How much amount of coal and mineral oil is required to generate 1 KILOVOLTS of electrical energy.?

Question

Further how much amount of heat is dissipated in the atmosphere ?

Answer 1

It cannot be pre-determined. It is a varying quantity determined by the quality of source of fuel, technology implied and again the amount of heat dissipated cannot be precisely pre-judged.

Answer 2

You must mean Kilowatts. Electrical power is normally measured in Watts. A kilowatt is 1000Watts. If you use this amount for an hour, that is one Kilowatt-hour (KWH). If I burn ten 100Watt light bulbs for one hour, I would use about 1 KWH.

I haven't done this in a long time, but I think coal has about 8000BTU/lb, and 1000BTU is approx. 300Watts, so if I could get a perfect conversion, then It would take about three pounds of coal to produce 1000 Watts (1KWH) for an hour.

Of course, there are losses in the power plant process of burning the coal, boiling water in the boiler for steam to turn the Generator that makes the actual electricity.

For a good guess, I would say about 4 Pounds of coal.

Hope that helps, and I am not too far off.

Answer 3

kilovolts is not a unit of energy. Electrical energy is measure in Kilowatt Hours.

No coal or mineral oil is required to generate that voltage. Scuff you shoes on carpet a few times and you are there. No heat or pollution involved.

Answer 4

1 KILO-VOLT is not so much . U can get more than that dragging your feet on a nylon rug. It is about 25 ,000 V per 1/4 in.

U denote power in Kilowatts .