Power and heat conversion?

Nov 14, 2019

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Power and heat conversion? First figure out the units and symbols of power and heat.

(1) Watt is the power unit, symbol: W,

Kilowatt is the power unit, symbol: KW,

1 kW = 1000 watts

(2) Joule is a thermal unit, symbol: J

KJ is a thermal unit, symbol: KJ

1 kJ = 1000 joules

1 kW·hour = 860.04 big card 1 big card ≈ 4186 joules


For example: How much heat is 2KW power?

Heat = 2 * 86.04 * 4186 = 7200254.88 joules


For example: cast aluminum heating plate, specifications: 300 * 320 * 20mm, required temperature 400 ° C, power calculation:


First find the surface area: 30*32*2+30*2*2+32*2*2=1920+120+128=2168cm2,

Secondly, the surface temperature is required to be 400 ° C, and the surface load is selected to be 1.8 W/cm 2 .

The final calculation power 2168*1.8=3902.4W