Kilowatt

A Kilowatt is a unit of power, especially as a measure of the output of a small power plant.

• It is a standard Imperial metric.
• The Megawatt is an exponential value of the Kilowatt.

Description (Specifications)

A watt is a unit of power equivalent to one Joule per second and is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer.

• A kilowatt is one thousand (10³) watts.
• The common Imperial abbreviation is Kw. This is generally considered incorrect or "lazy", but the form is widely encountered nonetheless.
  • Properly, its nomenclature is kW
• One thousand Kilowatts (10⁶ watts) is equivalent to a Megawatt.

The kilowatt hour is a unit of energy equal to 3.6 Megajoules. If energy is transmitted or used at a constant rate over a period of time, the total energy in kilowatt hours is equal to the power in kilowatts multiplied by the time in hours.

• The common Imperial abbreviation is Kw/h.
  • Properly, its nomenclature is kWh, kW⋅h or kW h.

Term Usage Applications

Vehicle power plants, batteries, fuel cells, portable generators and other smaller power sources have outputs that are generally measured in Kilowatts and Kilowatt hours.

Sophont-portable Directed Energy Weapons such as lasers, plasma guns and fusion guns generally draw Kilowatts of power and deliver attacks rated in Kilojoules of energy.

History & Background (Dossier)

The Kilowatt was first defined as a unit of energy on Terra prior to the foundation of the Terran Confederation. Technologists found the Kilowatt useful as the concept of the Technology Level and standardized ideas about sophont society development began to take form.

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References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Marc Miller. Referee's Manual (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 57.
• Frank Chadwick, Dave Nilsen. Fire, Fusion, & Steel (Game Designers Workshop, 1993), pg 5.
• David Golden, Guy Garnett. Fire, Fusion & Steel (Imperium Games, 1997), pg 7.
• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science