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UNIT CONVERSION
Output unit
Selection Selected Type ID Selected Type Lookup Ref Two param equation? Input unit ID Input unit ID (min applied) Output unit ID Output unit ID (min applied)
20 unitPressure TRUE 9 9 6 6
Long Name Lookup Name Acceleration unitAcceleration Area - largeunitAreaLarge Area - small unitAreaSmall CGR unitCGR Density unitDensity Energy unitEnergy Energy rateunitEnergyRate Force unitForce GLR unitGLR GOR unitGOR Heat capacity unitHeatCapacity Heating value unitHeatingValMass - mass Heating value unitHeatingValVol - volume Heat transfer unitHeatTransfCoeff coefficient Length unitLength LGR unitLGR Mass unitMass Mass rate unitMassRate Power unitPower
Pressure unitPressure Pressure delta unitPressureDelta Specific heat unitSpecHeatCap capacity Surface tension unitSurfTension Temperature unitTemperature Thermal conductivity unitThermalConductivity Time - large unitTimeLarge Time - small unitTimeSmall Velocity unitVelocity Viscosity - dynamic unitViscosityDyn Viscosity - kinematic unitViscosityKin Volume rate unitVolRate Volume rate unitVolRateAct - actual Volume rate unitVolRateLiq - liquid Volume unitVolume
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BASIC CONSTANTS Gas constant, R Grav. accel. MW (air) Standard T, P Std Pressure Std Temperature Molar Volume Common definitions for Standard T, P Temp K 273.15 288.15 288.71 273.15 288.15 288.71 Abs Pres kPa 101.325 101.325 101.325 100 100 101.560 Molar Vol 3 m /kgmol 22.414 23.645 23.691 22.711 23.958 23.636 8.31451 kPa.m3/(kmol.K) 2 9.80665 m/s 28.964 kg/kmol 2 101.325 kPa 288.15 K 3 23.645 m /kgmol
0oC, 1atm 15oC, 1atm 60oF, 1atm 0oC, 100kPa 15oC, 100kPa o 60 F, 14.73psia
(273.15K = 0'C = 32'F; 101.325kPa = 1atm (288.15K = 15'C = 59'F) (288.71K = 60'F = 15.56'C)
(100.232kPa = 14.73psia)
UNITS Example Click the unit cell then select required unit from the dropdown list that appears
Length
Temperature
Length Base conversions inches/foot feet/metre feet/mile Lookup table Unit mm cm m km in ft mile
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SI unit m m m m m m m
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SI unit m2 2 m m2 2 m
Area_large Base conversions hectare/km2 ft2/acre Lookup table Unit 2 km 2 mi hectare acre
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Lookup table Unit mL cm3 L m3 in3 ft3 bbl gallon (US) gallon (UK)
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SI unit m3 m3 m3 m3 m3 m3 m3 m3 m3
Mass Base conversions pounds/kilogram pound/ton (short) pound/ton (long) Lookup table Unit mg g kg tonne (metric) lbl ton (short) ton (long)
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SI unit kg kg kg kg kg kg kg
Force Base conversions Force = mass * acceleration Dyn Lookup table Unit N mN kg(f) lbl(f) Dyn
1.00E-05 N
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SI unit N N N N N
Pressure Base conversions Pressure is force per unit area Pa = N/m2 = kg.(m/s2)/m2 = kg/(m.s2) kPa/Atmosphere kPa/bar bara/Atmosphere barg/Atmosphere psia/Atmosphere psi/bar 101.325 100 1.01325 0 14.696 14.504 kPa(A)/atm(A) kPa/bar bara/atm barg/atm psia/atm(A) psi/bar Atmospheric pressure at sealevel in kPa
The atmospheric pressure in bar at sealevel The atmospheric pressure in psi at sealevel
Lookup table !!! Order is important - multiply first then add the constant !!! Unit Pa(A) kPa(A) kPa(G) MPa(A) MPa(G) bara barg psia psig atm(A) atm(G) 2 kg/cm (A) Multiplier 0.001 1 1 1000 1000 100 100 6.895 6.895 101.325 101.325 98.0665 Constant 0 0 101.325 0 101.325 0 101.325 0 101.325 0 101.325 0 SI unit kPa(A) kPa(A) kPa(A) kPa(A) kPa(A) kPa(A) kPa(A) kPa(A) kPa(A) kPa(A) kPa(A) kPa(A)
X barg = X barg + atm P = Y bara; eg. 1bar 1 bar = 100kPa X bara = (X - 1.013)barg * 100kPa/bar + 101
Converting to psia first would give the same [X psig + (14.5*1.013 or X psig * (100/14.5
Pressure difference Lookup table Unit Pa kPa mbar bar psi atm kg/cm2 mH2O
= = = = = = = =
Temperature Base conversions Deg Celcius / Kelvin Fahrenheit Rankine/Kelvin Constant o 273.15 C/K 459.67 Rankine 0 R/K
1.8
Lookup table !!! Order is important - multiply first then add the constant !!! Unit 'C K 'F R Multiplier 1 1 0.556 0.556 Constant 273.15 0 255 0 SI unit K K K K
= = = =
0.001 1 60 3600
SI unit s s s s
day
86400 s
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Volume rate - Gas (standard conditions) Lookup table Select standard T, P from the in-cell drop down list Unit 3 sm /s 3 Nm /h Mm3/d Mscf/d MMscf/d Bscf/y kgmol/h lbmol/h Std T, P
15oC, 1atm 0oC, 100kPa 15oC, 1atm 60oF, 1atm 60oF, 1atm 60oF, 1atm
Volume rate - Gas (actual conditions) Lookup table Unit am3/s = am3/h = Mm3/d = Mcf/d = MMcf/d =
Volume rate - Liquid Lookup table Unit L/s L/min L/h L/d m3/s 3 m /h 3 m /d bbl/d k.bbl/d gph (US) gpd (US) gph (UK) gpd (UK)
= = = = = = = = = = = = =
1000 16.67 0.278 0.01157 1 0.002738 1.1574E-05 1.842E-06 0.00184213 1.0515E-06 4.3813E-08 1.2628E-06 5.2617E-08
gallons/hour
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Mass rate Lookup table Unit kg/s kg/h t/d t/y lbl/s lbl/h
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Acceleration Lookup table Unit 2 mm/s m/s2 2 km/s 2 in/s 2 ft/s mi/(h.s) 2 mi/s
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Energy Base conversions Joules/(kgm2/s2) Joules/Calorie Joules/BTU Lookup table Unit J kJ Cal kCal BTU
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SI unit kJ kJ kJ kJ kJ
= =
3412.1 (BTU/h)/kW
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SI unit kW kW kW kW kW
Heating value (volume basis) Lookup table Unit MJ/m3 = MJ/kgmol = MJ/scf = BTU/m3 = BTU/scf = BTU/lbmol = kcal/lbmol =
Heating value (mass basis) Lookup table Unit MJ/kg BTU/kg BTU/lb kcal/lb
= = = =
kcal/kg
0.00419 MJ/kg
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Specific heat capacity Lookup table Unit J/(kg.K) J/(g.K) BTU/(lb'F) cal/(g'C)
= = = =
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Heat transfer coefficient Lookup table Unit W/(m2K) BTU/(h.ft2'F) cal/(s.cm2K) kcal/(h.m2K)
= = = =
Dynamic (Absolute) Viscosity Base conversions Pa.s = Poise = Lookup table Unit cP Poise Pa.s
1 kg/m/s 1 g/cm/s
= = =
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(273.15K = 0'C = 32'F; 101.325kPa = 1atm = 14.696psia) (288.15K = 15'C = 59'F) (288.71K = 60'F = 15.56'C)
(100.232kPa = 14.73psia)
Atmospheric pressure at sealevel in kPa The atmospheric pressure in bar at sealevel is 1.01325 bar The atmospheric pressure in psi at sealevel is 14.696 psi
X barg = X barg + atm P = Y bara; eg. 1barg + 1.013 = 2.013bara 1 bar = 100kPa --> X barg = [100*(X barg + 1.013bar/atm)] kPa(A), or = [100*X + 101.325] kPa(A) 1.013)barg * 100kPa/bar + 101.3kPa/atm = X*100kPa(A) Converting to psia first would give the same result, ie.the following are equivalent: [X psig + (14.5*1.013=14.7)] psia * (1kPa / 14.5psi) = kPa(A) X psig * (100/14.5=6.895) kPa(G) + 101.3 kPa/atm = kPa(A)