Convert Btu (IT)/hour to gigajoule/second
Please provide values below to convert Btu (IT)/hour [Btu/h] to gigajoule/second [GJ/s], or Convert gigajoule/second to Btu (IT)/hour.
How to Convert Btu (It)/hour to Gigajoule/second
1 Btu/h = 2.9307107e-10 GJ/s
Example: convert 15 Btu/h to GJ/s:
15 Btu/h = 15 × 2.9307107e-10 GJ/s = 4.39606605e-09 GJ/s
Btu (It)/hour to Gigajoule/second Conversion Table
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Btu (It)/hour
Btu (IT)/hour (Btu/h) is a unit of power that measures the rate of energy transfer, specifically the amount of British thermal units (IT) transferred per hour.
History/Origin
The Btu (IT) originated from the British thermal unit used in the United States and was standardized for industrial and engineering purposes. The per-hour notation became common in applications requiring power measurement, especially in heating and cooling systems.
Current Use
Btu/h is widely used in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industries to specify the capacity of heating and cooling equipment, as well as in energy analysis and thermodynamics.
Gigajoule/second
A gigajoule per second (GJ/s) is a unit of power equivalent to one gigajoule of energy transferred or converted per second.
History/Origin
The gigajoule per second emerged as a larger-scale unit of power measurement, primarily used in scientific and engineering contexts to quantify high power levels, especially in energy production and consumption. It is derived from the SI unit joule and the prefix giga, combined with the second as the time unit.
Current Use
GJ/s is used in fields such as energy industry, power generation, and large-scale energy transfer analysis to express high power rates, often in the context of power plants, energy infrastructure, and large energy projects.