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BTU to Energy Conversion Calculations

This document contains calculations to convert between various units of energy: British Thermal Units (BTUs), kilocalories (kcal), joules (J), megawatt hours (MWh), and quads. It shows that 15 x 1010 BTUs is equivalent to 3.78 x 1010 kcal. It also shows that 15 x 1010 BTUs is equivalent to 1.5825 x 1014 J, which equals 43.958 x 103 MWh or approximately 44 days worth of energy from a 5 megawatt power plant operating 24 hours a day. Additionally, it shows that 10 quadrillion BTUs would last 200 days based on a daily energy use of 1.3 x 1013 BTUs

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BTU to Energy Conversion Calculations

This document contains calculations to convert between various units of energy: British Thermal Units (BTUs), kilocalories (kcal), joules (J), megawatt hours (MWh), and quads. It shows that 15 x 1010 BTUs is equivalent to 3.78 x 1010 kcal. It also shows that 15 x 1010 BTUs is equivalent to 1.5825 x 1014 J, which equals 43.958 x 103 MWh or approximately 44 days worth of energy from a 5 megawatt power plant operating 24 hours a day. Additionally, it shows that 10 quadrillion BTUs would last 200 days based on a daily energy use of 1.3 x 1013 BTUs

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1 BTU =0.

252 kcal
15 x 1010 BTU x

0.252kcal
1 BTU

3.78 x 1010 kcal

15

18

10 BTU =1.055 x 10 J
1.055 x 10 18 J
15 x 10 BTU x
15
10 BTU
10

1.5825 x 1014 J
1.5825 x 10 14 J
3
=43.958 x 10 MWh
6
60 x 60 x 10
5 MW x 24 hr=120 MWh

120 MWh
=1000 MWh
0.12
3

43.958 x 10 MWh
1000 MWh
43.958 days 44 days

15

1 quad=10 BTU
10 quad x

1015 BTU
1 quad

15

10 x 10 BTU
10 x 1015 BTU x

1 day
x 0.2
10 13 BTU

200 days

1 BTU =0.252 kcal

10 x 1015 BTU x
2.52 x 1015 kcal

0.252kcal
1 BTU

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