POWER UNIT CONVERSION

1 kilowatt [kW] = 1000 0.001 0.000001 0.000000001 1000000 1000 1000 1000 737.5621493 1.00E+10 0.284345136 859.8452279 238.8458966 3412.141633 3414.42595 0.94781712 1.34102209 1.359621617 0.101941995 1.340482574 watt [W] megawatt [MW] gigawatt [GW] terawatt [TW] milliwatt [mW] volt ampere [V*A] newton meter/second joule/second [J/s] pound-foot/second erg/second [erg/s] ton (refrigeration) kilocalorie (IT)/hour calorie (IT)/second Btu (IT)/hour [Btu/h] Btu (th)/hour Btu (IT)/second horsepower [hp] horsepower (metric) horsepower (boiler) horsepower (electric)

ENERGY UNIT CONVERSION

1 kilowatt-hour [kW*h] = 3600000 3600 2.25E+25 2.25E+19 3.60E+13 1000 joule [J] kilojoule [kJ] electron-volt [eV] megaelectron-volt [MeV] erg watt-hour [W*h]

3600000 watt-second [W*s] 3600000 newton meter [N*m] 1.34102209 horsepower hour [hp*h] 1.359621617 horsepower (metric) hour 859.8452279 kilocalorie (IT) [kcal (IT), kcal] 860.4206501 kilocalorie (th) [kcal (th)] 859845.2279 calorie (IT) [cal (IT), cal]

860420.6501 calorie (th) [cal (th)] 859.8452279 calorie (nutritional) 3412.141633 Btu (IT) [Btu (IT), Btu] 3414.42595 Btu (th) [Btu (th)] 0.284345136 ton-hour (refrigeration) [ton*h] 0.00056399 fuel oil equivalent @barrel (US) 0.00086042 ton (explosives) 3.60E+13 3.67E+10 367097.8367 2655223.737 31862684.85 509802957.6 85429297.65 0.034121412 0.034129563 8.26E+23 1.65E+24 dyne centimeter [dyn*cm] gram-force centimeter [gf*cm] kilogram-force meter [kgf*m] foot-pound force [ft*lbf] inch-pound force [in*lbf] inch-ounce [in*ozf] poundal foot [pdl*ft] therm therm (US) Hartree energy Rydberg constant

Energy and Power Conversion

1 Mega Watt (MW) =

1000000 Watts 1000 Kilowatts 1341 Horsepower 3414000 BTU/hr 284.5 tons This is the average power in full sunlight falling on a 51670 square foot surface,dir 3414000 BTU 34.14 Therms 3600000000 Joules Chemical : 28.5 gallons of gasoline (166.9 pounds) 141.7 pounds of natural gas (3421cubic feet at 14.7 psi) 55.88 pounds of Hydrogen Gas (10840cubic feet at 14.7psi) 61240 pounds A Lead-Acid battery weighing Mechanical: 73490 pounds A high-tech flywheel weighing a 3000 pound car traveling at 5145 miles per hour Thermal: Melting a block of ice weighing 23830 pounds Heating a 41630 gallons of water by 10 degrees F. Evaporating 3520 pounds (about 422 gallons) of water Heating a 1897000 pound slab of concrete by 10 degrees.

Efficiency
1 2

burning fossil fuel to get useable heat - about 85% (running a gas-fired water heater, or making steam to burning fossil fuel to get electricity - about 33%

3 4 5

sunlight to electricity in a PV cell - about 10% putting electrical energy into a battery (charging it) and pulling it back out: about 90% converting electrical energy into mechanical energy with an electric motor about 85%

on a 51670 square foot surface,directed toward the sun, and collecting 5 hours each day.

21cubic feet at 14.7 psi) 10840cubic feet at 14.7psi) ry weighing eel weighing 45 miles per hour 3830 pounds r by 10 degrees F. 422 gallons) of water f concrete by 10 degrees.

water heater, or making steam to power a turbine...some heat goes up the smokestack).

out: about 90% otor about 85%