Convert 56,000 BTUs per Hour to Kilowatts
How much power is 56,000 BTUs per hour? What is 56 thousand BTUs per hour in kilowatts? 56,000 BTU/hr to kW conversion.
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56,000 BTUs per Hour ≈
16.411982 Kilowatts
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Result in Plain English
56 thousand BTUs per hour is equal to about 16.4 kilowatts.
In Scientific Notation
56,000 BTUs per hour
= 5.6 x 104 BTUs per hour
≈ 1.6412 x 101 kilowatts
BTUs per Hour
A British thermal unit is the amount of energy required to heat a pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit. This can vary slightly depending on the temperature of the water, therefore different estimates for the BTU exist. A BTU/hour is about 0.293 watts.
Kilowatts
A kilowatt is 1,000 watts. Usain Bolt's maximum power output while sprinting was about 2.6 kilowatts.