Convert 600,000 BTUs per Hour to Horsepower
How much power is 600,000 BTUs per hour? What is 600 thousand BTUs per hour in horsepower? 600,000 BTU/hr to HP conversion.
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600,000 BTUs per Hour ≈
235.80890 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
600 thousand BTUs per hour is equal to about 236 horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
600,000 BTUs per hour
= 6 x 105 BTUs per hour
≈ 2.35809 x 102 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.