterizing the fuel storage facility;
- evaluating the received first data using at least one predictive model to determine second data characterizing an estimate of meter drift in a flow meter in fluid communication with the fuel storage facility;
- determining, based on the second data characterizing the estimate of meter drift, a meter drift loss quantity prediction for the fuel storage facility that characterizes an estimated amount of loss associated with meter drift;
- and
- presenting, upon determination of an existence of meter drift and based on the determined meter drift loss quantity prediction, a visual alert comprising a graphical display of the estimate of meter drift on a display in operable communication with the fuel storage facility.
A non-transitory computer program product storing instructions which, when executed by at least one data processor forming part of at least one computing system, cause the at least one data processor to implement operations comprising:
- receiving, from a sensor in operable communication with a fuel storage facility, first data characterizing the fuel storage facility;
- evaluating the received first data using at least one predictive model to determine second data characterizing an estimate of meter drift in a flow meter in fluid communication with the fuel storage facility;
- determining, based on the second data characterizing an estimate of meter drift, a meter drift loss quantity prediction for the fuel storage facility that characterizes an estimated amount of loss associated with meter drift;
- and
- presenting, upon determination of an existence of meter drift and based on the determined meter drift loss quantity prediction, a visual alert comprising a graphical display of the estimate of meter drift on a display in operable communication with the fuel storage facility.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.