what is the equation for calculating efficiency from power?
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The work efficiency formula is efficiency = output / input, and you can multiply the result by 100 to get work efficiency as a percentage. This is used across different methods of measuring energy and work, whether it's energy production or machine efficiency.
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Multiply the device's wattage by the number of hours the appliance is used per day. Divide by 1000. Multiply by your kWh rate.
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In many processes, work or energy is lost, for example as waste heat or vibration. The efficiency is the energy output, divided by the energy input, and expressed as a percentage. A perfect process would have an efficiency of 100%.
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So, for a boiler that produces 210 kW (or 700,000 BTU/h) output for each 300 kW (or 1,000,000 BTU/h) heat-equivalent input, its thermal efficiency is 210/300 = 0.70, or 70%. This means that 30% of the energy is lost to the environment. An electric resistance heater has a thermal efficiency close to 100%.
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To express the efficiency of a reaction, you can calculate the percent yield using this formula: %yield = (actual yield/theoretical yield) x 100. A percent yield of 90% means the reaction was 90% efficient, and 10% of the materials were wasted (they failed to react, or their products were not captured).
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kVA to watts calculation formula So watts are equal to 1000 times kilovolt-amps times the power factor.
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['Calculate the daily energy consumption: (Wattage) x (hours used per day) Divide the answer by 1,000.', 'Calculate the annual use: (Daily energy consumption) x (number of days the appliance is used per year)', 'Multiply #2 by your energy cost.']
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["The number of watts is equal to amps multiplied by volts. That's it! ... ", 'For example, if the current is 3 amps (3A) and the voltage is 110V, you multiply 3 by 110, to get 330W (watts). The formula is P=3A X 110V = 330 W (with P standing for power).', 'This is why watts are sometimes called volt-amps.']
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One kilowatt is equal to 1000 watts, so to calculate how many kWh a device uses, divide the watt-hours from the previous step by 1000.
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["power consumption * usage time = power consumed . So we'll consume 10000 watt hours or 10 kilowatt hours of power every day.", 'The electricity cost is cost = power consumed * energy price . ... ', 'For the annual cost, simply multiply the daily one * the number of days in a year.']
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Efficiency is simply Power out/Power in. If you have a motor with a low power factor you can improve the power factor as seen by the supply by fitting a power factor correction at the motor. It will make no difference to the motor efficiency. If it was 93% before it will be 93% after.
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As an example, consider a PC that requires 300 watts of power. If you use a power supply with an 85% efficiency rating, your PC will pull about 353 watts of input power from your power company. A power supply that's only 70% efficient, on the other hand, will pull 428 watts of power from the wall.
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["Multiply the device's wattage by the number of hours the appliance is used per day.", 'Divide by 1000.', 'Multiply by your kWh rate.']
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To calculate your systems expected output, you multiply the peak capacity of the system (in kWp) by the energy production per peak capacity (kWh/kWp). You will get the total energy generated by a system each year. For a 2.5 kWp system in Malta, it would be 2.5 x 1,664 = 4,161 kWh per year.
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The formula for calculating wattage is: W (joules per second) = V (joules per coulomb) x A (coulombs per second) where W is watts, V is volts, and A is amperes of current. In practical terms, wattage is the power produced or used per second.
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Insert milliamp hour (mAh) and voltage (V) and click on Calculate to obtain Watt hours (Wh). Formula is (mAh)*(V)/1000 = (Wh). For example, if you have a 300mAh battery rated at 5V, the power is 300mAh * 5V / 1000 = 1.5Wh.
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Multiply the MWh figure from Step 1 by 8,760, the number of hours in a year. In this example, that would yield 87,600 MWh total annual power production. Divide the annual MWh figure from Step 2 by 1,000 to get GWh. Thus, 87,600 MWh/year equals 87.6 GWh/year.