B.T.U.
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And with a 10,000 B.T.U. side-burner, it’s ready for anything.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2012
The amount of steam needed to produce a barrel of oil varies according to the age of the field, but 2 million B.T.U. per barrel is typical.
From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2011
GlassPoint said that at a full-size plant, its technology could produce steam at a cost of $3 per million B.T.U., compared with a market price of gas today of around $4 per million B.T.U.
From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2011
Business people The initials B.T.U. stand for British thermal unit, the basic measurement of heat in a given amount of energy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Calorific value per pound of coal 14200 B.T.U.
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