Convert Btu (IT)/hour to hectojoule/second
Please provide values below to convert Btu (IT)/hour [Btu/h] to hectojoule/second [hJ/s], or Convert hectojoule/second to Btu (IT)/hour.
How to Convert Btu (It)/hour to Hectojoule/second
1 Btu/h = 0.0029307107 hJ/s
Example: convert 15 Btu/h to hJ/s:
15 Btu/h = 15 × 0.0029307107 hJ/s = 0.0439606605 hJ/s
Btu (It)/hour to Hectojoule/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.
Hectojoule/second
Hectojoule per second (hJ/s) is a unit of power representing one hundred joules of energy transferred or converted per second.
History/Origin
The unit hJ/s is derived from the SI unit joule (J) and the metric prefix hecto- (h), used to express larger quantities of energy transfer rate, particularly in scientific and engineering contexts. It has been used as an alternative to watts in certain fields, though watts are more standard.
Current Use
Hectojoule per second is occasionally used in scientific and engineering applications to quantify power, especially in contexts where larger energy transfer rates are involved. However, the watt (W) remains the standard SI unit for power, and hJ/s is less common in everyday use.