Fuel usage monitoring
AssigneeSouthern Company Services, Inc.
InventorChristopher James Burrow
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Abstract
Various methods and systems are provided for monitoring fuel usage and/or remaining run time of backup power sources. In one embodiment, a method includes tracking run time of a backup power source; determining a current fuel level associated with the backup power source; and providing a fuel level warning. In another embodiment, a system includes a fuel monitoring system including logic that obtains a current run time corresponding to a backup power source; logic that determines a current fuel level based at least in part upon the current run time, the current fuel level corresponding to a fuel source supplying the backup power source; and logic that provides a fuel level warning based upon the current fuel level and a predefined fuel level threshold.
Claims20
A fuel usage monitoring system comprising:
- at least one computing device;
- and
- a fuel monitoring system executable in the at least one computing device, the fuel monitoring system operable to:
- obtain a current run time corresponding to a period of past operation of a backup power source;
- determine a current fuel level based at least in part upon the current run time and a starting fuel source level, the current fuel level corresponding to a fuel tank supplying the backup power source;
- and
- provide a fuel level warning based upon the current fuel level and a predefined fuel level threshold.
A method for monitoring fuel usage of a backup power source, the method comprising:
- tracking an accumulated run time of the backup power source;
- determining a current fuel level associated with the backup power source based at least in part upon the accumulated run time;
- and
- providing a fuel level warning based upon the current fuel level and a predefined fuel level threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.