Abstract
Energy efficiency has come to be an important re-search topic in intralogistics. Special focus is placed on automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) uti-lizing stacker cranes as these systems are very popular and consume a significant portion of the total energy demand of intralogistical systems. Numerical simulation models were developed to calculate the energy demand for discrete single and dual command cycles. However these simulation models are not suitable to perform fast calculations to determine a mean energy demand value of a complete storage aisle. For this purpose analytical approaches would be more appropriate but until now analytical approaches only deliver results for certain configurations. In particular, for commonly used stacker cranes, equipped with an in-termediate circuit connection within their drive configu-ration, there is no analytical approach available to calcu-late the mean energy demand. This article addresses this research gap and presents a calculation approach which provides planners of storage systems a quick calculation of the energy demand.
| Translated title of the contribution | Meta-model for calculating the mean energy demand of automated storage and retrieval systems |
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| Original language | English |
| Journal | Logistics Journal |
| Volume | 2016 |
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| State | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Automated storage and retrieval systems
- Energy demand
- Interme-diate circuit connection
- Multivariate methods of analysis
- Regression
