1 quad = 10^15 BTU_IT (one quadrillion IT BTU; standard US definition, derived from the NIST SP 811 IT BTU). EIA uses the quad throughout US national energy statistics.
Definition
- Dimension
- Energy
- Symbols
- quad
- System
- convention
- Base factor
- ×1055055852620000000
- Exactness
- standard definition
Fixed by a published standard or convention (toe, therm, IT cal/BTU).
Also known as
quadsquadrillion btu
Sources
Common conversions
for 1 quad| joule | 1,055,055,852,620,000,000 | J | standard definition |
| kilojoule | 1,055,055,852,620,000 | kJ | standard definition |
| megajoule | 1,055,055,852,620 | MJ | standard definition |
| gigajoule | 1,055,055,852.62 | GJ | standard definition |
| kilowatt hour | ~293,071,000,000 | kWh | standard definition |
| megawatt hour | ~293,071,000 | MWh | standard definition |
| British thermal unit | 1,000,000,000,000,000 | BTU | standard definition |
| million British thermal units | 1,000,000,000 | MMBTU | standard definition |
| therm (US) | 10,000,000,000 | therm | standard definition |
| tonne of oil equivalent | ~25,199,600 | toe | standard definition |