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<p>Foreword ix<br /><i>Philippe MARTY</i></p> <p><b>Chapter 1. Materials for Thermochemical and Sorption Heat Storage 1</b><br /><i>Kokouvi Edem N’TSOUKPOE</i></p> <p>1.1. Introduction 1</p> <p>1.2. Definitions and key concepts 4</p> <p>1.3. Material selection criteria and review of important characteristics for a thermochemical heat storage material 8</p> <p>1.3.1. Selection and overview of key material properties by application 8</p> <p>1.3.2. Important considerations about certain characteristics and selection criteria for thermochemical heat storage materials 10</p> <p>1.4. Description of the thermodynamic equilibrium of sorption materials 15</p> <p>1.4.1. The case of chemisorption 15</p> <p>1.4.2. The case of physisorption 18</p> <p>1.5. Overview of the main materials studied in the context of thermochemical energy storage 25</p> <p>1.5.1. Sorbates 25</p> <p>1.5.2. Sorption pairs 26</p> <p>1.6. Introduction to the issue of heat and mass transfer in solid-gas storage materials 55</p> <p>1.6.1. Kinetics of the adsorption phenomenon or solid-gas reaction 55</p> <p>1.6.2. Improvements to the characteristics of thermochemical heat storage materials 60</p> <p>1.7. Overview of material characterization for thermochemical heat storage applications 66</p> <p>1.7.1. Determination of thermodynamic equilibrium conditions 66</p> <p>1.7.2. Determination of enthalpies 74</p> <p>1.8. References 77</p> <p><b>Chapter 2. Heat Storage Using Absorption Processes 95</b><br /><i>Nolwenn LE PIERRÈS</i></p> <p>2.1. Absorption processes: the principle 96</p> <p>2.1.1. AHPs 96</p> <p>2.1.2. Components of the one-stage AHP cycle 98</p> <p>2.1.3. Operating conditions of AHPs 100</p> <p>2.2. Methods for storing heat by absorption 103</p> <p>2.2.1. Design of a system for storing heat by absorption 103</p> <p>2.2.2. Operating conditions 108</p> <p>2.2.3. Performance indicators 111</p> <p>2.3. Reactors 114</p> <p>2.3.1. Absorption reactors using tubes 117</p> <p>2.3.2. Absorption reactors using plates 119</p> <p>2.4. Intensified storage cycles 120</p> <p>2.4.1. Intensification through the crystallization of the solution 121</p> <p>2.4.2. Intensification through modifying the cycle: two-stage cycles 124</p> <p>2.5. Integration of absorption storage systems: case studies 131</p> <p>2.5.1. Integration of absorption heat storage systems in solar buildings 132</p> <p>2.5.2. Integration of absorption heat storage systems into a decentralized microgrid 135</p> <p>2.6. Conclusion 137</p> <p>2.7. References 138</p> <p><b>Chapter 3. Heat Storage Using Adsorption Processes 143</b><br /><i>Larysa RATEL, Kevyn JOHANNES and Frédéric KUZNIK</i></p> <p>3.1. Introduction 143</p> <p>3.2. Overview of heat storage by adsorption 144</p> <p>3.2.1. Principle of the operation of adsorption materials 144</p> <p>3.2.2. Classification of systems 145</p> <p>3.2.3. Integration of storage systems in buildings 156</p> <p>3.3. Existing prototypes of sorption heat storage 160</p> <p>3.3.1. Closed systems 160</p> <p>3.3.2. Open systems 165</p> <p>3.4. System performances: an analysis of the prototypes presented 176</p> <p>3.5. The influence of kinetics 179</p> <p>3.6. Real-scale systems 182</p> <p>3.7. Conclusion 184</p> <p>3.8. References 185</p> <p><b>Chapter 4. Heat Storage by Chemical Sorption Processes 195</b><br /><i>Antoine PERRIGOT, Driss STITOU and Maxime PERIER-MUZET</i></p> <p>4.1. Introduction 195</p> <p>4.2. History of chemical sorption systems 196</p> <p>4.3. Principles of the operation of thermochemical systems 197</p> <p>4.3.1. The phenomenon of chemical sorption and reagents 198</p> <p>4.3.2. Thermochemical reactor 203</p> <p>4.3.3. Typical method for thermochemical storage 207</p> <p>4.4. Advanced thermochemical processes 219</p> <p>4.4.1. Heat recovery cycles 219</p> <p>4.4.2. Mass recovery cycles 221</p> <p>4.4.3. Multi-effect thermochemical processes in thermal cascades 221</p> <p>4.4.4. Hybrid thermal/mechanical cycles 222</p> <p>4.5. Diversification of applications with storage 223</p> <p>4.5.1. Heating 223</p> <p>4.5.2. Production of cold 225</p> <p>4.5.3. Simultaneous cold/heat/work generation 226</p> <p>4.5.4. Integration with a microgrid 227</p> <p>4.6. Conclusion 227</p> <p>4.7. References 227</p> <p>List of Authors 233</p> <p>Index 235</p> <p>Summary of Volume 1 241</p>

<p><b>Nolwenn Le Pierrès</b> is a professor at the Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France. She also teaches Energy at the Polytech Annecy-Chambéry engineering school and is a researcher in the LOCIE laboratory at the Institut National de l’Energie Solaire.</p> <p><b>Lingai Luo</b> is a CNRS research director who has developed an original research strategy for optimizing energy systems, using a multi-scale approach combined with an innovative fluid distribution optimization method.</p>

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