RFID Bloggy'n Tips: How EFDS works? Meter Recorder in Action!

What is EFDS?

Electronic fuel delivery system (EFDS) is an award* winning system that helps you to generate fuel efficiency reports that compares the operation time again fuel consumption for each construction vehicle or machine. It is a system that combines and automates machine/fleet management together with flow meter recording.

Situation: In a medium size construction site, there are over 50-100 fuel-powered machines or vehicles, having their fuel tanks refilled with hundreds and thousands gallons of oil/diesel every day.

Problems:

It is hard to measure how efficient each machine is. It is hard to obtain their total run time. It is hard to get the amount of fuel consumed too.
How could you determine the FUEL EFFICIENCY without all these data?
Sometimes, different contractors might work at the same site, using the same fuel refilling station/facilities. If you want to split the bill according to each vehicle and their operation time, you need a lot of paper work.

How EFDS works:

Install a ID Tag (transponder) on that machine, so now each machine now has an ID
Install a wireless Operation Timer (datal ogger) is connected to each machine's fuse box, the logger records the operation time
The flow meter in refilling station are connected to our ES-Box, which records the amount of oil refilled
The Mobile Handheld Reader identifies each machine by reading the ID Tag on them as they approach
These data can be consolidated and shown on a Mobile Handheld Reader and then print out by a printer immediately

STEP A

A ID-Tag and Operation Timer are installed on a diesel generator (NISSHA NES220EM) control panel. ID-Tag and Operation Timer can be installed separately in different parts of the machine. Sometimes the fuse box and fuel injection opening of a machine are very far apart. But with our system this doesn't hinder us at all!

STEP B

A ES-BOX (Embedded System Box) communicates with the flow meter register (e.g. Veeder Root EMR series), the ES-Box works well with other flow meter register system with RS232/485 or any other kind of communication method.

STEP C

A Mobile Handheld Reader can consolidate all the data from ES-BOX, Operation Timer and ID Tag to generate a list of machine/vehicle operation time and their fuel consumption record. These data can be shared through mobile network to construction site office or headquarter for record.