The US energy consumption is 100QBTUs per year. Convert that to joules per second.?

Question

How, step by step, do you do this?

Thanks

Answer 1

100 QBTUs per year / 365.25 days per year / 24 hours per day / 60 minutes per hour / 60 seconds per minute

1 BTU = 0.00511505512 joules per second

Unfortunately, we have to know where you are based to figure out QBtu, since British and Americans name multiples differently.

This site https://cms.amherst.edu/media/view/38361...

says

QBtu= quadrillion Btu= 10^15Btu.

so using that number and Google calcs 31 556 926 sec/yr

100 * 10^15 * 0.00511505512  / 31556926

(100 * (10^15) * 0.00511505512) / 31 556 926 = 16 208 977.8

16,208,977.8 joules per second

Answer 2

To convert BTUs to Joules multiply by 1054.35

To convert Joules per year to Joules per second, divide by (365.25 X 24 X 60 X 60) or 31,557,600.

100 X 10^15 X 1054.35 / 31,557,600 = 3.343 X 10^12 Joules / Second

Answer 3

Recommend in the future you use metric prefixes, there is a lot less confusion.

I have no idea what QBTU is!

G = 10e9

T = 10e12

P = 10e15

E = 10e18

Z = 10e21

Y = 10e24