Energy and Montana : an overview

28 Pages·1991·0.9 MB·English

by  Montana. Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation

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ENEPxGY AND MONTANA
AN OVERVIEW
STATE DOCUMENTS COLLECTION
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GLOSSARY
Average MW: Abbreviation for average Megawatt. A unit of energy-
output over a specified time period, equivalant to the total
energy in MWh divided by 8,760 (the number of hours in a
year)
Barrel: 42 U.S. gallons.
bcf: Abbreviation for billion cubic feet. See mcf.
Btu: Abbreviation for British Thermal Unit. A measure of heat
content being the quantity of heat necessary to raise the
temperature of 1 pound of water 1 degree Fahrenheit (elevate
59°F to 60°F, at 1 atmosphere pressure).
kWh: Abbreviation for kilowatt-hour. A watt is an electrical unit
of power or rate of doing work, where 746 watts equals about
horsepower. A kilowatt-hour is one thousand watts
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supplied/consumed steadily for one hour. A kWh contains
approximately 3,412 Btus
mcf: Abbreviation for thousand cubic feet. A measure of gas
volume. Burning 1 mcf of natural gas at 1 atmosphere
pressure releases roughly 1 million Btus of heat.
MWh: Abbreviation for megawatt-hour, one million watt-hours. See
kwh.
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