Fuel

Fuel consumption control - fuel probe

One of the biggest costs of running a business where vehicles are used is the cost of purchasing fuel. The relatively easy possibility of theft, both at the gas station itself and directly from the fuel tanks, prompts the installation of additional security measures to prevent the abuses mentioned above. Therefore, the control of fuel consumption in the company allows you to detect possible irregularities in this regard, as well as control fuel consumption in company vehicles. Properly conducted monitoring of fuel consumption allows you to save.

There are many manual protections on the market, but they do not guarantee full protection. Our company has developed a system combining data from digital sensors and software processing and analyzing mentioned, which gives the user a comprehensive online control system.

The recorders that we offer allow for many connection options, including the fuel probes described below, the fuel float, and the CAN bus, also known as the CAN bus.

Based on our experience, we will advise you on the best methods of checking fuel consumption in a specific case. In addition, the control of fuel in the tank, as well as its combustion by means of GPS, will be illustrated with the help of appropriate reports.

Fuel probe

Fuel probes are currently the most popular form of inspection in various types of vehicles. It is especially advisable to mount fuel probes on large tanks of vehicles such as tractors, trucks (so-called solos), various types of excavators or backhoe loaders. In the examples mentioned, the amounts of fuel stored in the tanks are so large that the float cannot be measured and it is necessary to use a more accurate measuring tool, which is a probe. Our company only installs high-quality digital fuel probes. Thanks to this, the customer avoids the distortion of the measurement that occurs when using analog probes. In addition, the technology of mounted probes is based on the measurement of fuel pressure in the tank, which means that any changes in the volume of liquid at different temperatures do not affect the quality of the measurement.

The fuel probe is a pipe several centimeters long, which is equipped with an electronic system. It is permanently installed in the monitored fuel tank. The probe connects to the vehicle's battery and GPS recorder. What's more, thanks to the fuel probe, it is possible to accurately determine the time of refueling, fuel leakage, as well as control fuel consumption on the road.

Fuel probe

Fuel float

Fuel float

Our offer also includes the possibility of connecting to the vehicle's on-board computer, and thus reading data from the fuel float.

This solution allows you to obtain useful information relatively cheaply and without unnecessary interference with the tank. The aforementioned solution works well both on passenger cars, minivans and delivery vans, where the fuel tank has a simple structure and their capacity is not large.

Data that can be obtained thanks to reading include: current fuel level in the tank, number and time of refueling with an indication of the amount of refueled fuel, as well as the amount and time of discounts with an indication of the amount of stolen fuel. However, it should be remembered that the fuel float does not allow for fully accurate monitoring of fuel consumption, as the float measurement error is approximately 5-10%. Moreover, the float does not allow fuel to be measured when the ignition is turned off, making fuel theft possible when parked. Nevertheless, it gives correct results with the average combustion analysis.

Total fuel consumption

Connecting an additional module to the CAN bus of vehicles makes it possible to read the amount of fuel consumed within a specific period of time.

Many vehicles have injection information. The mixture control computer accurately measures the amount of fuel injected into the piston chamber.

Our module reads this information, which is then sent to our server and, after being processed by the software, we present it to the user. Acquiring these values gives a better picture of the actual fuel consumption of specific vehicles, which in turn contributes to better control over employees.

It is worth noting that the CAN bus is present in all vehicles manufactured after 2002. All the essential electronic components of the vehicle are connected to it, i.e. temperature sensors, pressure sensors or probes. We have devices that allow us to collect messages from the bus. These data are sent to our server, and then defined users have access to them.

Total fuel consumption

Fuel tank anti-theft alarm

Fuel tank anti-theft alarm

The alarm is a device securing the fuel tank against mechanical damage and fuel theft by thieves during the stop.

Any attempts of unauthorized access to the inside of the tank are detected by the electronic system of the device and immediately transferred to the external decision-making system. This system verifies and further handles the event, which may consist, for example, of triggering a local sound or light alarm (implementation of the thief's panic function), activating the lights of a protected vehicle, sending a notification signal via a GPS device. This action avoids fuel theft or at least reduces the extent of the damage.

Fuel control in the company allows you to increase savings, but also to analyze the costs resulting from the maintenance of vehicles. After a week of fuel control, the first advantages of this solution are noticeable.