Design of Automatic Fuel Filling System

Project Title

Design of Automatic Fuel Filling System

Project Area of Specialization Mechatronics EngineeringProject Summary

With the rapid growth in technology, usage of automobile is increasing day by day, leading to an increase of fuel filling stations. In the present scenario, these filling stations are totally manually operated which consumes time & requires man power. Wherein sparsely populated areas, the labour cost is more. Due to less availability of labour, and climatic conditions some of these filling stations wouldn’t be open 24/7. Keeping these factors in mind, a mechatronics approach is made to design an automatic fuel filling system, which would be cost effective, open 24/7, minimum labour required and optimum time taken to fill fuel. The car has to be parked in a specific region, wherein using image processing a close loop system will be generated which guides the robotic arm to align itself to the fuel tank. Once the arm has aligned itself, the consumer has to enter the amount for the quantity of petrol to be filled in the car by swiping his card in the machine. The pump gets actuated and the tank starts getting filled with fuel. Once the desired volume of fuel is filled in the car, the pump stops the supply of fuel and the arm returns to its initial position. Using this approach even the owner could monitor the pump online from any corner of the world and also get safe from petrol theft.

With the rapid growth in technology, usage of automobile is increasing day by day, leading to an increase of fuel filling stations. In the present scenario, these filling stations are totally manually operated which consumes time & requires man power. Wherein sparsely populated areas, the labour cost is more. Due to less availability of labour, and climatic conditions some of these filling stations wouldn’t be open 24/7. Keeping these factors in mind, a mechatronics approach is made to design an automatic fuel filling system, which would be cost effective, open 24/7, minimum labour required and optimum time taken to fill fuel. The car has to be parked in a specific region, wherein using image processing a close loop system will be generated which guides the robotic arm to align itself to the fuel tank. Once the arm has aligned itself, the consumer has to enter the amount for the quantity of petrol to be filled in the car by swiping his card in the machine. The pump gets actuated and the tank starts getting filled with fuel. Once the desired volume of fuel is filled in the car, the pump stops the supply of fuel and the arm returns to its initial position. Using this approach even the owner could monitor the pump online from any corner of the world and also get safe from petrol theft.

Project Objectives

According to our design, we can specify the flow rate of fuel for different range of vehicles as per their fuel tank capacity, so the process can be speeded up and the frequency of vehicles filled can be increased. The above mentioned point can be done through coding of the controller so that it drives the motor driver with a specific voltage that is required to drive the pump. As voltage varies the total amount of flow also varies as per the pump specifications. As the process is fully automated no need of labor except for maintenance and inspection. We can also setup the system at any place on highways, sparsely populated areas and can be controlled from a station away from it. It is 24/7 open and easy to operate. The setup can be situated in any place as the weather doesn’t affect the machine unless it is a natural hazard.

Project Implementation Method

Assumptions in the Design

• The lid of the car is kept open always

• All cars entering into the bay are of mono fuel, either petrol, or diesel.

• The payment will be paid directly to the controller.

A microchip is inserted into the fuel cap, so that the exact location of the fuel filling port is recognized by sensor.

Benefits of the Project

Nowadays there is no field of science where advancement isn't happening and likewise we are also planning on doing something contributing in this advancing world. In Pakistan the industry of refueling is increasing day by day as of the increase in the vehicles in Pakistan are growing largely. Current refueling pumps are operated by man power and without man power we cannot operate them. So we are thinking of making an automatic refueling system which will require zero man power and the customer who is there for refueling from our automatic refueling system will be entertained by our system in the vehicle without getting out of the vehicle. Prepared system with require no man power and there would be less loss according to  nowadays petrol pumps scams.

Nowadays there is no field of science where advancement isn't happening and likewise we are also planning on doing something contributing in this advancing world. In Pakistan the industry of refueling is increasing day by day as of the increase in the vehicles in Pakistan are growing largely.

Current refueling pumps are operated by man power and without man power we cannot operate them. So we are thinking of making an automatic refueling system which will require zero man power and the customer who is there for refueling from our automatic refueling system will be entertained by our system in the vehicle without getting out of the vehicle.

Prepared system with require no man power and there would be less loss according to  nowadays petrol pumps scams.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

When the vehicle stops in the allocated region for REFUELING the camera fitted on the fueling station will detect the cap of the fuel tank. Once, the cap is detected the station will move it self according to the position  of the cap. Then the vaccum rod will move forward & opens the lid. After opening lid the fuel pipe moves forward and gets insered in the fuel tank and the fuel starts filling as per the user input. After filling the fuel the fuel pipe gets outside and the vaccum rod will close the lid and the fueling station will move towards its initial position .

Final Deliverable of the Project Hardware SystemCore Industry PetroleumOther Industries Others Core Technology RoboticsOther Technologies OthersSustainable Development Goals Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureRequired Resources