OEO Ontology

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

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

gigawatt-hour
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Definition:
An energy unit which is equal to 10^9 watt-hours.

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

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

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

megawatt-hour
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Definition:
An energy unit which is equal to 1,000,000 watt-hours.

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

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

petawatt-hour
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Definition:
An energy unit which is equal to 10^15 watt-hours.

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

terawatt-hour
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Definition:
An energy unit which is equal to 10^12 watt-hours.

ton of coal equivalent
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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
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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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unit
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Definition:
A unit of measurement is a standardised quantity of a quantifiable entity