Patent ID: 11940438
Assignee: THERMO KING LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC F  G  Y | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for monitoring fuel quality of a power system used in transport, the method comprising:
a controller of the power system determining that the prime mover is actively running;
upon determining that the prime mover is actively running, the controller determining an amount of fuel passing through the fuel/water separator;
while the prime mover is actively running, the controller monitoring an output of a water-in-fuel (WIF) sensor configured to indicate when a threshold amount of water has accumulated in a water collection reservoir of a fuel/water separator that separates water from fuel passing there through;
while the prime mover is actively running, the controller calculating a fuel quality score of the fuel based on the output of the WIF sensor and the amount of fuel having passed through the fuel/water separator; and
while the prime mover is actively running, the controller triggering different alerts based on the calculated fuel quality score.