A home gas-fired heater has an output of 120,000 BTU/hr. The owner wants to exchange it with
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A home gas-fired heater has an output of 120,000 BTU/hr. The owner wants to exchange it with an electrical heater. What will be the equivalent electrical power in kW?
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Primary quantity Mass Length Time SI unit kg (kilogram) m (meter) s (second) Secondary quantity SI units Velocity m/s Acceleration m/s² kg. m/s² N·m = kg. m²/s² J/s = kg m²/s³ N/m² Force Work, energy Power Pressure kg/(ms) Alias N (Newton) J (Joule) W (Watt) Pa (Pascal)
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Thermodynamics Fundamentals And Engineering Applications
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