Sentences with phrase «btu basis»

... Coal accounts for most of China's energy consumption, and coal has maintained an approximate 70 % share of Chinese consumption (on a Btu basis) since at least 1980.»

But wait, electricity from nuclear or wind is 2 - 3 times more useful than coal on a BTU basis, x2 more useful than natural gas, so it makes more sense to compare proportion of electricity generated from renewables and nuclear (ie low carbon energy) with whats generated by coal and NG.

Natural gas does emit less GHG than coal on a per Btu basis when burned, but the analysis assumes there are no methane leaks from both conventional and unconventional wells.

Suppose instead you could buy coal cheaper than gasoline on a BTU basis; is that any help to you as an auto driver?

It should not matter that much on a BTU basis, but it seems to.

Not exact matches

Brooke Responds to BTU Criticisms Unfortunately, the Boston Teachers Union recently released statements about Brooke that were based on politics, not facts.

High School Educators PD Event: May 15 The BTU and BPS have been awarded two grants from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation to empower educators in 7 - 12 and high schools to drive their own interest - based professional learning and retool their classrooms and schools.

• In flame based pet cremation, the first pet cremation of the day, even a small animal like a cat, can consume up to 2 million BTU's of energy.

Based in the USA, BTU Tour has a strong market position in the USA, Canada and the Caribbean, as well as an extensive network through Latin America — 3995 rentals are connected to this wholesaler nowadays.

On an annual basis, each acre is capable of producing 15 dry - tons of biomass that can be converted thru MAF to a net (after internal consumption) 100 MCF of renewable natural gas, methane — 100 million BTU's.

By comparison, «renewable» and «sustainable» corn - based ethanol requires 2,510 to 29,100 gallons per million Btu of usable energy — and biodiesel from soybeans consumes an astounding and unsustainable 14,000 to 75,000 gallons of water per million Btu!

The heat content of bituminous coal ranges from 21 to 30 million Btu per ton on a moist, mineral - matter - free basis.

The heat content of bituminous coal consumed in the United States averages 24 million Btu per ton, on the as - received basis (i.e., containing both inherent moisture and mineral matter).

But on a source basis (a.k.a., full - fuel - cycle basis), a natural gas water heater consumes approximately 46 percent fewer Btu.

An example of a real heat balance based on Btu / h follows.

With the exception of Figures 2 and 9, the data in this report are directly from the published values in the EIA's Monthly Energy Review (MER) or based on relatively simple calculations such as CO2 / Btu of energy.

With an energy efficient design I always calculate the losses for the lowest winter temperature and my average summer time temperature, I want to know the base load in terms of Btu and Kilowatts since I might be adding renewable energy to the design also.

Note that these figures are the averages, and there would be variations for each coal lease based on its energy content (BTU / lb), type of coal and CO2 coefficient, and the period over which each coal lease may be mined and burned.

A 2nd estimate of shop heat loss based on how fast the shop thermal mass warms up gives a UA that is more like 200 BTU / hr - F — pretty close.

Based on the test above that achieved 28 BTU per sqft of radiator per hour of cooling, and using the same 240 sf of north roof radiator area, the run time to cool the tank the full 12 F would be:

When / if BTU comes into existence, it will not be convertible or equal to XBU, however, once both BTU and XBU are trading on CoinQX, they will be exchangeable by willing participants based on customers bids and asks matching.

To accurately examine the cost of fuels based on the heat content they generate, the U.S. Energy Information Administration recommends using this formula: cost per million British thermal units (BTU).

If you get a good company out there to actually figure what what you need, just based on the higher efficiency, you can probably get it down to between 175 - 225K BTU which would save you 10, 20 or even 30 %.