Thermal Efficiency
type: QuantityKind
description: Thermal efficiency is a dimensionless performance measure of a thermal device such as an internal combustion engine, a boiler, or a furnace. The input to the device is heat, or the heat-content of a fuel that is consumed. The desired output is mechanical work, or heat, or possibly both.
applicable unit: FRACTION
applicable unit: PERCENT
applicable unit: UNITLESS
dbpedia match: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Thermal_efficiency
has dimension vector: A0E0L0I0M0H0T0D1
iso normative reference: http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail
plain text description: Thermal efficiency is a dimensionless performance measure of a thermal device such as an internal combustion engine, a boiler, or a furnace. The input to the device is heat, or the heat-content of a fuel that is consumed. The desired output is mechanical work, or heat, or possibly both.
qkdv denominator: A0E0L2I0M1H0T-2D0
qkdv numerator: A0E0L2I0M1H0T-2D0
specialization of: Efficiency
wikidata match: Q1452104
comment: Applicable units are those of quantitykind:ThermalEfficiency
broader: Efficiency