Patent ID: 8666683
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: B67D,G01M

Abstract:
1. A processor-based system for monitoring a fluid dispensing system having a storage tank and a piping system, the piping system having a maximum output flow rate threshold, the processor-based system comprising: a dispenser configured to dispense fluid from the fluid dispensing system during a dispensing time interval; a metering device in fluid communication with piping system, the metering device configured to measure a plurality of sample flow rates over time in response to fluid passing through the metering device; and a processor for executing a monitoring application that generates an alert within a substantially real-time period in response to an event of interest, the monitoring application comparing the maximum output flow rate threshold to the plurality of sample flow rates over time to generate the alert when at least one of the sample flow rates exceeds the maximum output flow rate threshold, and wherein the monitoring application is configured to operate during active periods of dispensing fluid from the fluid dispensing system, wherein the dispenser comprises a dispenser metering device, and wherein the monitoring application generates a dispensing alert when a piping system flow rate measured at the metering device is greater than a dispensing flow rate measured at the dispenser metering device.