The Internet of Things for Petroleum Transportation

Abstract

The Internet of Things for petroleum transportation is still in the early stages of development. One of the technical key problems is there is still no information model. We put forward the infrastructure for the Internet of Things for Petroleum Transportation. It covers oil depots, gas stations, tank trunks and control center. We studied the information model. The basic unit of the information model is a monitored object. A monitored object has 6 attributes. The information model for the Internet of Things for Petroleum Transportation contains one root, 5 branches, and a lot of leaves. Each branch stores a group of monitored objects. And each leaf stores a single monitored object. We discussed the implement of information model. We have developed a type of the Internet of Things for petroleum transportation and it has worked five years.