#438 Energy vs Power

Jason Marshall Fri 2 Sep 2016

http://project-haystack.org/doc/Energy#thermalMeters

The comments here would suggest power is the accumulated energy? The example at the link above shows BTU/h as being power, and BTU as being energy.

I've always treated power as kW and energy as kWh. Is the BTU example in the link correct?

Kevin Kelley Fri 2 Sep 2016

Looks right to me... BTU, kWh, Calorie, Joule, are all units of energy: instantaneous power accumulated over time. The power unit is reached by dividing out the time: BTU/hour, kWh/h==kW.

See Wikipedia:BTU

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