Strategies for energy-oriented process control: Requirements on use case of container handling

For some time, the environmental and resource protection is the key issue in the industrial environment. In order to achieve the ambitious energy goals, the plants and systems involved in the process must be analyzed and evaluated in terms of its optimization potential. In the use case of container handling this concerns the optimization of processes, the aspects of resource use and the possible load flexibility. The issue of load flexibility is essential, because there are an increasing decentralization of energy supply and a changing design of the power grids. Strategies for energy-oriented process management may specifically influence the systems involved in the process. Considering the overall system (inclusive resources use), future solutions can be designed more flexible compared to classic load management solutions. In the article Several conditions and possible interfaces are described for the use case of an energy-based control strategy.