Kilocalorie Per Hour (kcal/h)
About 1.162 watts, using the thermochemical kilocalorie (the International Table kilocalorie gives 1.163 W).
1 kilocalorie per hour = 1.162222222 watts (approximately).
About the kilocalorie per hour
Heat output and body metabolism were long reckoned in kilocalories, so dividing by hours gave a convenient power unit for stoves, radiators and people. The kilocalorie descends from the calorie that Nicolas Clement introduced in lectures between 1819 and 1824, and the capitalized Calorie for the large unit was proposed by Marcellin Berthelot in 1879 and adopted for nutrition by Wilbur Atwater in 1887.
Which calorie is meant changes the answer. With the thermochemical kilocalorie of 4,184 joules the unit is 4,184 divided by 3,600, about 1.1622 watts, which is the figure used here. With the International Table kilocalorie of 4,186.8 joules it is exactly 1.163 watts, the same number that appears in the definition of the IT calorie as 1.163 milliwatt-hours. Either way, 60 kilocalories per hour is roughly 70 watts.
Sources: Wikipedia: Calorie; NIST SP 811, Appendix B.8
Kilocalorie Per Hour conversion chart
1 kilocalorie per hour expressed in every other power unit:
| Unit | 1 kilocalorie per hour |
|---|---|
| Watts | 1.162222222 |
| Kilowatts | 0.001162222222 |
| Horsepower | 0.001558565673 |
| Megawatts | 0.000001162222222 |
| Gigawatts | 1.162222222×10⁻⁹ |
| Metric Horsepower | 0.001580182457 |
| BTU Per Hour | 3.965666831 |
| Milliwatts | 1,162.222222 |
| Electrical Horsepower | 0.001557938636 |
| Foot-pounds Per Second | 0.8572111202 |
| Tons Of Refrigeration | 0.0003304722359 |
| Calories Per Second | 0.2777777778 |
| Ergs Per Second | 11,622,222.22 |
| Poncelets | 0.001185136843 |
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