Convert 1,500 Kilowatts to BTUs per Hour
How much power is 1,500 kilowatts? What is 1.5 thousand kilowatts in BTUs per hour? 1,500 kW to BTU/hr conversion.
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1,500 Kilowatts ≈
5,118,211.7 BTUs per Hour
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Result in Plain English
1,500 kilowatts is equal to about 5.12 million BTUs per hour.
In Scientific Notation
1,500 kilowatts
= 1.5 x 103 kilowatts
≈ 5.11821 x 106 BTUs per hour
Kilowatts
A kilowatt is 1,000 watts. Usain Bolt's maximum power output while sprinting was about 2.6 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.