OEO Ontology

Overview / Open Energy Ontology / Class - thermal energy
Label: thermal energy
Definition:
Thermal energy is the energy that a material entity contains in the undirected motion of its constituent parts (e.g. molecules and atoms).

Sub classes:
ambient thermal energy
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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.

geothermal energy
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Definition:
Geothermal energy is thermal energy that is released from within the earth's crust.

grid transferred thermal energy
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Definition:
Grid transferred thermal energy is thermal energy that is transferred via the grid-bound heating process.

recovered heat
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Definition:
Recovered heat is a thermal energy that is physical output of an energy transformation process and that is recovered and would otherwise be emitted in the environment as waste thermal energy.

solar thermal energy
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Definition:
Solar thermal energy is thermal energy that is the physical output of a solar thermal energy transformation.

waste thermal energy
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Definition:
Waste thermal energy is thermal energy that is the physical output of an energy transformation process and that is released into the environment unused.

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energy
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Definition:
Energy is a quality of material entities which manifests as a capacity to perform work (such as causing motion or the interaction of molecules)