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  2. British thermal unit - Wikipedia

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    The Btu should not be confused with the Board of Trade Unit (BTU), an obsolete UK synonym for kilowatt hour (1 kW⋅h or 3,412 Btu). 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.

  3. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    kilowatt-hour; Board of Trade Unit: kW⋅h; B.O.T.U. ≡ 1 kW × 1 h = 3.6 × 10 6 J: litre-atmosphere: l atm; sl ≡ 1 atm × 1 L = 101.325 J: quad: ≡ 10 15 BTU IT = 1.055 055 852 62 × 10 18 J: rydberg: Ry ≡ R ∞ ⋅ℎ⋅c: ≈ 2.179 872 × 10 −18 J: therm (E.C.) ≡ 100 000 BTU IT = 105.505 585 262 × 10 6 J: therm (US) ≡ 100 000 ...

  4. Gasoline gallon equivalent - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Template:Convert/list of units/energy - Wikipedia

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    Btu Btu 1.0 Btu (1.1 kJ ... [convert: unknown unit] m3atm ... an obsolete UK synonym for kilowatt-hour 1.0 ...

  6. Therm - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Power plant efficiency - Wikipedia

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    A heat rate value of 2 kWh/kWh gives an efficiency factor of 50%. A heat rate value of 4 MJ/MJ gives an efficiency factor of 25%. 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.

  8. Seasonal energy efficiency ratio - Wikipedia

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    An air-conditioning unit rated at 72,000 BTU/h (21 kW) (6 tons), with a SEER rating of 10, operates 1000 hours per year at an electric energy cost of $0.12 per kilowatt-hour (kW·h). What is the annual cost of the electric energy it uses?

  9. Heating degree day - Wikipedia

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    As total energy consumption is in kilowatt hours and heating degree days are [no. days×degrees] we must convert watts per kelvin into kilowatt hours per degree per day by dividing by 1000 (to convert watts to kilowatts), and multiplying by 24 hours in a day (1 kW = 1 kW⋅h/h).