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Table 1 Systems interacting to perform the use case

From: Flexibility management and provision of balancing services with battery-electric automated guided vehicles in the Hamburg container terminal Altenwerder

Actor / Role

System

Description

aggregator

Virtual Power Plant

includes the AGV fleet in its pool of assets

 

(VPP)

 
 

Next Box

local control unit that connects ACS with

  

the control system of the VPP

pre-aggregator

FlexMan

flexibility management system developed

  

in this project

industrial consumer

Terminal System

various IT systems of the terminal which

(container terminal

 

FlexMan interacts with

operator)

Battery Pool

responsible for monitoring the status of the battery

 

Management System (BPMS)

pool and managing the recharging process

 

Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV)

automated guided vehicle

 

Automated Charging Station (ACS)

automated charging station