Convert 5 Kilowatts to BTUs per Hour
How much power is 5 kilowatts? What is 5 kilowatts in BTUs per hour? 5 kW to BTU/hr conversion.
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5 Kilowatts ≈
17,060.706 BTUs per Hour
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Result in Plain English
5 kilowatts is equal to about 17.1 thousand BTUs per hour.
In Scientific Notation
5 kilowatts
= 5 x 100 kilowatts
≈ 1.70607 x 104 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.