Ontology

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A battery is an energy storage object using different chemical or physical reactions to store energy.

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A chemical energy storage object is an energy storage object that has the function to store chemical energy.

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An electrical energy storage object is an energy storage object that has the function to store electrical energy.

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A kinetic energy storage object is an energy storage object that has the function to store kinetic energy.

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A latent heat storage object (LHS) is a thermal energy storage object that stores thermal energy through phase transitions in phase-change materials (PCM).

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A potential energy storage object is an energy storage object that has the function to store potential energy.

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A sensible heat storage object is a thermal energy storage object that stores thermal energy through temperature changes in some medium.

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A superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) is an energy storage object that stores electrical energy in the magnetic field of a superconducting magnet.

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A thermal energy storage object is an energy storage object that has the function to store thermal energy.

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A thermo-chemical heat storage object (TCS) is a thermal energy storage object that stores thermal energy through reversible exotherm/endotherm chemical reaction with thermo-chemical materials (TCM).

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An underground fuel storage object is an energy storage object that stores chemical energy in form of fuels underground.