What is the storage of thermal energy?

Thermal energy storage is a means of storing energy for later use by thermal tank. There are a number of different types of thermal tanks, some are kept at a higher temperature than the surrounding environment and some are maintained at a lower temperature. The use of stored ice or cold water to cool buildings or other environments during the day is one application of thermal energy storage. Another application is the storage of heat from plants depicting solar thermal energy, for example in an isolated storage device for later heating of buildings and other environments, or on the production of heated water for commercial or residential use. This water characteristic is called the heat of merger. This is the degree of how much thermal energy must be absorbed by a substance to change from a solid substance of liquid state or to the opposite. A relatively small volume of water can store a large amount of energy. Typical measuring the heat of merger may be the amount of energy that can be stored, for example, one cubic metrem water, which is 93 kilowatts.

One of the most common industrial storage applications is air conditioning systems for large buildings. In commercial buildings, air -conditioning systems are often the largest contributors to the use of electricity during the day, especially in summer. Thus, the use of thermal energy storage in the form of ice can allow more economical air -conditioning units operations by running a cooling device during the night, where electricity can be cheaper, and depositing energy as LEDs for refrigeration air during the day.

The transfer of the thermal energy of the ocean is a technology that uses the natural thermal energy of the storage that exists in the sea. Using this technology, electricity can be generated by a thermal motor, which is driven by the temperature difference between shallow and deeper water. In general, deep ocean water is cooler than water at shallower depths. This use of storage of thermal EnerGIE works on similar principles as those used in turbines, transmission of thermal energy to working energy and then to electricity.