Self-standing Mobile Detection Device for Bulk Material Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current solutions for monitoring chemical-physical parameters and tracking solid materials during storage and transportation in the food and agricultural industries are complex, prone to clogging, and inefficient, leading to significant economic losses due to contamination and deterioration.
Innovation Solution
A self-standing mobile detection device with integrated sensors and wireless transmission units, made of porous or rigid plastic materials, that can be dispersed within the material flow, allowing for passive handling and real-time monitoring of parameters like temperature, humidity, and gas concentrations, using Wi-Fi, NFC, and GPS for communication and localization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional monitoring systems are used inside storage containers, then chemical-physical parameters can be detected, but the devices are complex, prone to clogging, and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring system is divided into multiple independent portable detection devices that can be dispersed throughout the storage container. Each device independently monitors local conditions and transmits data wirelessly, eliminating the need for a single complex centralized system and reducing clogging risks by distributing components throughout the material bulk.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces mechanical connection systems (cables, physical linkages) with wireless transmission technology. Detection devices communicate monitoring data through wireless signals to external receivers, eliminating mechanical components that could clog or fail, thereby simplifying device structure while maintaining reliable monitoring.
2Device complexity
If portable detection devices are used, then device complexity is reduced, but measurement precision may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
Each portable detection device integrates multiple detection functions (temperature, humidity, gas concentration sensors) and wireless transmission capabilities into a single compact unit. This merging of functions maintains measurement precision across multiple parameters while keeping individual devices simple and portable.
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AI summary
The disclosure describes a device for the detection of chemical- physical parameters and for the transmission of information, inside a container for the storage and/or the transportation of solid material. Specifically, such device comprises at least one detection element for the detection of chemical-physical parameters and at least a unit for wireless transmission of information. At the same time the disclosure describes a system comprising a plurality of such devices and further comprising a control unit able to communicate with such plurality of devices. The disclosure also describes a process for the detection and the monitoring of chemical-physical parameters which uses such system.