# District heating and cooling networks and Sensible heat storage

Energy flows from district heating and cooling networks to sensible heat storage; energy flows from sensible heat storage to district heating and cooling networks.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/district-heating-and-cooling-networks-and-sensible-heat-storage/

[District heating and cooling networks](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_district_heat_net/) (energy) and [Sensible heat storage](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_sensible_heat/) (energy): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Energy flow

*Physical flow · Direct · District heating and cooling networks → Sensible heat storage*

Large tanks and pits store network heat.

### 2. Energy flow

*Physical flow · 48% of flow · Sensible heat storage → District heating and cooling networks*

Seasonal stores release heat into networks in winter.

- **48%** of Sensible heat storage's energy goes this way

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