Patent ID: 6957171

Claim:
A monitoring and control system for a compressed gas fuel storage system having a storage vessel monitored by a plurality of sensors, each sensor generating an operating parameter signal, the system comprising: an input controller for managing gas flow to the compressed gas fuel storage system; an output controller for managing gas flow from the compressed gas fuel storage system; and a control system for managing the input controller and the output controller, the control system including: a memory module for storing data related to design characteristics of the storage vessel, the data being representative of useful life characteristics of the storage vessel; an input signal converter for receiving and conditioning the operating parameter signals from the plurality of sensors, the operating parameter signals being related to useful life characteristics of the storage vessel; a processor module for evaluating the conditioned operating parameter signals provided by the input signal converter in relation to the data stored in the memory module to determine a status of the compressed gas fuel storage system; an output signal converter for generating drive warning indicators based on the status of the compressed gas fuel storage system for controlling the input controller and the output controller; and a system status module managed by the processor module for allowing in-service switching to change operating modes of the fuel storage system.