1 kBTU = 1000 BTU_IT (derived from the NIST SP 811 IT BTU). (Note: 'MBTU' with a roman-numeral M also means 1000 BTU in some US industries — deliberately NOT aliased to avoid MMBTU confusion.)
Definition
- Dimension
- Energy
- Symbols
- kBTU
- System
- convention
- Base factor
- ×1055055.85262
- Exactness
- standard definition
Fixed by a published standard or convention (toe, therm, IT cal/BTU).
Also known as
kbtumbtu (thousand)
Sources
Common conversions
for 1 kBTU| joule | 1,055,055.85262 | J | standard definition |
| kilojoule | 1,055.05585262 | kJ | standard definition |
| megajoule | 1.05505585262 | MJ | standard definition |
| gigajoule | 0.00105505585262 | GJ | standard definition |
| kilowatt hour | ~0.293071 | kWh | standard definition |
| megawatt hour | ~0.000293071 | MWh | standard definition |
| British thermal unit | 1,000 | BTU | standard definition |
| million British thermal units | 0.001 | MMBTU | standard definition |
| therm (US) | 0.01 | therm | standard definition |
| tonne of oil equivalent | ~0.0000251996 | toe | standard definition |