Online inventory management of packaged gases

Author

Mason, A. ; Shaw, A. ; Al-Shamma, A.I.

Author_Institution

RF & Microwaves Group, Liverpool John Moores Univ., Liverpool, UK

fYear

2010

fDate

23-25 Feb. 2010

Firstpage

84

Lastpage

89

Abstract

Gas cylinders are used in many different situations, such as in research, in industry, in healthcare, and even in the home. Due to demand in such a wide variety of circumstances, there is the inevitable ambition of gas suppliers to improve the efficiency of their business. To this end, a tracking system is proposed in this paper in order to provide such improved efficiency whilst also integrating sensors in order to monitor gas cylinders from a safety perspective. A prototype system is presented and its operation described in detail. Preliminary results from the prototype system are also shown and the sensors implemented for demonstration are discussed. Future work to be conducted is also alluded to.

Keywords

accident prevention; condition monitoring; gas industry; gas sensors; inventory management; tanks (containers); tracking; gas cylinders monitoring; gas suppliers; online inventory management; packaged gases; safety perspective; sensors; tracking system; Gas detectors; Gas industry; Gases; Inventory management; Medical services; Monitoring; Packaging; Prototypes; Safety; Sensor systems; Sensor networks; Zigbee; asset tracking; industrial applications; motes; wireless;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Limerick

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4988-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4989-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SAS.2010.5439384

Filename

5439384