The document describes a project called ITHAM that aims to build a robust and fully integrated alerting system for hazardous material transports. The project will involve collecting data from sensors on containers, analyzing the data using machine learning techniques to detect abnormal situations, and alerting transport managers and emergency responders in real-time to potential issues or emergencies. The system is intended to help monitor hazardous cargo transport by rail, road and other modes to help prevent accidents and protect people and the environment.

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RESEARCH FOR A MOBILE FUTURE
Project ITHAM
Intermodal Transport of Hazardous Materials
DRESDEN

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Agenda
Overview
 Project partner
 Project scope
Modules
 Data capturing
 Data science
 Alerting

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 Scientific staff: 700
 Budget p.a.: ~80 million euros
 Applied research and development in
micro-electronics
 Headquarter: Erlangen
Director:
Prof. Dr. Albert Heuberger
Fraunhofer IIS

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Research Areas
 Audio and multimedia technologies
 Imaging systems
 Digital broadcasting systems
 Embedded communication
 IC design and design automation
 Communication networks
 Navigation
 Logistics
 Medical engineering
 Optical inspection systems
 X-ray technology

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 Scientific staff: 80/50
 Budget p.a.: ~6.5 million euros
(2011)
 Applied research and engineering
in traffic, infrastructure and
transportation systems
 Close cooperation with
Dresden University of Technology
(TU Dresden)
Director:
Dr. Matthias Klingner
Fraunhofer IVI

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Research Areas
 Four departments:
 Transportation, Energy and Environment
 Intermodal Traffic Information and
Management Systems
 Strategy and Optimization
 Vehicle and Transport System Engineering

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SALT Solutions GmbH
 Founding 06/2002
 Locations Dresden, Duesseldorf,
Munich, Wuerzburg
 Employees 329 (full time)
(effective 1.1.2013)
 Equity 5,2 Mio Euro
Equity ratio 50 percent
 General Managers Dr. Bernhard Blüthner
and Associates Dieter Heyde
Markus Honold
 Business Areas IT solutions for
Production
Logistics
Retail
Profile
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Sales Development

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Business Services
 Business and technical consulting for industry,
logistics and trade
 Software development
 Systems for retail and logistics companies
 Systems for Storage, Transport, Fulfillment
 Mobile Applications
 BI Systems, Retail Planning
 Prediction based short period disposition
www.tacot.com

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Hazardous cargo
 May get lost or stolen,
 May derail or get damaged,
 May explode or implode,
 May lose material, …
Hazardous transports may be jeopardized by
 Industrial strikes and lock-outs,
 Embankment fire, …
 May become a tremendous risk for people and environment.
Project Scope
The challenge

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Tracking and tracing of container cargo mainly for rail and street transport.
Robust, safe and maintenance free on board units that collect a bulk of
conditions like location, velocity, temperature, pressure, humidity, shocks,
vibrations and sealing states.
Secured and energy optimized real time transmission of the collected and
preprocessed data via cellular and satellite networks.
Integrated into public and industry systems and automated real time processing
in a centralized data warehouse.
Enhancement of alerting with current situations overviews.
Project Scope
The solution proposal

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Module1 – Data Capturing: Collecting position and environment data (e.g.
temperature, humidity, vibration) of each unit and sends this information via
mobile and satellite networks.
Project Scope
A unique combination of edge technology
Module 2 – Data Science: Data is processed with fast in memory databases and
compared with patterns and alerting rules. Alerts rise if risk patterns are
detected or rules are broken.
Module 3 – Alerting: Continuously analyses regional public information. In case
of an alert samples a situation overview valid for the disaster management.
Informs the global transport management and the local administration in the
affected region.

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cargo
cellular
network
satellite
network
firewall
real time
investigation
transport
management
long term
investigation
alerting
public dataemergency response
systems
Big picture

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 Satellite System for position
capturing
 Short-range communication
for low-power data-
transmission between single
devices
 Cellular or satellite system
for data-transmission to
server or infrastructure
Data Capturing 1
Localization and Communication

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 Position acquisition and
data-transmission
dynamically assigned to
individual device
Data Capturing 2
Localization and Communication

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 Frequency of data
acquisition and
transmission
determines the power
consumption of the
device
 Battery-powered
devices have
operation/run-times of
weeks or months and
have to be serviced
from time to time or
replaced to charge
the battery
Data Capturing 3
Power Supply by Energy Harvesting
MCUMicro SD Card
(up to 8GB)
WLAN Modul
Analog Interface
(8 ADC Channels
12bit)
Three-Axis
Accelerometer,
(other Sensors)
Debug Interface
(UARTover
RS232/USB)
Power
Managment
BatteryEnergy Harvester
GPSreceiverGSM Modul

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Data Capturing 4
Power Supply by Energy Harvesting
 Energy Harvesting can replace
batteries or the need to
recharge them
 Energy transducers use energy
from the environment (light,
vibration, heat) to generate
electrical energy
 Solar cells or vibration harvester
charge battery during operation
 Unlimited operation and
standby-times become possible

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Preprocess the complex and high frequency data stream from local sensors into
states and changes. (Examples)
Data Science 1
From sensor data to environment information
 Temperature -> 5 min average
 Humidity -> 30 min average
 Pressure -> 1 h average
 Vibration -> Frequency spectrum, 2 min average
 Location -> accuracy 15 m, any change
 Velocity -> 5 min average
 Sealing -> any violation, immediately
 Loss of communication chain -> immediately

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Analyzing the sequence of states and changes on multiple information channels
of different container units and clusters.
Data Science 2
Time and sequence analysis
Event-Stream
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Comparing the state of different units for exceptions and expected or unexpected
patterns.
Data Science 3
State pattern analysis
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Unit
Unit
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Unit
Unit
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Unit

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 Import schedules and unit information from Transport Management systems
 Check location and velocity compared to the schedule
 Update units for active geofencing
 Check unit conditions according to the loaded materials
Data Science 4
Monitoring the expected behavior

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Storage and processing of mass data in real time needs modern in-memory data
bases as well as traditional storage for analysis.
Data Science 5
Processing event streams and storage
Data entry
Verification
-
Access Control
-
Enhancement
Fast Storage
In Memory
Event
Processing
Mass Storage
Reduction
Investigation
Analysis
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Statistics
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Value Services
-
Prediction

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 Information prepared by Chemical
enterprises in case of emergency
 Delivery of relevant information
(acid type, quantity, location)
 Delivery of expected situations
within next min/h/d ( e.g.
propagation rate & velocity)
Alerting 1
Data analysis of internal knowledge
Evaluation of possible location of stolen wagon Propagation rate of chemical cloud
Consequences of contamination for affected region

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 Based on Web 2.0 – participation web
environment
 Impacts of different events leads to
delays or non-delivery (e.g. industrial
action, embankment fire)
 Contains data regarding news feeds,
social media monitoring, governmental
web pages, ect.
 Integration in useful visualization, e.g.
node set and edge set model
Alerting 2
Data analysis of external effects

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Alerting 3
Open Data collection

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 Information distribution via report
 Situation overview
 Contact information
 Points of entry
 Pubished news
 Automated generation of
recommended actions
 Implemented in EU project WWW.IDIRA.EU
 Project content: Interoperability of data and procedures in
large-scale multinational disaster response actions
Alerting 4
Generate Data visualization

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 Structured communication
contains ad-hoc integration
 Observations
 Damages
 Causalities
 Translated form with all
available languages
 Feedback from field forces
changes common operational
picture
Alerting 5
Structured communication

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Summary
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The ITHAM project
… will build up a robust, fully automated and fully integrated alerting
system for hazardous transports on ground.

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Dipl.-Inform. Martin Pätzug (Speaker)
SALT Solutions GmbH
Charlottenstraße 34, D - 01099 Dresden
Email: martin.paetzug@salt-solutions.de
www.salt-solutions.de
Dr.-Ing. Peter Spies
Fraunhofer-Institut Integrierte Schaltungen IIS
Nordostpark 93, D - 90411 Nürnberg
Email: peter.spies@iis.fraunhofer.de
www.iis.fraunhofer.de
Dipl.-Med.-wirt, MBA Andre Rauschert
Fraunhofer-Institut für Verkehrs- und Infrastruktursysteme IVI
Zeunerstraße 38, D - 01069 Dresden
Email: andre.rauschert@ivi.fraunhofer.de
www.ivi.fraunhofer.de
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