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alexjb1989
Hi there,
I do hope this is the right place to post this!
I basically want to compare energy consumption in heating between two buildings.
Building A has a purely electrical heating system and I can get how many kWh are consumed in one month.
Building B has a gas boiler which uses 47kg propane calor cylinders. I can get how many are used in one month.
Do any of you know the best way to calc which is drawing more heat (is for space and DHW).
So Far I have gone down the line of finding out that in a 47kg of propane there is 93.82 litres of propane. And in 1litre of propane there is 20117 Btu, so in 47kg has a value of 1887377 (20117*47). So with this I can calc the Btu value per month
For building be (the elec system) the Btu value of 1kWh is 3412Btu so I multiply the monthly kWh times 3412.
With these montly Btu value for both buildings I am then compairing the two and the higher one is drawing more heating? Is the correct way to do it?
The propane building came out as using a tremendous amount more, which could be correct.
Hope this makes sense, I am sure I have made it less clear than it needs to be!
I do hope this is the right place to post this!
I basically want to compare energy consumption in heating between two buildings.
Building A has a purely electrical heating system and I can get how many kWh are consumed in one month.
Building B has a gas boiler which uses 47kg propane calor cylinders. I can get how many are used in one month.
Do any of you know the best way to calc which is drawing more heat (is for space and DHW).
So Far I have gone down the line of finding out that in a 47kg of propane there is 93.82 litres of propane. And in 1litre of propane there is 20117 Btu, so in 47kg has a value of 1887377 (20117*47). So with this I can calc the Btu value per month
For building be (the elec system) the Btu value of 1kWh is 3412Btu so I multiply the monthly kWh times 3412.
With these montly Btu value for both buildings I am then compairing the two and the higher one is drawing more heating? Is the correct way to do it?
The propane building came out as using a tremendous amount more, which could be correct.
Hope this makes sense, I am sure I have made it less clear than it needs to be!