heat reservoir

noun

Thermodynamics.

a hypothetical body of infinitely large mass capable of absorbing or rejecting unlimited quantities of heat without undergoing appreciable changes in temperature, pressure, or density.

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Because of this difference, water is a better heat reservoir than land – especially big bodies of water, like oceans.

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Even an old air raid bunker in the Wilhelmsburg district has been transformed into a so-called “energy bunker”, with a large heat reservoir.

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The oceans are a massive heat reservoir, absorbing some 90% of the warming from human-caused climate change.

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The regulator needs to send air to the AREC, then the return air needs to bubble through the heat reservoir.

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So I'll heat water with the RTG to create a heat reservoir, then I'll make the return air bubble through it.

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