ŽILNSKÁ UNIVERZITA V ŽILINE
Univerzitný vedecký park
UNIVERSITY OF ZILINA
University Science Park
Monitoring Solution for Dangerous
Goods Carried by Intermodal
Transport
Ing. Ľuboš Takáč, PhD.
22.05.2014

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Presentation Content
 Motivation
 Intermodal Transport Monitoring
 GPS – Trackers
 Monitoring System Architecture
 Designed Services
 Problems & Future Work
 Conclusion

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Motivation
 dangerous goods (flammable, explosive, corrosive, radioactive,
etc.)
 public safety
 restricted area (water resources, tunnels, long bridges, another
specific geographic areas)
 European standards

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Intermodal Transport Monitoring
 cargo monitoring regardless of actual transport type
 monitoring systems Integration
 cargo monitoring

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GPS Trackers
 there are many GPS Trackers with various parameters
 basic requirements for our system
 own power supply
 GSM module
 scalability (extensibility with accelerometer,
thermometer, another sensors)
 resistant cover

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Monitoring System Architecture
 processing RAW tracked data from multiple devices (systems) in
LOOP
 store into database
 real-time processing by our SERVICES

System Architecture

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Designed Services
 GPS Tracking
 Geofencing
 Monitoring of restricted areas
 Daily Reports
 Crash detection (based on accelerometer - in development)

GPS Tracking
ROAD RAIL WATER

Geofencing

Monitoring Restricted
Areas

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Problems & Future Work
 GSM, GPS signal coverage
 latency (Geofencing - avg delay 10s, max delay 30s)
 battery life
 crash detection
 standardized API for data exchange

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Conclusion
 we built Monitoring System for Dangerous Goods Carried by
Intermodal Transport
 we are still in testing phase
 8 trackers from different vendors
 system integration (marinetraffic)
 monitored over 163 thousands km (RAIL, ROAD,
WATER)
 testing geofencing (water resources, tunnels in SR)

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University Science Park
Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina
ITMS 26220220184
Thank you for your attention.
This presentation is the result of the project implementation: University research park of the University of Zilina (ITMS: 26220220184)
supported by the Research & Development Operational Programme funded by the European Reagional Development Fund.
Ing. Ľuboš Takáč, PhD.
lubos.takac@uniza.sk