BTU; MMBTU definition

BTU; MMBTU. : "BTU" means a British thermal unit. A British thermal unit is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of pure water from fifty-nine degrees Fahrenheit (590 F.) to sixty degrees Fahrenheit (600 F.) at a constant pressure of 14.73 pounds per square inch absolute. "MMBTU" means one million (1,000,000) BTUs.
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BTU; MMBTU. : "BTU" means a British thermal unit. A British thermal unit is the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of pure water from fifty-nine degrees Fahrenheit (59(degree) F.) to sixty degrees Fahrenheit (60(degree) F.) at a constant pressure of 14.73 pounds per square inch absolute. "MMBTU" means one million (1,000,000) BTU.
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Examples of BTU; MMBTU in a sentence

  • THERMIE (th) One calory ( cal ) being the amount of heat necessary to raise by 1 [degree] C the temperature of one (1) gram of an element the heat pertaining to the mass of which is equal to that of water at 15 [degrees] C at normal atmospheric pressure (1.01325 Bar), one thermie is equal to one thousand kilocalories (Kcal), one kilocalory (Kcal) being itself equal to one thousand (1,000) calories; 252 thermies being equal to one (1) million BTU (MMBTU).

  • To determine the total gross heating value, the processed volume (in MCF) attributable to a particular Point of Delivery shall be multiplied by the gross heating value (in BTU per cubic foot) for that particular Point of Delivery as determined pursuant to Article IX, Paragraph 9.7, hereof and the result divided by one thousand (1,000) yielding the total gross heating value in millions of BTU (MMBTU).