Kombinierte Material- und Energieflusssimulation gleichstrombasierter, automatisierter Produktionsanlagen

Description

The consideration of energy supply is playing an increasingly important role in production planning. The starting point for this is the energy transition in Germany and Europe. Companies are increasingly focussing on using their own energy sources and storage systems in their own direct current network rather than being dependent on the electricity supplier. These provide power not only to separate production cells, but also to entire production halls, as this also increases flexibility. Simulation is often used to plan manufacturing and production facilities. This is currently used to configure the architecture of the systems, the material flow and to analyse energy consumption. The energy supply is not taken into account. The overarching research topic of this dissertation is therefore the development of a simulation environment that combines material and energy flow. It is necessary to combine the modelling of production with all plants and cells as well as all components of the energy grid (sources, storage, consumption from the power grid) in one platform. The work deals with the basics of direct current in industry and simulation. Based on this, a platform for a combined simulation is being developed that can be used at any time in the planning process. In addition, all developers should be able to continue working in the familiar tool without having to import or export results. The developed platform was tested using a selected production plant and the results were theoretically validated.