Convert 130,000 BTUs per Hour to Horsepower
How much power is 130,000 BTUs per hour? What is 130 thousand BTUs per hour in horsepower? 130,000 BTU/hr to HP conversion.
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130,000 BTUs per Hour ≈
51.091928 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
130 thousand BTUs per hour is equal to about 51.1 horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
130,000 BTUs per hour
= 1.3 x 105 BTUs per hour
≈ 5.10919 x 101 horsepower
BTUs per Hour
A British thermal unit is the amount of energy required to heat a pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit. This can vary slightly depending on the temperature of the water, therefore different estimates for the BTU exist. A BTU/hour is about 0.293 watts.
Horsepower
Mechanical horsepower is commonly used to measure the maximum power of a car's engine in the United States. It is slightly different than Metric horsepower, which is used in Europe.