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kW⋅h/K\text{kW}{\cdot}\text{h/K}

kilowatt-hour per kelvin

Heat capacityexact by definition

The kilowatt-hour per kelvin is exactly 3.6 × 10⁶ J/K. It is the working unit of thermal storage sizing: a 1000 litre buffer tank is 1.16 kW·h/K, so a 40 K swing stores about 46 kW·h.

1 kW⋅h/K\text{kW}{\cdot}\text{h/K} 3,600,000 J/K\text{J/K}

One kilowatt-hour per kelvin in every heat capacity unit

3,600,000,000millijoule per kelvin (mJ/K)
3,600,000joule per kelvin (J/K)
3,600,000joule per Celsius degree (J/°C)
860,421calorie per kelvin (cal/K)
3,600kilojoule per kelvin (kJ/K)
3,600kilojoule per Celsius degree (kJ/°C)
1,895.63BTU per Fahrenheit degree (BTU/°F)
1,895.63BTU per Rankine degree (BTU/°R)
1,000watt-hour per kelvin (W·h/K)
860.421kilocalorie per kelvin (kcal/K)
3.6megajoule per kelvin (MJ/K)
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