SIMPLE COMPRESSOR POWER CALCULATION - READ ME

Overview
This workbook consist of two calculations:
1) Power calculation
Simple compressor power sizing calculation based on rate and suction & discharge pressure.
Includes number of stages required, turbine sizing (de-rating), fuel gas and CO 2 emissions estimate.

2) Power forcast
Production forecast validation (ie. compression forecast generated from a simulation).
Checks the power required for the forecast rate, suction & discharge pressure and calculates the suction pressu
achievable for the specified power & number of compression stages.

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CO 2 emissions estimate.

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COMPRESSOR POWER CALCULATION - ESTIMATE POWER REQUIREMENT

Stage 1

Stage N

Notes
Fluid properties
Process Conditions
Psuct
Pdisch
Tsuct
Volume rate
Actual vol. rate (suct.)
Molar rate
Mass rate

10.00
150.0
35
500
65391
24998
244.94

bara
bara
'C
MMscf/d
am3/h
kgmol/h
lbl/s

1000
15000
308
164.19
18.16
24998
111.10

kPa(A)
kPa(A)
K
sm3/s
3
am /s
kgmol/h
kg/s

Maximum compression ratio

Nr of stages & power requirement
Nr stages
Nr complete stages
Stage
Pdisch
Pd/Ps
Tdisch
Zsuct
Zdisch

2.51
3

kPa(A)
bara
--K
'C
-----

Head
Power required

kJ/kg
kW
MW

Mechanical losses

kW

Total power reqd

kW
MW

0
1000
10.0
--308
35
0.98
0.98

1
2945
29.5
2.9
423
150
0.98
0.99

2
8673
86.7
2.9
423
150
0.95
0.97

3
15000
150.0
1.7
362
89
0.88
0.92

-------

200
27779
28

195
27106
27

85
11856
12

63.8
(1%)

66804
67

Driver sizing
Shaft power

66803.9 kW

66804 kW

De-rating factors
Driver type
Altitude
Ambient temperature
Inlet losses
Exhaust losses
Accessories
Fouling & wear
De-rating factor

Turbine
2
300
35
10
5

Turbo

m
'C
Pa
Pa

Design margin

ISO power

Engine

3%
14%
1.5%
0.3%
0%
4%
23%

3%
4%
0%
0%
4%
4%
15%

5%

82729 kW

82729 kW

Fuel consumption & CO2 emissions

Fuel source
LHV
Thermal efficiency
Fuel rate

1
1003 BTU/scf
30%

Fuel/Process gas

21.358 MMscf/d
4.759 kg/s
4.3 mass%

Mol. Weight CO2

44 kg/kgmol

Point source CO2

411861 t/y
21.36 MMscf/d

37.4 MJ/m3

7.013 sm3/s
4.759 kg/s

Fuel data
Fuel
Methane
Propane
n-Butane
60/40 LPG

Diesel
New1
13.051 kg/s
7.013 sm3/s

New2
New3
Seleted

Note that energy is also expended, and CO 2 emitted, during the production &
transport of a fuel. If you are using this calculation as an indicator of
environmental impact, or to examine ways of reducing carbon footprint, you
may also want to consider the source of proposed fuels in the CO 2 balance.

P [bara]

path
P [bara]P-T compression
P [bara]
T ['C]
10.0
35
160 10.0
29.5
150
140 29.5
29.5
35
120 29.5
86.7
86.7
150
100
86.7
86.7
35
80
150.0
150.0
89
60
150.0
150.0
35
40
#N/A
#N/A
20
#N/A
#N/A
0
#N/A
#N/A
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160
#N/A
#N/A

T ['C]

Rated conditions
Turbine
Altitude
Temp
Engine
Altitude
Temp

De-rating inputs (SI)

FALSE
300
308
0.01
0.01

0m
15 'C
0m
15 'C

m
K
kPa
kPa

0m
288 K
0m
288 K

Turbine
Engine

HHV
MJ/kg
55.6
50.4
49.5
50.0
45.8

Ht Vap.
MJ/kg
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
3.0

Mol. Wt
kg/kmol
16.0
44.1
58.1
49.7
226.0

Density
kg/m3
0.7
1.9
2.5
2.1
837

HHV
MJ/m3
37.7
94.0
121.8
105.2
38290

55.6

0.5

16

38

LHV
Avg C No.
MJ/m3
--37.4
1
93.2
3
120.8
4
104.4
3.4
35801
16

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COMPRESSOR POWER CALCULATION - VALIDATE FORECAST

Notes
Fluid properties
Maximum compression ratio
Charts
Power reqd for forecast compression ratio
12

Power [MW]

10
8
6
4
2

8/14/2013

4/1/2012

11/18/2010

7/6/2009

2/22/2008

10/10/2006

Suction pressure achievable for specified power

120
100
80

60
40
20

8/14/2013

4/1/2012

11/18/2010

7/6/2009

2/22/2008

0
10/10/2006

Suction pressure [bara]

140

Compression ratio & number of stages to achieve it

Compression ratio & number of stages to achieve it

3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5

8/14/2013

4/1/2012

11/18/2010

7/6/2009

2/22/2008

0.0
10/10/2006

Compression ratio & Nr stages

3.5

Forecast data & calculation

Forecast
Paste your forecast data here
Date
Psuct
Pdisch
bara
bara
1/1/2008
125
125
4/1/2008
122
122
7/1/2008
120
120
10/1/2008
117
117
1/1/2009
115
115
4/1/2009
113
113
7/1/2009
110
110
10/1/2009
109
109
1/1/2010
107
107
4/1/2010
105
105
7/1/2010
104
104
10/1/2010
102
102
1/1/2011
49
107
4/1/2011
47
105
7/1/2011
46
104
10/1/2011
44
103
1/1/2012
43
101
4/1/2012
42
100
7/1/2012
41
99
10/1/2012
39
98
1/1/2013
38
97
4/1/2013
37
96
7/1/2013
36
95
10/1/2013
35
94
1/1/2014
34
93
4/1/2014
33
93
7/1/2014
32
92
10/1/2014
32
91
1/1/2015
32
91

Power required for given Psuct

Tsuct
GasRate
'C
MMscf/d
53
358
53
345
53
332
52
321
52
310
52
300
51
291
51
282
51
273
51
265
50
258
50
251
51
268
51
261
50
255
50
248
50
242
50
236
49
231
49
225
49
220
49
215
48
211
48
206
48
202
48
197
47
193
47
190
47
190

Power
MW
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10

Psuct
kPa
12539
12241
11964
11704
11465
11252
11046
10856
10679
10518
10366
10225
4896
4746
4589
4448
4311
4189
4061
3943
3832
3724
3623
3524
3431
3339
3247
3164
3164
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Power [MW]
Suction pressure [bara]
Forecast

5/10/2016

12/27/2014

Validation

e for specified power

Forecast

of stages to achieve it

5/10/2016

12/27/2014

Validation

of stages to achieve it

Compression ratio

5/10/2016

12/27/2014

Nr Stages

Power required for given Psuct

Pdisch CR total
kPa
--12539
1.0
12241
1.0
11964
1.0
11704
1.0
11465
1.0
11252
1.0
11046
1.0
10856
1.0
10679
1.0
10518
1.0
10367
1.0
10225
1.0
10677
2.2
10526
2.2
10386
2.3
10253
2.3
10127
2.3
10013
2.4
9900
2.4
9795
2.5
9694
2.5
9601
2.6
9512
2.6
9425
2.7
9345
2.7
9269
2.8
9196
2.8
9126
2.9
9126
2.9
0
1.0
0
1.0

Tsuct
GasRate MassRate Nr stages
K
sm3/s
kg/s
--326
117.5
79.5
0
326
113.2
76.6
0
326
109.2
73.9
0
325
105.4
71.3
0
325
101.8
68.9
0
325
98.6
66.7
0
325
95.4
64.6
0
324
92.4
62.6
0
324
89.7
60.7
0
324
87.1
59.0
0
324
84.7
57.3
0
323
82.4
55.8
0
324
88.1
59.6
1
324
85.8
58.0
1
323
83.6
56.6
1
323
81.5
55.1
1
323
79.4
53.7
1
323
77.6
52.5
1
323
75.7
51.2
1
322
74.0
50.0
1
322
72.3
48.9
1
322
70.7
47.8
1
322
69.1
46.8
1
321
67.6
45.8
1
321
66.2
44.8
1
321
64.8
43.9
1
321
63.5
43.0
2
320
62.2
42.1
2
320
62.2
42.1
2
273
0.0
0.0
0
273
0.0
0.0
0

Head
kJ/kg
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
139
142
146
150
154
158
162
166
170
174
178
182
186
190
193
196
196
0
0

Power
kW
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
10335
10313
10348
10351
10359
10357
10377
10386
10384
10399
10401
10402
10403
10417
10381
10313
10313
0
0

Power
MW
0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
10.3
10.3
10.3
10.4
10.4
10.4
10.4
10.4
10.4
10.4
10.4
10.4
10.4
10.4
10.4
10.3
10.3
0.0
0.0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0

273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273
273

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

Psuct achievable for specified power

Power
kW
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
10000
0
0

zavg
kJ/kg
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.95
0.97
0.97
0.97
0.97
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
1.00
1.00

Head
kJ/kg
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Psuct
kPa
12539
12241
11964
11704
11465
11252
11046
10856
10679
10518
10367
10225
5047
4885
4733
4587
4448
4320
4194
4074
3958
3850
3746
3644
3547
3456
3367
3281
3281
0
0

HeadR
kJ/kg
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Psuct
kPa
12539
12241
11964
11704
11465
11252
11046
10856
10679
10518
10367
10225
5047
4885
4733
4587
4448
4320
4194
4074
3958
3850
3746
3644
3547
3456
3367
3281
3281
0
0

Psuct
bara
125
122
120
117
115
113
110
109
107
105
104
102
50
49
47
46
44
43
42
41
40
39
37
36
35
35
34
33
33
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

CONSTANTS & UNIT LOOKUP TABLES

DETAILS
Andrew Hooks
11/15/2007
Version 1

www.firstprincipleseng.net

PREFIXES
Metric
Prefix
m
c
k
M
B
T
P

long form
milli
centi
thousand
million/mega
billion
tera
peta

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

Imperial
Prefix
M
MM

long form
thousand
million

value
1000
1E+06

BASIC CONSTANTS
Gas constant, R
Grav. accel.
MW (air)

8.31451 kPa.m3/(kmol.K)
2
9.80665 m/s
28.964 kg/kmol

Standard T, P

2
101.325 kPa
288.15 K
3
23.645 m /kgmol

Std Pressure
Std Temperature
Molar Volume
Common definitions for Standard T, P

0oC, 1atm
15oC, 1atm
60oF, 1atm
0oC, 100kPa
15oC, 100kPa
o
60 F, 14.73psia

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

UNITS
Example
Click the unit cell then select required unit from the dropdown list
that appears

(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)

Length

10 in
0.254 m
0.000 mile

Temperature

15 'C
288.15 K
15 'C

Length
Base conversions
inches/foot
feet/metre
feet/mile

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

Lookup table
Unit
mm
cm
m
km
in
ft
mile

=
=
=
=
=
=
=

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

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

100 hct/km2
43559.66 ft2/acre

=
=
=
=

1
0.6214
0.01
0.0040468

Metric Unit
2
km
2
km
km2
km2

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

1 hectare is 100m x 100m

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

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Mass
Base conversions
pounds/kilogram
pound/ton (short)
pound/ton (long)
Lookup table
Unit
mg
g
kg
tonne (metric)
lbl
ton (short)
ton (long)

SI unit
m3
m3
m3
m3
m3
m3
m3
m3
m3

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

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

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Force
Base conversions
Force = mass * acceleration
Dyn
Lookup table
Unit
N
mN
kg(f)
lbl(f)
Dyn

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

0.000001
0.001
1
1000
0.454
907.2
1016.0

SI unit
kg
kg
kg
kg
kg
kg
kg

1.00E-05 N

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1
0.001
9.80665
4.44823
0.00001

SI unit
N
N
N
N
N

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

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

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)

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

Multiplier
0.001
1
1
1000
1000
100
100
6.895
6.895
101.325
101.325
98.0665

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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)

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

1.8

Constant
o
273.15 C/K
459.67 Rankine
0 R/K

Lookup table
!!! Order is important - multiply first then add the constant !!!
Unit
'C
K
'F
R

Time_small
Lookup table
Unit
ms
s
min
hour

Multiplier
1
1
0.556
0.556

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Constant
273.15
0
255
0

SI unit
K
K
K
K

0.001
1
60
3600

SI unit
s
s
s
s

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
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X psig * (1/14.5=6.895
2

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

day

86400 s

Time_large
Lookup table
Unit
hour
day
month
year

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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

Volume rate - Gas (actual conditions)

Lookup table
Unit
am3/s
=
am3/h
=
Mm3/d
=
Mcf/d
=
MMcf/d
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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)

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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

1
0.000278
11.574
0.000328
0.328

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

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

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

Gas - Liquid Ratio

Lookup table
Unit
3
3
m /m
scf/bbl

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"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

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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

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1
0.278
0.3048
0.4470

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

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

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

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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

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

Lookup table
Unit
J
kJ
Cal
kCal
BTU

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Energy rate
Lookup table
Unit
TJ/d
PJ/y

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

0.001
1
0.0041868
4.1868
1.055056

SI unit
kJ
kJ
kJ
kJ
kJ

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

3412.1 (BTU/h)/kW

SI unit
kW
kW
kW
kW
kW

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0.001
1
1000
0.746
0.00029

Heating value (volume basis)

Lookup table
Unit
MJ/m3
=
MJ/kgmol
=
MJ/scf
=
BTU/m3
=
BTU/scf
=
BTU/lbmol
=
kcal/lbmol
=

1
0.042292
35.3147
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

1
0.00106
0.00233
0.00923

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

Heating value (mass basis)

Lookup table
Unit
MJ/kg
BTU/kg
BTU/lb
kcal/lb

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kcal/kg

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

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"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)

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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)

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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)

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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

Kinematic Viscosity
Base conversions
Stoke
Lookup table

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0.00419 MJ/kg

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 = Dynamic viscosity / De

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1 cm /s

Unit
m2/s
St
cSt

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

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"SI unit"
2
1 m /s
2
0.0001 m /s
2
1.00E-06 m /s

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)

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 * (1/14.5=6.895) kPa(G) + 101.3 kPa/atm = kPa(A)
2

[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