BTU to Kcal/hr conversion

[Haywire Haywood]

I'm trying to get a comparison of stove specs to the kerosene stove I have been spot heating the house with. It's all in Japanese but I figured out that it's claiming 3.2KW or 2750 Kcal/hr.

My question is this: When you see btu numbers, are they really "btu/hr" numbers? All the online calculators I see don't have just "btu" listed.

Ian

 

[jdew1920]

You're right, when you see ratings for furnaces, wood stoves, grills etc. those really are btu/hr. Amount of heat by itself doesn't tell you much, it's at what rate can it put heat out that is important.

 

[Haywire Haywood]

Ok, if that's the case, then it's easy for me to have a frame of reference for how much heat this thing will put out.

thanks,
Ian

 

[ericjeeper]

Wow I am amazed at the varying numbers I found for BTU's per gallon of K1
anywhere from 91344 to 142000. So if you consume 2 gallons of fuel per day, You have released somewhere between 180k and 280k btus. Mid way ratings. 240 k divided by 20 hours is only 12,000 btus per hour/.

 

[Haywire Haywood]

I suppose how you burn it determines how many BTUs you see. How long will a cord of wood heat your home? Largely depends on what you're burning it in. 75% eff. wood stove or 50% eff. OWB. What's in your wallet?

The stove claims 55k BTU and the kerosene heater I've been using is claiming about 11K btu, so I can equate the stove to about 5 kerosene heaters when it's wide open or 3 when cruising along at a middle of the road burn rate.

Ian