GPS-Linked Monitoring for Mobile Refrigerant Unit Performance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile refrigerant systems lack comprehensive monitoring of operational performance and location data, making it difficult to diagnose equipment failures, predict maintenance needs, and determine liability for system malfunctions or damage.
Innovation Solution
A system incorporating a GPS receiver for location tracking and a performance monitor that collects data on parameters like airflow, humidity, vibration, sound, speed, voltage, and frequency, combined by a processor to provide a comprehensive signal for real-time monitoring and analysis of the refrigerant system's performance and position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If comprehensive monitoring of operational performance and location data is implemented, then diagnostic accuracy and maintenance prediction improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines GPS receiver, performance monitor, and processor into an integrated monitoring system. The processor receives and combines locator signals and monitor signals to produce a combined output, merging multiple monitoring functions into a unified system that improves diagnostic accuracy without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring system performs multiple functions through a single integrated architecture: location tracking via GPS, operational performance monitoring through various sensors, data combination and processing, and predictive maintenance analysis. This multi-functional approach allows comprehensive monitoring while avoiding the complexity of separate independent systems.
2Reliability
If multiple monitoring parameters are collected simultaneously, then system reliability improves, but data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The processor is designed to receive and combine locator signals and monitor signals simultaneously, preparing and organizing data before analysis is needed. This preliminary data combination and organization reduces the processing burden during critical analysis phases, enabling reliable multi-parameter monitoring without overwhelming data processing requirements.
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AI summary
A system for monitoring a mobile refrigerant system including one or more system components is provided. The system includes a global positioning system, a performance monitor, and a processor. The global positioning system includes a receiver that provides a locator signal. The performance monitor provides a monitor signal indicative of operational performance of at least one of the system components of the refrigerant system. The processor is adapted to receive and combine the locator signal and the monitor signal, and produce a combined locator and monitor signal output.