Fuel tank monitoring systems and methods

A system for monitoring fuel tanks and delivering fuel, comprising:

• a plurality of fuel monitors for fuel tanks at different locations;
• each of the plurality of fuel monitors including at least one sensor configured to sense a position of an output valve of a fuel tank to obtain data to determine the amount of fuel remaining in the fuel tank;
• a communication system connected between the fuel monitors and one or more remote computer systems via a communications network;
• a remote server system in communication with the fuel monitors via the communications network, the remote server system having a processor including a fuel analytics engine and a delivery optimization engine;
• wherein the fuel monitors calculate fuel consumption and communicate fuel consumption and related data to the remote server system via the communications network;
• wherein the remote server system receives the data and determines the amount of fuel remaining in the fuel tanks;
• wherein the delivery optimization engine receives information on the fuel remaining in the fuel tanks and generates a delivery route and a delivery schedule for a plurality of customers at a plurality of locations.

A method for monitoring fuel tanks and scheduling deliveries, comprising:

• providing fuel monitoring devices configured to monitor the status of fuel tanks, the fuel monitoring devices each including at least one sensor configured to monitor a position of an output valve of a fuel tank to obtain data to determine the amount of fuel remaining in the fuel tank, and a communication system configured to establish communication between the fuel monitoring devices and one or more remote computer systems via a communications network;
• positioning the sensors of the fuel monitoring devices to sense fuel consumption;
• transmitting data from the sensors of the fuel monitoring devices to a remote server system via the communications network, the remote server system having a processor configured to execute system code stored on a memory, the system code including a fuel analytics engine;
• receiving the data from the fuel monitoring devices at the remote server system, the fuel analytics engine determining the amount of fuel remaining in the fuel tanks;
• and
• scheduling fuel deliveries and delivery routes with a delivery optimization engine that receives information on the fuel tanks from the fuel analytics engine.

A system for monitoring fuel tanks and delivering fuel, comprising:

• a plurality of fuel monitors for fuel tanks at different locations;
• each of the plurality of fuel monitors including at least one sensor configured to sense a position of an output valve of a fuel tank to obtain data to determine the amount of fuel remaining in the fuel tank;
• a communication system connected between the fuel monitors and one or more remote computer systems via a communications network;
• a remote server system in communication with the fuel monitors via the communications network, the remote server system having a processor including a fuel analytics engine and a delivery optimization engine;
• the remote server system receives data from the plurality of fuel monitors and the fuel analytics engine determines the amount of fuel remaining in the fuel tanks;
• and
• the delivery optimization engine receives information on the amount of fuel remaining in the fuel tanks and generates a delivery route and a delivery schedule for a plurality of customers at a plurality of locations.