• DocumentCode
    173906
  • Title

    Freighter fuel level detection and overload alarming system with safety notification via GSM

  • Author

    Morsalin, Sayidul ; Mahmud, Khalid ; Halim, Md Reduanul ; Saha, Prabirkumar ; Jamil, Insan Arafat

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Chittagong Univ. of Eng. & Tech, Chittagong, Bangladesh
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    23-24 May 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    A PIC microcontroller based digital electronic system has been designed to monitor the fuel level and total amount of load on the freighter and generate scan report for the captain of the freighter. The system is designed for three different freighter load levels; no load, optimal load and over load. At initial level it remains in no load status, when load increases and still remain in optimal level then the system notify crews to initiate voyage. If the load increases to over load level then the system gives alarm and sends alert message to the main control tower for necessary initiative. The communication between the vessel and main control tower is done by GSM module to ensure long distance reliable communication. For amenity, freighter fuel level is monitored in both analogue and digital scale. The system is implemented by PIC midrange microcontroller based hardware and low cost GSM module which makes it more economic, reliable and efficient.
  • Keywords
    alarm systems; cellular radio; marine safety; marine systems; microcontrollers; GSM module; PIC midrange microcontroller; digital electronic system; freighter fuel level detection; freighter load levels; overload alarming system; safety notification system; Fuels; GSM; Loading; Microcontrollers; Monitoring; Safety; GSM; PIC microcontroller; freighter; fuel level; overload alarming; safety notofication system;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV), 2014 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Dhaka
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-5179-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIEV.2014.6850701
  • Filename
    6850701