Watts (W):
Description: The watt is a unit of measurement of power in the International System of Units; it is defined as a joule per second. It is a quantity which explains how fast energy is transferred or converted.
Conversion Factor: 1 (Base Unit)
Common Applications: Electrical power, light bulbs, and engines.
Kilowatts (kW):
Description: A kilowatt is, as the name suggests, 1,000 watts. Kilowatts are one of the most commonly used units of measurement of power in cases that handle fairly large electrical and mechanical systems.
Conversion Factor: 1000.000000
Common Applications: Household appliances, car engines, and industrial machinery.
Megawatts (MW):
Description: A megawatt refers to the amount equivalent to one million watts. Generally, it is used to talk of the output of electricity in a power plant or the consumption of electricity within an institution.
Conversion Factor: 1000000.000000
Common Use: Power generation, cities' electric consumptions, and industrial machineries.
Gigawatts (GW):
Description: This equates to one billion watts. Hence, its application extends to large-scale outputs of a power plant and electricity consumption in the entire grid.
Converting Units: 1000000000.000000
Typical Applications: Outputs of the national power grid, nuclear plants, and wholesale sources of energy.
Horsepower (metric) (hp)
Unit Description: Metric horsepower is one of the many units of power that are exactly so slightly different from US horsepower, this being the power needed to lift 75 kg a distance of 1 meter in one second
Converting Unit: 735.500000
Typical Applications: Many car engines, machinery, and motors
Horsepower (US) (hp):
Description: US hp is a unit of power commonly used in the United States, or 745.7 watts.
Conversion Factor: 745.700000
Automobiles engines, air conditioners and other machinery
BTU/h:
Description: BTU per hour describes the amount of power required for heating or cooling a space. This term is usually applied in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.
Conversion Factor: 0.293071
Usage of Examples: Calculations in heaters, air conditioner, thermal power
Cal/s:
Description: Calorie per second is the power equivalent in measurings; it is about the energy to raise one gram of water by one degree Celsius per second.
Conversion Factor: 4.186800
Common Uses: Measuring food energy, heat productions, and metabolic powers.
Joules per second (J/s):
Description: Also known as a watt, joules per second indicates transfer rate in energy, just like one watt.
Conversion Factor: 1.000000
Common Applications: Generators, scientific computations, analysis of energy transfer.
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