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UNIT CONVERSION

Input Output Unit Type

2000 psig 139 bara Input unit

13890.86 kPa(A) 138.9086 bara

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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PREFIXES Metric Prefix m c k M B T P Imperial Prefix M MM

long form milli centi thousand million/mega billion tera peta

value 0.001 0.01 1000 1E+06 1E+09 1E+12 1E+15

long form thousand million

value 1000 1E+06

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

10 in 0.254 m 0.000 mile 15 'C 288.15 K 15 'C

Temperature

Length Base conversions inches/foot feet/metre feet/mile Lookup table Unit mm cm m km in ft mile

12 in/ft 3.281 ft/m 5280 ft/mi

= = = = = = =

0.001 0.01 1 1000 0.0254 0.3048 1609.3

SI unit m m m m m m m

Area_small Lookup table Unit mm2 2 in m2 2 ft

= = = =

0.000001 0.000645 1 0.0929

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

100 hct/km2 43559.66 ft2/acre

1 hectare is 100m x 100m

= = = =

1 0.6214 0.01 0.0040468

Metric Unit 2 km 2 km km2 km2

Volume Base conversions barrels/cubic meter 3 in /US gallon Litres/Imperial(UK) gallon

6.283 bbl/m 3 231 in /gallon 4.54609 L/gallon(UK)

Lookup table Unit mL cm3 L m3 in3 ft3 bbl gallon (US) gallon (UK)

= = = = = = = = =

0.000001 0.000001 0.001 1 1.639E-05 0.0283 0.1592 0.00379 0.00455

SI unit m3 m3 m3 m3 m3 m3 m3 m3 m3

(35.31 ft3/m3) (264.2 gallon/m3) (220 gallon/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)

2.20462 lbl/kg 2000 lbl/tn 2240 lbl/ton

= = = = = = =

0.000001 0.001 1 1000 0.454 907.2 1016.0

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

= = = = =

1 0.001 9.80665 4.44823 0.00001

SI unit N N N N N

1kg * gravitational acceleration

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

[kg/cm2 * (100cm/m) ] * (grav accel) = N/m

Pressure difference Lookup table Unit Pa kPa mbar bar psi atm kg/cm2 mH2O

= = = = = = = =

0.001 1 0.100 100 14.504 101.325 98.0665 9.80665

SI unit kPa kPa kPa kPa kPa kPa kPa kPa

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

Time_small Lookup table Unit ms s min hour

= = = =

0.001 1 60 3600

SI unit s s s s

day

86400 s

Time_large Lookup table Unit hour day month year

= = = =

0.0417 1 30.4 365.25

"SI Unit" day day day day

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

Multiplier 1 0.000267 11.574 0.000328 0.328 0.900 0.00657 0.00298

"SI Unit" 3 sm /s 3 sm /s sm3/s sm3/s sm3/s sm3/s sm3/s sm3/s

Volume rate - Gas (actual conditions) Lookup table Unit am3/s = am3/h = Mm3/d = Mcf/d = MMcf/d =

1 0.000278 11.574 0.000328 0.328

"SI Unit" am3/s am3/s am3/s am3/s am3/s

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

"SI Unit" 3 m /s 3 m /s m3/s m3/s m3/s 3 m /s 3 m /s m3/s m3/s m3/s 3 m /s 3 m /s 3 m /s

gallons/hour

Liquid - Gas Ratio Lookup table Unit 3 3 m /Mm bbl/MMscf

= =

"SI unit" 3 3 1 m /Mm 3 3 5.6207 m /Mm

Gas - Liquid Ratio Lookup table Unit 3 3 m /m scf/bbl

= =

"SI unit" 3 3 1 m /m 3 3 0.178 m /m

Mass rate Lookup table Unit kg/s kg/h t/d t/y lbl/s lbl/h

= = = = = =

1 0.000278 0.011574 3.17E-05 0.454 5.25E-06

SI unit kg/s kg/s kg/s kg/s kg/s kg/s

Velocity Lookup table Unit m/s km/h ft/s mi/h

= = = =

1 0.278 0.3048 0.4470

SI unit m/s m/s m/s m/s

Acceleration Lookup table Unit 2 mm/s m/s2 2 km/s 2 in/s 2 ft/s mi/(h.s) 2 mi/s

= = = = = = =

0.001 1 1000 0.025 0.305 0.447 1609

SI unit 2 m/s m/s2 2 m/s 2 m/s 2 m/s 2 m/s 2 m/s

Density Lookup table Unit g/cm3 kg/m3 lbl/ft3

= = =

SI unit 3 1.00E-09 kg/m 3 1 kg/m 3 16.018 kg/m

Energy Base conversions Joules/(kgm2/s2) Joules/Calorie Joules/BTU Lookup table Unit J kJ Cal kCal BTU

2 2 1 J/(kgm /s ) 4.1868 J/Cal 1055.056 J/BTU

= = = = =

0.001 1 0.0041868 4.1868 1.055056

SI unit kJ kJ kJ kJ kJ

Energy rate Lookup table Unit TJ/d PJ/y

= =

"SI unit" 1 TJ/d 1000 TJ/d

Power Base conversions (BTU/h) / kW Lookup table Unit W kW MW Hp BTU/h

3412.1 (BTU/h)/kW

= = = = =

0.001 1 1000 0.746 0.00029

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 =

1 0.042292 35.315 0.001055 0.037259 0.000098 0.000390

"SI unit" MJ/m3 3 MJ/m 3 MJ/m MJ/m3 MJ/m3 MJ/m3 3 MJ/m

Heating value (mass basis) Lookup table Unit MJ/kg BTU/kg BTU/lb kcal/lb

= = = =

1 0.00106 0.00233 0.00923

"SI unit" MJ/kg MJ/kg MJ/kg MJ/kg

kcal/kg

0.00419 MJ/kg

Heat capacity Lookup table Unit J/K BTU/'F cal/'C

= = =

"SI unit" 1 J/K 1899 J/K 4.187 J/K

Specific heat capacity Lookup table Unit J/(kg.K) J/(g.K) BTU/(lb'F) cal/(g'C)

= = = =

1 1000 4187 4187

"SI unit" J/(kg.K) J/(kg.K) J/(kg.K) J/(kg.K)

Thermal conductivity Lookup table Unit W/(m.K) BTU/(h.ft'F) BTU.in/(h.ft2'F) cal/(sm'C)

= = = =

1 1.731 0.144 4.187

"SI unit" W/(m.K) W/(m.K) W/(m.K) W/(m.K)

Heat transfer coefficient Lookup table Unit W/(m2K) BTU/(h.ft2'F) cal/(s.cm2K) kcal/(h.m2K)

= = = =

1 5.678 4.19E-04 1.163

"SI unit" W/(m2K) W/(m2K) W/(m2K) W/(m2K)

Dynamic (Absolute) Viscosity Base conversions Pa.s = Poise = Lookup table Unit cP Poise Pa.s

1 kg/m/s 1 g/cm/s

(Water has viscosity of ca. 1cP at 20'C (1.00

= = =

"SI unit" 0.001 Pa.s 0.1 Pa.s 1 Pa.s

Kinematic Viscosity Base conversions Stoke Lookup table

Kinematic viscosity = Dynamic viscosity / De = 1 cm /s

2

Unit m2/s St cSt

= = =

"SI unit" 2 1 m /s 2 0.0001 m /s 2 0.000001 m /s

Surface tension Lookup table Unit T N/m mN/m lbl(f)/in dyn/cm

= = = = =

1 1 0.001 175.13 0.001

"SI unit" N/m N/m N/m N/m N/m

(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)

1 hectare is 100m x 100m

(264.2 gallon/m3) (220 gallon/m3)

1kg * gravitational acceleration

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)

[kg/cm2 * (100cm/m) ] * (grav accel) = N/m = kg * (grav accel) /m

(Water has viscosity of ca. 1cP at 20'C (1.002))

Kinematic viscosity = Dynamic viscosity / Density for a Newtonian fluid