Kilowatt to BTU per hour

1 kW = 3,412.1416 BTU/h

Value

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Precision & format

Significant figures

Notation

1 kW equals

3,412.141633BTU/h

All 14 units

WattW
1,000
KilowattkW
1
MegawattMW
0.001
GigawattGW
0.000001
MilliwattmW
1,000,000
Horsepower (mechanical)hp
550 ft·lbf/s
1.34102209
Horsepower (metric)PS
75 kgf·m/s
1.359621617
Horsepower (electric)hp (E)
1.340482574
Horsepower (boiler)hp (S)
0.101941995
BTU per hourBTU/h
3,412.141633
Ton of refrigerationRT
12 000 BTU/h
0.2843451361
Foot-pound per secondft·lbf/s
737.5621493
Calorie per secondcal/s
239.0057361
Kilocalorie per hourkcal/h
860.4206501

Kilowatt to BTU per hour table

Common Kilowatt values converted to BTU per hour
Kilowatt (kW)	BTU per hour (BTU/h)
1	3,412.1416
2	6,824.2833
5	17,060.708
10	34,121.416
20	68,242.833
50	170,607.08
100	341,214.16
250	853,035.41
500	1,706,070.8
1,000	3,412,141.6

How the conversion works

Multiply the kilowatt figure by 3,412.141633 to get btu per hour. Every factor on this site is anchored to the SI base unit for power, so the same number is used everywhere it appears.

Going the other way, 1 BTU/h = 0.00029307107 kW — see btu per hour to kilowatt.

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