How many kWH is a m3 of Oil?

Answer 1

Hi I have an indirect method: My car has aprox 60kW power. I know the max. power of the engine allows for no acceleration at 150km/h. This, all the power extracted from the oil goes to drag (air, and some road, and internal efficiency of car engine, transmission) This means, in 1 hour I will consume 60kWh having travelled 150km. The fuel efficiency of my car is 14km/l at that speed. That means, about 11 liters for the 150km (60kWh) So, at the efficiency of my car, 11 liters are giving an output of 60 kWh. or 1 liter 5.5 kWh So, for car fuel (not diesel though), 1 m3 1000 liters = 5500 kWh. I know efficiency of a car engine is about 30%, so the burned kWh will be about 16000 kWh. Bye Alejandro ====== This question involves dissimilar units, so cannot be answered without more information. 1 kWh = 1 kilowatt hour. A Wh is a Watt-hour. If using an appliance that consumes 1W, after 1 hour it will have consumed 1Wh of electricity. 1 kWh = 1,000 Watt-hours. So, running your 1W appliance will consume 1kWh after 1,000 hours, or running a 1,000W appliance will consume 1kWh after 1 hour. A 60W light bulb would take 16-2/3 hours to consume 1 kWh. m3 typically refers to a cubic meter, also abbreviated cu. m. and CBM (in the freight industry). To convert the stored chemical energy in oil into electricity requires a conversion of energy. For example, the oil could be refined into flammable products, such as gasoline, to fuel an internal combustion engine driving a generator. This question does not specify a type of oil. However, if using something like light, sweet crude, by volume only about one third of the oil can be converted to gasoline. The remainder can become other petroleum products, such as diesel fuel. Alternately, with the proper wick and fuel-to-air ratio, the oil could be burned, and the resulting heat used to heat water to power a steam turbine, again producing electricity. So, the amount of kWh which can be obtained from a cubic meter of oil depends on the type of oil (unspecified), how thoroughly it can be burned (unspecified), and how efficiently the energy released from burning can be converted into electricity (unspecified).