Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for designing a multimodal energy system having a plurality of components comprising: providing a first plurality of parameters; stipulating a second plurality of secondary conditions; stipulating a target function; defining a critical operating state of the multimodal energy system; and extremalizing the target function on the basis of the first plurality of parameters, the second plurality of secondary conditions, and the critical operating state using an optimization method.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a method for regulating an electrical power transfer between two power supply units and a power consumption unit comprising: providing a first data set with information regarding a minimum and maximum electrical power supply rate for each of the two power supply units; providing a second data set with information regarding a power requirement of the power consumption unit and a weighting of each of the power supply units; providing a target function for an optimization method, wherein the target function includes the first data set, the second data set, and the weightings of the power supply units as parameters; and regulating the power transfer by means of an extremalization of the target function.

Abstract: Provided is a method for ascertaining an optimum strategy, having the following steps: a controller receiving at least one input value and an operating state of at least one installation unit of an installation, the controller performing an FDP algorithm to optimise a parameter on the basis of the at least one input value and the operating state, wherein the installation behaviour of the installation is predicted for a predefined plurality of strategies for a particular period of time, ascertaining an optimum strategy from the predefined plurality of strategies by taking into consideration at least one termination condition, and applying the optimum strategy to the at least one installation unit. Further, embodiments of the invention relates to a model-predictive controller and to a computer program for performing the method steps.