Technotrade provides a system for petroleum products turnover on the basis of the PTS-2 forecourt controller

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This solution introduces the concept of the Petroleum Products Turnover Control System which is built on the basis of the PTS-2 forecourt controller developed by the Technotrade LLC company.

Fuel turnover control involves collecting information about fuel sales at gas stations, oil depots or any other enterprises and transferring information about this sale (transaction) to a database server, where this data can be processed to control fuel turnover (for example, the Ministry of Energy) or control over the accurate payment of taxes (the State Tax Office).

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 PROBLEM 

Control over petroleum products turnover plays an important role in energy policy of any country. It allows to control the balance and to identify losses at provision the country with petroleum products and also to account taxes from sales of petroleum products.

The task of controlling the petroleum products turnover in the country is also very important for any country, since it is an important factor in the energy security of this country. Also, such a task is relevant for any enterprise engaged in the retail sale of petroleum products in large volumes. To ensure such global accounting of petroleum products it is necessary to receive information from all places where activities with petroleum products are carried out: their reception, storage and dispensing (sales).

At present time not all the sales of petroleum products at petrol stations are accounted due to business entities tend to hide some of them in order to pay less taxes resulting that less money is coming into the state budget. This possibility can be eliminated if refueling and registering of fuel sales are performed automatically and simultaneously in one common electronic device, excluding the influence of the human factor (intentional or unintentional errors in data).

Goals and objectives of creating an automated system for supervision over the turnover of petroleum products:

  • to automate the process of fuel sales registration: each registered sale should be electronically signed and sent to a state server for account
  • to provide the State Tax Office with an automated reliable mechanism of obtaining performed fuel sales by business entities
  • to simplify creation and storage of reporting documents related to fuel sales for business entities
  • to minimize interaction of business entities with the State Tax Office
  • to eliminate any possibilities of frauds by business entities

 SOLUTION 

The PTS-2 forecourt controller developed by the Technotrade LLC company makes it possible to guarantee the registration of all petroleum sales and completely eliminates any possibility of distorting data on transactions. The PTS-2 forecourt controller has the following functions:

  • provides control over fueling of petroleum through any brands of dispensers and registration of the performed sales in its memory (with complete details)
  • registration of in-tank deliveries (receptions), dispensing (sales), control of current petroleum product balances in tanks
  • registration of payments for petroleum products using various forms of payment (cash, bank cards, loyalty cards, other possible)
  • forms electronic documents on performed transactions, signed with electronic signature
  • transfer of data on the movement of petroleum products to the server of the State Tax Office or the Ministry of Energy
  • provides high security, integrity of data and its protection from distortion, loss or modification
  • provides automatic registration of fuel received in tanks and actual fuel remains
  • has small size (size of a credit card), which makes its suitable for installation inside any third-party hardware
  • provides easy integration with existing management systems for petrol stations
  • provides remote diagnostics for quick elimination of any problems or alerts found on petrol stations to reduce downtime
Registration of petroleum sales at petrol stations
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The PTS-2 forecourt controller in addition to the petrol stations can be installed on the petroleum storage depots and inside the fuel delivery trucks, where it registers performed fillings, actual petroleum remains and in-tank deliveries. Having information from all of these places allows to get a full picture of the petroleum products turnover in the country and to know the balance of petroleum: how much was received, how much was sold and what are the present remains. Such information gives instruments to the Ministry of Energy to effectively control the situation in regions with distribution of petroleum maximizing profits and minimizing losses.

Control over petroleum turnover over the country on petrol stations, storage depots and in fuel trucks
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The proposed solution to create an automated system for control over petroleum products has been successfully implemented in Ukraine as a part of specialized fiscal cash registers for petrol stations and has been successfully operated in recent years.

We in Technotrade LLC are ready to cooperate with the State Tax Offices and with private enterprises to implement such projects worldwide.

Practice of using the PTS-2 forecourt controller on thousands of petrol stations, storage depots and fuel delivery trucks worldwide has proved its reliability and efficiency.


 FEATURES 

PARAMETER VALUE
Connection to pumps (fuel, diesel, CNG, LPG) and register meters
Maximal number of pumps connected Up to 120
Total number of pumps brands supported 150
Connection to ATG systems/consoles and probes/gauges
Maximal number of ATG consoles and probes connected Up to 20
Total number of ATG consoles and probes brands supported 50
Connection to price boards
Maximal number of price boards connected Up to 5
Connection to RFID/UHF readers
Connection to automatic vehicle identification (AVI) systems
Maximal number of readers connected Up to 700
Communication with management systems over Ethernet interface
Communication with management systems over RS-485 interface
Communication with management systems over RS-232 interface
Encryption of communication with the management systems
Number of simultaneously connected management systems No limitation
Support of communication with management systems using WebSocket protocol
Presence of internal database for performed pump transactions, tank measurements, in-tank deliveries, alerts, GPS records
Automatic mode of control over pumps
Price scheduler
Presence of a built-in web-server for configuration, management, monitoring, reporting and diagnostics
Users and roles management and authentication
Conversion between pumps protocols
Conversion between probes protocols
Conversion between price boards protocols
Automatic calculation of temperature-compensated volume
Automatic calculation of in-tank deliveries to tanks
Automatic tanks calibration
Automatic leakage detection from tanks
Support of GPS module for vehicles geolocation, reporting on travelled route and places of pumps fillings and changes of product levels in tanks
Integration with payment solutions
Integration with bank payment terminals
Collection of forecourt diagnostics information for online technical support (alerts, errors, warnings)
Leading internal database of tags (for fuel attendants and customers)
Offline operation
Built-in self-diagnostics
Realtime communication to a remote server
Logging of operation
Remote firmware update
Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers
Presence of API for quick integration into third-party solutions
Power supply voltage 12 V DC
Current consumption 700 mA max
Temperature range from -40°C to +60°C
Weight 200 g
Overall dimensions 85 x 58 x 30 mm

Products in structure of this solution:

PTS-2 forecourt controller
PTS-2 forecourt controller

IoT forecourt controller PTS-2 which supports more than 120 brands of pumps and 40 brands of ATG systems. Go ahead with automation!



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