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Mega means million and a watt is a unit of power. A megawatt hour is the amount of power used if 1,000,000 watts are used for 1 hour, or 1 watt is used for 1,000,000 hours. If 100 light bulbs each using 1,000 watts of power are turned on for 10 hours, they will use 100 x 1,000 x 10 watt hours = 1,000,000 watt hours = 1 megawatt hour. Most electric companies charge for the number of kilowatt hours used. A megawatt hour is 1,000 kilowatt hours.
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∙ 12y agoNo. You can thnk of a megawatt hour as the number of megawatts that have been used in one hour.
A megawatt is a measure of power. A megawatt is 1,000,000 watts or 106 watts. A Watt is the same as a Joule/second.
A megawatt hour is a measure of energy. One megawatt hour is (106 watts)*(3600 seconds) or 3.6 * 109 watt seconds. Since a watt is a joule/second a megawatt hour is also 3.6 * 109 joules with the joule being the SI unit for energy.
CommentYou cannot 'use' watts or megawatts. A watt is simply the rate at which you 'use' energy. So, the first sentence of the above answer should read: "You can think of a megawatt hour as the amount of energy used in one hour at the rate of one megawatt'.
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How much units produce one mega watt powerplant per hour?
There is no such thing as a megawatt (not 'mega watt') per hour, so what exactly are you asking?
What is 5793.553 megawatts-hours to megawatts?
The megawatt-hour is unit of energy. The megawatt is unit of power. So, conversion is impossible.Let me know 5793.553 megawatts-hour (assume E) were obtained over what period of time in hours (assume T), then the average value for the megawatts (assume P) is:P = E / T
How much energy is 1 Megawatt?
First of all, a megawatt is not a unit of energy. It is a unit of power, or the rate at which energy is used. 1 watt corresponds to 1 joule per second. For example, a sixty watt lightbulb uses 60 joules of energy per second. So a megawatt is one million watts, or one million joules of energy per second. Electrical energy is often measured in kilowatt-hours by the electric company (So that they know how much to charge you). This is equivalent to the amount of energy that a kilowatt power source could supply in one hour. The amount of energy in joules that a kilowatt hour is goes as follows: 1 kilowatt = 1000 watts, so 1000 joules per second. Multiply this by the number of seconds in an hour, and you have 3600000J.
How many watts in a mega watt of electricity?
"mega-" = one million, so 1 megawatt = 1 000 000 watts. So 10 mW = 10 000 000 W.
How many kilowatt hours in a 8 Megawatt power generation plant?
8,000 since 8000*1000(kilo)=8,000,000 (mega)
How many watts in a gigawatts?
1000. A megawatt-hour is the energy you'd get with a megawatt of power for 1 hour. Energy = power * time. It's important to note that it's 'megawatt hour' and not megawatt/hour (ie. it's not megawatt per hour).A gigawatt has 1000 times the power of a megawatt. Thus, since the time is the same (both 1 hour), a gigawatt-hour = 1000 megawatt hours.
What is the abbreviation for Megawatt hour?
MWh
How can calculate megawatt to Tons Per Hour?
You can't convert between these units. Tons per hour is a (truly archaic) measure of cooling capacity. Megawatts is a measure of power.
What is the difference between Mw and mwh?
A megawatt ('MW', not 'Mw') is used to measure power, which is the rate at which you use energy.A megawatt hour ('MW.h', not 'mwh') is used to measure energy, and is defined as 'the amount of energy consumed, per hour, at a rate of one megawatt'.
Is the unit megawatt-day an energy unit?
Yes, the unit of megawatt day is energy 1 megawatt day = 1 (megawatt.day )106 (watt/megawatt) x 24 (hour/day) x 3600 (second/hour) = 8.64 x 1010 watt.sec = 8.64 x 10 10 Joule Both Joule and watt.sec are also units of energy
How many units consumed per 24 hours of megawatt mot er?
Watt, kilowatt, or megawatt are units of power (energy/time). A watt is 1 joule/second. A kilowatt is a thousand joules per second. A kilowatt is also 1 kWh/hour (kilowatt-hour / hour). Since you would usually pay per kilowatt-hour, you might be more interested in the number of kilowatt-hours. A megawatt is a million joules per second - or a thousand kWh/hour.
How many megawatts do tidal turbines produce in day?
A typical nuclear power plant produces 500 to 5000 megawatts of power. If we take 2000 as average, an average plant produces 2000 megawatt hours in an hour, or 48,000 megawatt hours in a day. But please note: Technically, this does not answer the question asked, because the question asked for megawatts, not megawatt hours. The question as asked is like asking how many horsepower a car can produce in a day. The measure of electrical output over a period of time is a watt hour, or, in this case, the megawatt hour. So the question answered was, "How many megawatt hours does a nuclear power plant make in a day?"
How many btu to one mbtu?
None. They are used to measure two different quantities. The BTU is used to measure energy while the megawatt is used to measure power. Two different units for measuring two different quantities.A Megawatt-hour is a measure of energy that is equivalent to about 3.45 million BTUs. Or 1 Megawatt is equivalent to 3.45 million BTU per hour.
Does geothermal energy generate waste?
Geothermal energy does produce waste, 122kg of C02 per megawatt-hour.
How much units produce one mega watt powerplant per hour?
There is no such thing as a megawatt (not 'mega watt') per hour, so what exactly are you asking?
What is the abbreviation of 'megawatt'?
The abbreviation of "megawatt" is "MW."
How you can calculate tph to megawatt?
To calculate tph to megawatts you need to know how many tph are in one megawatts. The equation is 1 mw is equal to 4 tph.
