2006-11-11 04:18:11 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Btu is a unit ot heat, Kilowatt is a unit of power therefore you cant have a number of Btu's in a Kilowatt, they are not compatible units.
2006-11-11 04:41:35 · answer #1 · answered by Alex S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be careful with units. A BTU is a measure of energy, while a kilowatt is a measure of power (energy per unit time).
When used as a unit of power, BTU per hour is understood, though this is often confusingly abbreviated to just BTU
1 kilowatt hour ~= 3,412.141 Btu
1 kilowatt ~= 3 412.141 Btu/hour
1 BTU/hour = 0.000293071 kilowatt
1 kilowatt = 3 412.141 635 133 Btu/hour
Hope this helps!
2006-11-11 04:35:53 · answer #2 · answered by cfpops 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A British Thermal Unit is a unit of energy and a killowatt is a unit of Power. So, there is no direct conversion. Perhaps you wanted BTU's in a kilowatt hour, that would be 3412.141479897 Btu.
2006-11-11 04:38:34 · answer #3 · answered by James M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BTUs are energy and Kilowatt is power so you cannot equate them. However there are
1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) = 3413 British Thermal Units (Btu)
2006-11-11 04:36:30 · answer #4 · answered by rscanner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you run a One Kilowatt heater for one hour it generates 3412 BTU.
2006-11-12 18:59:21 · answer #5 · answered by charley128 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋