Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1. Materials for Thermochemical and Sorption Heat Storage -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Definitions and key concepts -- 1.3. Material selection criteria and review of important characteristics for a thermochemical heat storage material -- 1.3.1. Selection and overview of key material properties by application -- 1.3.2. Important considerations about certain characteristics and selection criteria for thermochemical heat storage materials -- 1.4. Description of the thermodynamic equilibrium of sorption materials

1.4.1. The case of chemisorption -- 1.4.2. The case of physisorption -- 1.5. Overview of the main materials studied in the context of thermochemical energy storage -- 1.5.1. Sorbates -- 1.5.2. Sorption pairs -- 1.6. Introduction to the issue of heat and mass transfer in solid-gas storage materials -- 1.6.1. Kinetics of the adsorption phenomenon or solid-gas reaction -- 1.6.2. Improvements to the characteristics of thermochemical heat storage materials -- 1.7. Overview of material characterization for thermochemical heat storage applications

1.7.1. Determination of thermodynamic equilibrium conditions -- 1.7.2. Determination of enthalpies -- 1.8. References -- Chapter 2. Heat Storage Using Absorption Processes -- 2.1. Absorption processes: the principle -- 2.1.1. AHPs -- 2.1.2. Components of the one-stage AHP cycle -- 2.1.3. Operating conditions of AHPs -- 2.2. Methods for storing heat by absorption -- 2.2.1. Design of a system for storing heat by absorption -- 2.2.2. Operating conditions -- 2.2.3. Performance indicators -- 2.3. Reactors -- 2.3.1. Absorption reactors using tubes -- 2.3.2. Absorption reactors using plates

2.4. Intensified storage cycles -- 2.4.1. Intensification through the crystallization of the solution -- 2.4.2. Intensification through modifying the cycle: two-stage cycles -- 2.5. Integration of absorption storage systems: case studies -- 2.5.1. Integration of absorption heat storage systems in solar buildings -- 2.5.2. Integration of absorption heat storage systems into a decentralized microgrid -- 2.6. Conclusion -- 2.7. References -- Chapter 3. Heat Storage Using Adsorption Processes -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Overview of heat storage by adsorption

3.2.1. Principle of the operation of adsorption materials -- 3.2.2. Classification of systems -- 3.2.3. Integration of storage systems in buildings -- 3.3. Existing prototypes of sorption heat storage -- 3.3.1. Closed systems -- 3.3.2. Open systems -- 3.4. System performances: an analysis of the prototypes presented -- 3.5. The influence of kinetics -- 3.6. Real-scale systems -- 3.7. Conclusion -- 3.8. References -- Chapter 4. Heat Storage by Chemical Sorption Processes -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. History of chemical sorption systems -- 4.3. Principles of the operation of thermochemical systems