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Overview / Open Energy Ontology / Class - energy unit

Label: energy unit

Definition:

"A unit which is a standard measure of the work done by a certain force (gravitational, electric, magnetic, force of inertia, etc)." [NIST:NIST]

Sub classes:

joule based unit

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watt-hour based unit

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Definition:

An energy unit which is equal to 10^18 joules.

Definition:

An energy unit which is equal to 10^9 joules.

kilo ton of coal equivalent

Definition:

A kilo ton of coal equivalent is an energy unit which is equal to 1,000 tons of coal equivalent.

kilo ton of oil equivalent

Definition:

A kilo ton of oil equivalent is an energy unit which is equal to 1,000 tons of oil equivalent.

Definition:

An energy unit which is equal to 1,000 joules.

Definition:

An energy unit which is equal to 1,000,000 joules.

million ton of coal equivalent

Definition:

A million ton of coal equivalent is an energy unit which is equal to 1,000,000 tons of coal equivalent.

million ton of oil equivalent

Definition:

A million ton of oil equivalent is an energy unit which is equal to 1,000,000 tons of oil equivalent.

Definition:

An energy unit which is equal to 10^15 joules.

Definition:

An energy unit which is equal to 10^12 joules.

ton of coal equivalent

Definition:

A ton of coal equivalent is an energy unit which is equal to the amount of energy released by burning one metric ton of coal with a certain net calorific value. That is defined as 0.7 tons of oil equivalent (toe) and thus equals 29.3076 gigajoules or 8.141 megawatt-hours.

ton of oil equivalent

Definition:

A ton of oil equivalent is an energy unit which is equal to the amount of energy released by burning one metric ton of crude oil with a certain net calorific value. That is defined as 41.868 gigajoules or 11.63 megawatt-hours.

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Definition:

"A unit of measurement is a standardized quantity of a physical quality." [Wikipedia:Wikipedia]