Convert 8,700 Tons of Refrigeration to Watts
How much power is 8,700 tons of refrigeration? What is 8.7 thousand tons of refrigeration in watts? 8,700 TR to W conversion.
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8,700 Tons of Refrigeration =
30,596,624 Watts
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Result in Plain English
8,700 tons of refrigeration is equal to about 30.6 million watts.
In Scientific Notation
8,700 tons of refrigeration
= 8.7 x 103 tons of refrigeration
≈ 3.05966 x 107 watts
Tons of Refrigeration
A ton of refrigeration is a unit of power sometimes used in the United States. It is defined as the energy put off by melting a ton of ice every 24 hours, and is approximately 12,000 BTUs per hour.
Watts
A watt is the standard unit of power. It is the power needed to do one joule of work per second. A typical incandescent light bulb uses 40-100 watts.