silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 months agoThe little-known, massive advantage that renewables hold over coal.slrpnk.netimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1156arrow-down1imageThe little-known, massive advantage that renewables hold over coal.slrpnk.netsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGorklinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-24 months ago Billion BTUs per month. Those are the worst Freedom™ units. So hard to use and convert.
minus-squareGorklinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-24 months agoYes but all of the derived units used in thermodynamic calculations. Pain in the ass to work with. Heat Transfer Coefficients - BTU/(hr•ft2•°R) vs J/(m2•K) Heat Capacity - BTU/°F vs J/K Heat Flux - BTU/(hr•ft2) vs W/m2 Specific Heat Capacity - BTU/(lb•°F) vs J/(kg•K) R-value - (°F•ft2•hr)/BTU vs (K•m2/W) Thermal Conductivity - BTU/(hr•ft•°F) vs W/(m•K) 1 ton of refrigeration vs 3.517 kW
Those are the worst Freedom™ units. So hard to use and convert.
1 BTU = ~1.06 Joules
Yes but all of the derived units used in thermodynamic calculations. Pain in the ass to work with.
Heat Transfer Coefficients - BTU/(hr•ft2•°R) vs J/(m2•K)
Heat Capacity - BTU/°F vs J/K
Heat Flux - BTU/(hr•ft2) vs W/m2
Specific Heat Capacity - BTU/(lb•°F) vs J/(kg•K)
R-value - (°F•ft2•hr)/BTU vs (K•m2/W)
Thermal Conductivity - BTU/(hr•ft•°F) vs W/(m•K)
1 ton of refrigeration vs 3.517 kW
Just use gigaBTUs (GBTU) to get your metric fix.