Thermal storage
Thermal storage uses steam to heat its tank of molten salt to store thermal energy. The accumulated energy can be then used to boil incoming water back to steam. The conversion process has losses but maintaining the accumulated heat does not decay while the storage is operational.
Overview
Thermal Storage is a steam storage component with listed capacities of 30,000, 60,000, and 120,000. The available data for the entry only shows these capacity values, so the practical distinction between the variants is not specified in the source material.
Because it is a storage-related thermal system, its main role is to buffer steam supply and demand rather than to produce steam itself. The listed capacities indicate that it can be used at different scales depending on the amount of steam a setup needs to hold in reserve.
Official description
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