The kilowatt.hour (kWh)
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No matter whether we are talking about electrical work or mechanical work, in engineering all measurements of actual work done are measured as the power used over a period of time.
The standard unit used to measure power in electrical engineering is the kilowatt and time periods are measured in hours, so the work done is measured in kilowatt.hours (kWh).
Exactly the same unit is used to measure amounts of energy used.
The energy transfer from a source of power to produce an end-result of work done can never be 100% efficient so the energy used (measured in kWh) will always be more than the actual work done (also measured in kWh).
A further fact
In the United Kingdom, electricity companies charge their customers by the unit. The term 'unit' is short for the obsolete expression 'Board of Trade Unit' and is a measurement of electrical energy, equivalent to a kilowatt hour. So, 1 unit = 1 kW.h.
There is no SI base unit for power.Power is measured in watts, which is a derived unit, not a base unit.A watt is equal to one joule (newton-meter) per second (J/s).
Milli is 0.001 of the Base UnitCenti is 0.01 of the Base Unit Deci is 0.1 of the Base Unit BASE UNIT Deca is 10 of the Base Unit Hecto is 100 of the Base Unit Kilo is 1000 of the Base Unit
The base unit for length is the metre.
No, the centigram is not the base unit for mass. The base unit for mass in the International System of Units (SI) is the kilogram. The centigram is a subunit of the gram, which is derived from the base unit of mass.
The base unit for length is the metre.
There is no SI base unit for power.Power is measured in watts, which is a derived unit, not a base unit.A watt is equal to one joule (newton-meter) per second (J/s).
Milli is 0.001 of the Base UnitCenti is 0.01 of the Base Unit Deci is 0.1 of the Base Unit BASE UNIT Deca is 10 of the Base Unit Hecto is 100 of the Base Unit Kilo is 1000 of the Base Unit
The base unit for microgram is the gram. This is the same base unit as Kilogram.
There is no such thing as a 'base unit for kilogram'! A kilogram is the SI base unit for mass.
A base unit is a unit of measurement on which other units are based.
The base unit for length is the metre.
There is no SI Base Unit for energy. The unit for energy, the joule is a Derived Unit.
No, the centigram is not the base unit for mass. The base unit for mass in the International System of Units (SI) is the kilogram. The centigram is a subunit of the gram, which is derived from the base unit of mass.
the same as the base unit OF time.
The base unit for length is the metre, the base unit for mass is the kilogram.
In international system the base unit of time is second.
The SI base unit for temperature is the kelvin.