The British thermal unit (Btu) is a measure of heat, which is a form of energy. It was originally defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature...
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radiation. It has the units square metre kelvins per watt (m2⋅K/W) in SI units or square foot degree Fahrenheit–hours per British thermal unit (ft2⋅°F⋅h/Btu)...
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system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined...
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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...
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water under standard atmospheric conditions be 212 °F (100 °C). The British thermal unit (Btu) is defined as the heat needed to raise the temperature of one...
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R-value (insulation) (redirect from Thermal insulance)
the building industry term for thermal resistance "per unit area." It is sometimes denoted RSI-value if the SI units are used. An R-value can be given...
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metre-kelvin: W/(m2⋅K) In the United States, U-value is expressed as British thermal units (Btu) per hour-square feet-degrees Fahrenheit: Btu/(h⋅ft2⋅°F) Within...
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(dry) cord of Northern red oak with a heating value of 22.1 million British thermal units per cord (23.3 GJ/cord) has the heating equivalent of 159 U.S. gallons...
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Heat capacity (redirect from Thermal capacity)
capacity or thermal capacity is a physical property of matter, defined as the amount of heat to be supplied to an object to produce a unit change in its...
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newtons. 1 kip = 1000 lbf ≈ 4.44822 kN Energy 1 foot-pound ≈ 1.356 J 1 British thermal unit (Btu) ≈ 1.055 kJ (1,054–1,060 J, depending on which of several definitions...
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conventional units still in use include the calorie and the British thermal unit (BTU). The total enthalpy of a system cannot be measured directly because...
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efficient it is. In the U.S., the SEER is the ratio of cooling in British thermal units (BTUs) to the energy consumed in watt-hours. For example, consider...
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foot, pound and second and some other units, including the degree Rankine, degree Fahrenheit, British thermal unit and others. Annex B lists conversion...
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The tog is a measure of thermal insulance of a unit area, also known as thermal resistance. It is commonly used in the textile industry and often seen...
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James Prescott Joule (category Use British English from January 2012)
He obtained a mechanical equivalent of 770 foot-pounds force per British thermal unit (4,140 J/Cal). The fact that the values obtained both by electrical...
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List of conversion factors (redirect from Unit conversion table)
different units (some only of historical interest) are shown and expressed in terms of the corresponding SI unit. Conversions between units in the metric...
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standard results in a building that requires space heating energy of 1 British thermal unit per square foot (11 kJ/m2) per heating degree day, compared with...
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Therm (category Units of energy)
The therm (symbol, thm) is a non-SI unit of heat energy equal to 100,000 British thermal units (BTU), and approximately 105 megajoules, 29.3 kilowatt-hours...
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Heat (section Notation and units)
engineering use other, traditional units, such as the British thermal unit (BTU) and the calorie. The standard unit for the rate of heating is the watt (W), defined...
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Hub per million British thermal units of LNG. Tolling fees in the Cheniere contracts vary: US$2.25 per million British thermal units ($7.7/MWh) with BG...
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Barrel of oil equivalent (category Units of energy)
equivalent as about 6 gigajoules (1.7 megawatt-hours; 5.7 million British thermal units). The value is necessarily approximate as various grades of oil...
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Tonne of oil equivalent (category Units of energy)
1 toe = 39,683,207.2 British thermal units (BTU) 1 toe = 1.42857143 tonnes of coal equivalent (tce) Conversion into other units: 1 toe = 7.33 barrels...
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TNT equivalent (category Units of energy)
is approximately: 1.0×109 calories 4.184×109 joules 3.96831×106 British thermal units 3.086×109 foot-pounds 1.162×103 kilowatt-hours 2.611×1028 electronvolts...
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Partners saying it committed price gouging, charging $500 per million British thermal unit (290 kilowatt-hours) rather than a "reasonable" $40. Despite investigations...
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Calorie (redirect from Calorie (unit))
theory Conversion of units of energy Empty calorie Food energy A calorie is a calorie Nutrition facts label British thermal unit Satiety value Christopher...
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ISBN 978-0273742753. "Second - BIPM". "Metre - BIPM". "Kelvin - BIPM". "British thermal units (Btu) - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". "Mole - BIPM"...
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currency units per volume or currency units per energy content. For example, US dollars or other currency per million British thermal units, thousand...
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fuels based on fuel content in accordance to the British Thermal Unit (BTU). The British Thermal Unit is a measure of heat corresponding to the quantity...
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ductwork through the building. Abbreviated AH or AHU. British thermal unit (BTU) Any of several units of energy (heat) in the HVAC industry, each slightly...
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transmission) BTMG—Behind The Meter Generation BTU—British thermal unit(s) BTU—Board of Trade unit (1 kWh) (UK historical) BTX—from BTX process, a mixture...
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