OEO Ontology

Overview / Open Energy Ontology / Class - ambient thermal energy
Label: ambient thermal energy
Definition:
Ambient thermal energy is thermal energy that is stored in the ambient air, beneath the surface of solid earth or in surface water. It is captured by heat pumps.

Sub classes:
artificial ambient thermal energy
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Definition:
Artificial ambient thermal energy is ambient thermal energy that has an anthropogenic origin.

natural ambient thermal energy
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Definition:
Natural ambient thermal energy is ambient thermal energy that has a renewable origin.

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thermal energy
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Definition:
Thermal energy is the energy that a material entity contains in the undirected motion of its constituent parts (e.g. molecules and atoms).