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The Btu is often used to express the conversion-efficiency of heat into electrical energy in power plants. Figures are quoted in terms of the quantity of heat in Btu required to generate 1 kW⋅h of electrical energy. A typical coal-fired power plant works at 10,500 Btu/kWh (3.1 kWh/kWh), an efficiency of 32–33%. [25]
Energy; system unit code (alternative) symbol or abbrev. notes sample default conversion combinations SI: yottajoule: YJ YJ 1.0 YJ (2.8 × 10 17 kWh) zettajoule: ZJ ZJ 1.0 ZJ (2.8 × 10 14 kWh)
Btu Btu The International Steam Table British thermal unit is used. For others, see the full list. 1.0 Btu (1.1 kJ) BTU BTU TNT-based units: gigatonne of TNT: GtTNT (none) 1.0 gigatonne of TNT (4.2 EJ) gigaton of TNT: GtonTNT (none) megatonne of TNT: MtTNT (none) 1.0 megatonne of TNT (4.2 PJ) megaton of TNT: MtonTNT Mt kilotonne of TNT: ktTNT ...
BTU IT /h ≡ 1 BTU IT /h ≈ 0.293 071 W: BTU (International Table) per minute: BTU IT /min ≡ 1 BTU IT /min ≈ 17.584 264 W: BTU (International Table) per second: BTU IT /s ≡ 1 BTU IT /s = 1.055 055 852 62 × 10 3 W: calorie (International Table) per second: cal IT /s ≡ 1 cal IT /s = 4.1868 W: erg per second: erg/s ≡ 1 erg/s = 10 −7 ...
The energy content of ethanol is 76,100 BTU/US gal (5.89 kilowatt-hours per litre), compared to 114,100 BTU/US gal (8.83 kWh/L) for gasoline. (see chart above) A flex-fuel vehicle will experience about 76% of the fuel mileage MPG when using E85 (85% ethanol) products as compared to 100% gasoline. Simple calculations of the BTU values of the ...
The therm (symbol, thm) is a non-SI unit of heat energy equal to 100,000 British thermal units (BTU), [1] and approximately 105 megajoules, 29.3 kilowatt-hours, 25,200 kilocalories and 25.2 thermies. One therm is the energy content of approximately 100 cubic feet (2.83 cubic metres) of natural gas at standard temperature and pressure. However ...
For other units, make sure to use a corresponding conversion factor for the units. For example, if using Btu/kWh, use a conversion factor of 3,412 Btu per kWh to calculate the efficiency factor. For example, if the heat rate is 10,500 Btu/kWh, the efficiency is 32.5% (since 3,412 Btu / 10,500 Btu = 32.5%).
The British imperial units and U.S. customary units for both energy and work include the foot-pound force (1.3558 J), the British thermal unit (BTU) which has various values in the region of 1055 J, the horsepower-hour (2.6845 MJ), and the gasoline gallon equivalent (about 120 MJ). Log-base-10 of the ratios between various measures of energy