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Energy Conversion Factors
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Ever wondered how many BTU were in a kilowatt hour (kwh) of electricity? Ever wondered how many BTU were in a barrel of oil?
Here are a few conversions:
| 1 (one) kilowatt-hour (kwh) of electricity | 3,412 Btu* |
| 1 (one) megawatt of electricity | 1,000 KW |
| 1 (one) average megawatt of electricity | 8,760,000 KWh |
| 1 (one) therm of natural gas | 100,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) barrel of oil | 42 gallons |
| 1 (one) barrel ofcrude oil | 5,848,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) barrel of distillate oil | 5,825,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) barrel of residual oil | 6,287,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) barrel of gasoline | 5,248,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) barrel of kerosene | 5,670,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) barrel of jet fuel | 5,513,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) barrel of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) | 4,011,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) cord of oak | 32,000,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) cord of lodgepole pine | 20,000,000 Btu |
| 1 (one) ton of wood pellets | 16,000,000 Btu |
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What is a Btu? Questions about what the difference is between crude, distillate, and residual oil?
Check out the definitions page:
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