公开(公告)号：WO2021058442A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-01

申请号：PCT/EP2020/076340

申请日：2020-09-21

Applicant: AUTOSTORE TECHNOLOGY AS

Inventor： STEINBRU LAUVSNES, Helge ,  DJUVE, HEGGEBØ, Jørgen

IPC: B60L53/64 ,  B65G54/02 ,  H02J3/00 ,  B60L53/80 ,  B60L53/53

Abstract: A system and method for power management of an automated storage and retrieval system (1) comprising a plurality container handling vehicle (201, 301) with at least one rechargeable power source for handling containers in a three dimensional underlying storage grid (104), a charging device (404) for charging the rechargeable power sources (405) of the container handling vehicles (201, 301), a power source (401) for supplying power to the storage system (1), a monitoring system (402) for monitoring energy prices, wherein said monitoring system (402) is configured to continuously update a power manager with energy prices, and said power manager is configured to adapt a power strategy to the system according to the energy prices.

公开(公告)号：WO2020200821A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-08

申请号：PCT/EP2020/057661

申请日：2020-03-19

Applicant: AUTOSTORE TECHNOLOGY AS

Inventor： DJUVE, HEGGEBØ, Jørgen ,  STEINBRU LAUVSNES, Helge

IPC: H02J3/32 ,  B60L53/63 ,  B65G1/04 ,  B65G1/06

Abstract: System and method for managing power consumption of an automated storage and retrieval system (1) comprising a container-handling vehicle (201, 301), with a rechargeable power source, for handling storage containers in the automated storage and retrieval system (1), a charging station (404) for recharging the rechargeable power source of the container carrying vehicle (201, 301), a power supply (401) for delivering power to the storage system (1), a power monitoring device (402) coupled to the power supply (401), a control system (403) for controlling the operation of the automated storage and retrieval system, where the power monitoring device (402) is arranged to monitor available power from the power source entering the automated storage and retrieval system and communicate a signal to the control system indicative of the available power, wherein the control system (403) is arranged to be responsive to that signal and manage power consumption through being configured to modify the operation of the container-handling vehicle and/or the charging station to reduce power consumption of the respective container-handling vehicle and/or the charging station in the event that the signal indicates that the available power has dropped below a threshold level, thereby providing a modified operation of the automated storage and retrieval system during periods of lower power availability.