Conversion Tables of Measuring Units
Conversion Tables of Measuring Units
The most commonly used water flow or airflow unit today is CFM (Cubic Feet per Minute). In countries
where the metric system is more common, m3/min or m3/h is sometimes being used, but even there, CFM
is the most common unit.
TEMPERATURE
- Conversion of the degree Celsius into Fahrenheit =
degrees C x 1.8 + 32
- Conversion of the Fahrenheit into degree Celsius =
(degrees F - 32.) / 1.8
FORCE
The Newton is the unit of force of the SI. A Newton is the force required to give to a mass of 1 kilogram an
acceleration of 1 meter per second.
The most current force is the weight. It is a vertical force directed to the bottom, which results from the
action of gravity. Whose equivalent is : mass * 9.806 (N/kg) )
A Pascal corresponds to the pressure generated by a force of 1 Newton acting on a surface of 1 square
meter also said Newton per square meter (N/m2). It is a rather small unit like result and it more often used
as a kilopascal [ kPa ] or in bar, equivalent to 100 000 Pascal.
The intermediate value of the calorie in the range of 0°C to 100°C is called the average calorie; i.e. 1/100 of
energy necessary to heat the water of 1 gram of water of the melting point at its point of boiling.
BTU: It is the quantity of heat necessary to increase the temperature of a degree Fahrenheit per unit of
mass of 1 pound of water, that is to say a mass of 0.4535924 kg.
The British Thermal Unit (BTU) can also take various values and are called in a similar way to the calorie,
that is Btu (IT), (Th), etc.
One hundred thousand BTU (100 000 Btu) are called a Therm , thus its exact value depends on which BTU
is used.
CHALEUR SPECIFIQUE
Symbole SI équivalent Désignation unité de mesure
1 Btu (IT)/lbm = 2326 J/kg - British thermal unit (IT) per pound mass
1 Btu (therm.)/lbm = 2324.44 J/kg - British thermal unit (therm.) per pound
mass
1 cal (IT)/g = 4186.74 J/kg - calorie (IT) per gram
1 cal (therm.)/g = 4184 J/kg - calorie (therm.) per gram
1 J/g = 1000 J/kg - joule per gram
1 J/kg = 1 J/kg - joule per kilogram
1 Cal (IT)/kg, kcal/kg = 4186.74 J/kg - kilocalorie (IT) per kilogram
1 kWh/kg = 3.6 x 10^6 J/kg - kilowatt-hour per kilogram
C'est cette unité qui est attribuée aux générateurs d'énergie (moteurs, chaudières, etc.) ou à leurs dérivés.
Par exemple :
Une ampoule de 100 W (puissance) sera équivalent en énergie (E) sur une heure à 0,36 MJ ou 100 Wh.
Un moteur d'une puissance de 10 ch (7,36 kw) sera équivalent en énergie (E) sur une heure à 26,5 MJ
ou 7,36 kWh.
Attention ceci ne signifie pas la consommation d'énergie (Il faut intégré tous les rendement et autres pour
obtenir la consommation d'énergie équivalente)
Il y a 2 unités différentes dans l'utilisation du horse power (HP). La pemière unité (HP = 745,7 watt) utilisée
au USA/UK est basée sur l'énergie équivalente pour soulever un poids de 550 livres (pound) au travers 1
pied (foot) en une seconde. La seconde unité (HP = 736 watt) utilisée en Europe continentale est basée sur
l'énergie équivalente en énergie à soulever dun poids de 75 kilogrammes sur 1 mètre en 1 seconde.
68 20 0.789
Alcohol - ethyl (grain) C2H5OH 104 40 0.772
60 15.6 0.88-0.94
SAE-75W/80W/85W/90W/140W/150W 60 15.6 0.88-0.94
Beer 60 15.6 1.01
32 0 0.899
Benzene (benzol) C6H6 60 15.6 0.885
Bone oil 60 15.6 0.918
46.4 8 1.014
Boric acid H3BO3 59 15 1.025
Bromine 32 0 2.9
Butane-n 60 15.6 0.584
Butyric acid 68 20 0.959
32 0 1.293
Carbon disulfide CS2 68 20 1.263
68 20 0.96
Castor Oil 104 40 0.95
Diphenylamine 1.16
59 15 0.907
Ethyl acetate CH3COOC2H3 68 20 0.9
Naphthalene 68 20 1.145
Water. fresh 1
1)
Based on water at 60oF and SG = 1
Pressure Converting Tables
The tables below can be used to convert between some common pressure units:
Multiply by
Convert to
Convert
from Pa (N/m ) 2
bar atmosphere mm Hg mm H2O m H2 O kg/cm2
Pa (N/m ) 2
1 10 -5
9.87 10 -6
0.0075 0.1 10 -4
1.02 10-5
bar 105 1 0.987 745 1.0197 104 10.197 1.0197
atmosphere 1.01 10 5
1.013 1 759.9 10132 10.13 1.03
mm Hg 133.3 1.33 10-3 1.32 10-3 1 13.3 0.013 1.36 10-3
mm H2O 10 0.000097 9.87 10-5 0.075 1 0.001 1.02 10-4
m H 2O 104 0.097 9.87 10 -2
75 1000 1 0.102
kg/cm2 9.8 104 0.98 0.97 735 10000 10 1
pound
square feet 47.8 4.78 10-4 4.72 10-4 0.36 4.78 4.78 10-3 4.88 10-4
pound
square
inches (psi) 6897 0.069 0.068 51.7 689.7 0.69 0.07
inches Hg 3377 0.0338 0.033 25.33 337.7 0.337 0.034
inches H2O 248.8 2.49 10-3 2.46 10-3 1.87 24.88 0.0249 0.0025
Multiply by
Convert to
pound
Convert pound square
from square feet inches (psi) inches Hg inches H2O
Pa (N/m ) 2
0.021 1.45 10 -4
2.96 10 -4
4.02 10-3
bar 2090 14.5 29.61 402
atmosphere 2117.5 14.69 29.92 407
mm Hg 2.79 0.019 0.039 0.54
mm H2O 0.209 1.45 10-3 2.96 10-3 0.04
m H 2O 209 1.45 2.96 40.2
kg/cm2 2049 14.21 29.03 394
pound
square feet 1 0.0069 0.014 0.19
pound
square
inches (psi) 144.1 1 2.04 27.7
inches Hg 70.6 0.49 1 13.57
inches H2O 5.2 0.036 0.074 1
Some other Pressure Units