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Article | REF: BE8597 V1

The storage of heat

Author: Pierre ODRU

Publication date: April 10, 2017, Review date: October 1, 2020

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1. Background to heat (and cold) storage

1.1 Importance of heat (and cold) in the economy

Energy as we use it every day covers three main areas of use:

  • electricity and its many specific fields of application;

  • mechanical energy, mainly in the form of transport;

  • heat and cold, for building heating and air-conditioning, as well as specific refrigeration applications.

In France, the residential – tertiary sector uses almost 45% of the energy consumed, two-thirds of which is used for heating and air conditioning

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