9. Glossary
Chaleur sensible; sensible heat
Heat exchanged, without any physical phase transition, between two or more bodies forming an isolated system.
UTES (Underground Thermal Energy Storage)
Underground heat storage, in an ATES (Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage ) aquifer or BTES (Borehole Thermal Energy Storage ) borehole field.
Latent heat; Chaleur latente
Heat exchanged with the external environment during a change of state from solid to liquid or liquid to vapor.
Phase change material; phase change material
Material with well-defined phase change characteristics, generally solid-liquid.
Sorption; sorption
Physical or chemical process in which one substance attaches to another....
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