Convert Petawatts to Ton of Refrigeration
Convert Petawatts (PW) to Ton of Refrigeration (RT) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
RT = PW × 284345136100
About Petawatts
A petawatt (PW) is 10¹⁵ W. Total solar power intercepted by Earth is ~174 PW. The world's most powerful laser pulses operate at petawatt peak power via chirped pulse amplification (CPA, 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics): China's SULF demonstrated 10 PW in 2019; ELI-NP targets 10 PW. These PW pulses last femtoseconds and create plasma temperatures of billions of kelvin in laboratory targets. Gamma-ray bursts radiate 10²⁴-10²⁷ W at peak - thousands to billions of times the petawatt scale. 1 PW = 10¹⁵ W.
About Ton of Refrigeration
One ton of refrigeration (RT) = 12,000 BTU/h ≈ 3,517 W - the cooling rate to freeze 1 short ton (2,000 lb) of water in 24 hours. This follows from water's latent heat: 144 BTU/lb × 2,000 lb ÷ 24 h = 12,000 BTU/h. US residential AC is 1.5-5 tons; a large commercial building 500-2,000 tons; a hyperscale data centre 50,000-100,000 tons. The RT is deeply embedded in North American HVAC catalogs, load calculation software, and contractor pricing. 1 RT = 3,516.85 W.
Quick Reference Table
| Petawatts (PW) | Ton of Refrigeration (RT) |
|---|---|
| 1 PW | 2.843 × 1011 RT |
| 2 PW | 5.687 × 1011 RT |
| 5 PW | 1.422 × 1012 RT |
| 10 PW | 2.843 × 1012 RT |
| 25 PW | 7.109 × 1012 RT |
| 50 PW | 1.422 × 1013 RT |
| 100 PW | 2.843 × 1013 RT |