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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Abb Technology Ag, Zürich, CH;
Lothar Schuh, Plankstadt, DE;
Christian Stich, Hirschberg-Leutershausen, DE;
ABB Technology AG, Zürich, CH;
Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for adapting a production flow schedule for one or more production processes, each having one or more process steps that use power for the execution thereof. An exemplary method includes identifying at least one availability time window in which there is a predetermined minimum power availability within a predetermined optimization time period based on a piece of availability information which indicates a forecast power availability during the optimization time period; providing an indication of one or more flexible process steps, which can be executed in a plurality of alternative time windows within the optimization time period; and for each of the flexible process steps, temporally rearranging the corresponding flexible process step into one of the corresponding alternative time windows if the rescheduling is within the availability time window in order to obtain an adapted production flow schedule.