Patent ID: 8684028

Claim:
A fuel monitoring system comprising: one or more fuel supply subsystems (S 1 , S 2 , . . . Sn), each subsystem including: a fuel supplier ( 1 ); one or more sensors ( 3 ), ( 22 ), ( 8 ) for monitoring fuel characteristics of a flow of fuel supplied by the fuel supplier ( 1 ); a deadman circuit at an upstream location proximate to the fuel supplier that can act to stop the flow of fuel from the fuel supplier upon sensing of fuel characteristics outside a predetermined range; a signal, once communicated to the deadman circuit, that can override contrary control by an operator; a data register-transmitter device ( 5 ) for gathering data from the one or more sensors ( 3 ), ( 22 ), ( 7 ), the data register-transmitter device ( 5 ) is in operable communication with the one or more sensors ( 3 ), ( 22 ), ( 8 ); a server arrangement ( 12 ) for storing the data from the one or more sensors ( 3 ), ( 22 ), ( 8 ); and a data insert block ( 9 ) or base station for transmitting the data to the server arrangement ( 12 ), the base station ( 9 ) being in operable communication with the data register-transmitter device ( 5 ) for acquiring the data from the data register-transmitter ( 5 ) that is transmitted to the server arrangement ( 12 ).