MONITORING TRANSPORT OF MATERIALS IN CONTAINERS

摘要

A railcar asset management system proactively issues an alert or task when a pre-determined event occurs. The system may receive information regarding the location and status of a railcar from sensors on the railcar that may include a telematics sensing unit. A database in the railway telematics system stores the data regarding the railcar location and status information. The system determines whether an event has occurred and issues the proactive alerts and/or task. The system may communicate the proactive alert via e-mail, paging, PDAs or by cell phone and may provide interactive preconfigured web pages.

主权项

1. A method for monitoring a container valve or hatch, the method comprising:
receiving, from one or more sensors, data including a time and a location of a container and a condition of a seal of a valve or hatch on the container; determining whether the condition of the seal of the valve or hatch on the container indicates that the seal of the valve or hatch on the container has been compromised; and in response to a determination that the seal of the valve or hatch on the container has been compromised:
evaluating, with respect to a metric, the location of the container at the time when the condition of the seal of the valve or hatch on the container indicates that the seal of the valve or hatch on the container has been compromised;determining an action to be taken related to the compromised seal of the valve or hatch on the container, based on evaluating, with respect to the metric, the location of the container at the time when the condition of the seal of the valve or hatch on the container indicates that the seal of the valve or hatch on the container has been compromised against the metric; andissuing a proactive alert.