Kilocalorie To Kilowatt Hour (Kcal To Kwh) Converter

The Kilocalorie To Kilowatt Hour (Kcal To Kwh) Converter is a handy tool designed to help you easily convert energy measurements from kilocalories (Kcal) to kilowatt-hours (KWh). This is useful when comparing energy values across different units used in nutrition and electrical energy consumption.

A kilocalorie (Kcal), often simply called a “calorie” in everyday language, is a unit of energy commonly used to measure the energy content of food. One kilocalorie is equal to the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. Mathematically, 1 Kcal equals approximately 4.184 kilojoules (kJ).

A kilowatt-hour (KWh) is a unit of electrical energy commonly used by utility companies to bill electricity consumption. It represents the amount of energy used when a 1,000-watt (or 1-kilowatt) device runs for one hour. In terms of joules, 1 KWh equals 3.6 million joules (J).

To convert from kilocalories to kilowatt-hours, you can use the following formula:
KWh = Kcal × 4.184 / 860.4

Here, 860.4 is the approximate number of kilocalories in one kilowatt-hour. Using this formula, you can easily determine how much electrical energy corresponds to a given amount of food energy or vice versa.